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The Post-Dispatch Athletes of the Week is compiled by Chris Gove based off stats reported to STLhighschoolsports.com. Please send nominations to cgove@stltoday.com by noon each Monday. Henry Craig, Bayless baseball A junior shortstop and pitcher, Craig had a big week at the plate including the first home run of his high school career to help the Bronchos win a pair of South […]

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The Post-Dispatch Athletes of the Week is compiled by Chris Gove based off stats reported to STLhighschoolsports.com. Please send nominations to cgove@stltoday.com by noon each Monday.







Henry Craig, Bayless

Henry Craig, Bayless baseball

A junior shortstop and pitcher, Craig had a big week at the plate including the first home run of his high school career to help the Bronchos win a pair of South Central Activities Association games against Maplewood-Richmond Heights. Craig went 3 for 5 with his homer, four RBI, three runs scored and one walk in a 19-4 road win against the Blue Devils. The next day at home, he was 4 for 5 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-3 victory. Craig also went 2 for 3 with two runs scored in a 26-4 nonconference loss against Herculaneum. For the season, Craig ranks near the top of the area leaderboard with a .558 batting average to go along with 23 runs scored and 15 RBI. He’s 2-1 as a pitcher with 25 strikeouts and has not committed an error.

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Bryce Horner, CBC

Bryce Horner, CBC lacrosse

A senior attackman and four-year varsity player, Horner helped the Cadets to a pair of victories including their first against MICDS in more than a decade. Horner helped CBC to a 14-6 victory against John Burroughs with four goals, two assists and a career-high five ground balls. Two days later, Horner had three goals and one assist in CBC’s 13-10 win over MICDS, snapping an 11-game losing streak in the series dating to CBC’s last win in the series on April 10, 2014. Horner ranks among the area’s scoring leaders with 65 points on 43 goals and 22 assists and a scoring average of 4.3 points per game. He was a first team all-Metro Catholic Conference selection as a junior and received second team Post-Dispatch All-Metro and all-state honors.







Trey Jozwiakowski, Vianney

Trey Jozwiakowski, Vianney baseball

A senior third baseman, pitcher and four-year varsity player, Jozwiakowski helped the Golden Griffins (24-0 overall) complete an unbeaten run through the Metro Catholic Conference with a pair of 5-3 victories against De Smet. In a home win that clinched the Golden Griffins’ first league title since 2021, Jozwiakowski went 2 for 3 with a double and one run scored. Two days later at De Smet, he struck out three and allowed one run in earning the pitching victory while also going 2 for 3 at the plate with a double and one run scored. Jozwiakowski is 6-0 as a pitcher in 19 2/3 innings with a .36 ERA. He was 4-0 against MCC opponents. At the plate he is hitting .308 with two home runs, 15 RBI, 12 walks, 22 runs scored and nine doubles. He has signed to play for the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.







Rachel Kretzer, Father McGivney

Rachel Kretzer, Father McGivney soccer

A senior central midfielder who has signed to play at Southeast Missouri State, Kretzer helped the Griffins win three one-goal games in five days against high-level opponents. Father McGivney opened the week with a 1-0 win at Waterloo, the program’s first win in four tries in the series, then won 1-0 against Edwardsville in the first meeting between the teams as Kretzer assisted Devin Ellis’ goal. Two days later, the Griffins rallied for a 3-2 victory against defending Class 1A state champion Althoff to complete a regular-season sweep and an 8-0 record in the Gateway Metro Conference. Kretzer scored on a penalty kick against Althoff and assisted Sofia Rossetto’s game-winning goal. A vocal leader who helps key the defensive effort for the 17-1 Griffins, Kretzer has five goals and 11 assists this season.







