LONGMONT — Junior goalkeeper Addison Blick preserved Mead girls soccer’s three-week shutout streak with a dazzling back-to-back-to-back deny on a fast break Wednesday night.

“She stood on her head there,” coach Shane Adler said of his goalie’s jaw-dropping moment during the sixth-seeded Mavericks’ 6-0 win over No. 27 Thomas Jefferson in the first round of the 4A playoffs.

Blick’s perspective of it will have to wait, though. With the game in hand, her coach subbed her out with about 10 minutes remaining so she could get to her choir concert on time.

Sing like there’s no tomorrow, Blick. She’s already helped give the Mavericks another day.

The Mavericks scored three times in the opening half. Sophomore Nataly Joesten put in her first goal of the season 39 seconds into the game before junior Elena Gomez then added her first of the year in the 20th minute. Senior Addison Martinez delivered her third in the 27th.

Blick kept it there after halftime. Her best moment came when thwarting a breakaway in the 47th minute. She hit the ground for an initial save near the top of the box, then while still down, she stretched out to stop not one, but two rebound chances. Finally able to corral the third try in her arms, it helped preserve a shutout streak which goes all the way back to the middle of April for the Mavericks.

It’s been 31 straight goals for Mead since then.

“Her saves were phenomenal tonight,” senior Katy Adler said of Blick. “The three saves kept our momentum going, and it was just amazing.”

The finishing touches of the night came courtesy of Adler and her scoring co-star, junior Maddy Wright.

In a span of 66 seconds in the final 10 minutes, Adler, the two-time Longmont Times-Call girls soccer player of the year, sandwiched her 22nd goal of the season — tied for third-most in 4A — in between two from Wright, who tallied her 15th and 16th. Adler also had two assists, giving her a career-most 50 points this spring.

She and the Mavs will look for more in Saturday’s second round as they host No. 11 Air Academy. The last time the Kadets came to Mead was in the 2022 4A first round, when they won as a 24 seed. Adler was a freshman then.

“Other than (some tweaks here and there), we’re ready. We’re ready to go,” Adler said. “We come to practice and work hard. It’s a team effort. We’re always working together. It’s good. We’re ready.”

The Mavericks (13-2) were the only 4A local team to advance in the postseason after No. 25 Skyline bowed out at No. 8 Dakota Ridge, 6-0.

In 2A, No. 12 Dawson beat No. 21 James Irwin 3-0 on Wednesday behind two goals from Kanoe Bihag, who now has 131 goals in her high school career.

In 5A, No. 9 Boulder, No. 10 Broomfield, No. 13 Legacy, No. 17 Fairview all advanced Tuesday.

The first round will end Thursday with 3A — featuring No. 4 Prospect Ridge Academy, No. 5 Jefferson Academy, No. 12 Peak to Peak, No. 15 Longmont and No. 25 Holy Family.

Friday is 5A’s second round, while the rest of the classes will continue Saturday.

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Originally Published: May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM MDT

Boys Soccer

Edmonds-Woodway defeated Shorecrest 3-2 (overtime)

Edmonds-Woodway goals:
Alex Plumis (2)
David Salgado

Edmonds-Woodway assists:
Oliver Zoloth
Ben Browne
David Salgado

Records (league and overall): Edmonds-Woodway 6-4-2, 9-5-2; Shorecrest 6-5-1, 8-6-2
Edmonds-Woodway next game: District tournament elimination play-in game vs Everett; Thursday, May 8; 7 p.m. at Edmonds-Woodway High School

Lynnwood defeated Mountlake Terrace 1-0

Lynnwood goal:
Henrry Torres

Lynnwood goalkeeper shutout:
Hunter Licata

Records (league and overall): Lynnwood 4-7-1, 5-10-1; Mountlake Terrace 2-8-2, 3-11-2
Lynnwood next game: District tournament elimination play-in game at Snohomish; Thursday, May 8; 7 p.m.
Mountlake Terrace next game: District tournament elimination play-in game at Sedro-Woolley; Thursday, May 8; 7 p.m.

Shorewood defeated Meadowdale 5-1
No details reported

Records (league and overall): Shorewood 9-2-1, 13-2,1; Meadowdale 2-10-0, 3-12-1
Meadowdale’s season is over

Baseball

District Tournament Play-In game (loser out):

Meadowdale defeated Oak Harbor 3-1

Meadowdale pitching highlights:
Kealoha Keo’o-Sabate: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 8 K

Meadowdale offense highlights:
Kealoha Keo’o-Sabate: 2 for 3, 2 RBI, SB

Records: Meadowdale 9-12; Oak Harbor 11-10
Meadowdale next game: District play in game (loser out) vs Everett; Thursday, May 8; 3:30 p.m. at Mariner High School

Girls Tennis

Open Rounds of Wesco 3A South Tournament
No results reported

It was a meaningful day for Bourne boys lacrosse player Charlie Seitz.

