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Boston Globe
3 days ago
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After six failed attempts, 13th-seeded Latin Academy boys' tennis breaks through to reach Division 3 semifinals
The comebacks lifted the 13th-seeded Dragons (15-6) to an upset victory over No. 5 Medfield (14-3) in the Division 3 quarterfinals at Wimbledon Metrowest Tennis & Pickleball Club in Walpole. Latin Academy faces top-seeded Bedford in a semifinal matchup next week. Advertisement 'They are smart players, and they make the most of their talents,' Crane said. 'This was a really tight match that could have gone either way, but just really proud of our doubles guys. To both be down one set and come back, that shows a lot.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Senior captain Hewitt Ngo gave the Dragons a strong start, cruising to a 6-2, 6-3 win at second singles. It was the second-straight match Latin needed every point, having survived No. 4 Apponequet by a 3-2 margin just three days earlier. 'We have the depth that we haven't had in the past,' Crane said. 'And it took a while for the team to come together. Our record was good, but we weren't playing our best tennis until we got to the playoffs.' Advertisement For Crane, whose roster draws from schools across the city, the achievement resonated as a milestone in the program's sustained period of success. 'This is a no-cut team with about 35 kids this year. We take all comers and teach even new players a game that they'll play forever,' Crane said. 'And so there's a lot of excitement across the board here about what this team accomplished.' Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Eight high school sports takeaways from a Saturday that crowned two Boston City League champions
1. Milestones Two girls' lacrosse seniors notched their 100th career goals. Nantucket's Mayson Lower did it during a five-goal performance to beat Martha's Vineyard, 14-3, and Hamilton-Wenham's Maisie Leland scored three goals to reach triple digits in a 19-11 win over St. Mary's. Advertisement Chelmsford announced senior captain Liam Quinn surpassed 1,000 career points in kills, aces, and blocks this week. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 🚨Congratulations🎉 to Senior Captain Liam Quinn for surpassing 1,000 career points in kills, aces, & blocks this week! Incredible season & incredible career at CHS! Let's keep it going!🚨 — CHS Volleyball (@CHSBVolleyball) 2. Walkoff wins Mimicking Haverhill's Max St. Hilaire singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh against Methuen with the score tied, 1-1, and Nick Schraffa singled him home for a 2-1 victory in a consolation game of the Hillie Classic. Related : In the Northeastern Conference, Peabody's Joe Sinibaldi picked off the potential go-ahead run in the top of the eighth, then in the 10th, Ethan Waybret walked it off with a sacrifice fly for a 3-2 win over Danvers. Advertisement And in Andover, Wakefield senior Cam DePrizio drilled a walkoff double for a 1-0 win over the host Warriors. 3. Going, going, gone Nobody's power was more prodigious Saturday than Bridgewater-Raynham senior Olivia Roy , who connected on a pair of home runs and finished with nine RBIs in a 17-5 win over Mansfield. Lexington senior Lidia Palys broke open a tie game with a blast in the top of the eighth, putting the Minutemen in position for a 10-1 win over Belmont. Plymouth North's Danny Kenney launched a two-run shot in the fourth inning, his second of the season, in a 4-3 loss to BC High, and English High's Armanis Romero raced for an inside-the-park round-tripper in the top of the fourth of a 6-4 win over Latin Academy in the BCL baseball championship. In the city league softball final, Latin Academy's Claire Hauck rallied her team to a 9-5 win with a two-run shot. Ryleigh Williams of St. Mary's joined in the longball party, as did Holliston's Jayden Hayes , who homered twice in a 19-6 win over Bellingham. 4. Daily lacrosse goals leaderboard Avery Nistl , Hamilton-Wenham, 6 Ally Bettencourt , Peabody, 5 Clare Latham , Bishop Feehan, 5 Brooke Lomasney , Peabody, 5 Mayson Lower , Nantucket, 5 Ava Nason , St. Mary's, 5 Madi Barrett , Peabody, 4 Emily Berube , Bishop Feehan, 4 Avery Texiera , Bishop Feehan, 4 5. Daily strikeout leaderboard Luke Joyce , Braintree, 15 Cam Collier , Latin Academy, 13 Jack Zimmerman , St. Mary's, 13 Luke Rogan , Mansfield, 11 Ty Southall , Georgetown, 10 Lyla Moore , Carver, 9 Tyer Alsen , Cardinal Spellman, 8 Ayden Balter , Wilmington, 8 Dylan Lawrence , North Andover, 8 Caroline Arruda , Marshfield, 7 Danny Kenney , Plymouth North, 7 6. Commitment central Payton Kamin , a 6-foot-8-inch senior forward out of Worcester Academy he has committed to play men's basketball at Penn. Advertisement Big congrats to Payton Kamin '25 on his commitment to Penn! — Worcester Basketball (@WA_VBB) BC High senior Jack Darcy , a middle infielder from Milton, who can hit 88 miles per hour with his fastball, is headed to Amherst to play baseball. Welcome to the Amherst Baseball Class of 2029, Jack!