Marblehead beats buzzer, Pope Francis in thriller
Nick Lemmond grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back in off the glass to beat the buzzer and send No. 10 Marblehead (13-4) to the Div. 2 quarterfinals with a thrilling 59-57 boys basketball win over No. 7 Pope Francis.
Victor Soto scored 23 points as No. 5 Charlestown (20-4) rolled to a 87-45 win over No. 12 Dartmouth. … Matt Baur tallied 28 points as No. 3 Sharon (19-3) defeated No. 19 Burlington, 75-59. … Eddie McCoy scored 31 points and added seven steals as No. 2 Mansfield
(22-2) defeated No. 15 Salem, 64-43.
Josh Campbell paced things offensively with 27 points, while Lorenzo Jackson added an 18-point spark as top-seeded Archbishop Williams (21-1) coasted to the Div. 3 Round of 8 with an 82-72 victory over No. 16 Seekonk. … Sage Baptiste had 26 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as No. 21 Bishop Stang (1112) knocked off fifth-seeded Pittsfield, 71-65. …Jaydan Exalus went over the 1,000-point mark for his career as No. 4 Cardinal Spellman (17-4) defeated No. 20 Gloucester, 63-47.
Mike Dankert (24 points),
Grant Lyons (17 points), Nate Reynolds (16 points) and Corey Walsh (15 points) reached double figures in a balanced scoring performance as No. 4 Bourne (193) bested No. 13 Georgetown 67-52 in the Div. 4 Round of 16. … Ajay Lopes tallied 25 points as No. 1 Wareham (19-3) rolled to an 81-56 win over No. 16 Fenway.
Daniel Terrell scored 20 points as No. 5 Maynard (14-7) rolled to an 84-39 win over No. 12 Greenfield in a Div. 5 second-round game.
Girls basketball
Kellyn Preira surpassed 1,000 career points with 17 points on the day, pairing with Bella Owumi (18 points) to steer No. 1 St. Mary’s (Lynn) (20-2) into the Div. 3 Elite 8 with a 7522 win over No. 16 Sandwich. … Erica Hills scored a career-high 34 points, and Hana Skeary chipped in with 12 points as fifthseeded Dover-Sherborn (16-6) downed No. 12 Tantasqua, 59-43. … Zariah Ottley registered a 22-point night, helping to power fourth-seeded Rockland (20-2) onward with a 53-32 victory over No. 13 Bishop Stang. … Chloe Richardson drained 21 points, while Sara Cashin finished with 14 points, and Maddie Oliver had 13 points as second-seeded Norwell (20-2) upended No. 15 Pittsfield, 79-59. … Cecilia Kay turned in a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Caitlin Boyle (14 points, four blocks), and Celia Nelson (12 points, nine assists) put in tremendous offensive efforts as well for No. 3 Bishop Fenwick (167) in a 55-36 win over No. 14 Watertown.
In the Div. 2 Sweet 16, Addie Rutter poured in 31 points for No. 5 Foxboro (21-1) in a 71-55 victory over South High. … Senior forward Brook Gannon led the way with 15 points, while junior guard Lamees Alassad finished with 13 points and nine boards, as No. 6 Dracut (18-6) advanced with a 60-44 victory over No. 11 Nashoba.
Hannah Martin knocked down 32 points, and Jackie Rogers notched 11 points for eighth-seeded North Andover (16-6) in a 54-37 Div. 1 Round of 16 win over No. 24 Reading. … Cyndea Labissiere scored 15 points as No. 3 Woburn (21-1) clamped down No. 14 Lincoln-Sudbury, 47-29.
Hijjah Allen-Paisley put up 16 points and dished out three assists as top-seeded Cathedral (17-3) cruised to the Div. 4 Round of 8 with a 75-51 victory over No. 16 South Hadley.