In a Div. 1 baseball first-round contest, Michael Oates cranked a three-run, walk-off homer, lifting fifth-seeded Xaverian (14-7) to a 5-3 win over No. 26 Algonquin.
Chris Costello earned his one centesimal profession teaching win as No. 17 Walpole (13-8) defeated No. 16 Wachusett, 3-1. … Jack Ritchie scattered 4 hits in a complete-game effort as No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham (17-4) beat No. 24 Bishop Feehan, 3-1. … Mason Lombard turned in six innings of shutout work, permitting three singles whereas racking up 9 strikeouts as No. 7 BC High (13-8) punched its ticket to the Round of 16 with a 5-0 victory over No. 26 Barnstable.
In the primary spherical of the Div. 2 match, Evan Yakavonis fired 5 innings of shutout ball for the win, surrendering simply three hits whereas putting out eight to information No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (17-4) to an 11-0 blanking of No. 28 Burlington. … Jacob Shirley tossed a one-hitter as No. 11 Masconomet (16-5) defeated No. 22 Woburn, 2-0. … D.C. Brown fanned 9, whereas permitting two hits as No. 9 Plymouth North (16-7) defeated Twenty fourth-seeded Billerica. 8-0. Connor Mackenzie and Mark McKay every had inside-the-park dwelling runs to tempo the Eagles.
Boys lacrosse
In the Div. 1 spherical of 32, Tyler Sacchetti completed with three targets and dished out three assists, as No. 4 Franklin (18-1) erupted for 13 first quarter targets en path to coasting to a 20-0 shutout of No. 21 Methuen.
Eamon Centrella (six targets, help) turned in a improbable efficiency offensively, as top-seeded Reading (18-1) rolled onto the subsequent spherical of the Div. 2 match with a convincing 20-4 win over No. 32 Plymouth North.
Girls lacrosse
In the primary spherical of the Div. 1 match, Ryann Cobban scored 4 instances to guide all scorers in an 18-4 win for sixth-seeded Sandwich (16-4) over No. 27 AMSA (13-7). … Cameron Doyle (seven factors) and Megan Doyle (14 draw controls, six factors) supplied a spark offensively, serving to Weymouth (15-6) advance to the Round of 16 with a 17-3 victory over No. 22 Peabody (13-6).
In a Div. 4 first spherical contest, Carolyn Bailey and Ella Stein every registered three targets and an help in a 17-2 win for top-ranked Ipswich (16-1) over No. 32 Belchertown (8-10).
Sara MacLeod scored six targets as No. 15 Billerica (8-11) defeated No. 18 Canton 14-5 in a Div. 2 first-round contest.
Softball
Ana Tsonis notched two hits, 4 RBI and two runs scored for No. 10 Greater New Bedford (14-9) in a 13-1 win over No. 23 Tantasqua (10-11), in a Div. 3 first-round contest. … Camryn Cloonan went 3-for-3 with a house run, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored as No. 2 Dighton-Rehoboth (17-4) defeated No. 34 Bristol-Plymouth, 21-2.
In a Div. 4 first-round bout, Shelby Parr fired a no-hitter, tallying 14 strikeouts as third-seeded Archbishop Williams (18-5) moved onward with a 2-0 shutout of No. 28 Blackstone-Milville.
Boys soccer
Whitman-Hanson introduced the hiring of Nate Almeida as its new boys soccer coach. Almeida performed middle again at Whitman-Hanson from 2011-14. During his three years on the varsity, the crew went from profitable solely two video games in 2012 to creating the postseason match for the primary time in a number of years in 2014.
During his senior 12 months, Almeida was a captain, defensive MVP, crew MVP, and chosen to signify Whitman-Hanson within the Patriot League All-Star recreation. Almeida has served as an assistant coach at Whitman-Hanson and has additionally been lively inside Whitman Youth Soccer, the place he was a participant, referee, and board member over time.
“What I am most excited for is the ability to help the players within the program grow and develop,” Almeida mentioned. “Soccer has taught me countless life lessons through the coaches and mentors I have met, and I hope to have that same impact on the players coming through the program today and into the future.”
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