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Anson & Tahmazian Named CSC Academic All-District

By: Contact: Tom Krychkowski; Assistant Athletic Director for Communications & Marketing Story Links GREENWOOD, IN | The College Sports Communicators (CSC) released the 2025 track & field Academic All-District Teams on Tuesday afternoon, and the NJCU women’s track & field team had two members on the list. The 2025 Academic All-District® Women’s […]

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GREENWOOD, IN | The College Sports Communicators (CSC) released the 2025 track & field Academic All-District Teams on Tuesday afternoon, and the NJCU women’s track & field team had two members on the list.

The 2025 Academic All-District® Women’s Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes women’s track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Evelyn Tahmazian earned her first CSC Academic All-District Award for her career after posting a top 50 regional toss in the hammer throw with a distance of 33.60m, good for the 47th best throw in the region. The exercise science major finished the year with a 3.68 GPA.

Shyanne Anson (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) finished 50th in the region in the hammer throw with a throw of 33.31m. Anson, a fire science major, finished with an impressive 3.74 GPA on the year.

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Northwestern volleyball new transfer roundup for the 2025 season

Northwestern volleyball is gearing up for a bounce-back season, and it’ll have some new faces in the gym to help boost its chances. As head coach Tim Nollan approaches his sophomore year at the helm, he has made finding gems in the transfer portal his top offseason priority, finding players with college experience and a […]

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Northwestern volleyball is gearing up for a bounce-back season, and it’ll have some new faces in the gym to help boost its chances.

As head coach Tim Nollan approaches his sophomore year at the helm, he has made finding gems in the transfer portal his top offseason priority, finding players with college experience and a versatile skill set. He meticulously selected five players each with their own strengths. They’ll quickly be thrust into the lineup and counted on to help NU compete in the Big Ten this upcoming season, following a mere 3-27 conference record in 2024.

Let’s unpack these transfer pickups.

Ayah Elnady

Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Northwestern’s top addition brings offensive firepower and a wealth of experience to the ‘Cats squad. Before college, Elnady was featured on Egypt’s No. 1 ranked Junior National Team and was a member of the country’s team in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers. She then attended Kansas, where she led the school with 354 kills and 37 aces in 2024, the latter ranking her tenth in the Big 12. She won first-team All-Big 12 honors and gained NCAA Tournament experience from her time with the Jayhawks, where she helped the team as a No. 3 seed to the second round.

Now a graduate student, Elnady will provide consistency at the service line and as a dynamic, aggressive playmaker on offense. She was a major get in the transfer portal and should significantly boost NU’s roster.

Campbell Paris

A sophomore transfer from South Carolina, Paris will bring size and versatility to the ‘Cats as an outside hitter. The 6-foot-5 Illinois native had a championship-winning high school career, leading Barrington High School to its first title since 2006 and getting a top-150 nationwide rank in the process. While at South Carolina, she led the team with a .210 hitting percentage in 2023 and garnered 11 matches with double-digit kills during her two seasons, while also gaining three sets of NCAA Tournament experience.

Paris chose to remain close to home at Northwestern, and Nollan anticipates she will play a big role. He intends to use her as a two-way player, touting Paris’ ability to attack skillfully and block effectively. She’ll be seeing net play and be another multifaceted weapon for NU.

Beste Ayhan

Hailing from Istanbul, Turkey, Ayhan has experience playing for a variety of schools and should bring adaptability skills that will help her fit in seamlessly as a Wildcat. She started her collegiate career at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) where her 144 blocks set the single-season program record. In her second season with the Terrapins, she tallied seven blocks in the America East title game and five in a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup.

Following two seasons in Baltimore and one brief stint at Florida International University, Ayhan spent her senior year at Bradley where she led the team with 110 blocks and a .267 attack percentage, showcasing her two-way prowess.

As a 6-foot-4 middle blocker, she’ll slot in at the net and plans to wreak havoc on opposing offenses. Having played for three different schools, she also brings a strong familiarity with different levels of competition around the country. That should help as she enters her first season in the Big Ten.

Bella Simkus

Another versatile asset for the ‘Cats, Simkus thrived on both sides of the ball during her four years at Colorado. A middle blocker and current redshirt senior, her breakout season came as a junior when she set career-highs with nine kills and a six-block performance. Her offensive and defensive skills were on display last season, as her 66 blocks ranked third on the team while her .349 hitting percentage ranked second, en route to 83 kills.

Simkus provides competitive experience from the Big 12 and should give the ‘Cats energy in all phases of the game, serving in a jack-of-all-trades role.

Gabrielle Gerry

Northwestern’s second transfer from South Carolina will reunite with fellow transfer teammate Paris as she slots into the middle blocker core. Prior to college, she led her Assumption High School squad to three straight district titles and a trip to Kentucky state semifinals in 2022. Her two seasons with the Gamecocks included a three-block performance as a freshman and playing time in the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore.

Gerry will bring much-needed depth to the ‘Cats core and a high standard of excellence set from her time with South Carolina.





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Hometown hero Logan Webb pitches Giants to stabilizing win in West Sacramento

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Matt Cain, throughout his long tenure as a load-bearing pillar in the San Francisco Giants rotation, adhered to a personal code whenever he’d hand over the baseball at the end of a day’s work. No matter how well he pitched at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark, no matter how few runs scored […]

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Hometown hero Logan Webb pitches Giants to stabilizing win in West Sacramento

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Matt Cain, throughout his long tenure as a load-bearing pillar in the San Francisco Giants rotation, adhered to a personal code whenever he’d hand over the baseball at the end of a day’s work.

