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Division 1 girls: Wachusett beats Bishop Feehan
Jaelynn Scott (game-high 31 points) steered the No. 1 Mountaineers (24-1) to the first state title in program history with a 55-54 win over Bishop Feehan. After coming tantalizingly close a season ago, and falling to Bishop Feehan on this same court, Wachusett broke through in scintillating fashion at Tsongas Center.
Wachusett beat Bishop Feehan on Saturday at the Tsongas Center.
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Wachusett celebrates its Division 1 girls' basketball title.
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Wachusett beat Bishop Feehan after losing in the title game last year.
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Wachusett celebrates its title.
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Bishop Feehan's Mollie Mullen wipes away tears after the Shamrocks lost.
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The Wachusett bench celebrates after Jaelynn Scott hit the game-winning shot.
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Wachusett's Jaelynn Scott tries to get past Bishop Feehan's Addison Frenett.
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Wachusett's Teegan Lanpher shoots in Saturday's title game.
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Bishop Feehan's Charlotte Adams-Lopez shoots over Wachusett's Teegan Lanpher and Jaelynn Scott.
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Wachusett celebrates at the end of the game.
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Wachusett coach Jim Oxford.
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Division 2 girls: Medfield beats Worcester South
Medfield's Izzy Kittredge, a dependable forward averaging 10.7 points this season, exploded for 28 in the Division 2 girls' basketball state final Saturday at Tsongas Center. She scored 21 in the second half, powering the Warriors to a resounding 62-20 triumph over South High Community. The 42-point victory was the largest ever for any team, girls or boys, in a state final. The top-seeded Warriors (24-2) led, 19-13, at halftime before using a monster 28-6 third quarter to seize command. They then held the No. 6 Colonels (19-5) to a single point in the final quarter to put the finishing touches on a spectacular showing.
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Medfield's Tess Baacke hugs friends after winning the Division 2 final.
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Medfield celebrates its dominant win over Worcester South on Saturday at the Tsongas Center.
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Medfield allowed just one point in the final quarter.
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Worcester South's Jaylianna McClain (left) and Zuleily Lopez (right) attempt to block Medfield's Olivia Whelan.
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Medfield's Izzy Kittredge (right) grabs the ball in front of Worcester South's Bryan Bascones.
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Worcester South's La-Leanna Blount (left) goes in for the block on Medfield's Tess Baacke.
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Division 3 boys: Norwell beats Old Rochester
The Norwell trailed Old Rochester in the Division 3 championship game by 3 points when the ball found Ronan Coffey with three seconds to go. With the program's first-ever state championship in his hands, Coffey drilled a clutch 3-pointer to force overtime. Coffey scored 8 points in the overtime period, finishing with a game-high 30, lifting the second-seeded Clippers to the title with a 64-61 win over No. 20 Old Rochester at the Tsongas Center on Friday night.
Norwell's Will Bostrom (center, No. 12) celebrates with teammates and fans after beating Old Rochester in overtime.
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Ronan Coffey celebrates Norwell's win.
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Norwell's Ronan Coffey (center) runs into defensive pressure from Old Rochester's Hunter Horsey (left) and Gavin Martin (right) during overtime.
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Norwell's Will Bastrom (with trophy) and teammates run to celebrate with fans.
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Ronan Coffey celebrates with the trophy.
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Old Rochester's Gavin Martin shoots between Norwell's Oliver Rice (left) and Nick Adams.
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Division 3 girls: St. Mary's beats Norwell
St. Mary's sophomore Bella Owumi, a standout guard, who garnered her first Division 1 offer in seventh grade, played with a level of poise beyond her years in the Division 3 state final. Owumi poured in a game-high 19 points, steering St. Mary's to a 46-38 triumph over Norwell. The No. 1 Spartans (24-3) captured their third state championship in four years, and seventh overall since 2002.
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St. Mary's guard Bella Owumi hits a 3 over Norwell's Madison Oliver in the first half.
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Norwell's Alex Cassidy (center) controls the ball around pressure from St Mary's players Reese Matela (left) and Lily Norton.
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Norwell's Reagan Dowd (left) and St. Mary's guard Bella Owumi battle in the first half.
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St. Mary's celebrates its title.
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Bella Owumi (center) drives to the basket between Norwell's Adrienne Dowd (lect) and Madison Oliver.
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St. Mary's won the Division 3 title.
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Division 4 boys: Georgetown beats Monument Mountain
Junior guard Brendan Loewen willed Georgetown to the finish line. Nine of his 19 points came within the game's final eight minutes as sixth-seeded Georgetown held off No. 5 Monument Mountain, 61-54, at the Tsongas Center. Playing in the school's first state final since 1955 (then known as the Perley Free School), the Royals (19-6) won the program's first championship.
Georgetown celebrates its title.
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Georgetown players pose with the trophy.
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Georgetown won its first title in school history.
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Georgetown celebrates after beating Monument Mountain on Saturday.
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Georgetown's Brendan Loewen drives to the net.
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Monument Mountain's Manny Brown drives past Georgetown's Tony Tavarez.
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Monument Mountain's Dom Caulutti (right) battles for the ball with Georgetown's Irvin Zapata (left).
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Georgetown coach Josh Keilty on the sideline.
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Division 5 boys: Pioneer Valley beats Hopedale
After a decade of playing together, Kurt Redeker and the other seniors on the Pioneer Valley boys' basketball team have learned a lesson about sharpshooting guard Brayden Thayer.
'When he's hot,' Redeker said, 'he's hot.'
In Saturday's Division 5 championship game against Hopedale, Thayer was red hot. The senior guard scored 26 points, draining six 3-pointers, as the top-seeded Panthers cruised to their first title since 1997 with a 49-28 win at the Tsongas Center.
Brayden Thayer (left), Alex McClelland (center), and Kurt Redeker (right) show off the trophy.
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Brayden Thayer hit six 3-pointers in Saturday's win.
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Pioneer Valley's Brayden Thayer celebrates his team's win over Hopedale.
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Pioneer Valley won its first title since 1997.
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Pioneer Valley's Judah Glenn (left) celebrates with Brayden Thayer (facing) and Alex McClelland (back) at the Tsongas Center.
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