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AI-assisted summary The game will take place at the Tsongas Center on Sunday at 4 p.m. Somerset Berkley is seeking their first state title since 1954, while Malden Catholic is aiming for their fourth consecutive championship. SBR is making its third trip to the state title game and first one since 1954. The Raiders won […]

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  • The game will take place at the Tsongas Center on Sunday at 4 p.m.
  • Somerset Berkley is seeking their first state title since 1954, while Malden Catholic is aiming for their fourth consecutive championship.

SBR is making its third trip to the state title game and first one since 1954. The Raiders won the championship that season and won their first state championship in school history in 1948.Stick here for updates throughout the game.The Lancers and Raiders went head-to-head in last season’s Final Four contest. Malden Catholic came away with a two-point victory and went on to win their third straight state title. This is the Lancers four consective trip to the state championship game.Malden Catholic’s Matt Gaffney and Mamadou Camara played in last season’s Final game against Raiders. The Lancers ended the regular season with a 18-1 mark. Four of its postgame wins came against No. 32 South High Community, No. 16 Milford, No. 9 Doherty Memorial (4-1) and fourth-seed Oliver Ames in the state semifinal.

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Dom Taylor led the way for the Raiders with 17 points, including three 3-pointers, while Colten Pacheco had 14, Brendan McDonald had 12 and Finn Bjork had 11. SB finishes the year with a record of 24-1, with their lone loss coming against Durfee in the Skip Karam Tournament, 60-56, on Dec. 28.

Aboubakar Nimaka led the way for the Lancers with 14 points while Matt Gaffney had seven, all of which came in the second half. MC struggled to get shots to land throughout the afternoon, particularly in the first half. Lancers three- year streak atop Division 2 comes to a close as they suffer their first loss since they fell 80-74 to Catholic Memorial on Jan. 21.”You’re the best”The Raiders ran with their trophy to the student section to thank them for they’re supporting yelling “you’re the best.”Final Score: Somerset Berkley 65, Malden Catholic 44The No. 6 Raiders pull off the one of the most emphatic upsets of the tournament, ending the top-seeded Lancers’ three-year reign atop Division 2 with a 21 point win. SB are state champions for the first time since 1954 and the third time in program history.1:32 left in Fourth Quarter: Somerset Berkley 60, Malden Catholic 40Colin Mannke hits a wide open layup to cut the gap back to 20 and the Lancers call timeout.3:06 left in Fourth Quarter: Somerset Berkley 58, Malden Catholic 35Both sides are struggling to get shots to drop for the past few possessions, but that’s much more to the detriment of the Lancers.6:20 left in Fourth Quarter: Somerset Berkley 56, Malden Catholic 33Raiders call the first timeout of the final quarter as the Lancer have outscored them 4-2. Offense slowing a little bit now as SB looks to kill as much clock as possible.End of Third Quarter: Somerset Berkley 54, Malden Catholic 29Huge end to the third quarter as Dom Taylor tips it in at the buzzer off a Colten Pacheco shot. Raiders have a commanding 25-point lead, outscoring the Lancers 24-11 in the quarter. Looks now like there’s just eight minutes separating the program from its first title in 71 years.1:31 left in Third Quarter: Somerset Berkley 50, Malden Catholic 27Dom Taylor has been on fire with the corner three, hitting another to help the Raiders crack the half century mark on the scoreboard.2:18 left in Third Quarter: Somerset Berkley 45, Malden Catholic 27Timeout called by the Raiders for a cut on Finn Bjork’s arm. Bjork has five of his seven points of the game this quarter. The Lancers have pulled back a little, with Abe Camara scoring four, but SB still in full control of this one.4:58 in Third Quarter: Somerset Berkley 40, Malden Catholic 21Brendan McDonald and Finn Bjork are leading the for the Raiders on both ends of the court so far this quarter. Bjork has four points while McDonald hit a nice under-the-leg layup. The two both go to the line within 30 seconds of each other, going a combined 2-for-4. Matt Gaffney gets on the score sheet via a free throw with 4:58 left in the third quarter, going 1-for-2 from the line.Halftime: Somerset Berkley 32, Malden Catholic 18After starting a little slow, the Raiders heat up and don’t look back as they head into the break up 14. Colten Pacheco leads the way so far with 11 points while Dom Taylor has 10 and Brendan McDonald has seven. Lancers had a little more luck with getting shot to drop in the last few minutes before the half, with Aboubakar Nimaka leading the way with 10. MC will hope Navy commit Matt Gaffney heats up in the second half as the defense works to slow SB.0:30 left in Second Quarter: Somerset Berkley 32, Malden Catholic 18Abe Camara is starting to put some points on the boards for the Lancers, and just had a nice assist to an Aboubakar Nimaka layup as well. Foul called against the Raiders puts the ball back in MC’s hands.3:57 left in Second Quarter: Somerset Berkley 29, Malden Catholic 10The Lancers are getting offensive rebounds, but they still can’t get shots to drop. Meanwhile, it seems everything the Raiders are putting up is going down. Colten Pacheco had a nice breakaway layup to continue SB’s strong first half.5:06 left in Second Quarter: Somerset Berkley 27, Malden Catholic 10Taylor hits a second-straight 3-pointer to increase the Raider lead to 17 as the Lancers call time out.6:08 left in Second Quarter: Somerset Berkley 21, Malden Catholic 8Dom Taylor hits a wide open through for the Raiders, giving his team their biggest lead of the game so far.End of First Quarter: Somerset Berkley 14, Malden Catholic 6Raiders started off the quarter hitting six of their first 14 shots, then heated up to hit six of their last nine. Brendan McDonald led the way in the later part of the quarter with seven points. The Lancers have struggled to get shots to fall in the first quarter, going just 2-for-14.3:20 left in First Quarter: Somerset Berkley 10, Malden Catholic 4Brendan McDonald hits a perfectly shot 3-pointer from the top of the key as the SB faithful erupt.4:20 left in First Quarter: Somerset Berkley 7, Malden Catholic 4The Raiders missed their five shots, but have now hit three in a row.STARTING LINEUPSSomerset BerkleyDom Taylor (F); Max Finlaw (F); Finn Bjork (C); Brendan McDonald (G); Colten Pacheco (G)Malden CatholicAboubakar Nimaka (F), Abie Camara (F); Ben Howard (C); Matt Gaffney (G); Mamadou Camara (G)Somerset Berkley's Finn Bjork attempts to block a shot by Masconoment's Jamason Vella during Monday's Division 2 Final Four game at UMass-Boston, Mar. 10, 2025.More: From coaching staff down to players, Somerset Berkley’s chase at history a team effort

