The Boston Globe • 10th November 2023

After her arm was caught in a boat propeller, Malden Catholic’s Thea Sanzone was told her swimming career was over. She didn’t listen. - The Boston Globe

“I don’t think I really believed it or processed it,’’ said Sanzone, a three-year cocaptain of the Malden Catholic girls’ swimming team. “I was just kind of like, ‘Well, I’ll take it one day at a time.’ ”

Everyone around her — friends, family, coaches, and teammates — accepted her new reality. She did not.

After Thea Sanzone was injured in a boating accident two summers ago, a surgeon delivered the news that she may never swim competitively again.

More than a year after the accident, Sanzone

The Boston Globe • 6th November 2023

With a new playbook, the Acton-Boxborough girls extended their run to three straight MIAA North sectional swimming championships - The Boston Globe

But this year, the Revolution do not have that luxury, bringing just 10 athletes to Sunday’s MIAA North sectional at Boston University. But even a thinner roster didn’t stop the Revolution from winning the meet for a third consecutive time.

Depth has been a hallmark for the Acton-Boxborough girls’ swim team, which hasn’t lost a sectional or state meet this decade.

“We definitely won in a different way,” said A-B’s Isabela Teixeira. “Every year, though, it’s really important to not only swim fo

The Boston Globe • 28th October 2023

Using his head perfectly, Yussef Oulalite lifts Latin Academy boys’ soccer to City championship - The Boston Globe

In its final practice before the Boston City League final, the Boston Latin Academy boys’ soccer team spent an hour perfecting its structure on set pieces. With the title hanging in the balance Saturday at Madison Park High, that focus paid off. Yussef Oulalite headed home the winner off a corner kick with two minutes left in stoppage time, earning the Dragons a thrilling 3-2 victory over Boston International and a second consecutive City League title. “I was not expecting it at all, but it was

BostonGlobe.com • 7th October 2023

Lincoln-Sudbury’s Ethan Sholk wouldn’t be denied at MSTCA Bay State Invitational - The Boston Globe

The course once again will be the site of the MIAA’s Meet of Champions, scheduled for Nov. 18.

Brookline’s Kailas Ciatto and Ben Kasen both passed Sholk near the final straightaway, but the L-S runner answered with a powerful final kick to snatch back the lead and win in a thrilling finish, covering the 3.1-mile course at Willard Field in 15 minutes, 50.6 seconds.

DEVENS — Even after his lead in the MSTCA’s Bay State Invitational boys’ varsity C race evaporated in the final stretch Saturday, L

BostonGlobe.com • 8th June 2023

Tommy Falasca hurls complete-game shutout, St. Mary’s baseball eliminates Reading in Division 2 tournament - The Boston Globe

Drawing from that wealth of big-game experience, Falasca delivered a complete-game shutout Wednesday, leading the 10th-seeded Spartans to a 4-0 second-round win over No. 26 Reading at Fraser Field in Lynn.

Falasca won the Division 2 baseball title in 2021 and the Division 6 Super Bowl in 2022, and was a Division 3 runner-up with the Spartans’ basketball team in 2023.

LYNN — In the MIAA tournament, St. Mary’s senior Tommy Falasca has seen — and done — just about everything.

“He’s been in big g

BostonGlobe.com • 5th June 2023

Bishop Connolly falls to Winthrop in Division 4 baseball in the school’s final sporting event - The Boston Globe

LYNN — The Bishop Connolly baseball team learned of the school’s upcoming closure at a captains’ practice in early March — just before the season got underway. Senior captain Connor Travis received a text with the shocking news. When he shared the message with his teammates, most of the group broke into tears. The Cougars rallied to a 12-7 record, earning the 38th seed in the Division 4 tournament this season, but lost, 5-2, to No. 27 Winthrop Sunday night at Fraser Field in a preliminary-round

BostonGlobe.com • 5th June 2023

Tommy Falasca lifts St. Mary’s baseball to walkoff win over Wakefield with single in seventh - The Boston Globe

Falasca lined a walkoff single to center at Fraser Field in Lynn, driving home freshman Jake Peterson and earning the 10th-seeded Spartans a 3-2 win over No. 23 Wakefield in the first round of the Division 2 tournament

He wasn’t ready to be done.

