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Boston Globe
01-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Six takeaways from an action-packed night of high school basketball, including Westport's new all-time leading scorer
1. Milestones Down in Westport, a father and son celebrated a big moment together as senior Owen Boudria scored 41 points to break the school's all-time scoring record, previously held by Mike Noonan (1,580 points). Boudria came into Westport's Division 1 matchup with Avon needing 30 points to match Noonan and ended up leaving him in the dust, finishing the game with 1,591 points. Related : No one was prouder than his father, Scot , the Wildcats' longtime coach. 'He was ridiculous,' Scott said of his son, who helped Westport rally from an early 19-3 deficit. Advertisement The night also saw two new 1,000-point scorers. On a third-quarter free throw, her 15th point of the night, Oliver Ames junior Avery Gamble reached the grand milestone, although the Tigers fell, 42-36 to Leominster. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Avery Gamble reaches the 1k career points mark to retake the lead in the Div. 2 state tournament round of 32 against Leominster in front of a home crowd in Easton. — Ryan Vermette (@ReporterRyan24) And in Woburn, senior captain McKenna Morrison scored 10 points to cross the 1,000-point threshold in a 58-33 first-round win over No. 28 New Bedford. 2. Throw out the seeds The biggest upsets of the night, based on seeding: Division 1 girls No. 18 Newton North over No. 15 Belmont, 66-59. Division 2 boys No. 25 Norwood over No. 25 Tewksbury, 49-41. No. 23 Middleborough over No. 10 North Quincy, 55-51. Division 3 boys No. 36 Norton over No. 4 Shawsheen, 59-57. No. 22 Apponequet over No. 11 Swampscott, 58-55. Division 4 boys No. 21 Cathedral over No. 12 Hamilton-Wenham, 62-55. Division 5 boys No. 19 Rockport over No. 14 Lee, 64-60. 3. Daily scoring leaderboard Owen Boudria , Westport, 41 Kingston Maxwell , Abington, 34 Devon Burke , Newton North, 30 Niko Catalano , North Andover, 28 Gio Jean , Lynn Tech, 26 Bella Bingham , Walpole, 26 Owen Crowley , Andover, 24 Will Levrault , Apponequet, 24 Cal Atherton , Newburyport, 24 Ella Fitzpatrick , Duxbury, 24 4. Coaches corner After 40 years, 443 wins, and a pair of Division 1 championships (2002, 2018), Waltham boys' hockey coach John Maguire announced his retirement. In his social media announcement he thanked his family, assistants, hundreds of former players, and hockey officials 'for the memories.' His son, Chris , is an assistant with the Hawks. Advertisement 40 years, fire up the hawks! — John Maguire (@WalthamHawks) Concord-Carlisle announced it has promoted longtime boys' lacrosse coach Jon Smith to head coach to replace longtime coach Tom Daliandro . The 1992 C-C graduate has been involved in the Patriots' athletic programs for over 30 years, including 16 years with the boys' basketball program, which he helmed during the 2023-24 season. Smith has also served as an assistant football coach and is fourth-grade teacher in the Concord Public Schools. 'The team erupted in applause when the announcement was made today,' C-C athletic director Aaron Joncas wrote on social media. CCHS is proud to appoint Jon Smith as Boys Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach. A longtime assistant, Coach Smith is an alum and has been involved in our athletic program for over 30 years. The team erupted in applause when the announcement was made today - Congrats, Jon! — Concord-Carlisle High School Athletics (@CCPatsAD) 5. Commitment central Anna Maria picked up a couple of local linemen as Elton Stubbs , a 6-foot-1-inch, 280-pounder from Randolph, and 6-1, 240-pound Cullen Walsh , a three-year starter on both sides of the line for Shawsheen, announced their commitments to the Cats. Let's work✍️ — Cullen Walsh (@Cullen_Walsh56) Very thankful and Proud to announce that for the next four years I will continue my education and football journey with — Elton stubbs_75 (@EltonStubbs_75) 6. Some visuals Check out this half-court heave from New Bedford's Diego Montanari in a 75-54 first-round loss to North Andover. Halftime: North Andover 36, New Bedford 29 A pretty significant 7-1 Whaler run to end the first half, including this half-court shot from Diego Montanari at the buzzer. Niko Catalano and Zach DesRochers lead NA with 12 & 10. Montanari leads New Bedford with 9. — Evan Applebaum (@EvanApplebaum2) Then he went and beat the buzzer to end the third quarter. End 3: North Andover 54, New Bedford 38 Diego Montanari hits a buzzer beater again to end the quarter for the Whalers. Scarlet Knights are eight minutes away from advancing to the Round of 16 and traveling to No. 1 Franklin. Let's see how this plays out. — Evan Applebaum (@EvanApplebaum2) And lastly, one of our high school photographers — shout-out Katie Fonden — sent in this mind-bending image from halftime of Westford Academy's win over Chelmsford. Junior Isabella Feliciano leads the Westford Academy cheer team during halftime of the girls' basketball team's 47-40 victory over visiting Chelmsford in the MIAA Division 1 tournament. Katie Fonden/Westford Academy Brendan Kurie can be reached at