ROAD TO THE STATE FINAL

LOWELL — Somerset Berkley and Malden Catholic are playing for the Massachusetts high school basketball state championship on Sunday.

Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette sports editor Steven Sanchez can be reached at ssanchez@heraldnews.com. You can follow him on Twitter @Chezsports

HISTORY

The Raiders and the Lancers will play at 4 p.m. at the Tsongas Center in the MIAA Division 2 state final. Somerset Berkley is the No. 6 seed, while Malden Catholic is No. 1.Following a 19-1 record in the regular season, the South Coast Conference Blue champion Raiders won their first three playoff games against No. 27 Minnechaug Regional, No. 11 Leominster and No. 3 Pope Francis Prep. SBR pulled out a second half come-from-behind win over No. 7 Masconomet Regional in the state semifinals.The Raiders are vying for their third state title in program’s history and first since 1954 when they won it all. Somerset Berkley won its first state title in 1948.

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California (CIF) High School Baseball Regional championship game roundup

The high school baseball season in California is complete. The records weren’t so sparkling among the final 20 teams left standing in the California (CIF) regional baseball finals, but wow, were the games competitive. Eight of the 10 championship games were decided by a single tally. The other two were 4-0 and 3-1. The final […]

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The high school baseball season in California is complete.

The records weren’t so sparkling among the final 20 teams left standing in the California (CIF) regional baseball finals, but wow, were the games competitive.

Eight of the 10 championship games were decided by a single tally. The other two were 4-0 and 3-1. The final day of the 2024-25 CIF season was indeed tight.

De La Salle (North) and St. John Bosco (South) won the highest levels, taking Division 1 championships. Check the roundup below with all the results from Saturday title games.

