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Boston Globe
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
MIAA softball tournament: Favorites, sleepers, and players to watch for Divisions 1-5
Favorite: No. 1 Taunton (20-0). Sleeper: No. 6 Lincoln-Sudbury (15-5). Related : Players to watch: C Aniyah Bailey (Taunton, So.), SS Madolyn Coupal (Bishop Feehan, Sr.), C Kendall Grady (Wachusett, Sr.), P Bella Mara (St. Paul, Sr.), P McCoy Walsh (King Philip, Jr.) Best first-round matchup: Sunday (3 p.m.): No. 16 Beverly (14-5) vs. No. 17 Weymouth (11-9). Longest road trip: Sunday (4:30 p.m.): No. 11 Franklin (9-11) vs. No. 22 Springfield Central (19-1), 74.7 miles. Analysis: Hockomock League, take a bow. Three of the top five teams in Division 1 hail from the same division. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Flamethrower Mylee Ramer (172 strikeouts, 1.25 ERA) shuts down the opposition for Advertisement Senior center fielder Olivia Roy anchors a young No. 8 Bridgewater-Raynham (14-6) team, hitting .411 with four home runs, 27 runs, and 28 RBIs. Junior catcher Sarah McIntyre (25 RBIs), freshman center fielder Maddie Adams (.436 average, 32 runs), and freshman pitcher Caroline Arruda (10-2 record, 2.19 ERA) lead upstart No. 10 Marshfield (17-3). Advertisement Related : Division 2 Favorites: No. 1 Silver Lake (17-3), No. 3 Bedford (17-1). Sleeper: No. 4 Walpole (14-4). Players to watch: P Tessa Francis (Marblehead, Jr.), P Delaney Moquin (Silver Lake, Sr.), SS Holly Paharik (Hopkinton, Sr.), Alyx Rossi (Bedford, Sr.), P Sharlotte Stazinski (Walpole, Sr.) Best first-round matchup: Monday (4:30 p.m.): No. 14 East Longmeadow (14-4) vs. No. 21 Somerset Berkley (11-9). Longest road trip: Monday (4 p.m.): No. 8 Plymouth South (12-6) vs. No. 25 Agawam (11-9), 136 miles. Analysis: Can you call Advertisement Merrimack Valley Conference Division 1 MVP Abby Tower paced No. 6 Tewksbury (17-3) to a league co-championship. No. 9 Middleborough (15-5), up from Division 3, rode the contributions of junior Taryn Clancy and sophomore Taylynn Robinson to a South Shore League crown. The Middlesex League champions, No. 11 Reading (18-2), can absolutely mash behind the powerful bat of senior Ava Kiley. Related : Division 3 Favorite: No. 1 Dighton-Rehoboth (19-2). Sleeper: No. 7 Pentucket (18-2). Players to watch: CF Kam Bonneau (Pentucket, Fr.), P Liana Danubio (Norton, Jr.), C Emma Horrocks (Dighton-Rehoboth, Sr.), P Keira McCord (Tantasqua, Fr.), P Reese Taylor (Apponequet, Fr.) Best first-round matchup: Saturday (11 a.m.): No. 16 Medway (10-10) vs. No. 17 Cardinal Spellman (15-6). Longest road trip: TBA: No. 15 Archbishop Williams (13-7) vs. No. 18 Taconic (11-9), 153 miles. Analysis: Top-ranked Dighton-Rehoboth, Advertisement Aside from the strong teams from the South Coast, other regions are well represented. No. 4 Tantasqua (20-0) and No. 5 Nipmuc (18-2) are powers from the central. Freshman Kam Bonneau (.625, 10 home runs, 35 runs, 38 RBIs) Related : Division 4 Favorite: No. 1 Hampshire (19-1). Sleeper: No. 4 Joseph Case (14-6). Players to watch: P Ryanne Dubay (Hampshire, So.), C Bre Fontes (Joseph Case, Sr.), P Kiley Hogan (Tyngsborough, Jr.) P Erin O'Day (Uxbridge, Jr.), P Elsie Testa (Abington, Jr.) Best first-round matchup: Friday (4 p.m.): No. 12 Oxford (14-6) vs. No. 21 Lynnfield (10-10). Longest road trip: TBA, No. 15 Pittsfield (7-13) vs. No. 18 Monomoy (18-2), 209 miles. Analysis: Another example where it might not be fair to call the Cardinals, Advertisement The South Shore League boasts a pair of contenders in No. 5 East Bridgewater (16-4) and No. 7 Abington (15-5). The Sullivan Division Co-Player of the Year Maddie Blette, a senior Vikings catcher committed to Framingham State, possesses a .500 average with 25 RBIs. Junior teammate Maggie Schlossberg owns a 1.78 ERA and the school's career strikeout record. Testa, the Green Wave's ace, owns a 0.86 ERA and junior shortstop Brenna Howley, a speedster