3-pointer at buzzer lifts Archbishop Williams
Lorenzo Jackson’s 3-pointer at the buzzer gave No. 1 Archbishop Williams (23-1) a 65-62 boys basketball victory over No. 4 Cardinal Spellman in a Div. 3 state semifinal. Josh Campbell surpassed the 1,000-point mark for the Archies in the victory.
Girls basketball
In a Div. 4 semifinal matchup, Hijjah Allen-Paisley
scored 21 points while Keyona Raines added 13 points and seven steals as No. 1 Cathedral (19-3) defeated Notre Dame (Worcester), 60-43.
Class notes
St. Sebastian’s freshman AJ Dybantsa was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-8, 196-pound freshman forward led the Arrows to a 26-2 record and the New England Preparatory
School Athletic Council Class A title game this past season. Dybantsa averaged 19.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.5 blocks per game and shot 60.8 percent from the field, including 41 percent on 3-point attempts.
Dybantsa joins recent Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Basketball Players of the Year TJ Power (2021-22, Worcester Academy), Kyle Filipowski (2020-21, Wilbraham & Monson Academy), Dallion Johnson (2019-20, Phillips Academy) and Chris Ledlum (2018-19, Northfield Mount Hermon School), among the state’s list of former award winners.
Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION 1
SEMIFINAL >> Wednesday Needham 60, North Andover 43 FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center No. 6 Worcester North (22-2) vs. No. 5 Needham (22-2)
DIVISION 2
FINAL >> Friday at Tsongas Center No. 1 Malden Catholic (22-2) vs. No. 2 Mansfield (24-2), 5:30 DIVISION 3
SEMIFINALS >> Wednesday
Archbishop Williams 65, Cardinal Spellman 62
St. Mary’s 58, Old Rochester 47 FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 1 Archbishop Williams (23-1) vs. No. 2 St. Mary’s (Lynn) (19-7) DIVISION 4
SEMIFINALS >> Wednesday Springfield International 58, Burke 52 Wareham 69, Millbury 32
FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 3 Springfield International (22-2) vs. No. 1 Wareham (21-3)
DIVISION 5
SEMIFINAL >> Wednesday
David Prouty 85, Holbrook 58 FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 1 Taconic (23-2) vs. No. 2 David Prouty (24-0)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DIVISION 1
FINAL >> Friday at Tsongas Center No. 2 Bishop Feehan (20-4) vs. No. 1 Andover (25-0), 7:30
DIVISION 2
FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 6 Dracut (20-6) vs. No. 5 Foxboro (23-1)
DIVISION 3
SEMIFINALS >> Wednesday Bishop Fenwick 40, Norwell 38
St. Mary’s (L) 70, Rockland 43 FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 1 St. Mary’s (Lynn) (22-2) vs. No. 3 Bishop Fenwick (17-7)
DIVISION 4
DIVISION 4
SEMIFINALS >> Wednesday Cathedral 60, Notre Dame (W) 43 Wahconah 86, Littleton 35
FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 1 (19-3) Cathedral vs. No. 3 Wahconah (21-3)
DIVISION 5
SEMIFINAL >> Wednesday
Millis 57, Hoosac Valley 47
FINAL >> TBA at Tsongas Center
No. 2 Springfield International (20-4) vs. No. 1 Millis (16-8)