South — No. 1 St. John Bosco 4, No. 7 Patrick Henry 0: Freshman Brayden Krakowski and Jack Champlin combined on a three-hitter with four strikeouts as the host Braves finished the season 30-4. James Clark had a double, triple and an RBI, while Jaden Jackson, Noah Everly and Miles Clark also drove in runs. After Bosco struck for four runs in the first two frames, Jimmy Gunn pitched four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out three.

North — No. 1 De La Salle 5, No. 3 Serra 4: Host De La Salle (29-4) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to win its third NorCal D1 title in four years. Nico Baumgartner walked it off with an infield single, scoring Antonio Castro with the winning run. Stanford-bound junior shortstop Tyler Spangler had a pair of run-scoring doubles and Castro and Ethan Sullivan also had two hits. Serra (28-7), which fell behind 2-0 in the first, scored four unanswered runs in the middle innings, half of those on a two-run double by Davis Minton and another on a run scoring double by Evan Bradshaw, who went 3-for-4. READ STORY

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De La Salle dogpile in right field after a 5-4 walk-off NorCal Division 1 home win over Serra on June 7 2025 / Photo by Todd Fierner

South — No. 8 Rancho Bernardo 2, No. 6 Point Loma 1: Freshman Brayden Kotera and senior Chris Bayne combined on a four hitter with three strikeouts to lead the Broncos (21-13) to the surprising championship. Along the way, Rancho Bernardo upset No. 1 Fountain Valley (4-2) and No. 4 Eastlake (8-5). Hugo Gonzalez had three hits and Brady Strachan and Nathan Bembenek each drove in runs. Druw Frost had an RBI double for Point Loma (22-13-1), which beat the Broncos twice earlier in the year, 10-2 and 3-1.

North — No. 1 Yuba City 3, No. 2 Saint Francis 2: After both teams scored twice in the first, the host Honkers scored in the bottom of the seventh to win their 14th straight game to finish 31-5. Max Guth, Ashton Decker and Brandon Pelechowicz each drove in runs and Julian Garcia and Cesar Guzar had two hits each. Guth’s single in the seventh won it. Saint Francis, which got RBIs from Gino Cappellazzo and Henry Dommer, finished 22-11.

South — No. 5 University City 3, No. 2 Mt. Carmel 1: Jayden Parker had a two-run double and AJ Curry doubled in a run, keying the victory for University City (23-12) in another all San Diego Section final. Curry pitched four innings and struck out nine, while sophomore Thiago Quillin fired three scoreless innings. Carson Weber had two hits and an RBI for Mt. Carmel (23-13).

North — No. 3 Rancho Cotate 2, No. 1 Roseville 1: Camden Henington and Jeff Derammelaere combined on a two-hitter with seven strikeouts for the Cougars (19-13), who advanced out of the North Coast Section as the 15th seed. They got RBI signles from Luke Morie and Derammelaere. Austin Chang drove home Roseville’s only run and pitchers Cyrus Young, Colton Wolfe and Dustin Holcomb combined to give up just five hits and two earned runs. Roseville finished 23-11.

South — No. 2 Ridgeview 1, No. 1 Banning 0: Adrian Bravo drove home the only run of the game with a double in the top of the seventh and winning pitcher Joel Guitierrez did the rest, allowing three hits, walking none and strike out five. Losing pitcher Matthew Gonzalez allowed just hits and one run while going the distance.

North — No. 5 Menlo School 2, No. 3 Santa Clara 1: Ben Salama and Fletcher Cahill, a freshman, drove in rush in the fourth inning and pitchers Jackson Flanagan, Liam Widner, Salma and Jack Freehill made it stand up for the Knights (24-8), who finished the season winning 21 of their last 22. They also snapped a 20-game win streak for Santa Clara (29-4), which scored in the sixth on an RBI single by Drew Diffenderfer. Jaxton Chao and John Kepner combined to allow five hits and struck out five, but came up short.

South — No. 3 Pioneer 4, No. 1 Corcoran 3: The host Panthers (27-5) trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth and scored three unanswered runs over the next two frames, but it wasn’t enough for Pioneer of Whittier which finished 20-14. The Titans won the regional title despite finishing 4-6 in league play.