Riley Mathews, Columbia soccer

Riley Mathews, Columbia soccer

A senior midfielder and fourth-year varsity player, Mathews received all-tournament honors after helping the Eagles to the championship of last week’s Blue Cat Cup Championship in Union. In the title game, Mathews scored the tying goal in the first half as Columbia rallied for a 2-1 victory against Parkway West, which had won 12 in a row heading into the final. Mathews opened the tournament with two goals and one assist in a 4-1 win over Lutheran St. Charles, then had one goal and one assist in a 4-1 semifinal win against Parkway South. Mathews ranks among the area’s scoring leaders with 65 points on 26 goals (including five game winners) and 13 assists for the Eagles (16-2-3), who are on a 10-game unbeaten run. Signed to play at Indiana State, Mathews has 71 goals and 46 assists in her career.







Ayrissa Robinson, Ladue

Ayrissa Robinson, Ladue soccer

A sophomore forward in her first varsity season, Robinson pushed her goal-scoring streak to five games while helping the Rams win four times in five days — including three on the road. Robinson started the week by scoring an overtime game winner from 20 yards out for a 1-0 victory against Lafayette in the first meeting between the teams in eight seasons. Two days later in a 5-0 win at Seckman, Robinson scored once, and she had two goals including the game winner the next day in a 3-2 victory at Kearney. The big week concluded for the Rams and Robinson when she had one goal and one assist in a 3-1 win at Notre Dame de Sion. Robinson has a team-best 21 points and nine goals for Ladue (13-3), a team with six players who have provided double-figure points.







Lily Trueman, Summit

Lily Trueman, Summit soccer

A senior forward and third-year varsity player, Trueman helped the Falcons win three games to push their winning streak to six for the season. Trueman scored one goal in a 2-1 nonconference victory against Webster Groves, then had one assist during a 2-0 win at Lafayette in a Suburban Conference Yellow Pool game. Summit snapped a four-game losing streak to the Lancers by winning for the first time in the series since April 18, 2019. The Falcons closed their week with a 5-0 nonconference win over Ozark, with Trueman providing two of the goals — including the game winner. Trueman has eight goals, including four game winners, and four assists this season for the 13-4 Falcons, who are a win away from tying for the league title.



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Five takeaways from Thursday, as champions were crowned, coaches hired, TMC met, and …

For the first time in school history, Concord-Carlisle girls’ lacrosse was No. 1 in the state.Barry Chin/Globe Staff Championship weekend is upon us, with four teams getting a head-start on the celebrating Thursday night. Over at Babson College, Concord-Carlisle girls’ lacrosse claimed its first state championship in the Division 1 title game, and Norwell beat […]

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For the first time in school history, Concord-Carlisle girls’ lacrosse was No. 1 in the state.Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Championship weekend is upon us, with four teams getting a head-start on the celebrating Thursday night.

Over at Babson College, Concord-Carlisle girls’ lacrosse claimed its first state championship in the Division 1 title game, and Norwell beat its old coach to capture the Division 4 belt, its first state title in seven years.

And in Shrewsbury, top-seeded Agawam bounced back after dropping the second set to win the last two in commanding fashion against Wayland and secure its second Division 2 title in three seasons.

While not an MIAA sport, St. Mary’s captured the 2025 girls’ flag football title.

With the conclusion of the softball and tennis semifinals, every championship match is locked in, and with a shift in softball to put every game on Saturday, that means 23 champions will be crowned that day, weather permitting.

You can find out when every championship game is with our title tracker, and you can revisit every game from the last two rounds with our playoff guide.

The rest of Thursday’s coverage:

1. Commitment corner

Holland (formerly Burke) senior Jay’von Depina has committed to play at Northern Essex Community College, making it five of the six Bulldogs seniors who are going on to play collegiately.

▪ Dartmouth College announced an incoming women’s soccer class that includes two Massachusetts products: Brookline defender Anna Leschly, a two-time EMass All-Star and Bay State Conference All-Star, and BB&N’s Maeve Theobald, who made the All-NEPSAC and All-ISL first teams.

2. Coaching carousel

▪ Methuen football coach Tom Ryan will be the athletic director at the school after serving on an interim basis last year. Longtime offensive coordinator Ryan Dugan will be promoted to interim head coach.

Ryan went 81-48 in 12 seasons coaching the Rangers. Dugan has been the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, where he teaches math, for 12 years.

