Westford Academy showed true grit in rallying to keep its undefeated season and championship hopes alive for another day.
The Ghosts staged a three-run rally to tie the score in the last of the seventh, then Justin Davighi’s bases loaded single in the eighth gave No. 3 Westford Academy (21-0) a dramatic 4-3 win over Dual County League rival Lincoln-Sudbury in a Div. 1 second-round contest.
Down to their last three outs, the Ghosts relied on RBI singles by Kush Gami and Ben Mulgrew to deadlock the score, setting the stage for the extra-inning heroics.
In a Div. 1 quarterfinal contest, Shawn Cali’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly plated AJ Lewis with what proved to be the winning run as No. 2 Taunton (19-4) edged seventh-seeded BC High, 3-2. … Alfred Mucciarone threw a four-hitter while striking out 11 and allowing one earned run as No. 1 Franklin (22-3) edged No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham 2-1.
In the Div. 2 quarterfinals, Evan Yakavonis threw a shutout while giving up just seven hits and striking out five and senior captain Brandon Craven hit a homer as No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (19-4) blanked No. 20 Westfield 5-0. … Brendan Sencaj hit a walkoff double as No. 3 King Philip (16-7) edged No. 6 Westwood 1-0. …Michael DeMaino tied the score with a two-run single, then Tad Giardina capped off a three-run seventh with an RBI as No. 10 St. Mary’s (16-7) rallied past 15th-seeded Mansfield, 4-3. … Owen McHigh struck out 11 as defending Div. 2 state champion Milton (20-3) edged No. 9 Plymouth North, 1-0. Eagles starter DC Brown was credited with a no-hitter but was done in by a sacrifice fly in the third inning.
Jack Collins allowed one unearned run, two hits and struck out eight while adding two hits and an RBI as No. 2 Medfield (17-5) outlasted No. 23 Newburyport 3-1 in the Div. 3 quarterfinals matchup. Jack Iovino got things rolling with a home run for the Warriors in the second. … Aiden Cardoza picked up his eighth win of the season as No. 3 Bishop Stang (16-5) defeated sixth-seeded Foxboro, 8-2.
Makenzie Jacob had a two-run double and Emma Javier and Bella Nugent added RBI hits in the top of the 11th as No. 7 Somerset Berkley (17-6) stunned second-seeded Billerica 5-1 in a Div. 2 quarterfinal.
All-Scholastic Julia Malowitz allowed two hits and helped her own cause with a pair of RBI as No. 1 Central Catholic (22-1) rolled to a 10-0 win over No. 9 Methuen in a Div. 1 quarterfinal. … Brooke Aldrich hit a grand slam home run and teammates Mia Fernandes and Bella Bourque also homered as No. 3 Taunton (22-1) defeated No. 11 Woburn, 12-0.
In the Div. 1 quarterfinals, Harlen Graber and Jimmy Ayers each scored twice as top-seeded St. John’s Prep (20-1) defeated No. 8 North Andover 13-2. Gavin Kornitsky also made 12 saves for the Eagles. … Connor Lasch had two goals and three assists as No.5 Hingham (20-2) defeated fourth-seeded Franklin, 9-6.
Nolan Petrucelli scored four goals as top-seeded Norwell (17-6) defeated No. 8 Pope Francis 12-6 in a Div. 3 quarterfinal. … Owen Kreuz tallied five times, while Jack Hadden netted the game-winner with 7:37 left as No. 3 Newburyport (17-3) went on to defeat sixth-seeded Dracut, 11-8.
Caroline Jadul scored the game-winning goal in overtime as No. 5 Reading (22-1) knocked off fourth-seeded Walpole 8-7 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.
Bishop Stang standout Jacob Cookingham won the New England title in the shot put Saturday afternoon with a throw of 66-00.25. He was one of the two male athletes from the Bay State to emerge victorious, the other being Methuen’s Darwin Jiminez, who won the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.66.
