25-05-2025
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.
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Chelmsford announced senior captain
Liam Quinn
surpassed 1,000 career points in kills, aces, and blocks this week.
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🚨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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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