▪ Nipmuc has promoted Britt Kahler from assistant to head girls’ basketball coach. Kahler was formerly the head coach at Blackstone Valley Tech.

▪ Tabor Academy announced the promotion of 2014 graduate Lydia Caputi from assistant to head girls’ basketball coach.

Caputi takes over for Will Becker, who she coached under the last two years. An All-New England player while at Tabor, she went on to play at Babson, where she was a three-year starter.

She has coached at Trinity College and Dartmouth and was head coach at Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn.

▪ Westwood athletic director Matt Gillis announced he will be retiring next week after 33 years with the school district. The Blue Hills graduate has served as the Wolverines’ AD for 13 years.

3. Milton Academy’s Partal wins Gatorade boys’ soccer award

Milton Academy senior Josh Partal has been named the Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

The midfielder from Bangor, Maine, notched seven goals and eight assists, leading the Mustangs to the NEPSAC Class A championship game. A United Soccer Coaches High School All-American selection, he participated in the High School All-American Game and will play at Stanford.

“Josh just controls the game from minute one to minute 90,” said BB&N coach Joe Campbell in a release. “He never plays a bad pass and is silky smooth on the ball. His game awareness is uncanny for such a young player.”

Partal volunteers as a youth soccer coach and is a member of the Milton Academy Science Olympiad team and co-head of the MicroFinance Club.

5. TMC talks big picture, tweaks wrestling postseason

The MIAA’s Tournament Management Committee discussed two big-picture topics and made a slight change to wrestling during its Thursday meeting.

The only vote of the day was to reduce the number of wrestlers who qualify for All-States from six to five per weight, which was recommended by the wrestling committee.

“They’re trying to get their arms around the number of people who are wrestling,” said TMC chair Shaun Hart, the Burlington AD. “The events are so huge.”

Two athletic directors, Newton North’s Mike Jackson and Franklin’s Karrah Ellis, proposed that basketball quarterfinal games be held at neutral locations instead of home gyms.

“It’s definitely difficult to host an Elite Eight game in basketball,” Ellis said. “From turning people away at the door because tickets sold out, to locking down your facility. We had people break in through our loading dock trying to sneak into a game. That’s an unreasonable expectation of your event staff.”

The committee decided to add the issue to a future agenda when they have more data, with Paine noting that only three quarterfinal games in 2025 sold more than 1,000 tickets.

“We understand Newton North and Franklin had a problem, but we need to look at the numbers and look at the ticket sales,” Hart said.

Hart also noted that while hockey quarterfinals were moved to neutral locations last season, it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison.

“Everyone owns their own basketball gym and less than half the hockey teams play at a venue that is theirs,” Hart said. “They’re not the same.”

The committee also discussed the need to make the alignment process, which just wrapped up for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years, less arduous and acrimonious.

“We have to seriously consider what we are doing and why we are doing this work,” Hart said. “My hope is no person needs to do alignments again. We put the formula together and it runs the state and where you land is where you are.”

A sub-committee was discussed to look at alternate methods for settling alignments.

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

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Local Iowa high school baseball and softball highlights and scores (6

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Here’s a look at our local Iowa high school baseball and softball highlights and scores from June 12th, 2025: Softball Sioux City East 3, Sioux City North 1 (Game 1 – Doubleheader) West Monona 9, Lawton-Bronson 2 Sibley-Ocheyedam 6, Sheldon 5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13, CB Jefferson 1 Le Mars 3, […]

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Here’s a look at our local Iowa high school baseball and softball highlights and scores from June 12th, 2025:

Softball

Sioux City East 3, Sioux City North 1 (Game 1 – Doubleheader)

West Monona 9, Lawton-Bronson 2

Sibley-Ocheyedam 6, Sheldon 5

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13, CB Jefferson 1

Le Mars 3, Bishop Heelan 2 (Game 1 – Doubleheader)

Le Mars 8, Bishop Heelan 5 (Game 2 – Doubleheader)

