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Brookline boys' volleyball ends 33-year championship drought.
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Brookline's Kristaps Vaivars (right) was one of the stars of Brookline's state title win.
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Division 1: Brookline 3, Needham 1
Agawam was flying high after taking down Wayland in the Division 2 championship.
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Agawam coach Kevin Pender (right) hugs star player Joe Culhane (left) after they claimed a Division 2 state championship.
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Division 2: Agawam 3, Wayland 1
Girls' flag football
The St. Mary's girls' flag football team repeated as champion at BC's Alumni Stadium.
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St. Mary's 14, Leominster 13
Girls' lacrosse
Concord-Carlisle's Karleigh Mutch had somewhere to go with the Division 1 girls' lacrosse state championship trophy.
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Westford Academy players and their coach console each other after a title game defeat.
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Division 1: Concord-Carlisle 8, Westford 6
Walpole captain Jenna Wong (right) embraces teammate Maran Gallivan (12) after their victory.
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Walpole players rush onto the field to celebrate their state championship.
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Division 2: Walpole 16, Reading 11
Medfield celebrates its Division 3 girls' lacrosse title.
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Medfield captain Michaela McDonald (18) looks to make a pass.
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Medfield celebrates with fans after a state title win.
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Division 3: Medfield 18, Newburyport 8
Norwell players storm the field after winning the Division 4 girls' lacrosse title.
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Norwell's Margot Bonnevie fights through traffic against Cohasset.
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Norwell celebrates after the final whistle.
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Division 4: Norwell 9, Cohasset 8
Baseball
Chelmsford's Jack Keyo is fired up during the Division 1 title game.
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Chelmsford's Aidan Brackett could hardly believe it.
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Chelmsford lifts the trophy.
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Division 1: Chelmsford 8, Braintree 2 (9 innings)
Walpole's Richie Hayes (right) lays out but can't make the grab.
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Walpole's Cole Pileski (center) scored a crucial run during the comeback.
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Walpole celebrates on the field.
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Division 2: Walpole 7, Reading 6
Players from North Reading celebrate after their win against Arlington Catholic at the MIAA Division 3 baseball finals at Polar Park in Worcester, MA. North Reading defeated Arlington Catholic 10-3. (Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe) 14SCHBASEBALL
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North Reading's Jason Curran celebrates at second base.
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Division 3: North Reading 10, Arlington Catholic 3
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Millbury players celebrate the school's first baseball title in 41 years.
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Millbury's Ryan Nikiforow delivers a pitch against Lynnfield.
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Millbury players embrace after their state title win.
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Division 4: Millbury 3, Lynnfield 2
Pioneer Valley defeated defending champ English, 6-5, with a walk off in the bottom of the eighth inning.
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Pioneer Valley Regional's Evan Tsipenyuk stretches for the ball at first base, but the throw is late.
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Pioneer Valley Regional players pose for photos after winning the state title.
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Pioneer Valley 6, English 5 (8 innings)
Softball
Taunton completed a perfect season with its fifth straight Division 1 softball championship.
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Taunton's Catherine Larson pitches against Wachusett.
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Nobody can touch Taunton softball.
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Division 1: Taunton 10, Wachusett 4
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Silver Lake players show off their new hardware to their fans at Worcester State.
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Silver Lake players rush the diamond to celebrate their championship.
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Silver Lake pitcher Delaney Moquin sports an oversized hat in the dugout after shutting out Bedford.
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Division 2: Silver Lake 4, Bedford 0
Dighton-Rehoboth was overjoyed to go back-to-back in Division 3.
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Dighton-Rehoboth players celebrate on the field.
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Dighton-Rehoboth players sported some wigs in the dugout.
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Division 3: Dighton-Rehoboth 7, Greater New Bedford 0
A third-straight Joseph Case softball season ended by hoisting a Division 4 trophy.
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Joseph Case center fielder Meghan Pereira made a huge diving catch in the final.
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Joseph Case's Alyana DeJesus launches a home run.
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Division 4: Joseph Case 7, Tyngsborough 6
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Boys' lacrosse
For a half decade, St. John's Prep has ruled Division 1 boys' lacrosse.
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St. John's Prep's Cam McCarthy kisses the trophy.
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St. John's Prep's Luke Kelly (right) and Owen White (left) celebrate with their team.
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Division 1: St. John's Prep 8, BC High 7 (OT)
Billerica goalie Nolan Heffernan led his team's celebration after the Indians captured their first boys' lacrosse state title since 2001.
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Billerica attack Braden Martin celebrates a goal against Reading.
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Billerica celebrates with fans after winning the title.
