In a Div. 4 girls basketball preliminary matchup, freshman Sarah Michel racked up 36 points and 12 rebounds while Jacqueline Choukas added 15 points to lead No. 19 Blue Hills (21-1) to a 69-42 victory over No. 46 Upper Cape.
Lily Oliver netted 20 points as No. 20 Manchester-Essex toppled Sturgis West 59-15.
Eileen Lowther scored 16 points as No. 28 Hingham (8-13) defeated 37th-seeded Bay Path 63-44 in a Div, 2 preliminary round tilt. … Natalie Kerstein dropped 30 points as No. 26 Middleboro (11-8) defeated No. 39 Shepherd Hill 78-31.
In a Div. 3 preliminary round game, Anna Kanders scored 24 points as No. 34 Swampscott (13-8) defeated No. 31 Southeastern, 43-33.
Dylan Raffle scored 17 points as No. 28 Milton (12-9) defeated No. 37 Bay Path 52-48 in a Div. 2 preliminary round contest.
In a Div. 3 preliminary round game, Will Farrell notched 17 points as No. 30 Pembroke (8-13) edged No. 35 Hudson 64-61. … Peter Kumar poured in 37 points as No. 28 Medfield (13-8) took down No. 37 East Bridgewater 76-63. … Liam MacPhee drained seven threes for 26 points while Weston Bunnell added 21 points as No. 44 Stoneham (9-12) beat No.21 Greater New Bedford, 85-82.
In a Div. 4 preliminary, Don White tallied 16 points as No. 31 Rockland topped No. 34 Mystic Valley, 59-55.
In the Div. 1 preliminary round, Parris Moses scored 21 points as No. 30 Cambridge (16-5) won 62-50 over No. 35 Algonquin.
Trailing by three to No. 25 Central Catholic after the first period, Jackson Morse scored his second goal of the game to tie things with 1:30 left and Daniel Gentile scored the game-winner in double-overtime to help No. 8 Xaverian survive a Div. 1 first-round upset scare with a 4-3 win. … Chris DiBella scored twice to lift No. 2 St. John’s Prep over No. 31 Andover 4-0.
Colin Endres scored twice, potting the game-winner with 43.2 seconds left to cap off four unanswered goals for No. 31 Dennis-Yarmouth as part of a 4-3 comeback win over No. 34 Taconic in a Div. 4 preliminary round matchup.
Chase Pelletier erupted for five goals, powering No. 22 Pentucket (9-12) to its first playoff win since 2018 as it upset No. 11 Lunenburg/Ayer-Shirley, 5-2, in the Div. 4 first round.
Senior defenseman Lauren O’Malley stepped up on the attack again for No. 4 Algonquin, scoring both goals to hold off a pesky No. 29 Wayland/Weston, 2-1, in the Div. 2 first round. … Maeve Kelly scored a goal and dished an assist for No. 13 Medfield, pacing a 4-0 win over No. 20 Hopkinton/Dover-Sherborn in the league rivals’ rubber match.
Claire Zhang stood on her head in a shutout and Josie Chang scored the lone goal, leading No. 19 Winchester in a 1-0 Div. 1 first round upset win over defending champion No. 14 St. Mary’s of Lynn. … Chase Nassar scored and dished an assist, leading four different scorers in front of a shutout from Julianna Taylor as No. 4 HPNA toppled No. 29 Franklin, 4-0. … Jil Costa posted another shutout in net for No. 8 Belmont, pacing a 2-0 win over No. 25 Arlington Catholic.
St. John’s Prep captured the MIAA Nordic skiing title with a combined time of 5:01.12, outlasting Concord-Carlisle (5:08.31), Needham (5:22.62), St. John’s (Shrewsbury) (5:23.20) and Winchester (5:24.87). Sam Charrette of St. John’s Prep won the giant slalom (53.76) and took fifth in the slalom (44.83). Theo Temington of Concord-Carlisle won the slalom (43.87).
Pittsfield’s Eliza Mullen won both the MIAA Nordic skiing titles in the giant slalom (50.34) and slalom (46.54). Led byAddie Loomis, who took second in the giant slalom and third in the slalom, Mohawk Trail won the team title (5:18.69), beating out Newton South (5:21.97), Medway (5:29.93), Newburyport (5:31.45) and Winchester (5:31.61).