In the Canalmen’s 19-7 win over Greater New Bedford on Wednesday, Seitz had six goals and three assists to achieve the 100th-point mark in his career.

Ryan Haden (three goals, four assists), Brady Banks (three goals, two assists), Ty Hawkes (two goals, two assists), Sean Kelley (two goals, three assists), Brody Haden (one assist), Max Ridl (one goal), Henry Bonzagni (one goal), and Mycah Hingston (one goal) all factored in the scoring for the Canalmen (6-5).

Also in high school sports action:

Boys Lacrosse 

Blue Hills 10, Upper Cape 9: The Rams (4-7) lost their second in a row.

Cape Tech 10, Westport 1: The Crusaders (2-10) ended a four-game losing streak.

Girls Lacrosse

Upper Cape 16, Cape Tech 3: The Rams (7-6) beat the Crusaders (0-7) for their fourth straight win.

Softball

Nantucket 20, Sturgis 6: The Whalers (3-8) beat the Storm (8-4) for their second straight win.

Monomoy 9, Barnstable 0: The Sharks (12-0) defeated the Red Hawks (2-11) to stay perfect. Kinsey Lister struck out 11 batters, with no walks, two hits allowed, and no runs.

Bella Bellefeuille and Kiley Mawn each drove in two runs for the Sharks. Liv Sanford, Bellefeuille, Kate Huse, Willa Leighton, and Lister all had one hit for the Sharks.

Madison Flynn struck out six in the circle for the Red Hawks.

South Shore 29, Cape Tech 11: The Crusaders (1-7) lost for the sixth straight time.

Rising Tide 21, Mashpee 8: The Falcons (0-11) remained winless. Addison Losh had two RBIs for the Falcons.

Norfolk Aggie 14, Upper Cape 13: The Rams (8-5) lost to end a two-game win streak. Leading the offense for the Rams were Rosalie Neville, Meadow Diede, Kenley and Kaiya Thomas, Jaelynn Harraden, Lucy Pesta, and Taysia Lopes. 

Baseball 

Martha’s Vineyard 10, Barnstable 7: The Vineyarders (4-7) beat the Red Hawks (2-9) to halt a two-game losing streak.

Hunter Johnson was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI for Martha’s Vienyard. Joe Medeiros had a double and two RBIs. Lathrop Keene was 1-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base.

Boys Tennis

Cape Cod Academy 5, St. John Paul II 0: The Seahawks (11-0) beat the Lions (0-10) to stay unbeaten.

At first singles, Cape Cod Academy’s Ayden Naydenov defeated Zach Jones (6-0, 6-1). At second singles, Cape Cod Academy’s Garrett Wilson defeated Ben Kobbal (6-0, 6-0). At third singles, Cape Cod Academy’s Declan Livingston defeated Leon Kamber (6-0, 6-0).

At first doubles, Cape Cod Academy’s Henry Daigle and Rowan Lewison defeated Will Sutton and Michael Maynard (6-3, 6-1). At second doubles, Cape Cod Academy’s Cooper Hall and Declan Johnson defeated Alden Krieg and Brian Cannon (6-2 6-0)

Monomoy 5, Dennis-Yarmouth 0: The Sharks (11-2) beat the Dolphins (4-8) for their second straight win.

At first singles, Monomoy’s Roman Pavluchenko defeated Landon Richter (6-1, 6-1). At second singles, Monomoy’s Ryan Casey defeated Collin Caron (6-0, 6-0). At third singles, Monomoy’s Zach Shields defeated Michael O’Reilly (6-2, 6-1).

At first doubles, Monomoy’s Ethan Seufert and Blake Noonan defeated Aiden Carras and Ryan Clarke (6-2, 6-1). At second doubles, Monomoy’s Nick Hadden and Thomas Hereford defeated Matt Anderson and Ben Solaris (6-1, 6-1). 

Sandwich 5, Mashpee 0: The Blue Knights (8-4) beat the Falcons (5-7), and won their second straight.

At first singles, Sandwich’s Andrew Emmel beat Colin Burdge (6-2, 6-2). At second singles, Sandwich’s Joey LaScola beat James Benners (6-4, 6-1). At third singles, Sandwich’s Kallen Kestenbaum beat Liam Assad (6-0, 6-0).

At first doubles, Sandwich’s Liam McLaughlin and Finn Whelden beat Colby Rogers and Coti Wieden (6-7, 6-1, 10-7). At second doubles, Sandwich’s Andrew Morrison-Sheppard and Oakley Gully beat Mait Duvall and Ryan Hough (6-0, 6-1).