CB Lincoln 5, Sioux City West 2

Okoboji 14, Emmetsburg 4

Newell-Fonda 10, Pocahontas Area 1

Woodbine 5, Westwood 1

Baseball

Sioux City East 4, Sioux City North 2 (Game 1 – Doubleheader)

Sioux City East 3, Sioux City North 0 (Game 2 – Doubleheader)

Estherville-Lincoln Central 7, Algona 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13, CB Jefferson 0

Newell-Fonda 16, Northwood-Kensett 2

Sheldon 11, Sibley-Ocheyedan 3

MMCRU 1, Kingsley-Pierson 0

West Lyon 7, Central Lyon 0

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Girls flag football camp highlights rapid rise of the sport in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS — About 75 girls, ages 10 to 18, gathered this week at a girls pro flag football camp in Colorado Springs — a clear sign of how fast the sport is gaining ground across Colorado. “To see the growth, just for women in general, is amazing… these young women are coming out and […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS — About 75 girls, ages 10 to 18, gathered this week at a girls pro flag football camp in Colorado Springs — a clear sign of how fast the sport is gaining ground across Colorado.

“To see the growth, just for women in general, is amazing… these young women are coming out and wanting to play in a sport that’s mainly for men,” said Vana Medrano, quarterback for the Denver Rush, who coached at the camp.

Medrano shared her passion for the game and her hope that these young athletes take full advantage of the opportunities now available.

“I wish I started when I was younger… the opportunity is amazing,” she said.

Now recognized as Colorado’s 33rd sanctioned high school sport — and the 18th for girls — flag football marks a significant step forward for gender equity in athletics.

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The sport’s momentum is especially clear at schools like Denver South, where flag football is quickly becoming part of school culture.

“It means a lot because I got to be part of the first official flag football team at my school,” said one camper who did not want to be identified for this story. “Never even thrown a football before, and I instantly fell in love.”

Medrano said the biggest takeaway she hopes to leave campers with is belief in themselves.

“I hope they leave this camp with confidence… knowing they can do it, and that the sky is the limit,” Medrano said.

The local nonprofit Pro Football Camp will host three youth events this summer, bringing in NFL, UFL, and women’s pro players to coach and mentor kids on and off the field.

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Maxwell Moldovan sinks eagle at U.S. Open

Green High School alum Maxwell Moldovan has one of the early highlights at Oakmont Country Club. On the first hole of his first round at the 2025 U.S. Open Golf Championship, former Green and Ohio State golfer needed just two strokes to get his ball into the cup, earning him an eagle on the par-4 […]

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Jun 6, 2024; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Maxwell Moldovan plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Sports

Green High School alum Maxwell Moldovan has one of the early highlights at Oakmont Country Club.

On the first hole of his first round at the 2025 U.S. Open Golf Championship, former Green and Ohio State golfer needed just two strokes to get his ball into the cup, earning him an eagle on the par-4 hole.

Moldovan, who turned pro in June 2024 and in April won his first pro event at the PGA Tour Americas Brazil Open, was one of four players in a field of 83 to qualify out of Springfield Country Club, located in Springfield, Ohio. He put together rounds of 69-65 to go 5 under, which sent him to the U.S. Open.

This is his fourth straight year competing in the event.

Dispatch reporter Rob Oller contributed to this report.

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Skiing Introduces Five

Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University skiing will introduce five first-years to the program in 2025-26 as part of the Class of 2029, Cate Brams, the Paul J. Finnegan Family Head Coach for Harvard Nordic Skiing, and Scott MacPherson, The Peter H. Carter ’69 Head Coach for Harvard Alpine Skiing, announced on Thursday. The Crimson’s […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University skiing will introduce five first-years to the program in 2025-26 as part of the Class of 2029, Cate Brams, the Paul J. Finnegan Family Head Coach for Harvard Nordic Skiing, and Scott MacPherson, The Peter H. Carter ’69 Head Coach for Harvard Alpine Skiing, announced on Thursday.
 
The Crimson’s Class of 2029 includes three skiers on the nordic side and two skiers for the alpine team. The group includes one student-athlete each from Alaska, California, Idaho, New York, and Ontario.
 
