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Nine takeaways from Tuesday, including an emotional night in Milford and the Gatorade baseball player of the year
And then dive into the rest of our Tuesday coverage:
1. Milestones
Duxbury senior
Caroline Villarin
(5 goals) and sophomore
Gabby Fisher
(2 goals) both reached 100 career points in a 16-1 Division 2 second-round win over Scituate, which saw Skippers senior Katie Tarsala net her 400th career point.
Foxborough junior
Addie Riley
reached 200 career points in a 17-7 win over North Middlesex in the Division 3 tournament.
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Final: Foxboro 17 North Middlesex 7. Very proud of this group. Keep it rolling 💪 Big congrats to junior Addie Riley on hitting 200th Career Point milestone.
— Foxboro Girls Lacrosse (@CoachKFoxGlax)
Norwell's
Charlotte Pithie
notched her 500th career save in a 16-5 Division 4 second-round win over Lynnfield.
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Westford Academy senior
Emma Carmichael
scored three first-quarter goals and finished with 10, setting a new single-game playoff record for the program in
From Monday: Ipswich boys' lacrosse coach
Glenn Foster
notched his 350th career win in a 14-1 Division 4 first-round playoff victory over South Hadley . . . Senior
Delaney Moquin
became the all-time home run leader for Silver Lake softball by crushing a pair of three-run blasts, giving the Fairfield-bound pitcher 23 homers for her career . . . Scituate senior
Willy Robinson
became the program's all-time leading goal scorer with 284, the latest coming in a 17-8 second-round win in the Division 3 boys' lacrosse tournament . . . Acton-Boxborough senior setter
Parth Pawar
recorded his 2,000th career assist in a 3-1 win over Braintree in the second round of the Division 1 tournament . . . On Saturday, King Philip sophomore
Ryleigh Waldner
recorded her 100th career point in a 17-6 first-round win over Brookline.
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Scituate's new All Time leader in career goals scored, Willy Robinson! He needed 5 goals to tie and 6 to take the lead and he delivered! Congrats Willy!
— Mark Puzzangara (@CoachPuzzPE_Lax)
2. Going, going, gone
Bishop Feehan's
Julia Cohen
and
Maddie Coupal
provided most of the day's power, blasting back-to-back bombs in the fifth inning of a 10-1 Division 1 win over Andover. AMSA's
Grace Galvin
added a homer in a 13-1 Division 4 win over Douglas.
3. Four stars
Vittoria Cuscia
, Foxborough and
Abby Noble
, Gloucester — They both tossed no-hitters, with Cuscia only needing to go five innings in a 15-0 Division 3 first-round win over Hudson, while Noble, a freshman, blanked Bishop Fenwick, 9-0, in the second round of the Division 3 tournament.
Mia Holmes
, East Bridgewater — The junior came on in the first inning in relief of Maggie Schlossberg and proceeded to strike out 17 of the 20 batters she faced to finish with a combined no-hitter of Lynnfield in the second round of the Division 4 tournament.
Erin O'Day
, Uxbridge — The junior, who is verbally committed to UMass, not only struck out 11 in the circle but helped her own cause with two hits, three runs, and an RBI in a 4-2 Division 4 second-round win over Pittsfield.