Girls Tennis 

Martha’s Vineyard 5, Barnstable 0: The Vineyarders (8-0) stayed perfect with a win over the Red Hawks (1-11). The senior pair of Ella Moran and Sophie Winters took a close match at second doubles over Barnstable’s Dana Edwards and Emily Thompson (4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11)).

Falmouth 3, Nauset 2: The Clippers (5-6) beat the Warriors (5-5) for their second win in the last three matches.

At first singles, Falmouth’s Maia Ledwell beat Anjali O’Brien (6-0, 6-1). At second singles, Falmouth’s Genevieve Maranchie beat Sophie Votteler (6-4, 6-3). At first doubles, Falmouth’s Alexis Christian and Phoebe Hodgson beat Faye Adams and Cait Murphy (6-4, 7-6 (8-6)).

At third singles, Nauset’s Haley Jackson beat Victoria Chbarbi (6-4, 6-3). At second doubles, Nauset’s Elexa Malouth and Chloe Hand beat Kirkland O’Leary and Phoebe Corner (6-1, 6-4).

Mashpee 4, East Bridgewater 1: The Falcons (10-2) won their fifth straight.

At first singles, Mashpee’s Mariele Henley beat Olivia Connors (6-0, 6-2). At second singles, Mashpee’s Hannah Rogers beat Llewelyn Gaffney (6-0, 6-0). At third singles, Mashpee’s Esme Milde beat Olivia Figueroa (6-1, 6-1).

At first doubles, Mashpee’s Emily Doolan and Hayden Shvonski beat Haylie McPerthia and Chloe Wiger (6-3, 7-5).

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No history of Indiana is complete without mention of the basketball team at Crispus Attucks High School, once the only high school for Black students in segregated Indianapolis.

For instance, how many schools do you know that belong to the National Register of Historic Places? Or connected to a museum? Attucks is.

Thus the 2025 Attucks Tigers upheld a tradition like no other — 70 years after Attucks became the first all-Black school in the nation to win a state title. That Oscar Robertson was a few thumbstrokes away brings it full circle in the Circle City.

“They built their own legacy,” said coach Chris Hawkins, who has exchanged texts with the Attucks great since last summer. “We felt like this team could really do something special.”

Crispus Attucks High School head coach Chris Hawkins (right) watches play on the court March 22, 2025, during the first half of an IHSAA Class 3A semi-state semi-final basketball game against Princeton High School at Southport High School. Credit: Doug McSchooler for IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

In the end, in the Class 3A boys state championship game March 29, the Tigers lost. They don’t have a first-place trophy. They don’t need hardware to accent hardship.

Other schools tried to recruit their players. They shared one gym with the girls program, freshmen and junior varsity. The boys often were at school from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., assembled at study tables after classes, so the girls could practice first. They lost their best player to injury at midseason, then trailed by 11 points to start the fourth quarter of their first postseason game.

So no apologies. Maybe one regret: Attucks’ 22-7 record was not 29-0.

“I feel if I hadn’t got hurt this year, we could have been undefeated, the group we had,” said Dezmon Briscoe, a 6-foot-9 center and one of the four finalists for Indiana’s Mr. Basketball.

Crispus Attucks ‘deeply personal to so many people’

Playing basketball at Attucks is, well, not like playing elsewhere in this state. Indeed, to be a student there is not like it is elsewhere.

Principal Lauren Franklin said teachers try to instill what the school has meant to Indiana and Indianapolis. It was built near Indiana Avenue, the business and cultural center of the city’s Black community, and opened in 1927. The red brick building occupies just two square blocks, requiring some sports teams to leave campus for practice and games.

Because of declining enrollment, Attucks was converted to a junior high in 1986 and a middle school in 1993. It reverted to a high school in 2006.

Franklin said the school is “deeply personal to so many people.” Her own parents met at Attucks, and all four grandparents attended there.

“You’re hard-pressed still, in 2025, to find Black folks in the city who don’t have some connection to Crispus Attucks,” she said. “Whether it’s ‘my grandmother went here, my great-grandmother went here, my uncle went here, my grandfather played with this person or played with that person.’”

Credit: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Credit: Grace Smith/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Hawkins and Franklin credited alumni with coming out to support the Tigers, especially in the championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where South Bend Saint Joseph ended Attucks’ 12-game winning streak, 56-52.

“They’re incredibly invested in how our students perform and how the games go. And then academically as well,” Franklin said.

Attucks’ graduation rate is 97%, she said, compared with a statewide average of 90%. The school population is 58% Black, 35% Hispanic and 4% multiracial.

An unusual characteristic of this year’s basketball team is that it featured nine seniors. All nine will attend college on scholarship, according to Hawkins. They will be in Divisions I or II or III, NAIA or junior college.

“We try for excellence across the board. Not just in basketball,” Franklin said.

