Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Newton South’s Sakakeeny captures state Nordic title
Newton South’s Liam Sakakeeny captured the MIAA State Boys Nordic skiing title in helping his team capture the team championship.
Sakakeeny won in a time of 18:49, followed by Mount Greylock’s Quinn McDermott (18:59), Arlington’s Mori Finlayson-Johnecheck (19:17), Newton South’s Ian Brenner (19:23) and Mount Greylock’s Ollie Swabey (19:24).
In the MIAA State Girls Nordic skiing championship, Alexandria Taylor of Lincoln-Sudbury took first in a time of 21:47. Brookline’s Hannah Petersen finished second (22:40) with Concord-Carlisle’s Sarah Kirincich rounding out the top three in a time of 22:43. Mount Greylock won the team title with 70 points.
Boys basketball
Davis Darnell scored 29 points for Dedham in a 66-65 Tri-Valley League win over Bellingham. … Mason Melchionda (25 points) and Jono Windle (11 points) set the tone for Dover-Sherborn, which won a share of the TVL Small title (along with Medway) in a 53-48 victory over Norton. … Pete Kumar (24 points), Luke Lisciandra (20 points) and Rowan Tracey (17 points) led the way for Medfield in an 82-66 win over Norwood. For Norwood, Matty Mahoney scored his 1,000 point.
William Morman III put up 26 points, including six three-pointers, as St. Mark’s edged Nobles 59-56 in Independent School League action. … Marquis White (14 points), Lenny Tangishaka (12 points), and Mari Antoine (10 points) recorded double-digit scoring performances for Thayer in a 69-56 win over BB&N.
Wayland’s Grant Larsen (15 points) made two key foul shots with 11 seconds remaining to secure a 50-47 Dual County League over Weston. Ido Geffen had 13 points for the Warriors.
Christian Dalton collected 24 points, six assists and five steals, while Jonathon Theresias chipped in with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Marvens Laplante had 10 points and four steals as New Heights pulled away for a 78-50 MCSAO quarterfinal win over Excel Academy.
Caleb Baker and Isaiah Bean-Brittian netted 16 points each, with Jason Paretchan (12 points), Dylan Perrault (12 points) and Jack Williams (11 points) finishing in double digits also as Whitman-Hanson (14-5) rolled to an 89-57 Patriot League win over North Quincy. … Jeremy Leonard poured in 24 points, and Nick Naujalis added 10 points as Silver Lake edged Quincy, 44-43.
Nick Barnes dropped 27 points and dished six assists, and Harry Miles had nine points as St. John’s (Shrewsbury) beat Algonquin 61-38 in a nonleague contest. … Tyler Staiti had 23 points and five assists while Kingston Maxwell added 20 points as Abington (14-5) beat Oliver Ames 69-63 in the Don Byron Memorial Classic. … Jason Kamau (15 points), Xavier Rivera (13 points, seven rebounds), Juan Beltres Diaz (eight points, 17 rebounds) and Tzar Powell-Aparicio (10 points) stood out for Lowell in a 58-55 win over St. John’s Prep.
Ryan Corcoran (13 points), Joseph Vella (12 points), Jamason Vella (22 points) and Jimmy Farrell (17 points) finished in double digits in scoring for Masconomet (10-8) in a 71-58 Northeastern Conference win over Danvers. … Anthony Forte (23 points, six rebounds, four assists) and Raphel Laurent (16 points, four assists, three rebounds, two blocks) powered Peabody (18-2) in a 68-27 win over Saugus.
Matt Breen dropped 30 points as Shawsheen (12-6) rolled to a 67-47 win over Whitter in Commonwealth Athletic Conference action.
Girls basketball
Izzy Barr (five steals, four rebounds) and Riley Spur (five points, four rebounds) boosted Sandwich (17-1) in a 42-28 nonleague win over O’Bryant.
Mackay Brooks tallied 10 points, while Ella Arntsen scored eight points and Lily Oliver and Phileine de Widt finished with six points each as Manchester Essex (13-5) defeated Ipswich 40-38 in the Cape Ann League. … Amelia Crowe (17 points) and Gabby Bellacqua (10 points) guided Pentucket (17-1) during a 37-33 win over North Reading.
Alyssa Adams registered 11 points for Tewksbury in a 57-40 Merrimack Valley Conference win over Lawrence. … Kerri Finneran (12 points), Sam Guertin (11 points, three triples), and Shaelagh Green (10 points) recorded double-digit scoring performances, and Abbey Dick added eight points as Central Catholic (15-3) bested North Andover, 47-20.
Cecilia Kay put in another excellent performance with 27 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks, and Bella Lopez-Marin finished with 10 points and three assists as Bishop Fenwick (15-3) beat St. Mary’s (Lynn) 57-49 in Catholic Central League action.