As Tommy Falasca stepped to the plate in the seventh inning, the St. Mary’s senior knew it could be his last competitive baseball at-bat .

“I just needed to step up big. Knew what I had to do,” said Falasca, who will play football at Saint Anselm Col

BostonGlobe.com • 2nd June 2023

Chris Cannuscio helps Marblehead hold off furious rally by Somerville in preliminary-round win of Division 2 baseball tournament - The Boston Globe

The Highlanders (10-11) fell into a 9-0 hole after the second inning and stormed back, cutting Marblehead’s lead to 9-7 in the third inning, and to 11-10 in the fifth.

On Thursday evening, he couldn’t help himself. The junior righthander flexed and let out a triumphant roar after striking out the final batter to seal a 13-11 Division 2 preliminary-round win for the 29th-seeded Magicians over No. 36 Somerville .

Enter Cannuscio, who delivered 2 ⅔ strong innings to seal the win.

“I’ve been in a

BostonGlobe.com • 1st June 2023

Chris Curran leads BC High boys’ tennis to first-round win over Chelmsford in Division 1 tournament - The Boston Globe

“It was a great start for us,” said BC High coach Lance Hutchinson. “I feel like our kids have improved a lot since the beginning of the year, and I think we’re playing our best.”

In addition to Curran’s contribution, Charlie Fearing won at second singles (6-2, 6-1) and Sam Kessler triumphed at third singles (6-0, 6-3) while Ryan Berns and Ethan Holsen prevailed at first doubles (6-0, 6-1), and Danny Fearing and Clavin Anderson won at second doubles (6-2, 6-2) for the Eagles (12-3).

Led by a s

BostonGlobe.com • 31st May 2023

Caitlin Mangan, Avery Michaud lead No. 19 Hopkinton girls’ tennis to road win over No. 14 Ludlow in first round of Division 2 tournament - The Boston Globe

With the match tied at 2, sophomores Caitlin Mangan and Avery Michaud delivered a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory in a decisive second doubles triumph to deliver the No. 19 Hillers a Division 2 first-round road win, 3-2, over No. 14 Ludlow.

“Caitlin and Avery were both very aggressive up at net, they lobbed really well, they were hitting overheads really well in the sun, and they just have excellent team chemistry,” said Hopkinton coach Lyn Calkins, whose team improved to 13-5. Ludlow fell to 12-5.

BostonGlobe.com • 27th May 2023

Hopkinton’s Sean Golembiewski erased the memory of last year’s last-place finish by winning the 400-meter hurdles at the MIAA Division 2 track championships - The Boston Globe

This time, the senior cleared every hurdle with ease, cruising to a first-place finish (54.71), more than two seconds ahead of Chelmsford’s Will Larsen in second place.

At last year’s state meet, Golembiewski tripped on the final hurdle and finished last.

NORTH ANDOVER — The 400-meter hurdles at Friday’s MIAA Division 2 state championship at Merrimack College marked something of a revenge tour for Hopkinton’s Sean Golembiewski.

“I didn’t want to give [last year] too much attention because it

BostonGlobe.com • 26th May 2023

Franklin’s Sarah Dumas, St. John’s Prep’s Aithan Bethanson reign in pentathlon at Division 1 track & field championships - The Boston Globe

“She seems to rise to the occasion when it’s a big meet,” said Franklin coach Paul Trovato. “You can always count on Sarah coming through.”

Dumas answered the bell with ease, rolling to victory with 3,335 points with first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (14.89 seconds), high jump, shot put (10 meters), and 800-meter dash (2:40.61).