4. Daily lacrosse leaderboard
Goals
Shane Mulcahy
, Cohasset, 7
Catherine Craig
, Chelmsford, 5
Gus Greene
, Cohasset, 5
Isa Robinson
, North Andover, 5
Caroline Villarin
, Duxbury, 5
Connor Wicken
, Reading, 5
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Allie Wile
, Ipswich, 5
Murphy Belvin
, BC High, 4
Seamus Cable
, Wakefield, 4
Nick Emsing
, BC High, 4
Michael Ferraro
, Bishop Feehan, 4
Maddy Lubov
, Ursuline, 4
Katie Maheu
, Ursuline, 4
Brayden Mattera
, Walpole, 4
Ryan Metsis
, Wakefield, 4
Aine Norton
, Cohasset, 4
Points
Mulcahy, Cohasset, 9
Craig, Chelmsford, 8
Kate Greer
, Cohasset, 7
Zack Lindmark
, Reading, 7
Ella McCarthy
, Ipswich, 7
Robinson, North Andover, 7
Brady Zdanowicz
, Wakefield, 7
Ferraro, Bishop Feehan, 6
Greene, Cohasset, 6
Mattera, Walpole, 6
Wile, Ipswich, 6
5. Daily strikeout leaderboard
Mia Holmes
, East Bridgewater, 17
Maddie Grant
, Georgetown, 14
Reese Taylor
, Apponequet, 13
Mylee Ramer
, Bishop Feehan, 12
Erin O'Day
, Uxbridge, 11
Liana Danubio
, Norton, 10
Jillian Macfarlane
, Maynard, 10
Akiira'Ley Vazquez
, Greater New Bedford, 8
Shayna Bakun
, Wachusett, 7
6. McCafferty named top baseball player
Austin Prep junior catcher
Bradley McCafferty
is the 2025 Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to a 20-2 record. The 6-foot-1-inch, 195-pounder has verbally committed to Duke and is ranked as the No. 3 prospect in Massachusetts by Perfect Game.
'He's a stud and a very good player,' said Phillips Exeter coach
Tim Mitropolous
in a release. 'First-class kid, as well.'
McCafferty hit .367 with two homers, 23 RBIs, and 22 runs, notching a .474 on-base percentage and .550 slugging percentage. He threw out 36.8 percent of would-be base-stealers and is a two-time All-NEPSAC selection.
He is ranked as the No. 4 New England prospect in the Class of 2026 by Prep Baseball Report, maintains a 3.47 weighted GPA, and volunteers at a local rehab center and as a youth baseball coach.
7. Commitment tracker
Newbury native
London Timothy
will play men's soccer at New Hampshire. Timothy played for Seacoast United of MLS NEXT from 2021-23 after spending the 2020-21 season with Real Salt Lake Academy and 2017-20 with the New England Revolution Academy.
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"London has great character and we believe he is someone who will develop into a very impactful member of our backline for years to come. We are very excited for London to add to our group both on and off the field." - Rich Weinrebe
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— UNH Men's Soccer (@UNHMSoccer)
Aidan McGrath
will play with the Ireland 16U basketball team in the 2025 FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournament. The 6-foot-5-inch guard is reclassifying and will be a freshman at Thayer in the fall after earning Patriot League All-Star honors last winter as a freshman at North Quincy.
FIBA U16 EuroBasket will be held Aug. 7-12 in North Macedonia. Ireland is in a group with Slovakia, Cyprus, Poland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and host North Macedonia.
8. Coaching carousel
Hamilton-Wenham has brought in a former All-American as its new gymnastics coach.
Rebecca Brady
will take over for
Chris Way
, who had led the Generals co-op (which includes Ipswich and Rockport) since 2018. Brady was a two-time All-American and a Level 10 National Qualifier while at Southern Connecticut, which she attended after leading Pinkerton Academy (N.H.) to a state championship.
Brady has worked at Iron Rail Gymnastics Academy in Wenham for the past two years, while also continuing her coaching education through USA Gymnastics. She has also instructed at Off the Wall Gymnastics in Plaistow, N.H.
Helen Bess
will remain on staff as an assistant.
9. College corner
Bates sophomore
Isabel Bettencourt
, a Peabody graduate, was named All-State by the Maine College Baseball and Softball Association. She was also named second team All-Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and first team All-NESCAC. Bettencourt hit .378 with a .550 slugging percentage and led the Bobcats with three home runs and 28 RBIs.
Bates junior
Ella Maher
, a Newton North graduate, was a second-team All-State selection at shortstop after hitting .308 with a .403 on-base percentage.
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WPI designated hitter
Andrew Cash
, an AMSA graduate from Marlborough, was selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Division 3 Region 1 All-Region team. Cash led the Engineers with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs, finishing with a .361 average and a team-best .723 slugging percentage.
Brendan Kurie can be reached at