Hannah Kuriscak buried seven three-pointers and 22 total points, while Addison Taylor (14 points, seven assists, two steals) and CC Levrault (12 points, six rebounds, seven steals) broke into double figures in the scorebook as well as Apponequet (17-3) won the South Coast Conference title with a 65-29 victory over Old Rochester. … Mia Gentile (24 points, seven three-pointers), Karlie Cosme (14 points, 12 rebounds) and Makenzie Pires (13 points) paced Somerset Berkley (10-9) in a 68-39 win over Seekonk.
Jenna Mishou (18 points, 11 rebounds) set the tone for Whitman-Hanson (14-3), which clinched the Patriot League title with a 45-42 victory on the road against North Quincy.
Boys hockey
Nathan Hackett, Ryan Conway and Colin Blake scored, and Kyle Ready earned the shutout as Pembroke (10-5-3) clinched a spot in the MIAA Div. 3 tournament with a 3-0 Patriot League win over Quincy. … Brady Walsh and Chris Gillis hit the back of the net, and Anthony Rabeni made 14 saves as Duxbury punched its ticket to Div. 2 postseason play with a 2-1 win over Plymouth North. … Domenic Visocchi and Zakk Spano got the goals, and Nick Zaccaria made 15 saves to seal his second shutout for Whitman-Hanson in a 2-0 win over Silver Lake.
Will Manchuso found the net three times, and Sam Griswold (24 saves) got his first shutout for Concord-Carlisle in a 5-0 Dual County League victory over Bedford.
James Hayward struck for two goals, and goaltender Colton Spavento shone between the sticks as Hopkinton won the Tri-Valley League Large with a 2-1 victory over Norwood.
Caleb Kean (two goals, assist), Luca Finton (goal) and Ryan Burgess (goal), Dom Bonito (goal, three assists) and Ty Kelley (goal, two assists) lit the lamp for Bourne (13-4-1) in a 6-2 nonleague win over Dennis-Yarmouth.
Girls hockey
In nonleague action, Bella Freitas had a hat trick and Audrey Zimck scored twice as St. Mary’s of Lynn (17-1-1) routed Newburyport 10-1. … Kelly Holmes netted two goals and supplied an assist, while Annabelle Curran notched a hat trick and an assist and Kiki Lynch (20 saves) secured the shutout as King Philip routed Wayland/Weston, 7-0.
Chloe Goldberg scored the lone goal and Claire Zhang had the shutout in net as Winchester edged Lexington 1-0 in Middlesex League play.
Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL
Abington 69, Oliver Ames 63
Ashland 68, Holliston 63
Atlantis Charter 91, Rising Tide 52
Beverly 80, Winthrop 40
Billerica 76, Tewksbury 64
Boston Prep 97, BCLA/McCormack 34
Charlestown 64, Brookline 61
Dedham 66, Bellingham 65
Dover-Sherborn 53, Norton 48
East Bridgewater 51, West Bridgewater 31
Governor’s 76, Tabor 71
Hopkinton 67, Westwood 59 (ot)
Lowell 58, St. John’s Prep 55
Lynn Tech 58, Greater Lawrence 43
Manchester Essex 68, Ipswich 42
Marblehead 70, Gloucester 38
Masconomet 71, Danvers 58
Medfield 82, Norwood 66
Medway 62, Millis 37
Melrose 45, Watertown 33
Newburyport 41, Lynnfield 35
Newton North 83, Weymouth 46
Peabody 68, Saugus 27
Pentucket 51, North Reading 43
Rivers 62, Roxbury Latin 47
St. John’s (S) 61, Algonquin 38
St. Mark’s 59, Nobles 56
Sandwich 80, O’Bryant 43
Shawsheen 67, Whittier 47
Silver Lake 44, Quincy 43
Stoughton 58, Randolph 41
Sturgis West 44, St. John Paul II 30
Thayer 69, BB&N 56
Wayland 50, Weston 47
Whitman-Hanson 89, North Quincy 57
Xaverian 72, Acton-Boxboro 36
MCSAO QUARTERFINAL
New Heights 78, Excel Academy 50
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Apponequet 65, Old Rochester 39
Attleboro 49, Franklin 36