North — No. 1 Etna 6, No. 2 Stevenson 5: The host Lions (21-7) put up five runs in the bottom of the first, then held on for dear life while winning their first NorCal title. Stevenson actually outhit Etna 9-4 but couldn’t quite get over the hump while scoring three in the fifth and single tallies in sixth and seventh. Tono Borgomini and Phinn Thomas each had two hits for Stevenson (21-9), which made the mammoth 440-mile drive only to come up a run short.

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Multiple area athletes capture state gold

LYNCHBURG — In a matter of milliseconds, Turner Ashby junior Devin Smiley knew what crossing the finish line first on Saturday was going to mean. As Smiley had the advantage around 30 meters from the finish line in the boys 100-meter dash, the multi-sport Knights athlete knew he was about to etch his name into […]

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LYNCHBURG — In a matter of milliseconds, Turner Ashby junior Devin Smiley knew what crossing the finish line first on Saturday was going to mean.

As Smiley had the advantage around 30 meters from the finish line in the boys 100-meter dash, the multi-sport Knights athlete knew he was about to etch his name into the history books.

“I thought about it before I crossed the finish line,” Smiley said. “I thought about, ‘I’m about to be the state champion.’”

With a blistering time of 10.90 seconds, Smiley was a state champion.

“I’m just really thankful to see how far I came,” Smiley said. “In indoor [track], I felt like I was going to win but I didn’t, so I feel amazing. … I’m just thankful.”

Later that day, Smiley became the state champion in the 200-meter dash by setting an all-time meet record time of 21.41, and his victories were a pair of many notable highlights by local track stars at the Virginia High School League Class 3 state meet at Liberty University.

“It just feels amazing,” Smiley said. “To break a state record is amazing.”

Smiley had much of his family in attendance to watch him become a two-time track and field state champion, and whether it’s his family or other runners watching on, the support fuels his fire.

“It helps me run faster to know people are supporting me and want to see me do well,” Smiley said.

Another Valley standout who earned a pair of state title victories was Broadway senior Tristan Yoder, who set an all-time meet record in the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:06 and captured first in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:13.

“Winning the team title in cross country was a really cool day,” Yoder said. “I’d say, individually, as far as Broadway performances, I’d say this is my best one. … Today, my goal was to just go out and dominantly win the 32 and 16, and that’s how I felt I did. I was really happy with it.”

Yoder’s wins played a major role in the Broadway boys placing third in the final team results.

In both races, Yoder hung back in the pack and waited for his moment to pounce.

Then, he turned on the jets and cruised to dominant wins in both events.

“It’s hard to go out and lead the whole race,” Yoder said. “I wanted to make sure I won both. Just finding a spot where my opponents are the weakest and just going. … My coach always says, ‘Make sure it’s the last move of the race.’”

Another state title-winning performance came from Spotswood senior Madison Doss, who captured the crown in the girls long jump with a first-place mark of 17-11.5.

“I never really thought I’d make it back to where I was,” Doss said. “Not that I wasn’t progressing well and having a great season. I had a really big [personal-record] and just had a really good day. Coming into finals, I was ranked second-to-last. To have that big jump and have confidence in myself and really feel like I was fully back was really great. That’s how I want to go out.”

It’s a story of a comeback from Doss after suffering a significant ACL injury nearly two years ago, one she never expected to fully overcome.

On Saturday in Lynchburg, Doss was able to reflect on a rollercoaster of the last two years for her that culminated with a state championship victory.

“One bump in the road should never fully knock you down,” Doss said. “You just keep on moving. I think that’s kind of helped me over the last year-and-a-half. To have that show up this weekend as well, I think it definitely made me reflect and be like, ‘This is what I’ve done the last year-and-a-half, what’s one more day? I can do this today just as much as I have the last year.’”

On the first day of events, Spotswood’s girls 4×800-meter relay team of freshmen Lillian Myers, Hayley Mancini, Anna Lowe, and Marykate Miller placed fourth with a combined time of 9:50.

Turner Ashby junior Jeffrey Jackson became the state champion in the boys shot put with a mark of 55-4.







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Broadway’s Tristan Yoder rounds a turn during the 3,200.