NORTH ANDOVER — Franklin’s Sarah Dumas is one of the state’s most seasoned indoor pentathletes, but Thursday’s Division 1 MIAA state championships at Merri

BostonGlobe.com • 18th May 2023

Hingham baseball erupts for 10 runs in the first inning to rout No. 16 Plymouth North - The Boston Globe

Behind a 10-run explosion in the first inning and Jake Schulte’s gem on the mound, the host Hinghman baseball team cruised to a commanding 11-1 Patriot League win over No. 16 Plymouth North on Wednesday.

Schulte, relying on a three-pitch mix of fastballs, curveballs, and changeups, twirled a two-hitter with three strikeouts against Plymouth North (12-5).

“He pitched like a pitcher today, not a thrower,” Hingham coach Frank Niles said of Schulte. “He pounded the strike zone, and he had his chan

BostonGlobe.com • 18th May 2023

Cam Grindle’s walkoff homer lifts No. 11 Xaverian to Catholic Conference title over No. 18 BC High - The Boston Globe

“If you watched that as a movie, you’d kind of roll your eyes,” said Xaverian coach Gerard Lambert. “Except, that it really happened.”

With the 11th-ranked Hawks trailing by a run and down to its final out in the eighth inning of its conference title clash against BC High on Wednesday, senior captain Cam Grindle blasted a two-run homer to punctuate a thrilling 3-2 win over the No. 18 Eagles.

In a showdown to decide the Catholic Conference regular-season baseball title, Xaverian showed its flai

BostonGlobe.com • 4th May 2023

Matt Hall delivers walkoff magic for No. 9 Chelmsford baseball in Merrimack Valley victory over No. 4 Central Catholic - The Boston Globe

All season long, Chelmsford baseball coach Lou DiStasi has preached a simple message to his team: Put the ball in play, and see what happens. That advice paid off for shortstop Matt Hall, who played walkoff hero for the ninth-ranked Lions (9-2) in a 3-2 Merrimack Valley win over No. 4 Central Catholic (8-2) Wednesday at Chelmsford’s Ayotte Field. Hall tapped a one-out, bases-loaded infield single that bounced over Central Catholic pitcher Lukasz Rondeau’s head, driving in right fielder Nate Mich

BostonGlobe.com • 28th April 2023

In ISL showdown, Belmont Hill lacrosse stops St. Sebastian’s with a fourth-quarter flurry - The Boston Globe

“We knew they wanted to play this frenetic pace —10-man ride, get up and down the field, fast break. We don’t play that way,” said Belmont Hill coach Tim Sullivan. “We want to play our game, and we knew we could hold the line.”

But when Belmont Hill conceded a three-goal burst to Independent School League rival St. Sebastian’s in the third quarter, Belmont Hill leaned on its regimented style of play to craft a thrilling response: a three-goal run in the fourth quarter, which cemented an 8-5 win

BostonGlobe.com • 13th April 2023

‘Just a routine triple play’: Plymouth North cements Patriot League home win over Hanover with a wild finish in seventh inning - The Boston Globe

In his 32 years of coaching the Plymouth North baseball team, Dwayne Follette has seen just about every scenario the sport has to offer. But Follette — like everyone else at Plymouth North’s Cryer Field — stood in shock as he watched the Eagles pull off an improbable 1-4-8 triple play in the top of the seventh inning to secure a 5-3 Patriot League win over Hanover Wednesday. With runners on first and second, Plymouth North pitcher D.C. Brown made a diving catch on an attempted bunt, rolled over

BostonGlobe.com • 6th April 2023

Douglas George goes the distance — and then some — in masterful 14-strikeout, no-hitter for Boston Latin baseball in season-opening win over Latin Academy - The Boston Globe

But when George unleashed his 85th pitch, Mylett couldn’t bring himself to yank the senior ace, who was mowing down opposing batters and just a few innings away from recording his first career no-hitter.

Before Wednesday’s season-opening baseball game against Latin Academy, Boston Latin coach Brian Mylett settled on a limit of 85 pitches for senior righthander hurler Douglas George.