🦣 — Amherst Baseball (@AmherstBaseball) 7. College corner With a roster featuring freshman Kierstyn Zinter (North Andover/Central Catholic), freshman Danielle Cox (Norwell), junior Ali Hoyt (Boston/Tabor), and freshman Maddie Szyluk (Longmeadow), Tamp won the NCAA Division 2 women's lacrosse championship, 15-9 over Adelphi. Szyluk, a midfielder, had two goals in the championship game. WPI graduate student Avinash Bissoondial , a Millbury High graduate, capped his standout career with All-America honors after finishing eighth in the 5,000 meters (14:17.02) at the NCAA Division 3 men's track and field championship in Geneva, Ohio. Odds and ends Ella Peper , a freshman at Dexter Southfield who plays club basketball for the Bay State Jags, was selected as one of the 22 finalists for the USA Women's U16 National Team. 22 finalists have been announced for the 2025 🇺🇸 » — USABJNT (@usabjnt) Peper, who hails from Newton, already has offers from Kentucky, Clemson, Louisville, Alabama, Purdue, Indiana, Virginia, Baylor, Arizona State, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland, and more. A video from the US Olympic Training center in Colorado showed the 6-foot-4-inch 15-year-old dunking in practice. She's 15!! Get Up 💥 📍 🇺🇸 — USABJNT (@usabjnt) Brendan Kurie can be reached at
Boston Globe
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Hauck launches rally with homer as Latin Academy extends run of Boston City League softball titles to 21 in a row
'In this one, we weren't at our best,' LA coach Rocco Zizza said. 'But we worked through it. It was a growing experience for us, particularly the younger players. If you end up winning a championship when you're not playing the best, it shows something.' Eighth-grader Cam Collier struck out 13 in a complete-game effort for Latin Academy. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff It was a pitchers' duel between LA's Cam Collier and O'Bryant's Rylee Hamblin through three innings. But as Mother Nature got involved, the bats came alive. A scoreless tie through three was deadlocked, 5-5, in a blink. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Collier, an eighth-grader in her second year on varsity, found her touch as the sun re-emerged, firing an immaculate sixth inning before striking out two in the seventh to finish with 13 strikeouts. Related : Advertisement 'I think I start to get in my head a little bit, especially when they get runs on the board,' Collier said after allowing five runs. 'I just try to pull myself down, get ahold of myself, make sure I'm doing the right motions so my pitches are better.' Hauck, who catches for Collier, earned MVP honors by virtue of a 2 for 2 day with a double, the bomb to left, and two walks. Advertisement 'I'm good with high pitches, and a lot of [Hamblin's] pitches were high,' said Hauck. 'I'm just going to swing and hit it.' Boston MA -MAY 24 Latin Academy player #10 Fiona Deabler in second base action with John D. O'Bryant # 3 Gabriela Lopez Chavez . Latin Academy won game 9-5 over John D. O'Bryant School of Mathmatics and Scinence in the Boston City League Girls softball final at Boston College's Harrington Village in Boston MA on May 24 22025. (Jonathan Wiggs Globe /Staff ) Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff Every member of this year's Latin Academy team wasn't even born the last time LA didn't win a BCL title, but they still recognize the significance of the achievement. 'It's sentimental,' captain Fiona Deabler said. 'It was a close game, and we've had games that weren't close, so it was more significant for us.' Fellow captain Ruby Gold agreed, and noted the connections between the Latin Academy and O'Bryant teams. 'We've played on the same team as a lot of the girls over there,' she said. 'There's a lot of community, it's always very emotional when we go against O'Bryant, let alone in the finals.' The Latin Academy softball team was all smiles after capturing its 21st consecutive city championship. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff Joe Eachus can be reached at
Boston Globe
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
English High snags third-straight Boston City League baseball championship on Jaurel Melo's game-saving catch
Latin's shortstop, Junior Carderon, laced the ball in Melo's direction — a full three feet above the third baseman's head — but jumping off one foot and reaching up, Melo made the acrobatic grab to help preserve a 6-4 English victory. 'He actually put on about 22 pounds of muscle this offseason,' English coach Christian Ortiz said of Melo. 'When he jumped and he caught that, the kids called me over and said 'That looks like the deadlift jump squats that we do.' That was pretty cool they put that correlation together.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The catch didn't fully secure the win for the Blue & Blue (16-5), but it generated momentum, which English carried into the last frame to finish off a BCL three-peat. Juan Ferrand notched an RBI single in the top of the seventh for an insurance run and Manny De Jesus finished the job, inducing a final groundout to second base. Advertisement 'The boys knew what the season was about,' Ortiz said. 