Newton North’s Samuel Huang celebrates with teammate Finbar Crowley during a 3-0 boys volleyball win over second-seeded and host Lowell on Friday. (Photo by Reba Saldanha/Boston Herald)
ROUNDUP
SOFTBALL
Brigid Gaffny threw a complete game with nine strikeouts and delivered the game-winning sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to lift No. 13 North Andover (15-7) to a 2-1 upset win over No. 4 Wachusett in a Div. 1 second round showdown.
In a Div. 3 tilt, Paige Rooney and Alexandra Welch each connected for a two-run homer, as No. 6 Middleboro (19-4) advanced to the Final Four for the second straight season with an 8-5 win over third-seeded Hudson.
BOYS LACROSSE
Avery Richardson netted five goals, and Cole Rodgers scored four as No. 2 Sandwich (14-7) earned its third straight double-digit win in the postseason, beating No. 7 Lynnfield 15-4 in a Div. 4 quarterfinal.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Kaitlyn Carney scored seven goals as No. 7 Franklin (20-3) defeated second-seeded Wellesley 12-5 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.
GIRLS TENNIS
Sky Jara, Naomi Provost and Chloe Gern each won their singles matches without relinquishing a game as top-seeded Hamilton-Wenham (20-1) advanced to the Div. 4 semifinals with a 5-0 win over No. 9 Bromfield. The doubles tandem of Abby Simon/Sienna Gregory and Alle Benchoff/Laynee Wilkins won their matches in straight sets.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Cam Jilek touched down 15 kills and Charlie Perdue added nine, proving reliable for freshman setter Alec Smagula (30 assists, seven kills) as 11th-seeded Brookline upset No. 3 Natick in a Div. 1 state quarterfinal matchup.
CLASS NOTES
Boston Herald All-Scholastic Kelly Colleran of North Attleboro was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Massachusetts Softball Player of the Year. The BU-bound senior right-handed pitcher compiled a 15-3 record through 20 games this season with a 0.33 ERA in 126.2 innings pitched, striking out 306 batters compared to just nine walks while posting a 0.395 WHIP. She also batted .552 with 13 home runs, 27 RBI and 32 runs scored, posting a 2.007 OPS. She fired two perfect games this spring and was named the 2023 Hockomock League MVP.
BASEBALL
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3
Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0
Franklin 5, Walpole 2
Methuen 2, Xaverian 1
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday
Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0
Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Saturday
Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 1
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
BC High at Taunton, 1
Bridgewater-Raynham at Franklin, 6
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA
Westford Academy/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Mansfield at St. Mary’s, 12:30 (Fraser Field)
Plymouth North at Milton, 1 (Cunningham)
Westfield at Whitman-Hanson, 1
Westwood at King Philip, 2
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Foxboro at Bishop Stang, 11
Newburyport at Medfield, 12
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Ashland at Taconic, 2
Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1
Hamilton-Wenham at English, 6:30
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Millbury at Seekonk, 1
Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Greenfield at Bourne, 1
Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 2
Pioneer Valley Regional at Hopedale, 2 (Town Park)
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3:30
BOYS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Acton-Boxboro 15, Lincoln-Sudbury 7
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
North Andover at St. John’s Prep, 11
Xaverian at BC High, 12
Hingham at Franklin, 4
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Minnechaug at Duxbury, 4
Billerica at Longmeadow, 5
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Walpole at Reading, 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday
Marblehead at Nauset, 4
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Dracut at Newburyport, 10
Pope Francis at Norwell, 2
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Falmouth at Pentucket, 12
Medfield at Grafton, 6:30
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Wahconah at Cohasset, 6
Abington at Weston, 6:30
GIRLS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Franklin 12, Wellesley 5
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Reading at Walpole, 3
Central Catholic at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4
Longmeadow at Westwood, 5
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Masconomet at Duxbury, 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Scituate at Wayland, 5
Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Apponequet at Newburyport, 12:30
Hanover at Medfield, 3
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Sandwich at Dover-Sherborn, 11
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 1
Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2
BOYS RUGBY
DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Belmont 49, BC High 14
DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday
St. John’s Prep 15, Xaverian 7
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday
Algonquin 28, Catholic Memorial 26
Weymouth 19, Hanover 17
DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA
GIRLS RUGBY
DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17
DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday
Belmont 31, Weymouth 7
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA
SOFTBALL
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4
Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2
King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0
Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1
Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3
Taunton 3, Franklin 0
Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday
North Andover 2, Wachusett 1 (8i)
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Methuen at Central Catholic, 11
Woburn at Taunton, 6
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 2
North Andover at Peabody, 3 (Kiley)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Somerset Berkley at Billerica, 12 (Marshall Middle)
Silver Lake at Westfield, 4
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
North Attleboro at Burlington, 11
Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Middleboro 8, Hudson 5
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Apponequet at Norton, 11
Bishop Fenwick at St. Mary’s, 11 (Breed)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 5
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Nipmuc at Clinton, 1
Amesbury at Hampshire, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 1
Uxbridge at Case, 2
DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1
Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Franklin Tech at Turners Falls, 7
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, 1
Drury at Greenfield, 2
West Boylston at Tahanto, 3
BOYS TENNIS
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday
Lexington 5, Winchester 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Brookline 4, Westford Academy 1
Wellesley 3, Acton-Boxboro 2
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
St. John’s Prep 3, Newton North 0
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South
Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30
St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2
Westborough 5, Burlington 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Concord-Carlisle 4, Sharon 1
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Belmont at Duxbury, 5
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlboro)
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – TBA
Duxbury/Belmont vs. Hopkinton
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday
Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday
Dover-Sherborn 4, Apponequet 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Bedford 4, Wilmington 1 (Woburn Racquet Club)
Martha’s Vineyard 5, Medfield 0
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Martha’s Vineyard vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – TBA
Wayland vs. Bedford
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday
Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday
Lynnfield 5, Bromfield 0
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Cohasset 5, Nantucket 0
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Sutton 0
GIRLS TENNIS
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2
Lexington 5, Wellesley 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30 (Carter Playground)
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South
Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington, 4:30
Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Masconomet 4, Minnechaug 1
Westborough 5, Sharon 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Duxbury at Bishop Stang (Buttenwood Park), 10
Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow, 12
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0
Wayland 5, North Reading 0
Weston 4, Norwell 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Old Rochester at Dover-Sherborn, 10
DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday
Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2
Lynnfield 4, Lee 1
DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0
DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1
Lenox 3, Cohasset 2
Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1
St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2
DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Friday
Mt. Greylock 3, Ipswich 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
St. John Paul II vs. Lenox, 10 (Sandwich)
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)
Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, 4 (Lynnfield MS)
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 3, St. John’s Prep 1
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Brookline 3, Natick 0
Needham 3, Cambridge 1
Newton North 3, Lowell 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Agawam 3, Greater New Bedford 0
Milford 3, West Springfield 1
Westfield 3, Medfield 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
O’Bryant at North Quincy, 3