No matter how well he pitched at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark, no matter how few runs scored on his watch, no matter how comfortably the home team was ahead and no matter how loudly the crowd cheered his effort, the stoic right-hander refused to tip his cap if he left a runner on base. Something about it just didn’t feel right.

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Logan Webb has a little Matt Cain in him.

“I wish I had given a wave or something,” said Webb, who walked off the mound with two on and two out in the seventh inning at Sutter Health Park on Saturday night to the kind of ovation reserved for hometown heroes. “It’s always awkward in those moments, and I don’t know why. But I felt the love from the Sacramento crowd. It was awesome to pitch at home.”

Because their Las Vegas-bound former Bay Area rivals are carpetbagging it in the Central Valley for at least three seasons, the Giants are playing a major-league series in a minor-league stadium. It happens to be the Triple-A ballpark down the road from where Webb grew up in Rocklin. He fidgeted in his seat here many times as a kid, watching the Sacramento River Cats when they were still an A’s affiliate.

Maybe something happens when so many of your formative memories of professional baseball come in a ballpark that doesn’t have a second deck and where every seat is close to the action. Maybe there’s less emotional distance between you and the players. It might be one of the reasons Webb has remained so grounded and so rocksteady since he established himself as one of the league’s best pitchers in 2021. You can’t injure yourself by falling off a pedestal when you never put yourself on one.

Webb delivered another of his typical starts on an otherwise atypical night. He pumped strikes and mixed his pitches; a Giants lineup that included a freshly activated Matt Chapman and a resurgent Willy Adames did the rest in a 7-2 victory.


The crowd salutes its hometown hero. (Darren Yamashita / Imagn Images)

The legions of Giants fans who barely had a moment to cheer here in Friday night’s 11-2 loss came out of the auditory woodwork this time. But the sellout crowd of 12,298 could be better described as pro-Webb than pro-Giants. The moment Webb walked out of the bullpen in the bottom of the first inning, he was showered with shouts of “Go Rocklin” and “Go Thunder” from fans who more than likely once applauded the touchdown drives he directed in high school.

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Webb’s cheering section for home games in San Francisco is so vocal that his coaches would tease him about it. So you knew his loyalists would be out in full force when he started a game in his own backyard. You can’t call it a cheering section when the support stretches from pole to pole.

“Every time I got an out or a strikeout, it felt like the whole crowd was cheering me on,” Webb said.

Webb continues to raise his own high bar in what’s turning into the best season of his career. He reclaimed the major-league lead with 120 1/3 innings, and his 133 strikeouts are second only to Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler among National League pitchers. Giants manager Bob Melvin referred to Webb as a no-brainer to make his second NL All-Star team.

He completed at least six innings for the eighth consecutive start and continues to be a stabilizing force every time he takes the mound. That’s precisely what the Giants needed one night after Melvin questioned the team’s focus in a sloppy loss.

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that the Giants played several of those unfocused games over the past four weeks without Chapman, who sustained a significantly sprained hand while getting picked off a month ago. The team was missing more than its leading home run hitter and Gold Glove third baseman. Chapman is also Melvin’s conduit to the clubhouse and the unofficial captain who sets high standards for his teammates.

“That’s what he’s been about his whole career,” said Melvin, who also managed Chapman with the A’s in Oakland. “From the minute he’s gotten here, he embraces the leadership role. He plays a certain style of baseball that we want to play. So it’s huge to have him back and not just the production part. It’s what he does on the field, it’s his presence in the dugout, in the clubhouse. It’s a big part of who we are.”

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The Giants’ lineup without Chapman lacked continuity, as well. Even after the stunning June 15 trade with the Boston Red Sox that netted Rafael Devers, one of the best left-handed hitters in the game, the lineup over the past couple of weeks competed like a group that had dressed itself in the dark. The expectation now is that with Devers and Chapman in the middle of the order, and Casey Schmitt expected to become the everyday second baseman Monday when he’s eligible to be activated from the injured list, a deeper and more stable lineup will be able to win its share of games without requiring near perfection from a rotation firmly led by Webb and Robbie Ray and a bullpen that has been baseball’s best in the first half.

“I’d like to think I can make an impact,” Chapman said before the game. “Finally, we get to play together (with Devers). We’re one step closer to everybody being together and getting comfortable playing with each other and to start playing the baseball that we expect to play.”

But there’s no thinking more wishful than “everybody being together” when you’re dealing with a 26-man roster and a 162-game season. The next injury or inconsistent stretch is always right around the corner. Not an hour passed after Chapman’s pregame session with reporters before there was a roster update: left-hander Erik Miller to the injured list with a left elbow sprain.

The news wasn’t too surprising. Something seemed off with Miller most of the year. There had to be occult forces behind his 1.50 ERA in 36 games because Miller totaled more walks and hit batters (22) than strikeouts (20) in 30 innings. His 14 percent drop in strikeout percentage is the largest year-over-year decrease among all major-league pitchers who’ve thrown at least 20 innings. Yet Miller remained an important part of the Giants’ late-inning mix, and he was a huge key to Wednesday’s win at Arizona when he entered Landen Roupp’s bases-loaded, no-out situation and limited the damage to one run on a sacrifice fly.