'We've had some seniors who've been part of the first two, and they did a great job of molding and creating that culture for the new guys to come in here and accomplish it.' Advertisement English starter Luis Mejia was named MVP after pitching four innings and ripping an RBI double. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff English's starting pitcher, Luis Mejia, was on a roll for the first four innings, allowing one run while controlling the zone with his curveball, until an infield error allowed Nathan Bonilla to reach in the top of the fifth. The mistakes began to pile up. Following Nuri Gutman's single to put runners on the corners, a passed ball allowed Bonilla to score. A Theo Dehner sacrifice fly brought Gutman home, and Callum Burns worked a bases-loaded walk to make it 5-4. That's when Ortiz pulled Mejia and replaced him with De Jesus. '[The message was] just full support, throw strikes, and go get 'em,' De Jesus said. 'Finish the job.' The pitching change worked, as De Jesus hurled the final 2 ⅓ innings without allowing an earned run. Armanis Romero (left) is congratulated as he gets back to the dugout after racing around the bases for an inside-the-park home run. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Senior Armanis Romero's inside-the-park home run in the top of the fourth gave English a comfortable lead until Latin's comeback attempt fell short. With an RBI double in the top of the third — in addition to his performance on the mound, which included three strikeout — Mejia won MVP honors. 'We have to keep doing the same job, just stay consistent and keep moving forward,' De Jesus said. 'We still have [the] state [tournament].' Boston 05/24/2025 Latin Academy vs English in the Boston City League baseball Championship at BC. English celebrates their win, as they surround Luis Cruz (left). John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Boston 05/24/2025 Latin Academy vs English in the Boston City League baseball Championship at BC. English's Armanis Romero rounds 3rd base after his in the park homer. John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Boston 05/24/2025 Latin Academy vs English in the Boston City League baseball Championship at BC. Latin's Nathan Bonilla is upset at the end of the game in which his team lost. John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Boston Globe
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Latin Academy girls complete the high-five and O'Bryant boys repeat at Boston City League outdoor track championship
O'Bryant's Liam Feliz gave up baseball in the spring and it paid off with a city championship in the 110-meter hurdles. Erin Clark/Globe Staff One of those senior leaders is Liam Feliz, who quit baseball a few years ago due to upper-body injuries. 'My idea was like, 'Well, I'm the fastest on the baseball team, so why not try it?' ' said Feliz. 'It's been fun ever since.' Advertisement Feliz won the 110-meter hurdles (16.74 seconds) and high jump (6 feet, 0 inches) and placed second in the 200 dash (23.13). Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Tech Boston's Donte Jordan Allen Robinson (left) races against Quincy Sebastien Dorcy of Charlestown (right) during the boys' 400-meter hurdles final. Erin Clark/Globe Staff The distance events were particularly strong for O'Bryant, with sophomores Adam Kramer (4:44.21) and Brandon Spies (4:48.31) finishing second and third in the mile, and Spies championing the two mile (10:17.42). 'We have a lot of fun, we joke a lot, but when it comes down to it we can really put the work in,' said Feliz. 'It's a young team, but we're family.' Related : Latin Academy ran away with the girls' title from the beginning, scoring 188 points and winning for the fifth-straight year. On top of the victory, senior Emma Wadsworth took down the girls' MVP award for her triple-gold performances in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump. Advertisement 'I've loved my time on this team,' said Wadsworth. 'They always support each other and it's been like that since my freshman year.' Latin Academy's Lilliana Romer (left) and Boston United's Lailah Nevaeh Harris battle for position during the 100-meter dash. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Wadsworth was joined atop the podium by Dragons senior teammate Demya McClure, who won the discus and shot put. Leanna Lynch won the 200 (27.06) and the 400 (1:02.94) and Ava Gomes won a nail-biting 100 dash (13.30). Related : 'For the last decade we've been in a really strong run,' said Latin Academy head coach Brian Leussler. 'The more success we have the more it just contributes to more kids coming out. Every day in practice we're going to have a really dedicated group of kids.' Dearborn STEM Academy senior Rick Barros had a triple-gold day in the 100 (11.13 seconds), 200 (22.34 seconds) and was a part of the winning 4x400 team (3:38.69) to take the boys' MVP award. Rick Barros of Dearborn STEM Academy was a three-event winner to earn MVP honors. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Aiden Barker can be reached at