After taking the state crown in shot put the day prior, Jackson posted a fifth-place effort in the boys discus throw with a mark of 156-5.

East Rockingham senior Alliyah McNair took state runner-up in the girls discus throw with a mark of 123 feet, while her fellow senior teammate Shanna Robertson nabbed 10th in the girls pole vault, marking at 9-6.

McNair, a three-sport athlete in volleyball, track, and tennis, later took fifth for the Eagles in the girls shot put with a mark of 34-0.5.

“You can always want to have more and always look back on it and see the things you could’ve done differently,” McNair said. “At the end of the day, it’s how you perform at that time and how you perform under the pressure of it. I’m very proud of myself for being able to go out there and get fifth in shot and get second in discus. On top of that, playing tennis, I didn’t get as much practice time. Being able to accomplish that is really big to me.”

Two spots ahead of McNair in shot put was Spotswood senior Jenna Townsend, who took third with a mark of 35-7.

“Going in ranked third definitely took a lot of pressure off of me,” Townsend said. “I’m not completely satisfied, but it’s all right. I have a state ring already. It was definitely hard but we still got top three. That’s all I kind of wanted — top three.”

Turner Ashby junior Alana Dennis took seventh in the girls triple jump with a mark of 35-1.75.

Broadway’s boys 4×800-meter relay squad of seniors Gavin Diehl, Asher Ryan, Grayson Jacquez, and Yoder earned fifth with a total time of 8:06.

On the second day of events, East Rockingham senior Xavia Brown placed sixth in the boys long jump, leaping to a mark of 21-1.75. The Eagles standout later finished ninth in the boys 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.91.

Spotswood senior Ashland Dickel earned state runner-up in the girls 3200-meter run with a time of 11:02, while her freshman teammate, Mancini, took fourth with a time of 11:23.

“I’m glad with how the two-mile [3200-meter] went,” Ashland said. “It wasn’t my [personal-record] but I’m glad I got second and it was fun racing with [first-place finisher Kiera Lowman (Alleghany)].”

Finishing strongly in second behind Yoder in the boys 3200-meter run was Spotswood senior Peyton Kenee, who clocked in a time of 9:19 in his final race of a decorated career with the Trailblazers.

“If anything, it’s somber,” Kenee said. “Four years of running pretty much every day, coming to an end is pretty sad. I’m also really [proud] of how far I’ve come. From running 5:05 [mile times] as a freshman and now I’m running 9:19s for two-miles. It’s such a big jump and I’m so appreciative of how far I’ve come and getting second [in the 3200] today was just the cherry on top.”

Behind Yoder and Kenee, East Rockingham junior Cade Yancey finished fifth with a time of 9:35 while Broadway senior Jaiden Santos Nguyen was close behind in sixth with a time of 9:36.

Rocktown junior Jaleel De La Cruz came home eighth in the boys 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.01.

While she led much of the race, Spotswood senior Marika Dickel took fourth in the girls 1600-meter run with a time of 5:00. Lillian Myers took seventh with a time of 5:12 and Ashland Dickel earned eighth with a time of 5:13.

“I’m happy with the [1600] but also a little disappointed that I was so close to breaking five [minutes],” Marika said. “It was a good end to high school running and I think it shows promise for the future.”

Trailing Yoder in the boys 1600-meter run was East Rockingham senior Hayden Fox, who claimed third with a time of 4:19.

Meanwhile, East Rockingham sophomore Hayden Paulette placed eighth in the girls long jump with a mark of 17-0.75.

Broadway junior Uriah Rutan placed state runner-up in the boys 400-meter dash, clocking in at 48.94, and later earned sixth in the boys 200-meter dash with a time of 22.15.

Rounding out the day was Spotswood’s girls 4×400-meter relay team of Doss, junior Carla Argueta-Romero, sophomore Macey Myers, and Marika Dickel placing fourth with a combined time of 4:06.

In the final team results, Broadway scored 38 points to place third behind runner-up Western Albemarle (47) and state champion Fauqier (63). Turner Ashby tied Grafton for fourth place with 34 points.

For the girls, Spotswood took fourth with 47 points, behind third place Western Albemarle (55), runner-up Abingdon (65) and state champion Heritage (99).