Austin Prep 45, Phillips Exeter 40
Bedford 66, Lowell Catholic 34
Bellingham 37, Dedham 30
Billerica 42, Lowell 25
Bishop Fenwick 47, St. Mary’s (L) 49
Boston United 37, Madison Park 33
Bridgewater-Raynham 44, Durfee 34
Central Catholic 47, North Andover 20
Charlestown 36, Excel 27
Dennis-Yarmouth 63, Nauset 43
East Bridgewater 65, Barnstable 55
Gann Academy 40, Covenant Christian Academy 28
Lynn Tech 51, KIPP 49
Manchester Essex 40, Ipswich 38
Marshfield 42, Scituate 29
Methuen 49, Haverhill 32
Mystic Valley 41, Notre Dame (T) 21
New Bedford 49, Brockton 44
Newburyport 51, Lynnfield 50
Norton 69, Dover-Sherborn 54
Pentucket 37, North Reading 33
Quincy 53, Silver Lake 27
Rivers 52, Brooks 42
Sandwich 42, O’Bryant 28
Snowden 42, BCLA/McCormack 26
Somerset Berkley 68, Seekonk 39
Somerville 37, East Boston 10
Tabor 70, Governor’s Academy 40
Tewksbury 57, Lawrence 40
Wayland 72, Weston 30
Weymouth 68, Newton North 58
Whitman-Hanson 45, North Quincy 42
BOYS HOCKEY
Abington 7, St. John Paul Ii 5
Amesbury 6, Rockport/Manchester Essex 4
Arlington 2, Reading 1 (ot)
Belmont 2, Woburn 1
Beverly 2, Somerville 1
BC High 5, St. Mary’s (L) 2
Boston Latin 2, Malden Catholic 1
Bourne 6, Dennis-Yarmouth 2
Braintree 3, Milton 2 (ot)
Bridgewater-Raynham 3, Foxboro 1
Cambridge 3, Quincy 2
Canton 2, Bishop Feehan 1
Cohasset/Hull 11, Blue Hills 3
Concord-Carlisle 5, Bedford 0
Dartmouth 7, Stoughton/Brockton 1
Dedham 2, Medway 1
Dover-Sherborn/Weston 7, Groton-Dunstable 2
Duxbury 2, Plymouth North 1
East/West Bridgewater 4, South Shore Voke 3
Framingham 3, Brookline 2 (ot)
Franklin 7, Archbishop Williams 2
Gloucester 5, Danvers 3
Hanover 4, North Attleboro 2
Hingham 6, Lincoln-Sudbury 2
Hopkinton 2, Norwood 1
Lynnfield 2, Marlboro 2
Medford 4, Methuen 1
North Reading 8, Pentucket 4
Norton 8, Bellingham 2
Oliver Ames 5, Newton South 4 (ot)
Peabody 6, Swampscott 4
Pembroke 3, North Quincy 0
Rivers 6, St. Mark’s 5
Rockland 6, Monomoy/Mashpee 4
St. John’s Prep 4, Andover 0
St. Sebastian’s 8, Tabor 4
Scituate 3, Plymouth South 2
Shrewsbury 7, Acton-Boxboro 0
Somerset Berkley 4, Mansfield 1
Taunton 3, Apponequet 2
Tewksbury 4, Central Catholic 0
Xaverian 3, Chelmsford 2
Walpole 4, Needham 2
Watertown 4, Stoneham 1
Wellesley 4, Natick 0
Weymouth 8, Newton North 1
Whitman-Hanson 2, Silver Lake 0
Wilmington 3, Melrose 1
Winthrop 5, Masconomet 1
SPARTAN CUP
Bishop Stang 2, Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth 1 (ot)
GIRLS HOCKEY
Algonquin 4, Shrewsbury 1
Archbishop Williams 4, Pope Francis 1
Arlington Catholic 6, Bishop Fenwick 1
Belmont/Watertown 3, Woburn 1
Beverly/Danvers 4, Gloucester 2
Bishop Stang 3, Dennis-Yarmouth 2
Braintree 1, Milton 1
Canton 3, Westwood 1
Central Catholic 6, Stoughton 0
Concord-Carlisle 7, Melrose 5
Framingham 3, Brookline 2 (ot)
Franklin 4, Latin Academy 0
Hingham 3, Whitman-Hanson/Silver Lake 0
King Philip 7, Wayland/Weston 0
Lincoln-Sudbury 4, Waltham 0
Malden Catholic 3, HPNA 1
Marshfield 4, Norwell/Scituate/Abington 0
Martha’s Vineyard 2, Norwood 1 (ot)
Natick 3, Wellesley 0
Needham 1, Walpole 0
PLNR 5, Marblehead 0
Plymouth North/South 4, Quincy/North Quincy 0
Reading 4, Arlington 3 (ot)
Rivers 1, Governor’s 0 (ot)
St. Mary’s (L) 10, Newburyport 1
Sandwich 3, Bishop Feehan 0
Shawsheen/Bedford 3, Medford/Malden 0
Tabor 4, BB&N 1
Westford Academy 4, Acton-Boxboro 1
Weymouth 3, Newton 2
Winchester 1, Lexington 0
O’LEARY TOURNAMENT
Auburn 4, Hopkinton/Dover-Sherborn 3 (2 ot)
BOYS SQUASH
Belmont Hill 5, Tabor 2
GIRLS SQUASH
Tabor 4, Winsor 3