A sprained elbow is often a precursor to Tommy John surgery, but Melvin said Miller’s MRI did not show major structural damage, and the hope is that he will recover with a rest interval. For now, the Giants selected the contract of a familiar face, left-hander Scott Alexander, whom they recently signed on a minor-league deal, to replace Miller on the roster. Joey Lucchesi is another lefty in the bullpen, but his role for as long as he’s here is to pitch multiple innings. Former Detroit Tigers lefty Matt Gage signed a minor-league contract with the Giants on Saturday. Triple-A left-handed starter Carson Whisenhunt could be introduced to the big leagues in a relief role, too.

The trade deadline is more than three weeks away, and a team’s needs tend to fluctuate, but left-handed relief almost certainly has sped to the top of club president Buster Posey’s list.

If only the Giants could clone Randy Rodriguez, who replaced Webb and stranded both inherited runners. Rodriguez is unscored upon in 36 of 38 appearances and is the Giants’ top All-Star candidate after Webb and Ray. An argument could be made that, given his standing among his relief cohort, Rodriguez is the most deserving Giant on the team.

“The numbers say he’s been the best reliever in baseball,” said Webb, who also lobbied for Tyler Rogers to become a first-time All-Star after several seasons in which he merited a place. “I really hope he gets it.”

The Giants will play two formidable opponents in the final homestand before the All-Star break when the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers come to San Francisco, but there is still a chance to create the momentum they couldn’t gather while struggling with their demons in the past several series against sub-.500 teams. Adames hasn’t been out of action like Chapman, but his bat hasn’t made an impact for most of the season. It’s starting to heat up now. He hit a pair of two-run singles Saturday, including a crisp line drive in the first inning after A’s right-hander Luis Severino hit Heliot Ramos and Chapman with pitches.

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Both hit batters glared back at the mound. Ramos has been hit 11 times this year after getting hit just twice last season. Chapman didn’t appear to appreciate getting plunked in his first plate appearance after missing a month with a hand injury. A week ago, Webb expressed exasperation with the number of Giants batters getting hit and levied a not-so-veiled threat when he said that “the game finds a way to even itself out.”

Webb couldn’t risk getting ejected Saturday night and didn’t hit any batters in retaliation. But it sure was interesting that he made two kneecap pitches in the fourth inning — a 1-0 sinker to Jacob Wilson and an 0-1 sinker to Brent Rooker — that missed their spots by a lot more than his usual location mistakes.

It was one more reminder: Some of Webb’s most fervent fans never have to buy a ticket to see him pitch. They can watch from the dugout for free.

(Top photo: Darren Yamashita / Imagn Images)

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How Nikola Jokic dominated PES and won over everybody at Olympics

In a recent interview with B92, Dusan Mandic, widely regarded as the world’s top water polo player, spoke about how his friendship with Nikola Jokic first started. Their connection began at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, Mandic was the second-youngest player on Serbia’s water polo team, while Jokic was the youngest member […]

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In a recent interview with B92, Dusan Mandic, widely regarded as the world’s top water polo player, spoke about how his friendship with Nikola Jokic first started.

Their connection began at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, Mandic was the second-youngest player on Serbia’s water polo team, while Jokic was the youngest member of head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic’s basketball squad.

“Nikola Jokic was also one of the youngest guys on his team, so he would, let’s say, come over and hang out with us,” said Mandic.

“When you’re the youngest on a team, you usually have a lot of small duties that aren’t exactly fun, but of course, you do them. So he found his place with us. He felt comfortable, and we enjoyed having him around. It was fun… seeing a guy that big, and yet still a kid. We were both kids back then — we’re close in age. The whole thing was just really nice.”

Recalling a memorable moment, Mandic added:

“I was the youngest on our team, so I was just watching them play PES — I couldn’t even get a turn. But he destroyed all of our best players. I remember no one could even get close to beating him.”

While they don’t speak daily, the respect between them remains strong:

“We don’t talk on a daily basis, but there’s huge mutual respect. He’s a legend — a guy who went to America and has been dominating for years. He won a championship, three MVPs, and honestly could have won two more. Everyone deals with invisible forces along the way. For Nikola, team success and team trophies are what matter most. I truly wish him all the best in Denver. There’s real respect between us.”

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Dennis Marek: Dad, Mom – I do not want to go to college – Shaw Local

When I was thinking about college, those words just would not have come out. To get to go to college was an honor and a privilege. Of course, most wanted to go to some college and get the best jobs. It was an assumption for most high school students in the 1950s. USA Today ran […]

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When I was thinking about college, those words just would not have come out. To get to go to college was an honor and a privilege. Of course, most wanted to go to some college and get the best jobs. It was an assumption for most high school students in the 1950s.

USA Today ran an article a week ago that caught my full attention. The subhead read “Teen grads increasingly choosing tech school.” I had certainly heard the idea that college is not for all, and I fully agree. But the statistics that I read were a bit shocking. First was a survey finding that 45% of teens were not interested in going to college. Of that group, about 14% were considering a trade school of sorts, and the rest were considering other options.

Also, with those teens not wanting college, many of their parents were fine with the idea, but overall, over 80% of all teens’ parents encouraged their children to attend college. A substantial number of parents did support a plan to not immediately attend college, rather seeking some time during which to travel, go to work or pursue a nondegree program.

