Div. 3 Titles Go To Milton Boys, Billerica Girls
A balanced team effort where it scored in 10 of 13 events spurred Milton High to the boys’ title at Friday’s MIAA Division 3 Championship with a 75-54 win over second-place Billerica. It was vice versa on the girls’ side as Billerica defeated the Wildcats, 75.5-45. The Indians scored two-thirds of their points on the […]
Algonquin Regional & Wellesley Girls (Again) Secure Div. 2 Titles
It was a first for the Algonquin Regional boys and business as usual for the Wellesley girls at Thursday’s MIAA Division 2 Championships. Algonquin edged runner-up Peabody, 43-42 to earn its crown. Not too far behind were 3-4 finishers Bridgewater Raynham (38 points) and Reading (37 points). Wellesley scored 64 points, 15 ahead of second-place […]
Lexington Girls, Lowell Boys Triumphant On (State)Record-Breaking Day In Div. 1
We’re not always right. And we’ll admit it went we’re wrong. When making our predictions during the championship season, sometimes we can be accurate. Other times, we can be completely off base. Like in our preview of Wednesday’s MIAA Division 1 Championships. In the Team Outlook section of the capsule where we list the schools […]
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 […]