Harvard’s incoming class features Braden Bellizzi (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.), Caleb Boyce (Boise, Idaho), and Logan Cuddy (Anchorage, Alaska) on the nordic side as well as Maya Eisner (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) and Tristan Leightell (Toronto, Ontario) on the alpine side.
 
The group joins a Harvard program that has qualified skiers on both the alpine and nordic sides for the NCAA Championships in each of the last five competitive seasons.

Braden Bellizzi
Nordic | Honeoye Falls, N.Y. | Honeoye Falls-Lima

Earned All-Greater Rochester Skier of the Year honors in 2023 … Gained First Team All-Greater Rochester from 2021-23 … Garnered First Team All-Monroe County from 2021-23 … Represented the Mid-Atlantic Region at Junior Nationals from 2022-25 … Won an individual New York state title in 2023 … Helped team win New York state titles in 2022 and 2023 … Captured an individual sectional championship in 2023 and team sectional championships from 2021-23 … Also competed in soccer and track and field … National Honor Society member and chapter president … Enjoys surfing, whitewater kayaking, and exploring nature … Son of Kellin King ’99 and Matt Bellizzi ’96; both parents competed in nordic skiing at Harvard. 

Caleb Boyce
Nordic | Boise, Idaho | Boise High School

Earned the Hummel-Fereday Award as a junior … Raced for the Bogus Basin Nordic Team … Also competed with the Boise Brave Mountain Bike Team … Won the Tour de Bogus 25k … Helped mountain bike team win the state championship three times … National Merit Finalist and an AP Scholar … Selected as the Idaho winner of the “Celebrate the West” art competition … Plays the piano … Son of Heidi and Cody Boyce. 

Logan Cuddy
Nordic | Anchorage, Alaska | Robert Service High School

Earned All-America honors in 2023 … Gained All-State accolades in 2024 … Captured Team MVP laurels in 2024 … Helped team win a state title in 2022 and finish as state runner-up in 2023 and 2024 … Part of team that garnered a rating as the top high school team in the nation in 2022 according to U.S. Skiing … Served team as a two-year captain … Raced for Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center … Earned the 2024 Youth Volunteer Award … Selected as an Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy … Served as the President of high school’s Special Olympics Partners Club … Aunt Nina Kemppel competed in nordic skiing at Dartmouth and represented Team USA at four Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998, 2002) … Son of Denali Kemppel and Kevin Cuddy; Denali competed in nordic skiing at Dartmouth, earning All-America honors.

Maya Eisner
Alpine | Pacific Palisades, Calif. | Rowland Hall (Utah)

Qualified for U.S. Nationals in 2024 and 2025, for U18 Nationals in 2024 and 2025, and for U16 Nationals in 2022 and 2023 … Qualified for U16 NPS at Burke Mountain in 2023 … Competed for the Mammouth Mountain Ski Team from 2021-23 and for Rowmark Ski Academy from 2023-25 … Earned Academic All-State honors … Also played soccer; helped team win a Utah 2A State Championship in 2023 … An AP Scholar with Distinction … A volunteer and student chapter co-founder of Grow the Flow, an organization advocating for the Great Salt Lake’s survival through legislation and research … Daughter of Sydney and Brian Eisner.

Tristan Leightell
Alpine | Toronto, Ontario | Green Mountain Valley School (Vt.)

Earned a bronze medal at the U19 Canadian Giant Slalom National Championships in 2025 … Ranked in the top five overall in the Canadian Giant Slalom standings in 2023, 2024, and 2025 … Placed first at the Ontario Cup in 2020 and 2021 … Selected as the Best Ontario Cup Boy at the U14 level in 2019 and the U16 level in 2021 … Raced for the Georgian Peaks Alpine Club, Ontario Development Ski Team, Green Mountain Valley School, and the Burke Mountain Academy E-Team … Also played ice hockey and lacrosse … Organized a skateboarding marathon, raising over $5000 for Beaver Valley Outreach … Son of Karen and Stephen Leightell.
 

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