Playoffs: Walpole’s Fink nets 6 goals

Walpole’s Jason Fink has been a scoring machine all season long.

Sunday afternoon, Fink added to his laurels.

The standout scored six goals as the fourth-seeded Timberwolves (14-6-2) cruised to a 9-2 win over Auburn in a Div. 2 secondround boys hockey contest. In other Div. 2 action, Braeden Curran scored the game-winning goal in overtime as No. 6 Newburyport (11-9-3) advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win over No. 11 Plymouth South. … Joe Scardino scored twice as No. 8 Hopkinton (18-4-0) doubled up on 24th-seeded Westwood. … Andrew Gillis had a hat trick and Anthony Amato stopped 41 shots as No. 17

Norwood (14-6-2) knocked off top-seeded and defending Div. 2 champion Tewksbury, 5-2.

Laz Giardina scored twice as No. 14 Reading (13-7-3) upset No, 3 Hingham 4-0 in a Div. 1 secondround contest.

Cam Cavatorta, Daniel Julian, Aidan Powers and Cam Dupee all scored as No. 7 Dennis-Yarmouth (158-1) defeated 10th-seeded Ashland 4-1 in a Div. 4 second-round contest. … Chris Cardillo recorded a hat trick as No. 2 Sandwich (17-4-1) bested No. 18 Dover-Sherborn, 3-0.

Alexander Kenerson scored the winning goal in overtime as Taft defeated Salisbury 3-2 to win the NEPSAC Martin/Earl title. … Owen Leahy’s second goal of the game in overtime gave Lawrence Academy

a 4-3 win over Frederick Gunn in the Piatelli/ Simmons title game.

GIRLS HOCKEY

Katie Barrett scored the game’s only goal as No. 6 Sandwich (15-6-2) edged No. 11 Lincoln-Sudbury 1-0 in the Div. 2 second-round game. … Danielle DeJon recorded the shutout as No. 10 Malden Catholic (11-9-2) tipped No. 7 Falmouth, 2-0.

Giovanna Gulinello scored twice as No. 13 Billerica/Chelmsford (1011-0) defeated HPNA 3-0 in a Div. 1 second-round contest. … Julia Holmes scored the game-winner in overtime as No. 5 Winthrop (20-0-0) edged No. 21 Whitman-Hanson/Silver Lake, 2-1.

Avery Curran, Julia Pellerin and Jansen Lucas scored as New Hampton

captured the NEPSAC Dorothy Howard title with a 3-1 win over Groton. … In the Patsy Odden title game, Maude Niemann and Bree Ricker scored as St. Paul’s defeated Taft, 2-0. … Zola Pierkaski, Emily Crovo, Miranda Calderone and Monique Lyons tallied as Williston Northampton beat Phillips Andover 4-1 in the Chuck Vernon championship game.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Austin Hunt’s 3-point play with eight seconds left gave Milton Academy a 77-76 win over St. Sebastian’s in the NEPSAC Class A championship contest. … Jayden Ndjigue earned tournament MVP honors as Rivers defended its Class B title with an 85-51 win over Frederick Gunn.