Butland rips three homers, Wakefield nips Wilmington

Paige Butland belted three home runs, and Meredith Morris laced a clutch bases-clearing double in the sixth inning as No. 16 Wakefield (12-9) came back and walked it off 12-11 against No. 17 Wilmington in a Div. 2 Round of 32 softball clash.

Delaney Moquin cranked a two-run home run to cap off a balanced offensive performance by eighth-seeded Silver Lake (19-2) in a 15-2 victory over No. 25 Oliver

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In the Div. 3 tournament, Emma Keefe connected for a walk-off single, as No. 15 Newburyport (13-8) advanced to the Round of 16 with a thrilling 7-6 victory over No. 18 East Bridgewater.

Kiley Hogan struck out 11 and gave up just four hits and two walks over seven strong innings, while Izzi Schaffer and Elisabeth Sillipp hit a home run each for fourth-seeded Tyngsboro (16-4) in a 7-0 Div. 4 Round of 16 win over No. 13 Abington.

Soline Fisher pitched seven innings of one-hit ball with 13 strikeouts, and Nora Vartanian (two hits, RBI) and Zoe DiAngelis (solo home run) rose to the occasion offensively as No. 16 Arlington (14-7) silenced No. 17 Reading 5-0 in the Div. 1 Round of 32.

Baseball

Daniel Sullivan went the distance and helped his own cause with a pair of hits and three RBI as No. 6 Westwood (14-7) shut out No. 27

Minnechaug 4-0 in a Div. 2 opening round tilt.

Boys lacrosse

In the Div. 1 tournament, Jimmy Ayers (hat trick) and Jake Vana (two goals, assist) paced things offensively, as top-seeded St. John’s Prep (18-2) coasted to the Round of 16 with a 14-3 win over No. 32 Barnstable.

Girls lacrosse

Sydney Ecker scored five times as No. 3 Duxbury (165) defeated No. 30 Danvers 16-8 in a Div. 2 first-round contest.

Lexi Politis netted the game-winning goal in the final seconds as No. 8 Mt. Greylock (19-2) nipped No. 9 Cape Cod Academy 17-16 in a Div. 4 second-round contest.

Boys tennis

Connor Liona, Saunak Manna and Will Owen led a clean sweep in singles as No. 9 Westford Academy (10-6) edged No. 8 Needham 3-2 to advance to the Div. 1 quarterfinals.

Volleyball

In the Div. 2 Round of 16, Son Nguyen had 40 assists, Nathan Tan had a careerhigh 17 kills and Jonathan Narsjo added 12 kills as No. 6 O’Bryant (18-4) swept No. 11 Minnechaug 3-0.

Tyrell Lout registered 52 assists and eight digs, while Ceasar Joseph floored 19 kills and Cody Fitzpatrick finished with 16 kills and nine digs as second-seeded Lowell (21-1) outlasted No. 18 Lincoln-Sudbury 3-1 in a Div. 1 second round matchup.