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Sharon’s Nina Kyei-Aboagye celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 100-meter dash during the MIAA’s Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff The semifinals are here. Ten days into the MIAA postseason, every semifinal has been determined with six exceptions (three in baseball, two in softball, and one in girls’ […]

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Sharon’s Nina Kyei-Aboagye celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 100-meter dash during the MIAA’s Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State.
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The semifinals are here.

Ten days into the MIAA postseason, every semifinal has been determined with six exceptions (three in baseball, two in softball, and one in girls’ lacrosse).

So let’s break down the brackets a bit.

The lowest seed remaining? No. 21 Bishop Fenwick girls’ tennis, which will face top-seeded Dover-Sherborn in the Division 3 semifinal Tuesday at Newton North.

The highest seed eliminated? It’s a four-way tie. Three No. 1 seeds have been knocked out in the baseball brackets (D1’s Taunton, D3’s St. Mary’s, and D5’s Turners Falls), but only one other No. 1 seed has fallen across all sports and divisions: Boston Latin girls’ tennis, which was knocked out of the Division 1 tourney by eighth-seeded Winchester.

The lowest seed remaining in each sport?

Boys tennis: No. 13 Latin Academy in D3.

Boys’ lacrosse: No. 10 Westwood in D2.

Girls’ lacrosse: No. 6 Westford in D1.

Softball: No. 10 Greater New Bedford in D3.

Baseball: No. 14 Chelmsford in D1.

Why didn’t you include boys’ volleyball or rugby? Because both volleyball divisions and all three rugby divisions (boys and girls) went to chalk, with only the top seeds still standing.

Most semifinals get started Tuesday, with a few boys’ tennis semis on Monday, plus the final six quarterfinal matchups, three of which are suspended games that will be resumed.

Now onto Sunday’s results, including the final day of the Meet of Champions and lots of other exciting results.

1. Reading list

2. Walkoff wins

Freshman Drew Cantrell kept Walpole’s season alive with the winning hit in the bottom of the 12th inning to defeat Mansfield, 2-1, in the Division 2 quarterfinals.

Glenn Mello did the same for North Reading, walking off Apponequet with an RBI double for a 5-4 eight-inning Division 3 quarterfinal victory.

Over in Reading, the Rockets needed a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Sam Clark and force extra innings. And in the bottom of the eighth, Nate Vitarisi provided the walkoff single in a 2-1 Division 2 quarterfinal win.

On the lacrosse field, Westford senior Kassidy Carmichael, an Ohio State commit, split three defenders to net the winning goal with two minutes left in the second half of the first overtime, ending Lincoln-Sudbury’s season in the Division 1 quarterfinal.

Scituate senior Willy Robinson scored the last of his eight goals in overtime to send the Sailors past Dracut, 10-9, and into a semifinal matchup with Medfield that serves as a rematch of last year’s 2024 D3 title game.

3. Four stars

Three performances mirrored each other, but we also couldn’t leave out Wayland’s star hitter, so we decided to add a star.

Kiley Hogan, Tyngsborough — The junior got the Tigers started right with a two-run homer in the first inning, then pitched a complete game, allowing one earned run while striking out nine without issuing a walk as the Tigers topped AMSA, 3-2, in the Division 4 softball quarterfinals.

Delaney Moquin, Silver Lake — The senior tossed a 14-strikeout shutout and launched a two-run home run in the first inning to lead Silver Lake past Middleborough, 7-0, in Division 2 quarterfinals

Alyx Rossi, Bedford — The Boston College-bound senior struck out 18 in a three-hit shutout and blasting the first pitch she saw for a two-run homer (for the second-straight game) in the Buccaneers’ 6-0 Division 2 quarterfinal win over Tewksbury. Rossi has struck out 51 in 21 playoff innings without surrendering a run.

Finn Bell, Wayland — The junior slammed down 32 kills, adding 12 digs and four aces, as he surpassed 1,000 career kills in the Warriors’ 3-1 Division 2 quarterfinal win over Marlborough. “He’s missed five games in every season so far, and still hit 1,000 kills in his junior year, which is pretty unbelievable,” said coach Phil George.