Of course, finance is one of the leading reasons for not attending college. The price of education, whether it be at a four-year university, a junior college or even some sort of online platform, can be downright scary. Right now, the average cost of an in-state tuition at a university is $10,000 a year, while to attend out of state is almost triple that number. College tuition has doubled since 2000.

Want an even a scarier thought? Full tuition at Northwestern Law School in 1964 was about $6,000 a year. Last I heard, it was now close to $80,000 per year. Walking out looking for that first job, if there was no scholarship help, that law student would be $250,000 in debt.

Compare those numbers with the fact that the average cost of a complete trade school program’s tuition was about $15,000 last year. Then, one can compare those costs with what the potential income would be for the student. Is that fancy school worth it? Will there be a return on that additional investment?

I look back at the classmates of my 1967 graduation from law school and look back on their productive financial lives. Take my three roommates over that three-year span in law school. What a difference in ultimate employment. My freshman roommate was hired by a very prestigious law firm in San Francisco and would eventually represent the National Football League! One ended up in the insurance business far from the practice of law. The third, after making the coveted Law Review his first year, moved to an island off Seattle and raised goats. He later taught online for a university, and for a short stint served as a public defender. He really did a minimal practice of law.

Of course, those men all completed seven years of college and probably owed a substantial amount of college debt upon graduation, as did I. But the field opened a lifetime of practicing law to two of us. The college grind and expense were well worth it in the long run. Without our law degrees, we couldn’t pursue that career.

But that was almost 60 years ago. Certainly, things have changed. My senior high school class of 1960 had me as the only one who had his undergraduate degree after four years. Many more were to achieve that goal in a couple extra years, but cost and other factors brought a delay to some and a permanent nonattendance to a lot of others.

It is now 2025. My two oldest grandchildren have graduated from college, and two more are in college. None have shown any desire to skip this further education. But one of the surveys mentioned in the USA Today article showed that most high school students and their parents are basically unaware of their post-graduation options other than the four-year college path. Until graduation is near, many high school students and their parents have not discussed future educational plans.

I remember hearing that when a friend of mine was in high school, his father talked only about IF he went to college. My family talked only about WHEN we went to college. Expectation is often a driving force.

But college life is so much more than a degree and learning new skills. It can open the student to other ways of life, other beliefs, even other political views. Growing up in Clifton had not taught me a lot about much of the world. Only getting out there and experiencing it had me learning of the many differences here on planet Earth. It showed me that we Americans can be quite different in our views, our social status and our beliefs, be it political, religious or economics. I even found out that there were lots of folks who did not understand the difference between a cornfield and a soybean field.

If college is one thing, it is the opening of one’s eyes to so many other ways of life. Trade school is fine but generally confining, with no relocation and the same community. College is so much more wide open to life experiences as well as education. So, if your child or grandchild wants to skip college and go straight to a work plan, so be it. But at least show him or her the other options, even though it involves a lot of hard work and expense. Let the child see both sides and then decide.

Dennis Marek can be contacted at llamalaw23@gmail.com.



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2025 Girls Track All-Scholastics and league All-Stars – Boston Herald

GIRLS TRACK ALL-SCHOLASTICS Breanna Braham (Dennis-Yarmouth) 400 meters Ainsley Cuthbertson (Lexington) shot put, discus Emmanuella Edozien (Natick) 100-hurdles Chloe Elder (Natick) 400 meters Alessandra Forgione (Peabody) discus, javelin Madeline Goncalves (Haverhill) shot put Emerson Gould (Acton-Boxboro) pole vault Greta Hammer (Needham) 2-miles Abigail Hennessy (Westford Academy) 800 meters, mile Nyrah Joseph (Billerica) pentathlon, triple jump […]

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GIRLS TRACK ALL-SCHOLASTICS

Breanna Braham (Dennis-Yarmouth) 400 meters

Ainsley Cuthbertson (Lexington) shot put, discus

Emmanuella Edozien (Natick) 100-hurdles

Chloe Elder (Natick) 400 meters

Alessandra Forgione (Peabody) discus, javelin

Madeline Goncalves (Haverhill) shot put

Emerson Gould (Acton-Boxboro) pole vault

Greta Hammer (Needham) 2-miles

Abigail Hennessy (Westford Academy) 800 meters, mile

Nyrah Joseph (Billerica) pentathlon, triple jump

Nina Kyei-Aboagye (Sharon) 100 meters, 200 meters

Giuliana Ligor (North Reading) 400-hurdles

Gabrielle Pierre (Lincoln-Sudbury) long jump, triple jump

Zoe Santos (Norton) high jump

Julia Hansen, Grace Okocha, Gabrielle Antebi, Lavender Kozaka (Oliver Ames) 4×100-relay

Lilah MacQuarrie, Riley Earle, Maddie MacKinnon, Liv Coperine (Duxbury) 4×400 relay

Tea Pagnotti, Maeve Gavin, Susannah Rockers, Hailey Cashman (Westwood) 4×800-relay

BREANNA BRAHAM

DENNIS-YARMOUTH

The Cape and Island League MVP won the Div. 5 championship in the 200-meter (24.29) and the 400-meter (54.87). She also won the New England championship in the 200-meter (23.86) and the 400-meter (53.99). She had times of 23.63 and 53.70 at the Meet of Champions in the 200-meter and 400-meters, respectively. The honors student will study Nursing at the University of Louisville.