George fanned the side in the seventh inning, finishing with 14 strikeouts on 110 pitches and the no-hitter as t

BostonGlobe.com • 1st March 2023

Raphel Laurent helps No. 21 Peabody boys’ basketball snap a 19-year playoff drought with a Division 1 tournament win over Medford - The Boston Globe

For the first time in 19 seasons, the Peabody boys’ basketball team emerged victorious in a state tournament game. The 21st-seeded Tanners prevailed, 67-66, over No. 44 Medford at home in a preliminary-round win Tuesday after Raphel Laurent drilled the winning free throw with three seconds to go to propel Peabody to a Round of 32 matchup against No. 12 Xaverian. Peabody (16-5) led the whole way — and held a 15-point lead at the end of the third quarter — but Medford (14-7) surged in the fourth q

BostonGlobe.com • 23rd February 2023

With victory over No. 10 St. Mary’s, fifth-ranked Lynn English boys’ basketball remains on winning track after rebounding from first loss of season - The Boston Globe

After the fifth-ranked Lynn English boys’ basketball team lost its first game of the season to Malden Catholic last Saturday, coach Alvin Abreu challenged his team. How would the Bulldogs, who had pummeled foes all season long, respond to the loss with tough games looming against Springfield Central and St. Mary’s. On Monday, Lynn English rattled off a 66-61 win over Springfield Central, a top team in Western Massachusetts. On Wednesday night, Lynn English answered the bell—again.

The Bulldogs

BostonGlobe.com • 22nd February 2023

Hunter Matteson has a grand time in Dartmouth boys’ basketball nonleague victory over Dennis-Yarmouth - The Boston Globe

“He’ll go down as the greatest Dartmouth High School basketball player ever,” Simonetti said of Matteson, a 6-foot-7-inch center with the range to play beyond the arc for the Indians (16-4), shooting 50 percent on his 3-point attempt.

First-year coach Nick Simonetti eclipsed the 1,000-point mark as a senior standout in 2014. Then, he watched from the sidelines as star junior Hunter Matteson broke the same milestone, needing 28 points for the mark and eclipsing it by scoring 30 in a 71-54 nonlea

BostonGlobe.com • 19th February 2023

Dominant Weston laps the competition for second straight Division 2 boys’ swimming championship - The Boston Globe

“I thought we had a chance, coming into it, to win, but I had no idea we were going to swim like we did today,” McLaughlin said. “It’s very rare where you have a meet like this where it clicks for just about everyone.”

McLaughlin, the Weston boys’ swim coach, knew the Wildcats had the talent and experience to win the Division 2 state swimming championship. But he still couldn’t quite believe it as he watched his team rack up victory after victory.

The Wildcats led from wire to wire, cruising t

BostonGlobe.com • 15th February 2023

Josh Campbell goes off for 50 points to rally fourth-ranked Archbishop Williams past No. 12 Burke in double OT - The Boston Globe

Archbishop Williams (16-0) trailed by 17 in the second quarter, but clawed back to knot things up late. Then, Campbell scored 22 points across the two overtimes to cement the win.

But in a nonleague showdown with Burke, the Bishops needed a ferocious comeback and a 50-point effort from senior Josh Campbell to defeat the 12th-ranked Bulldogs, 98-87, in double overtime.

“Burke played an incredible first half. They came out and they absolutely punched us in the mouth, something that hasn’t happen

BostonGlobe.com • 15th February 2023

Ryder Frost scores 24 points for 14th-ranked Beverly to reach the 1,000-point career milestone in rout of Winthrop - The Boston Globe

Just 57 games into his high school career, Beverly junior Ryder Frost eclipsed the 1,000 point mark with a 24-point performance for the 14th-ranked Panthers in a 94-52 win over Winthrop in a Northeastern contest Tuesday night. Frost needed 19 points to reach the milestone, and he reached it in the second quarter on a four-point play. “It was surreal,” Frost said. “I was just kind of at a loss for words. I was just so excited. I was so grateful.”

The 6-foot-6-inch wing has played every position