4. Going, going, gone

Wachusett and Nipmuc both saw teammates go yard in their quarterfinal games, with Giana Johnason and Kendall Grady leaving the yard for Wachusett in a 4-1 Division 1 win over St. Paul, and Savannah Carr and Maya Vercruysse delivering dingers in Nipmuc’s 3-0 Division 3 victory against Tantasqua.

Also homering were Lynnfield’s Ty Adamo and Andrew Schmit of St. John’s (Shrewsbury), in addition to Rossi, Moquin, and Hogan.

5. Daily lacrosse leaderboard

Goals

Willy Robinson, Scituate, 8

Kassidy Carmichael, Westford, 7

Jenna Wong, Walpole, 7

Abby Beggans, Wellesley, 6

Tara Battaglino, Wellesley, 5

Oliva Comella, Wellesley, 4

Jackson Gearing, Billerica, 4

6. Daily strikeout leaderboard

Alyx Rossi, Bedford, 18

Delaney Moquin, Silver Lake, 14

Emily Atwood, Hopedale, 11

Cate Larson, Taunton, 11

Luis Mejia, English, 11

Luke Disilvio, Lynnfield, 10

Cormac Heney, Hamilton-Wenham, 10

Kiley Hogan, Tyngsborough, 9

Thurston Kiefer, Natick, 9

Brayden Mercier, St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 9

Matt Stuart, Chelmsford, 8

7. Getting the call

Ian Seymour, a 2017 St. John’s (Shrewsbury) graduate, was called up by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday morning and is on the verge of making his MLB debut.

Seymour, a 26-year-old lefthander who played at Virginia Tech before being selected by the Rays in the second round of the 2020 draft, is 5-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 12 appearances (11 starts) for the Triple-A Durham Bulls, striking out 84 in 61 innings.

He was not one of three relievers the Rays used in a 3-2 win over the Marlins.


Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.

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Pendleton County's Baylee Beachler highlights Class A all

Pendleton County’s Baylee Beachler saw her 2024 campaign come to an end after tearing a tendon in her shoulder at the end of that regular season. The injury kept her from throwing until December but when she returned this year there was no indication of a setback in the circle, where she went 19-1 with […]

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Pendleton County’s Baylee Beachler saw her 2024 campaign come to an end after tearing a tendon in her shoulder at the end of that regular season.

The injury kept her from throwing until December but when she returned this year there was no indication of a setback in the circle, where she went 19-1 with a 158 strikeouts and a 1.13 ERA, or at the plate where she batted .558 with 12 home runs and 65 RBI.

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Maxwell's grand slam highlights Arkansas super regional win eliminating defending champ Vols 11

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Logan Maxwell had three hits, including a game-breaking grand slam, and Arkansas defeated defending national champion Tennessee 11-4 on Sunday to sweep the best-of-three Fayetteville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series for the 12th time. The Razorbacks had a 3-1 lead with two outs in the fourth inning when […]

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Logan Maxwell had three hits, including a game-breaking grand slam, and Arkansas defeated defending national champion Tennessee 11-4 on Sunday to sweep the best-of-three Fayetteville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series for the 12th time.

The Razorbacks had a 3-1 lead with two outs in the fourth inning when Maxwell hit a 1-2 pitch over the left-field wall. That was more than enough for third-seeded Arkansas to advance to Omaha, Nebraska.

Arkansas (47-13) will face the winner of the Baton Rouge Super Regional between LSU and West Virginia.

Tennessee (46-18), the No. 14 overall seed, only had two hits when they lost to their SEC rivals 4-3 on Saturday.

The Vols almost became just the third team from their conference to finish a super regional with fewer than 10 total hits. With two hits in the eighth and two in the ninth, including a two-run home run by pinch hitter Jay Abernathy, they finished with eight.

Charles Davalan had a two-run homer in the third for Arkansas. Tennessee got one back in the bottom of the inning, but Maxwell’s big bash broke it open in the fourth.

Tennessee pitchers walked four batters, all in the seventh inning, including two with the bases loaded to fall behind 10-1.

Cole Gibler (3-1) got the win in relief. Tennessee starter Liam Doyle (10-4) took the loss.

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