AINSLEY CUTHBERTSON

LEXINGTON

The two-time Div. 1 champion set the state record in the U18 hammer this season while also winning the Div. 1 shot put and discus. The four-time Middlesex League All-Star holds five individual school records. The junior is an honor roll student.

EMMANUELLA EDOZIEN

NATICK

The junior set the state record in the 100-meter hurdles while also being named the champion at the Meet of Champions. She also won the 55-meter hurdles and is a two-time New Balance Nationals semifinalist in the 60-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles. Edozien is an honor roll student.

CHLOE ELDER

NATICK

The two-time Div. 1 champion holds program records in the 200-meter, 300-meter and 400-meter races. She placed 16th at Nationals in the 400-meter. The junior is a member of the National Honor Society and wants to major in health sciences to become an occupational therapist.

ALESSANDRA FORGIONE

PEABODY

The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus. She also placed fourth at the Meet of Champions in shot put and took home first in the javelin. Forgione placed first at the New England championship in the javelin in 2024. She will attend UMass-Lowell.

MADELINE GONCALVES

HAVERHILL

The senior finished first in the shot put in the Meet of Champions and a runner-up in the New England championship meet. The school record holder in shot put and discus had personal bests of 44’2″ and 111’11” respectively. The National Honor Society member will attend the College of the Holy Cross.

EMERSON GOULD

ACTON-BOXBORO

The Dual County League All Star went undefeated at the pole vault which included first-place finishes at the Div. 1 championship and the Meet of Champions while also anchoring the 4×100 relay team that took home first as well. The senior also placed 15th at New Balance Nationals and now holds five school records. She will be pole-vaulting at Indiana University with a major in marketing.

GRETA HAMMER

NEEDHAM

The junior won the 2-mile at the Meet of Champions with a fifth-place finish in the mile. She also finished as the runner-up at the Meet of Champions in 2024 in the 2-mile. In her spare time, Hammer has donated more than 100 hours to community service.

ABIGAIL HENNESSY

WESTFORD ACADEMY

The junior took home first place in the Div. 1 800-meters (2:07.18 personal record) as well as the mile and continued her dominance by placing first in the 800-meter and the mile (4:37.11 personal record) in the Meet of Champions. The high honors student also placed seventh at the New Balance Nationals in the mile (4:42.72).

NYRAH JOSEPH

BILLERICA

The senior recorded a personal best 39’5″ triple jump to take home the Div. 3 championship title and scored 3,475 in the pentathlon to win that as well to win the MSTCA Outdoor Pentathlon. The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258). The four-time All-Scholastic is a high honor roll/honor roll student and is committed to run track and field at UMass Lowell while studying exercise science.

NINA KYEI-ABOAGYE

SHARON

The junior broke the state record in the 200-meter and was the meet of Champions winner in the 200-meter and 100-meter. She went undefeated in the 100-meter this season. The cheerleader has not committed to any future collegiate plans at this time.

GIULIANA LIGOR

NORTH READING

The three-time Cape Ann League Athlete of the Year placed first in the Div. 5 championship in the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles while being the runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the Meet of Champions and winning the 400-meter hurdles for the third straight season at the Meet of Champions. Ligor is a high honors student and member of the National Honor Society. The senior will compete in track and field for the University of Pennsylvania.

GABRIELLE PIERRE

LINCOLN-SUDBURY

Pierre set a personal record with a 19’8.25″ long jump to take home the crown in the Div. 1 championship. The senior was runner-up at the Meet of Champions in the long jump (18’5.25″) while also placing first first in the triple jump (41’9.5″). She will attend the University of Florida.

ZOE SANTOS

NORTON

The senior won both the Div. 5 championship (5-4) and Meet of Champions (5-7) events. She also captured titles at the MSTCA Dr. George Steele Relays. A multi-time All-Scholastic, Santos will run track at Quinnipiac.

OLIVER AMES

4×100

Grace Okocha, Julia Hansen, Gabrielle Antebi, Lavender Kozaka

The relay team of Grace Okocha, Julia Hanse, Gabrielle Antebi and Lavender Kozola set a program record with a 48.95 in the 4×100 meter relay to capture the Div. 3 championship and they also won the Meet of Champions in the same event with a 49.02. Antebi is a National Honor Society member and a high honor roll student. Hansen is a two-time Hockomock League All Star, National Honor Society member and high honors student who will attend Holy Cross to study biology. Okocha is a six-time Hockomock League All Star and high honor roll student who will attend URI for nursing. Sophomore Lavender Kozaka is now a two-time state champion and a high honors student.

DUXBURY

4×400

Liv Coperine, Lilah MacQuarrie, Maddie McKinnon, Riley Earle

The sophomore foursome of Liv Coperine, Lilah MacQuarrie, Maddie McKinnon and Riley Earle were the Div. 3 runner ups in the 4×400 relay. Coperine holds eight program records and is a Patriot League All-Star. MacQuarrie is an honor roll student and a two-time Patriot League All-Star. McKinnon is looking to attend high academic school, while Earle is a Patriot League All-Star and high honor roll student.