on the basepaths, has over 100 career hits. Related : Division 5 Favorite: No. 1 Turners Falls (16-4). Sleeper: No. 4 Georgetown (17-3). Players to watch: P Emily Atwood (Hopedale, 8th grade), P Maddie Grant (Georgetown, Jr.), P Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Sr.), P MacKenzie Paulin (Greenfield, Sr.) Best first-round matchup: Saturday (11 a.m.): No. 13 Wareham (20-1) vs. No. 20 Ware (12-6). Longest road trip: TBA: No. 15 Millis (7-11) vs. No. 18 Mt. Greylock (6-14), 151 miles. Analysis: The 25-time Western Massachusetts Class D champion, Turners Falls enters the tournament Advertisement Cam Kerry can be reached at
Boston Globe
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Seven high school takeaways from a Friday night featuring sterling pitching and a local NFL draft pick
Trapilo, who hails from Norwell, was taken in the Related : Advertisement Trapilo, who was ranked as the No. 2 prospect in Massachusetts in the Class of 2020, played four seasons at Boston College, earning All-ACC First Team honors while starting 12 games at right tackle. In all, he started 36 games for the Eagles, including all 12 as a junior, when he didn't allow a sack in 363 dropback snaps. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Related : His father, Steve Trapilo , who died in 2004 when Ozzy was 2, was an All-American offensive lineman for Boston College and later played in the NFL for the Saints and Patriots. Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy! Welcome to the 312, — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) 2. Milestones The number of the day was 100, and that was most evident for Silver Lake boys' lacrosse, which saw senior Noah Palleschi register his 100th point as part of a five-goal day, plus junior Cole Miller record his 100th career goal in a 17-9 victory over Newton South. Related : Advertisement Dighton-Rehoboth's Olivia Thibert also notched her 100th career goal, scoring five in a 21-6 defeat of Seekonk. 3. Walk-off wins Dighton-Rehoboth baseball, North Quincy baseball, St. Mary's baseball, and Masconomet softball all won in their final at-bat. The Falcons (5-2) beat Oliver Ames, 2-1, on Aidan Melo's sacrifice fly, which plated Lucas LeTourneau , who had led off the inning with a triple. Related : For North Quincy, it was Jake Wirtz who supplied an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to secure a 3-2 win over Franklin. Jaiden Driscoll was the hero for St. Mary's, lifting the Spartans past Pope Francis, 5-4, by knocking in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Related : In the Northeast Conference, Aimee Quimby sent a hit up the middle to score Sabrina Cafarelli in the eighth inning, completing a 1-0 Chieftans win over No. 11 Marblehead. 4. Three stars Tyler Adamo , Lynnfield — The junior, who is committed to Columbia, enjoyed an explosive day at the dish, finishing with nine total bases, ripping three doubles and a triple, scoring four runs, and knocking in two as the Pioneers topped Triton, 10-3. Gus Da Silva , Milford — The junior put down 29 kills, leading a Scarlet Hawks offense that also got big contributions from Diego Inacio-Santos (19 kills) and Sam Abreu (17) in a 3-2 win over Cambridge. Related : Tom Crowley and Elizabeth McNaught , Whitman-Hanson — They may have played in different games, but the two pitchers were linked by their no-hitters. Crowley, a senior, struck out 14 and walked none as he threw the baseball team's first no-hitter in at least three seasons, beating New Bedford, 7-0. McNaught, a sophomore, walked six, but didn't allow a hit while striking out nine in a 2-0 win over Abington. Advertisement 5. Going, going, gone Junior Kiley Hogan cracked home runs in the fifth and seventh innings for Tyngsborough in a 13-6 loss to Tewksbury, giving her five longballs on the season, Revere's Jordan Martelli and Frankie Reed both homered, Lexington's Sofia Flores and Sophia Glavine went back-to-back, and Milton Academy's Sadie Patel and Hannah Crowley added blasts. Related : The rest of the day's homers belonged to: Pentucket's Evelyn Howell , Apponequet's Lucas Tremblay , Gloucester's Emma Carrapichosa , Methuen's Colleen McNamara , Silver Lake's Mady Bryan , Malden's Devin Otero Milonopoulos , Melrose's Dylan Harrington , and Foxborough's Ben Angelini. 