Movement In The State Rankings After MSTCA Qualifying Meet
Nearly 1,000 athletes made their final stop before the upcoming divisional state championships at Saturday’s MSTCA Qualifying Meet. As to be expected, there was some movement in the rankings inside the Reggie Lewis Center with several taking advantage of their last opportunity to improve on their performances and possible seedings for their respective divisional competitions. […]
Large School Meet At Coaches Features Several State-Leaders
It’s that time of season. It’s not only championship season, but cold & flu season, too. There were some key athletes that were affected by sickness and unable to compete at Sunday’s MSTCA Coaches Invitational. But there were also others, like Lucas Andrade, that decided to compete, despite feeling under the weather and not 100 […]
Braham Dominates Sprints At Coaches Small School Meet
A plethora of PRs and season bests and a few new state leaders highlighted Saturday’s MSTCA Coaches Invitational – Small Schools’ meet at Reggie Lewis. Dennis Yarmouth’s gifted senior Breanna Braham was the meet’s only individual double winner. Braham swept the sprint events with victories in the girls’ 55-meter dash and 300m. The D-Y senior […]
Div. 4 State Relays: Depth Prevails For Holliston & Wakefield
Depth almost always rules out when it comes to the championship meets, particularly competitions like the MSTCA State Relays. That couldn’t have been closer to the truth at Sunday’s Division 4 Relays. The Holliston girls and Wakefield boys each scored in nine of the 10 events and left Reggie Lewis as recipients of the team […]
Div. 3 State Relays: Billerica, Milton Earn The Hardware
A mere point separated the Billerica girls from team champion Marblehead at last year’s MSTCA Division 3 State Relays. On Saturday, the Indians got their redemption on the Magicians, and all the rest. With a balanced attack, Billerica ran away with the Div. 3 crown inside the Reggie Lewis Center, defeating second-place Duxbury, 47-33. Amherst-Pelham […]
Div. 2 State Relays: North Andover, Wellesley Top The Field
Forget what the stats say, North Andover ignored all of that and was at its best (and more) in the boys’ competition of the MSTCA Division 2 State Relays. The Scarlet Knights scored in all 10 events at Saturday’s meet, including victories in the 4×50-yard (22.12 seconds) and shuttle hurdle (26.74) relays, to capture their […]
Div. 1 State Relays: St. John’s Prep, Newton North Bring It Home
Depth prevailed for St. John’s Prep and Newton North at Friday night’s Division I State Relays at the Reggie Lewis Center. Scoring in seven of the 10 events, St. John’s Prep captured the boys’ team title by scoring 51 points. Newton North was second with 39 points. On the girls’ side, Newton North were scorers […]
Final Day Recap Of MSTCA Northeast Invitational
She was boxed in after the first lap and with still about 150 meters to go in her 400m race was in fourth place. But like Giuliana Ligor often does when she faces top competition, the North Reading senior found a away to break free. She found a way make things happen by the time […]
Record-Breaking First Two Days At Northeast Invitational
The first two days of the MSTCA Northeast Invitational lived up to the hype. After Friday night’s and Saturday’s action, nine new state-leaders were produced, seven coming from the girls’ events. Mixed in with that were 10 meet records! Here’s a recap… FRIDAY Peabody’s Evan Bedard and O’Bryant’s Lendz Desamours both broke the MR in […]
PRs Were Plentiful At Frosh-Soph Large School Meet
It’s time to start readjusting those pre-season goals. That was on the to-do list for several of our winners, and we’re sure a lot more, at Saturday’s Freshmen-Sophomore Large School Invitational. PRs, often huge PRs, came in bunches during the five-hour meet at the Reggie Lewis Center. “This changes my goals a lot,” said Whitinsville […]