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Division 2: Billerica 17, Reading 16
As the final buzzer sounded, the Scituate boys' lacrosse team piled on to celebrate its 9-4 victory over Falmouth for the MIAA Division 3 title at Mass. Maritime Academy.
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Scituate celebrates at the final buzzer.
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Scituate captain Willy Robinson celebrates a goal against Falmouth.
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Division 3: Scituate 9, Falmouth 4
Norwell finished off the 2025 boys' lacrosse season by sending its equipment airborne amid a celebration for winning the Division 4 championship.
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Norwell's Bret Amorosino protects the ball in the championship game.
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Norwell senior Joey McCarthy raises the trophy.
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Division 4: Norwell 11, Cohasset 6
Rugby
BC High's Mikey Smith exalts with the trophy after defeating Xaverian, 13-7, in the Division 1 boys' rugby championship.
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BC High and Xaverian contest a line-out.
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BC High celebrates its title.
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Division 1 boys: BC High 13, Xaverian 7
Hanover captain Lochlan Garvey (right) is overcome with emotion as he celebrates with teammate Juneau Mofford.
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Hanover Aidan Bourin skips away from a tackle.
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Hanover's Matthew Bellerby tries to escape the grasp of Brookline Benji Brooks.
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Division 2 boys: Hanover 59, Brookline 7
Belmont captain Robyn Tonomura-MacDonald hoisting the trophy with coach Kate McCabe after they defeated Lincoln-Sudbury, 69-21, at Curry College.
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Belmont's Anoush McCarthy scores a try against Lincoln-Sudbury.
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Belmont celebrates with the trophy.
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Girls: Belmont 69, Lincoln-Sudbury 21
Track and field
The state championship track meets wrapped up in the final weekend of May.
Ainsley Cuthbertson fired Lexington to a state title.
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Westfield Academy's Ryan Daly is pictured moments before setting the state record in the 400-meter hurdles.
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Division 1: Lexington girls, Lowell boys
Algonquin senior Benoit Skilton misses his attempt at 14 feet in the pole vault.
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Dana Lehr of Belmont (right) and Charlotte Tuxbury (left) of Wellesley embrace after finishing first and second, respectively, in the girls' mile.
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Division 2: North Andover girls, Peabody boys
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With a few seniors prioritizing the state meet over graduation, the Walpole boys' track team won the Division 3 state title at Westfield State.
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The Billerica girls' track team finished off a banner weekend with the Division 3 state title at Westfield State.
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Division 3: Billerica girls, Walpole boys
Groton-Dunstable's Greyson Duane takes the title in the mile.
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Greater Lawrence Tech's Elizardo Melenciano took home the hurdles.
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Division 4: Amherst-Pelham girls, Wakefield boys
The Weston boys handily won the 2025 Division 5 outdoor track and field championship.
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The North Reading girls' track team captured the 2025 Division 5 title at Westfield State.
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Division 5: North Reading girls, Weston boys
Division 6: Mount Greylock girls, Ayer-Shirley boys
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Girls' golf
Wellesley golfers (from left) Jenna Saini, Alika Lavu, Denise Pan and Ruby Savarese won the girls' golf title in May.
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Wellesley's Ruby Savarese tees off.
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State champion: Wellesley
Boys' tennis
St John's Prep's Jack Prokopis celebrates a point against Lexington.
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Meet Vinny!
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Division 1: St. John's Prep 3, Lexington 1
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Nicholas Gallagher (left) and Lucas Pratt of Duxbury celebrate a point against Westborough.
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Division 2: Duxbury 5, Westborough 0
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Bedford's Spencer Goss returns a forehand.
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Winston Starrett Jr. of Weston stretches for a backhand.
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Division 3: Bedford 4, Weston 1
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Jack Cummins of Manchester-Essex reaches for a backhand against Lynnfield.
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Manchester-Essex players celebrate after winning the title.
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Division 4: Manchester Essex 3, Lynnfield 2
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Girls' tennis
Wellesley players celebrate after winning the state title.
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Wellesley players celebrate the state title.
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Division 1: Wellesley 3, Lexington 2
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Isabella Camacho of Wayland delivers a serve against Longmeadow.
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Longmeadow just edged Wayland in Division 2.
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Division 2: Longmeadow 3, Wayland 2
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Dover-Sherborn celebrates its 5-0 sweep of Martha's Vineyard for its first girls' state championship since 2009.
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Division 3: Dover-Sherborn 5, Martha's Vineyard 0
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Hamilton-Wenham captain Naomi Provost returns a ball during the final.
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Hamilton-Wenham team captains Naomi Provost (center) and Olivia Romans (right) hoist the trophy.
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Division 4: Hamilton-Wenham 5, Manchester Essex 0
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