6. Daily lacrosse leaderboard Goals Kiera Fitzpatrick , Methuen, 7 Will Levrault , Apponequet, 6 Gia Papa , Dighton-Rehoboth, 6 Noah Palleschi , Silver Lake, 5 Olivia Thibert , Dighton-Rehoboth, 5 Points Papa, Dighton-Rehoboth, 9 Fitzpatrick, Methuen, 7 Levrault, Apponequet, 7 Nick Barriga , Appnequet, 6 Abby Bradley , Apponequet, 6 7. Daily strikeout leaderboard Tess Francis , Marblehead, 15 Tom Crowley , Whitman-Hanson, 14 Sydnee Vocino , Masconomet, 12 Jack Anderson , Greater New Bedford, 11 Delaney Moquin , Silver Lake, 11 Lilly Franchella , Lexington, 9 Charlie Mallett , West Bridgewater, 9 Elizabeth McNaught , Whitman-Hanson, 9 Danni Randall , Revere, 9 Will Davidson , Hanover, 8 Molly LeBel , Pentucket, 8 Cole Mullen , North Andover, 8 Elise Testa , Abington, 8 Oliver Thibeault , Georgetown, 8 Brendan Kurie can be reached at
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Top stories: Community celebrates life of late State Rep. Carol Doherty
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers. Top stories this past week included: A massive 275-unit market-rate housing development, intended to be built next to the new MBTA rail station in East Taunton, has a new developer. A profile of Dighton-Rehoboth baseball's Ben Miller, and how the senior pitcher/infielder looks to lead by example. There's going to be a free classical concert at the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton. The 1712 Restaurant & Tavern in Dighton will be closing at the end of this month. The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a renovated multi-family in Taunton that sold for $1,000,000. The Cohannet Street home was built in 1900, and has undergone a significant makeover. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers. These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers: A celebration of life was held for late State Rep. Carol Doherty on Saturday, April 12, at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Taunton. Family, friends, and officials attended, to honor Doherty's life and work for her community. Moving moment: Celebration of life for Taunton/Easton State Rep. Carol Doherty Graduating seniors will now need to earn passing grades in biology, 10th grade English, algebra 1 and geometry in order to receive a Taunton High School diploma. Those are some of the new graduation requirements that the Taunton School Committee voted to implement at their April 2 meeting. The new requirements come after a statewide ballot question where voters voted to remove MCAS as a graduation requirement. Gazette Reporter Emma Rindlisbacher takes a look at what we know about the new graduation requirements. Graduation requirements: Here are Taunton High School's new graduation requirements to replace MCAS Taunton has welcomed a new bookshop! Serendipity Bookshop opened downtown on April 7, at 1 Main St. Owner Donna Melchionno is aiming to make the bookshop a cozy community space. 'More than just books': New bookshop in downtown Taunton aims to be cozy destination Now it's Raynham's turn to decide whether it will comply with the state's controversial multi-family housing law or forge a path of resistance. At Raynham's upcoming Annual Town Meeting voters will decide whether to amend the town's bylaws to establish a multi-family overlay zoning district to comply with the state's MBTA Communities Act — a mandate requiring all communities with MBTA transit service or that abut them to establish a new zone for multi-family housing. Gazette Reporter Daniel Schemer has the story. 'Jamming this down our throat': Raynham proposes 2 new multi-family housing zones. Where? Taunton City Councilor Jeff Postell is not running for re-election, opening up a seat on the council for a newcomer. Here's what we know about Postell's decision, plus information about the upcoming election. Election: Longtime Taunton City Councilor Jeff Postell not running for re-election. What he said This article originally appeared on The Taunton Daily Gazette: Top stories: Community celebrates life of late State Rep. Carol Doherty
