Six high school sports takeaways from a salvaged rainy day
Greater Lowell goalie
Julia Dunfey
made 12 stops in an 8-4 win over Northeast that pushed her career total past 200 saves.
Junior
Lyla Green
leaf
recorded her 100th career point for Ipswich with a goal and an assist in a 12-6 win over Manchester Essex.
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2. Three stars
Jack LaNatra
, Silver Lake — Between a 12-strikeout complete game and a pair of steals, the senior lefthander made himself known in a 5-1 win over Scituate.
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Liana Danubio
, Norton — The junior captain fired her second shutout in a row, striking out 14 in a 3-0 victory over Attleboro for the 15th-ranked Lancers.
Ani Vasudevan
and
Francis McGonagle
, St. John's (Shrewsbury) — Vasudevan orchestrated the Pioneers' offense with 44 assists, adding seven blocks and six digs, while McGonagle led the attack the net with 19 kills and two blocks in a 3-1 win over St. John's Prep.
3. Going, going, gone
A day after seeing more than 20 home runs launched, wet weather did a number on the baseball and softball schedules. But over at Silver Lake they tried to single-handedly match Wednesday's outburst with four different players going yard in a 23-0 demolition of Scituate:
Anna Craft
,
Meghan Arseneau
,
Delaney Moquin
, and
Taelie Arthur
.
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St. Jo
hn's (Shrewsbury) tried to keep up, as Jack Forgues, Andrew Scmit
, and
Jackson Lucarelli
all launched bombs in a 7-3 road win at Central Catholic.
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Austin Prep's
Nick Ranaldi
homered in a 10-0 win over King's-Edgehill of Nova Scotia, while Latin Academy's
Fiona Deabler
cranked a three-run shot in a 13-1 win over East Boston.
4. Daily lacrosse leaderboard
Goals
Bella Duffy
, Braintree, 10
Alex Peck
, Natick, 8
Cole Rodgers
, Sandwich, 7
Matt Thomas
, Hull, 7
Tegan Pereira
, Winthrop, 6
Colten Russo
, Masconomet, 6
John Scarpello
, Wakefield, 6
Leah Cr
anshaw
, Whitman-Hanson, 5
Natalie Elder
, Ipswich, 5
Troy Fredrickson
, Westwood, 5
Nolan Jennings
, Burlington, 5
Mike Murphy
, Lynnfield, 5
Anthony Giacchino
, Masconomet, 5
Points
Peck, Natick, 12
Duffy, Braintree, 10
Scarpello, Wakefield, 10
Matthew Grafton
, Abington, 9
Thomas, Hull, 8
Nick Emsing
, BC High, 7
Grant Sullivan
, Dover-Sherborn, 7
Murphy, Lynnfield, 6
Eva Nunes
, Whitman-Hanson, 6
Fiona Rexford
, Shawsheen, 6
Russo, Masconomet, 6
Judith Sloman
, Shawsheen, 6
Zack Timmons
, Shawsheen, 6
5. Coaching carousel
Jessalyn Deveny
announced she is stepping down after seven seasons as the North Andover girls' basketball coach. The two-time Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year at Westford before going on to play at Boston College, Deveny led the Scarlet Knights to the state quarterfinals in 2023.
'I have had the opportunity to work with such an incredible group of athletes, their dedicated families, as well as committed staff and administration,' Deveny said. 'Over the years, I have prided myself on developing the whole person both on and off the court.'
THANK YOU - JESSALYN DEVENY
After seven years as our Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, Jessalyn Deveny has decided to step down.
A class act both on and off the court - going to miss this incredible role model that our girls were so fortunate to have. Best wishes, Jess!…
— Scarlet Knights (@NA_Athletics)
6. College corner
Former Thayer Academy hockey player
CJ Foley
, now a sophomore defenseman at Dartmouth, was named to the New England Division 1 Men's All-Star team by the New England Hockey Writers Association, the latest in a series of postseason awards that has included Ivy League Player of the Year, All-ECAC First Team, and being a finalist for ECAC Player of the Year. The Hanover native had 11 goals and 19 assists while playing in all 33 games for the Big Green.
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Bridgewater native
Cam Lund
, who played for Cushing Academy, also made the D1 team for Northeastern, while Amherst's
Ryan Leonard
, who
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Former Franklin High star
Natalie Stott
, who also attended Williston Northampton and is now a junior defenseman at Amherst, was named the Division 2/3 women's MVP.
Brendan Spinale
, a senior at Franklin Pierce from Canton, received the J. Thom Lawler Award, presented by the Eastern Massachusetts Ice Hockey Officials.
Also on the D2/3 All-Star teams: Abington's
Ryan Prewitt
(Curry), Marshfield's
Theodore Griffin
(Trinity), Reading's
Landyn Greatorex
(Salem State), Norton's
Ryan Kuzmich
(UNE), Worcester's
Dominic Murphy
(UNE), Berkley's
Breanna Studley
(Colby), Billerica's
Samantha Fantasia
(Endicott), and Plymouth's
Maeve Reynolds
(Amherst).
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