On the girls side, Reading’s Katie Caraco captured the high jump title with a leap of 5-05.00. Westborough’s Melinda Haagensen won the pole vault (12-03.00), while Dedham’s Catherine Sargent was the shot put titlist (44-03.00)
BASEBALL
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3
Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0
Franklin 5, Walpole 2
Methuen 2, Xaverian 1
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday
Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0
Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Saturday
Westford Academy 4, Lincoln-Sudbury 3 (8i)
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Franklin 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1
Taunton 3, BC High 2
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at Westford Academy, 12
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
King Philip 1, Westwood 0
Milton 1, Plymouth North 0
St. Mary’s 4, Mansfield 3
Whitman-Hanson 5, Westfield 0
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA
Milton vs. Whitman-Hanson
St. Mary’s vs. King Philip
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Stang 8, Foxboro 2
Medfield 3, Newburyport 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Ashland at Taconic, 2
Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
English 3, Hamilton-Wenham 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1
Millbury at Seekonk, 1
Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bourne 8, Greenfield 1
Pioneer Valley Regional 3, Hopedale 1
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 1
Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3:30
BOYS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Acton-Boxboro 15, Lincoln-Sudbury 7
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
BC High 14, Xaverian 5
Hingham 9, Franklin 6
St. John’s Prep 13, North Andover 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Duxbury 13, Minnechaug 4
Longmeadow 9, Billerica 4
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Walpole at Reading, 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday
Marblehead at Nauset, 4
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Newburyport 11, Dracut 8
Norwell 12, Pope Francis 6
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Falmouth at Pentucket, 12
Medfield at Grafton, 6:30
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 1:30
Wahconah at Cohasset, 6
Abington at Weston, 6:30
GIRLS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Franklin 12, Wellesley 5
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Lincoln-Sudbury 11, Central Catholic 8
Reading 8, Walpole 7 (ot)
Westwood 11, Longmeadow 10 (ot)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Duxbury 15, Masconomet 3
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Scituate at Wayland, 5
Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Medfield 22, Hanover 15
Newburyport 20, Apponequet 3
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Pentucket at Foxboro, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Dover-Sherborn 16, Sandwich 5
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 1
Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2
BOYS RUGBY
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA
DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA
GIRLS RUGBY
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA
SOFTBALL
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Central Catholic 10, Methuen 0
Taunton 12, Woburn 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 2
North Andover at Peabody, 3 (Kiley)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Somerset Berkley 5, Billerica 1 (11i)
Westfield 4, Silver Lake 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
North Attleboro at Burlington, 11
Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Middleboro 8, Hudson 5
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Fenwick 2, St. Mary’s 0 (9i)
Norton 5, Apponequet 2
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 5
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Clinton 2, Nipmuc 1
Hampshire 11, Amesbury 7
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 1
Uxbridge at Case, 2
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Greenfield 8, Drury 1
Turners Falls 2, Franklin Tech 1
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, 1
West Boylston at Tahanto, 3
BOYS TENNIS
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South
Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30
St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2
Westborough 5, Burlington 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Concord-Carlisle 4, Sharon 1
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Duxbury 5, Belmont 0
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlborough)
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Duxbury vs. Hopkinton, 5 (Lexington)
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Martha’s Vineyard vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Wayland vs. Bedford, 5 (Lexington)
DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA
Weston vs. Hamilton-Wenham
Cohasset vs. Lynnfield
GIRLS TENNIS
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2
Lexington 5, Wellesley 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South
Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington, 4:30
Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Masconomet 4, Minnechaug 1
Westborough 5, Sharon 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Stang 3, Duxbury 2
Notre Dame (Hingham) 4, Longmeadow 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0
Wayland 5, North Reading 0
Weston 4, Norwell 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Dover-Sherborn 3, Old Rochester 2
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday at Lincoln-Sudbury
Weston vs. Wayland, 5
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday at North Reading
Newburyport vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Lenox 3, St. John Paul II 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)
Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, 4 (Lynnfield MS)
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday
Brookline vs. Newton North, 6 (Newton South)
Needham vs. St. John’s (S), 6 (Concord-Carlisle)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Agawam 3, Greater New Bedford 0
Milford 3, West Springfield 1
Westfield 3, Medfield 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
O’Bryant 3, North Quincy 1
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday
Westfield vs. Milford, 5 (Worcester North)
Agawam vs. O’Bryant, 6 (Assabet Valley)