Boston Globe
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Dighton-Rehoboth softball completes its tour of defending champions by defeating Division 3 champ Walpole
The defending Division 2 state champion Falcons (4-1) got offensive contributions up and down the lineup, with Izzy Moss, Mia Ribeiro, and Sara Marsella enjoying multi-hit afternoons and Emma Horrocks roping a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Dighton-Rehoboth's Mia Ribeiro attempts to slide in under the tag of Walpole catcher Abby Riley. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE 'A lot of times, the story is Cam [Cloonan] and Haleigh [Kelley] and Emma, and those are our big power hitters,' said Holmes. 'It was nice to see that when some of our stronger hitters weren't hitting their stride, the rest of the team was able to come back and keep it moving.' Advertisement Facing Walpole (3-3), the defending D3 champs, would be daunting for most. But not for these Falcons. Related : 'Walpole was the finale of our state champ tour, right? We played [D1 champion] Taunton, then [D4 champion] Case, and now Walpole, so it was nice because we were battle-tested really early,' Holmes added. 'We were able to really fine-tune things early. Our defense and our communication was something we were able to lock in on really fast. That spoke volumes today. 'There are definitely some things we need to work on a little bit, but we really try to put these tough teams on our schedule so that as the season goes on, we've already worked on some of the things we need to work on.' Advertisement Dighton-Rehoboth's Edy Latour tracks a foul ball off her bat. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Dighton-Rehoboth's Sara Marsella smiles after advancing to third base. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Dighton-Rehoboth's Edy Latour struck out nine in a complete-game effort. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Sharlotte Stazinski started for Walpole. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Walpole's Sienna Kreuzer (6) makes the out on Dighton-Rehoboth's Sara Marsella (18) at third base. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Dighton-Rehoboth coach Katie Holmes (left), Walpole head coach Rachael Sprague, and their teams meet at home before first pitch. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Globe
05-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Eastern Mass boys' volleyball: Globe Players of the Week for March 27-April 3
Sebastian Eugene , Norwood — A clutch kill off the ceiling divider to break a fifth-set tie was part of an 18-kill, 4-block, 5-ace performance by the senior in a Tri-Valley victory over Dighton-Rehoboth. Finn Bell , Wayland — The junior is already up to 100 kills this season, with all four of Wayland's matches going five sets (the team is 2-2). He led with 34 kills, 12 digs, 4 blocks, and 3 aces in Wednesday's nonleague thriller over BC High. Advertisement Wayland's Finn Bell (10) showed off his hitting game with 34 kills against BC High. Barry Chin/Globe Staff Alec Smagula , Brookline — Two of the junior's three kills came in the last 3 points of a dominant Bay State sweep at Natick. Smagula dished 20 assists and added three blocks and two aces. Ani Vasudevan , St. John's (Shrewsbury) — A late fill-in at setter because of an injury, the senior racked up 44 assists, 7 blocks, 6 digs, and an ace as the Pioneers won the battle of St. John's in the Catholic Conference, 3-1. AJ Traub can be reached at