WESTWOOD

4×800

Tea Pagnotti, Maeve Gavin, Susannah Rockers, Hailey Cashman

The quartet of Tea Pagnotti, Maeve Gavin, Susannah Rockers and Hailey Cashman set a program record to win the Div. 3 championship in the 4×800 relay and won the Meet of Champions with a time of 9:17.58. Pagnotti set a personal record with a 2:14 in her 800 while also being a high honors student. Gavin is a member of the National Honors Society and would love to run cross country and track in college. Rockers is a five-time National Qualifier in indoor/outdoor track, a Tri-Valley League All Star, while Cashman is a straight A student.

 

LEAGUE ALL-STARS

BAY STATE CONFERENCE

Caitlyn Chang, Erin Kelley (Braintree); Thalia Goessling (Brookline); Ava Lombardo (Framingham); Ella Turner, Annaliese Aguilar, Reagan Gilmartin (Milton); Chloe Elder, Emmanuella Edozien, Sydni Chandler (Natick); Audrey Adam, Eva Adam, Eva Geddes, Greta Hammer, Sofi Galan (Needham); Audrey Welstead, Blake MacNeal, Brooke Bennett, Maggie Abely, Sophie Finkelstein (Newton North); Victoria Terzyiska (Walpole); Annie Comella, Charlotte Tuxbury, Emma Tuxbury, Kayla Bohlin, Leila Eccher, Maddie Tuxbury (Wellesley); Ainsley Weber, Casey Dempsey, Emma Daley, Gracie Richard, Isabella Galusha, Madison Campbell (Weymouth)

MVP: Chloe Elder

BIG THREE

Amaya Pastor, Jacqui Bank, Julia Lague, Madalena Morris, Alaysha Sylvia-Figueroa, Teresa Jacob Reig (New Bedford); Presley Yentz, Shayla Harrison, Mia Melendez, Anjola Olubanwo, Jasmine DoSouto, Gabrielle Nozil (Durfee); Kaliya Sanon, Miriam Correia, Miah Webb, Alina Nguyen, Jada Furtado (Brockton)

MVP: Madalena Morris

BOSTON CITY LEAGUE

Ava Gomes, Leanna Lynch, Demya McClure, Emma Wadsworth, Anjuli Szydlo, Maemae Chiang (Latin Academy); Sara Blanco (O’Bryant); Jacaya Ford (New Mission); Kali Eustache (Brighton)

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Leanna Lynch

CAPE AND ISLANDS

Chari Wright, Whitney Sousa, Sophia Morin (Barnstable); Breanna Braham, Vivian Castano, Ava Kvietok, Olivia Pendleton, Siena Lauze, Kirsten Theloma, Kerri Clark, Katie Popovich (Nauset); Leah Depiper (Falmouth); Madison Mello, Camille Brand (Martha’s Vineyard); Varvara Conley, Alexa Ford (Monomoy); Rihanna Sutherland, Amina Iliusinova, Violet Roche, Adrianna Morgan (Nauset); Tallulah Clifford, Mary Kudarauskas, Hailey Patrish Valencia (Sturgis)

MVP: Breanna Braham

CAPE ANN LEAGUE

Delaney Dunn, 4×100 relay (Essex Tech); Giuliana Ligor, Callie MacLellan (North Reading); Morgan Felts, Kayley Simons, Devin Stroope, 4×400 relay (Newburyport); Ava Burl, London Cole (Triton); Georgia Wilson, Grace Rich, Asa Labell, 4×800 relay (Hamilton-Wenham); Kameya Perron (Ipswich)

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Giuliana Ligor, Georgia Wilson

CATHOLIC CENTRAL LEAGUE

Kaitlyn Burke, Kayla Dennis (Archbishop Williams); Nikki Clarke, Madison Giesta, Lea Ahmad-LeBlanc, Abigail Young (Arlington Catholic); Tea Briggs, Gigi Colleran, Ciara Coyne, Moira Cosgrove, Ella Dos Santos, Molly Duignan, Zoe Kurtz, Grace McMahan, Jillian Olson, Sophie Shaw, Eva Tynan (Bishop Feehan); Olivia Rowe, Anne Swanson, Adelaide Sweatman, Marianna Kay, Kyleigh Pidgeon (Cardinal Spellman); Abigail Clark, Annaikiah Donahue-Wilfred, Lydia Donahue-Wilfred, Gabrielle Howard (Cardinal Spellman); Jazmin Rodriguez (St. Mary’s)

MVP: Annaikiah Donahue-Wilfred

COMMONWEALTH ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

LOWER: Sarah Benchekroun, Katelyn Gilkie (Innovation); Jireilis DeJesus, Ferlande Jean Kacques, Estrella Martinez, Niya Brigham, Widelis Nieves, Maria Villaba, Kissairy Crespo, Zahara Belizaire, Isabella Cortez, Ava Rodriguez, Alana Gordon, Faith Akinbami, Leslie Zorrilla, Amy Huynh, Kassandra Pena (Lynn Tech); Destanee Soba (Nashoba Tech); Alice Jones (Mystic Valley)

MVP: Zahara Belizaire, Destanee Soba

UPPER: Teagan Galvagni, Olivia Stack, Mackenzie Plouffe, Andy Kalonji, Lily Beland, Lindsey Romelus, Hannah Ortiz, Wandelis Sanchez, Emaleigh Santos, Natasha Sarpong, Audrey Yann, Cedaine Decosma, Lillyana Githitu, Tshiabu Mutombo, Charlotte Fitch (Greater Lowell); Mariely Cepeda, Charlotte Berube, Elizallian Rivera, Leilana George, Jade Hallahan, Angelina Carvalho, Elizallian Rivera, Saskia Chai (Whittier); Feka Desir, Feyka Desir, Amira Martin, Brianna Solis (Northeast); Haleigh Cyr, Jaheidy Ortiz, Julissa Sanchez, Jada Ortiz, Trinity Figueroa, Liana Sanchez, Nicole Guerrero (Greater Lawrence); Kara Clayton, Mackenzie Weathebee, Makayla Nolan, Sydney MacPherson (Shawsheen)

GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE

Thania Simon, Kiara Ramirez-Villata, Lilly Serrano, Lauren Nadow, Hazel Hatleberg, Angely Mejia (Chelsea); Devonnnie Gomez-Walrond (Everett); Mariana De Leon (Lynn Classical); Danivel Diroche, Madisen McHake, Jade Quero (Lynn English); Amanda Fowke (Malden); Norah Berson, Emma Beardsley, Isabelle De Sousa-Vieira, Anycia Pierre, Gabriella Komorny, Sydney Coffillm, Caroline Gomez-McDonald, Olivia O’Brien, Sophia Yucel, Kaye Godcher, Magdelawit Takele (Medford); Gemma Stamatopouos, Liv Young, Marwa Riad, Jaliyah Manigo, Olivia Rupp, Rania Hamdani, Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez, Dayana Ortega, Francoise Kodjo, Haley Peralta (Revere); Marissa Luxama (Somerville)

MVP: Thania Simon, Kiara Ramirez-Villata

HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE

Alex D’Amadio (King Philip); Nina Kyei-Aboagye, Linda Jenner, Imani Vaughn (Sharon); Madison Bruno, Ella Chandaria (Franklin); Sophia Olaniyan, Emersyn DePonte, Max Cassinelli (Taunton); Chloe Dubuisson, Adileh Azar, Grace Martinek, Sally Hoban, Lauren Raffetto (Canton); Emilia Smith, S’staarr Parham, Keren Aldana (Attleboro); Lavender Kozaka, Julia Hansen, Grace Okocha, Brie Antebi, Hannah Dupill, Maeve Horsman, Katie Beaulieu (Oliver Ames); Ella McManus, Ashley Cleverdon, Riley DoRosario, Danielle Lomuscio, Maddie Hill (King Philip); Jordan Egan, Molly Galgoczy, Raegan Gagne, Julia Smith, Riley Buckley (North Attleboro); Lauren Bober (Foxboro); Chloe Guthrie, Lily Roche (Mansfield); Julianys Rentas (Milford)

MVP: Nine Kyei-Aboagye, Chloe Dubuisson

MAYFLOWER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Nyah Baker (Holbrook); Marielle Albon, Zoey Onuegbu (Bristol-Plymouth); Emma Foley, Alexah Pedder, Grace Flattery, Tiana-Lei Acevedo (Diman); Sienna Cabe, Ingrid Beaudoin (Wareham); Nailani Ridore, Sanye Campbell, Juliette Alonso (Blue Hills); Edina Blaise (Southeastern); Amiaya Johnson (Cape Cod Tech)

OVERALL MVP: Nyah Baker, Sienna Cabe, Grace Flattery

MIDDLESEX LEAGUE

Aubrey Deardorf, Jane Conrad, Sabrina Green, Caitlin Lennox, Natalie Seed, Julianna Mathurin, Felice Haverty, Evelyn Radcliffe, Amelia Whorton, Lucy Kontos, Marissa Hao (Lexington); Isabelle Lightbody (Reading); Lara McLucas, Cadence L’Heureux (Melrose); Dana Lehr (Belmont); Bridget Higgins, Riley Newman, Julia Ramsey, Chloe Walker (Winchester); Jessica Leehan (Woburn); Bella Hayes (Arlington); Morgan Blout (Stoneham)

MVP: Aubrey Deardorf, Morgan Blout, Cadence L’Heureux

NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

ALL-CONFERENCE: Soraya Mathieu, Destiny Okoye (Saugus); Tess Ryan (Danvers); Amanda Schneider, Savannah Stevens, Mara Siewko (Masconomet); Annabelle Averett (Swampscott); Ella Braz, Makayla Kokonezis, Madison Holleran, Alessandra Forgione, Lauren Foley, Ava Champigny, Avery Marcus, Lilah Tromble (Peabody); Paige Tredwell, Norah Walsh, Marion Grace Ladouceur, Marrietta O’Connell, Geneva Becker (Marblehead); Lillian (Lily) Judge, Jane Cosmas, Samantha Hayward, Reese Kwiatek, Olivia Anketell, Infinity Burns (Beverly)

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Alessandra Forgione

PATRIOT LEAGUE

KEENAN: Maddie MacKinnon, Liv Coperine, Riley Earle, Tessa Long, Lauren Sutliffe, Addie Bjorness (Duxbury); Clare Lowther, Meghan Koenan, Vivian Sichol, Zoe Schultz, Sophia McDougal (Hingham); Eleanor Angeles Whitfield, Sarah Penney, Meredith Miller, Charlotte Perreault, Anna White, Grace Keene (Marshfield); Macey Shriner, Willow Herndon, Ainsley Hall, Lily Bartholomew (Plymouth North); Allison Cheverie (Silver Lake); Maliah Pierre, Keryn Stone (Whitman-Hanson)