Crispus had ‘never-say-die attitude’

For Briscoe, this season was like an heirloom to be protected. His brother, Derrick, was on the Attucks team that beat Twin Lakes 73-71 for the 3A state championship in 2017.

That was Attucks’ first state championship since 1959. Except for Tech in 4A boys basketball in 2014, it was the first for Indianapolis Public Schools in any sport since Broad Ripple in boys basketball in 1980.

Hawkins’ second season as Attucks coach was in 2017. He remembers young Briscoe as a “fat, chunky, 2-liter Pepsi drinker.”

As the youngster grew, so did the attention. Briscoe said he had “a lot” of coaches try to lure him to other schools. He said his stepfather wanted him to go to North Central. But as early as fourth grade, Briscoe told people he would enroll at Attucks.

“I just knew it was going to be the best fit for me. You can see the legacy I had here,” he said.

Crispus Attucks Tigers forward Dezmon Briscoe (11) gets the fans excited March 29, 2025, during the IHSAA Class 3A boys basketball state championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Credit: Grace Smith/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Briscoe became such a local celebrity that when he stepped off the bus to play tennis for Attucks last fall, those on the other team recognized him and asked for autographs.

He was city player of the year as a sophomore and junior. As a senior, he averaged 15.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.1 blocked shots in 19 games. He committed to Iowa before a coaching change, then switched to Kent State.

An ankle injury kept him out of four of Attucks’ losses, three to elite opponents: La Lumiere, a perennial prep school power; Fishers, the 4A state champion in 2024 and runner-up in 2025; Jeffersonville, the 4A state champion that ended Fishers’ 43-game winning streak.

Briscoe didn’t sulk or become detached. Hawkins said Briscoe sat by him on the bench and stayed engaged. Moreover, the Tigers continued to play with a chip on their shoulders, the coach said.

While they did not win a sectional in five seasons while in 4A, the pairing in 3A against Cathedral was daunting. Not only had Cathedral beaten Attucks 71-63 for the city championship, Cathedral was No. 2 behind Fishers in statewide computer rankings, irrespective of class.

Crispus Attucks’ Dezmon Briscoe (11) blocks Cathedral’s Brady Koehler (11) from shooting the ball during the City tournament championship game Jan. 27, 2025, at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis. Credit: Christine Tannous/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Cathedral led 48-37 after three quarters in a sectional opener before a comeback sparked by Briscoe resulted in a 59-54 victory. He finished with 20 points.

“Our players had a never-say-die attitude, just stayed together,” Hawkins said.

Chris Hurt named city player of the year

After getting past Cathedral, the pathway to state became easier.

Attucks beat Shortridge 71-55 in the sectional, Northview 57-46 in the regional, No. 6 Princeton 61-55 and No. 3 New Palestine 67-49 in the semistate.

“With this group, it was real competitive,” Hawkins said. “There were no days off. The competitive juices, I think, helped this team grow in certain situations.”

Point guard Chris Hurt grew as much as anyone. He became city player of the year.

Crispus Attucks Tigers guard Chris Hurt (1) is introduced March 29, 2025, at the start of the IHSAA Class 3A boys basketball state championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Credit: Grace Smith/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

He was so quiet as a freshman, the coach implored him to talk more, on and off the court. The Tigers couldn’t get Hurt to attempt 3-pointers, either, and he shot 39% from the arc this season.

“Being able to open up, talk, really helped me,” he said.

Six seniors averaged five or more points per game: Briscoe, Hurt (14.1), Kayden English (9.8), Imon Cousins (8.1), Che Brownlow (7.9), Ronsione Thomas (5.7).

Hawkins said he pushed the 6-foot-4 Thomas, in particular, because of unrealized potential. Not only did Thomas “step up big in a lot of games,” the coach said, but this year finally recognized his role and trusted himself.

“I think I came a long way, for sure,” Thomas said.

Saying goodbye is hard

The downside to all this?

Not that the team didn’t win a state title, but that it can never be a team again. Not like this.

The players won’t congregate in a corner on the school’s second floor, doing what they do: joking, dancing, shadow boxing. When players are that close, Hawkins said, those coalesce into the best teams.

Crispus Attucks players celebrate March 22, 2025, as they advance to the 3A state finals game, after defeating New Palestine 67-49. Credit: Clark Wade/IndyStar-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Losing a final game didn’t change any of that.

“Being there, on the big stage with them, being able to fight that last game together, it felt good,” Hurt said. “I didn’t really feel down. I did, but I also felt excited for us because we were able to compete all season, have fun with each other for our last year.”

Hawkins said he will miss the players’ togetherness. Said he will miss seeing them daily.

Briscoe said he will miss practices. Said he will miss everything. “We’re always winners around here.”

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