Boston Globe
08-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Nine takeaways from a high school Friday night of buzzer-beaters (maybe?), 1,000-point scorers, and a new football coach
Apponequet senior sharpshooter Will Levrault netted his 1,000th point on a putback during the Lakers' 62-56 South Coast Conference win over Seekonk. Levrault is the sixth 1,000-point scorer in program history — 10th in school history — and just second in the last 24 years. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Will Levrault surpasses 1,000 career points on this putback with 4:50 remaining in the game — SouthCoast Varsity (@SC_Varsity) Advertisement Shawsheen's Franck Moron became the school's first boys' basketball player to reach 1,000 points since 2008 when he reached the mark in a 42-41 overtime win over Greater Lawrence. Senior Olivia Baytarian also reached the 1,000-point threshold for Acton-Boxborough and senior Justin McCafferty got there for Westborough in an 82-71 loss to Nashoba. Related : Thayer Academy senior Morgan McGathey deposited her 100th career goal on Thursday in a 5-1 win over Brooks. 2. Three stars Westport senior Owen Boudria , featured here just 48 hours ago, delivered another sterling performance, dropping 40 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a narrow 71-69 win against Southeastern. Innovation Academy senior Bryce Kankam dominated with 34 points and 16 rebounds to beat Northeast, 68-63. Bourne had three stars unto itself during a 79-68 road victory against Greater New Bedford. Emery Robbin s topped the scoresheet with 23 points, while Nate Reynolds had 21 point and 19 rebounds and Mike Dankert contributed 18 points and 15 rebounds. 3. Mansfield gymnastics stings Attleboro The Attleboro gymnastics team handed Mansfield its only loss of the regular season. But when the two teams met again on Friday night in the Hockomock League Gymnastics Championships at Hanover's Starland Sportsplex, it was Mansfield that came out the winner. Mansfield won the team title for the second consecutive year 144.35 to Attleboro's 139.35. King Philip finished third with a 136.95. 'Everyone hit,' said Mansfield senior captain Bridget Boni . 'Everyone is so powerful and everyone gave their all.' Hornets win the Hockomock Championship meet for 2nd year in a row with a 144.35! Next up South sectional meet at Algonquin on Sat 2/15 at 2:00 pm ! — Mike Redding (@MikeRedding1) Mansfield had stellar uneven bars and beam rotations, in addition to several Yurchenko vaults. Attleboro's Caroline DeMarco finished second in the all-around, which was won by King Philip's Abby Lefebvre . DeMarco powered the Bombardiers' second-place finish with a 9.4 on uneven bars and a 9.45 on floor exercise. Advertisement — Kat Cornetta 4. Basketball leaderboard Friday's top scorers: Owen Boudria , Westport, 40 (71-69 over Southeastern) Bryce Kankam , Innovation Academy, 34 (68-63 over Northeast) Elian Rodriguez , Salem, 31 (64-57 over Swampscott) Jonathan Matombo , Haverhill, 28 (78-60 over Billerica) Devon Burke , Newton North, 27 (62-41 over Brookline) Ava Mennella , Whittier, 27 (62-52 over Greater Lowell) Dylan Perrault , Whitman-Hanson, 27 (50-35 over Scituate) Jariel Tolentino , Peabody, 27 (71-57 over Danvers) Matteo Lee , Newton South, 26 (67-58 over Wayland) Bella Owumi , St. Mary's, 26 (63-61 over Bishop Feehan) Caden Sullivan , Franklin, 26 (58-53 over Attleboro) 5. Sectional swim schedule in flux Sunday's MIAA boys swimming South sectional at MIT has been moved from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. due to the expected snowstorm Saturday night. The boys' North sectional has been moved from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., but the MIAA has further contingency plans depending on the storm's severity: B. Move South sectional to 1:45 p.m. and North sectional to 6:15 p.m. C. Hold both meets simultaneously starting at 3:45 p.m. In this instance no spectators would be allowed. Refunds would be offered. D. Meet is cancelled. A final call will be made by 7 a.m. Sunday and posted on the MIAA website. 