What a difference a year made for the Braintree girls hockey team.

The Wamps, who went 2-18-1 last season, clinched a state tournament berth Saturday with a 4-0 Bay State Conference win over Needham. Emily McDonough scored twice for Braintree (9-4-3) while Katherine McDonough dished three assists and Sienna Cadigan posted a shutout.

Boys hockey

John Connolly had three assists and Michael Rowan scored two goals and added an assist to lead Belmont to a Middlesex League victory over Woburn. … Emrick O’Brien (goal, assist) led five different goal-scorers Wilmington (9-7-1) used to edge Melrose, 5-3. … Antonio Carpentieri scored twice as Stoneham blanked Watertown 5-0.

Cam Keane, Dylan O’Connell, Will Zolkowski, Parker Willard and Owen Adams tallied goals in Dedham’s 5-1 nonleague victory over Apponequet on senior day. … Arlington Catholic head coach Curt Colarullo secured his 100th win Saturday with the Cougars 4-2 victory over King Philip

Dracut/Tyngsboro clinched its second consecutive MVC/DCL 3 title with a 2-2 tie with Bedford. … Kyle Novo and Will Buckley scored two goals apiece to help Lowell earn a 8-2 victory over Cambridge.

Brauer Malcolm notched a 25-save shutout, backing a well-balanced attack for Natick (8-8-2) in a 4-0 Bay State Conference win over Walpole. Silly Brown, Joe MacDonnell and Peter Bracken each had a goal and assist, and the RedHawks earned a fifth win in six games.

Boys basketball

Tavras Biskis led the way with 18 points and Landon Lepine added 14 as Martha’s Vineyard cruised over Dover-Sherborn 58-36 in nonleague action.

In the Boston City League, Krem Amparo had a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards as Latin Academy topped Tech Boston 55-43.

SCORES

BOYS BASKETBALL

Austin Prep 71, Middlesex 46

Latin Academy 55, Tech Boston 43

Martha’s Vineyard 58, Dover-Sherborn 36

Milton Academy 59, Brooks 47

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Greater New Bedford 51, Somerset-Berkeley 36

BOYS HOCKEY

Arlington Catholic 4, King Philip 2

Bedford 2, Dracut/Tyngsboro 2

Belmont 6, Woburn 3

Braintree 4, Needham 3 (ot)

Brookline 3, Newton North 2

Dedham 5, Apponequet 1

Dennis-Yarmouth 5, Upper Cape 0

Essex Tech 3, Newburyport 3

Greater New Bedford 11. East Boston 2

Lincoln-Sudbury 4, Westford Academy 1

Lowell 8, Cambridge 2

Martha’s Vineyard 6, Plymouth South 2

Medfield 6, Medway 1

Natick 4, Walpole 0

St. John’s Prep 4, Bishop Feehan 0

St. Marks 6, Groton 1

Stoneham 5, Watertown 0

Stoughton/Brockton 5, Oliver Ames 4

Westwood 2, Dartmouth 0

Wachusett 6, Medford 0

Weymouth 3, Milton 2 (ot)

Wilmington 5, Melrose 2

GIRLS HOCKEY

Arlington Catholic 5, Martha’s Vineyard 1

Belmont 3, Woburn 1

Braintree 4, Needham 0

Brookline 3, Newton North 0

Dennis-Yarmouth 4, Barnstable 0

Dexter-Southfield 5, Groton 1

Medfield 3, Dedham 0

Medford/Malden 3, Melrose 3

Methuen/Tewksbury 2, Billerica/Chelmsford 0

Norwood 4, Ashland 2

Waltham 6, Shawsheen/Bedford/Lowell 0

Westford Academy 3, Central Catholic 2

WRESTLING

Burlington 70, Newton North 10

Cohasset 76 Weston 6

Cohasset 54 Wellesley 30

Cohasset 60 Mansfield 18

Waltham 37, Burlington 36

Wayland 57, Boston Latin Academy 6

Wayland 36, Belmont 23

Wayland 42, Wakefield 28