MVP: Willow Herndon

FISHER: Anna Egan (Hanover); Maddy McGillicuddy (North Quincy); Maya Bergamesca, Caroline Minogue, Sadie Nugent, Amelia Nelson, Ella Govostes, Veronica Ghattas, Ava Bouphavongsa, Grace Stevens, Raelin McMullen, Sadie Rizzitano, Tessa Vitale (Pembroke); Alexa Lasnicki, Evie Chadwick, Sophia Adams, Zoe Wodja, Sarah Kirrane, Lilia Davies (Plymouth South); Bassma Torky, Caroline Zuffante (Quincy); Lauren Thompson, Maryn Noble, Molly Gould (Scituate)

MVP: Maya Bergamesca

SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE

Aiyana Massie, Olivia Santos, Deanna Brightman (Case); Maddie Duarte, Shelbie Ruffley (Greater New Bedford); Hayden Robinson, Alivia Cosme, Kearston Nelson, Juliana Dutra (Seekonk); Audrey Thomas, Ella Milhench, Abigail Balsis, Morgan Patraiko, Phoebe Cowles (Old Rochester); Kayla Walker, Kate Austrino, Alyssa Caldeira, Emma Pope, Chloe Gauthier (West Bridgewater); Orianna Hernandez (Apponequet); Jalissa Rapihino, Leah Hyder (Dighton-Rehoboth); Braley Boucher (Fairhaven); Madelyn Willis (Somerset Berkley)

MVP: Aiyana Massie

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE

Alimah Yahya, Alisha Gomes, Annalyne Barrett, Brenna Woodbury, Molly Jesson, Tessa Bringardner, Michelle Jones, Erin Mitchell, Kelsie Dessaps, Camden Strandberg, Christian Wise, Kayla Tejan Siesay, Isabella Johnson (Bridgewater-Raynham)

SOUTH SHORE LEAGUE

Emma Flanagan, Evangeline McCleary, Janelle White (Abington); Jadyn Sotomayor, Emma Wall, Josie Helms, Alyssa Virden, Julia Grimes, Shatavia Leonard, Maya Sepulveda, Sophia Tibbetts, Carly Peterson (Carver); Suzie Frank (Cohasset); Grace Schnell, Elizabeth Willis, Isabella Bright, Riley Sheehan, Ari Cofran (East Bridgewater); Elsie Harper (Hull); Emily Curtin, Anna Jensen (Mashpee); Mia Lee Bowens, Lily Price, Charleigh Butler, Kennedy Frawley, Hailey Iwanski, Jocelyn Bush, Caroline Thibodeau, Charlotte Pickering (Middleboro); Abigail Shaw, Cooper Young, Katherine Murray, Meredith Cassidy, Audrey Birtwell, Arianna Veneto (Norwell); Jayda Adora Bleus, Knyia White, Sasha Zavala Lopez (Randolph); Emilee Dunham, Brianna Quinlan, Kamilla Magalhaes, McKenzie Furlong (Rockland); Mia Mulcahy, Iris Gaffney, Kylee Beaudoin (Sandwich)

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE

LARGE: Josie Hopkins, Savannah Rivera, Bella Walkiewicz, Clara Bransfield, Kaelyn Faber (Hopkinton); Tea Pagnotti, Susannah Rockers, Maeve Gavin, Hailey Cashman (Westwood); Amariah Montaque, Tracey Brown, Kaylee Nunes (Dedham); Natalie Martin, Kese Motlotle (Norwood); Kaitlyn Quealy, Maggie Kuchman, Izzy Ross, Annabelle Lynch, Reis Pirelli (Holliston); Sadie Gilhooly, Lauren Donovan, Alexandra Kliss (Ashland)

MVP: Kaitlyn Quealy

SMALL: Zoe Santos, Evangeline Emerson, Molly McIntyre (Norton); Katelyn Maniero, Lily Von der Heyde, Maeve Kelly (Medway); Shea Conroy (Millis); Emma Marden, Julia Ritchey, Kate Shanahan, Elyse Bissada, Camille Boudreau (Dover-Sherborn); Alyssa Schoenfeld, Megan Mak, Claire Teany, Ava Bruckerhoff, Chloe McCormack (Medfield); Olivia Carney, Calleigh Elder, Caleigh Hayes, Emanoela Barreto, Jenna Dormady, Elizabeth Glynn (Bellingham)

MVP: Olivia Carney

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Lovett’s incoming volleyball star reaching for extreme heights

(Knotts, left) PHOTO: norceca.net Kari Knotts stands 6-foot-3.5 inches tall and loves volleyball and is already a winner at some of the highest stages of the sport. She be a key part in leading Lovett’s volleyball program to championships for the rest of her high school career. The Lions haven’t won a title since the […]

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(Knotts, left) PHOTO: norceca.net

Kari Knotts stands 6-foot-3.5 inches tall and loves volleyball and is already a winner at some of the highest stages of the sport. She be a key part in leading Lovett’s volleyball program to championships for the rest of her high school career.

The Lions haven’t won a title since the Class 2A championship in 2012.

And Knotts, who is just coming into her own and growing into the sport, is just 14 years old. She has a 10-foot-9 approach and is a two-time triple crown MVP in the 14-U competition and

On June 28, Knotts helped lead the United States U-19 team to gold in the Norceca Panamerican Cup in Kingston, Ontario, Canada where she was named MVP and earned the best spiker award for the event.



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