6. Introducing General Flynn After one season as an assistant at Masconomet, former NFL offensive lineman Mike Flynn is returning to South Hamilton as the new head football coach at Hamilton-Wenham. Flynn previously spent five seasons coaching Pingree, about a four-mile drive from his new home field. Flynn had a 37-8-2 record with the Highlanders from 2018-23 and finished atop the Evergreen Division of the NEPSAC. A Springfield Cathedral (now Pope Francis) graduate who grew up in Agawam, Flynn played at Maine before being signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He made his NFL debut the following year for Baltimore and played 10 seasons, starting Super Bowl XXXV at right guard. — HW Athletic Dept. (@hwathleticdept) 'Mike certainly has a football pedigree as a player and coach that positions him to be an excellent football coach anywhere he goes,' said H-W athletic director Craig Genualdo in a statement. 'More than that, Mike has an established connection with our football players, an understanding of our community, and a passion to create a culture around football at a time that coincides perfectly with the opening of our new athletic complex.' Advertisement Flynn, a teaching assistant at Miles River Middle School, takes over a Generals program that went 3-8 last season and has suffered three straight losing campaigns since going 8-3 in 2021. 7. College corner Northeastern outfielder Alex Lane , a St. John's Prep graduate from Andover, has been named to the preseason watch list for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes award. Lane earned third-team All-America and first-team All-CAA accolades last season after hitting .375 and tying the school record with 80 RBIs. Former Acton-Boxborough defender Jed Hoggard , who now plays for Tufts, was named a Nike Lacrosse Preseason Men's Division 3 Media All-American. Whitman-Hanson graduate Lauren Dunn scored her 1,000th point for Curry College on Thursday during a 23-point performance to beat Wentworth, 72-60. Xaverian running back/linebacker Vincent Busa , who decommitted from Rhode Island on Wednesday, announced he will play at Sacred Heart on Friday. Busa, who won two Super Bowls with the Hawks, ran for 1,413 yards and 20 touchdowns and made 126 tackles as a senior. Let's work!! 🤍❤️ — Vincent Busa (@vincent_busa) Milford senior Mikey Boulanger , a 157-pound wrestler, has committed to Duke. He is 36-0 this season. Plymouth South senior linebacker/tight end Logan Watts (6-foot-1-inch, 190 pounds) committed to Western New England. I am proud and excited to announce my commitment to Western New England University to continue my athletic and academic career! Thank you to everyone who has helped me get to this point to achieve my goals! Can't wait to work! — Logan Watts (@LoganWatts0320) Groton School's Salim Hill officially committed to play football at Harvard. The two-time All-ISL selection owns Groton school records in the 100-meter, 200, and long jump. 8. Seekonk celebrates its best The Seekonk Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome 10 new members in its Class of 2025. They will be inducted on March 22 at 6 p.m. at the Attleboro Elks. The inductees are: Frank Mooney (coach and AD), Ray Grant Jr. (2006, swimming), Heather Grimshaw (1988, cross-country and track), Anthony Azulay (1979, football), Caitlin Grant (2004, swimming), Cammy Garabian (2019, track and football), Lauren Medeiros (2010, field hockey, basketball, softball), Michelle Silva (community contributor), Fred Crippen (coach and AD), and Joe Teixeira (2011, football and track). Advertisement 9. Coaches, coaches, and more coaches ▪ At Bishop Feehan they announced the hiring of Gary Trottier ('12) as pitching coordinator and strength and conditioning coach. After pitching for Lasell, he returned to the school as pitching coach from 2020-24, in addition to serving as pitching coach for the NECBL's Mystic Schooners from 2020-22. ▪ From earlier in the week: Middleborough has promoted Jeff Sylvia to be its head baseball coach. Sylvia, who spent last year as an assistant under Josh Porter , spent 12 years as the head coach at Taunton, guiding the Tigers to six league championships and two Division 1 South finals. The former New Bedford High state champion as a player was a two-time Little East All-Conference player at UMass Dartmouth. He has served as an assistant at New Bedford (winning another state title) and Bridgewater-Raynham. ▪ And one we missed last week: Bridgewater-Raynham has named Cam Fox as its baseball coach. He replaces Mike Connolly after three seasons. Fox had been serving as a pitching coach at his alma mater, Braintree, after graduating from Rhode Island, where he pitched. Fox has served as an assistant at Roger Williams and coached Braintree's Post 86 team to the 2018 American Legion World Series. Under Connolly, the Tigers reached back-to-back Division 1 quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023. Brendan Kurie can be reached at
