Solid hitting leads Somerset Berkley to key victory

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

St. John’s of Shrewsbury Aiden LeBel, left, slides home safely under the tag of BC High’s Sam Bushley during state tournament baseball action Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL — BOSTON HERALD

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By Tyler McManus and Kristina Banahan

MediaNews Group

Luke Thornton (3-for-4, two runs, RBI), Alex Crook (2-for-4, run, RBI) and Liam Meehan (2-for-3, two RBI) fueled the offense, and Brady Carpenter (two and two-thirds innings, four hits, zero earned runs, strikeout, two walks got the win in relief for No. 6 Somerset Berkley (16-6) in a 7-4 Div. 2 second round baseball win over No. 22 Melrose.

Matt Burt (1-for-3, RBI) struck out three and gave up two earned runs on five hits and a walk, while Bobby Rooney went 2-for-3 and scored a run as fifth-seeded Bishop Stang (15-5) edged No. 12 Hanover 4-3 in the Div. 3 Round of 16. … Pete Kanakis struck out five, allowed one hit and hit a batter over four and two-thirds innings of relief, while Gabe Zuber (three hits, three RBI), Cam Sylvia (two hits, double, three RBI), Lucas Tremblay (two hits, RBI), Sean Lundrigan (two hits, RBI) and Brayden Brogdan (two hits, RBI) came through with multi-hit games for No. 16 Apponequet (12-10) in an 8-3 win over No. 1 St. Mary’s (Lynn).

Pat Clair tossed a complete game, while Trey Flaherty and Connor Fleming had three hits each as No. 11 Arlington Catholic (15-6) defeated No. 27 Tewksbury, 14-3.

Boys lacrosse

Carson Croft netted three goals to lead No. 7 Manchester Essex to a 9-8 overtime victory over No. 10 Pentucket in the Div. 4 second round. … Jake McGuirk tallied four goals and an assist, while Teddy Glynn notched a hat trick as third-seeded Norwell (14-6) bested No. 19 North Reading, 11-2.

Girls lacrosse

Caroline Nozzolillo (seven goals), Cece Thurmond (four goals), Charlotte Demaio (four goals) and Bridget Hughes (hat trick) paced No. 3 Westwood (20-3) in a 19-8 Div. 2 second round victory over No. 14 Billerica.

Cece Levrault netted six goals, while Jayleigh Howarth added two goals and an assist as No. 8 Apponequet (18-3) took down No. 9 Bishop Fenwick 12-4 in a Div. 3 second round contest.

In a Div. 4 second round matchup, Mayson Lower tallied a hat trick as No. 8 Nantucket defeated No. 9 Manchester-Essex 7-6 in overtime.

Softball

Sharlotte Stazinski struck out 10 over five innings of one-hit ball, and Adriana Torres (1-for-2, run, two RBI), Norah Broderick (1-for-2, run, RBI), Abby Riley (2-for-4, two runs, RBI) and Grace Todd (3-for-3, two runs, four RBI) homered as No. 4 Walpole (16-4) rolled to a 17-0 win over No. 13 Stoughton in the Div. 2 second round.

Taryn Clancy allowed two runs on eight hits while striking out 10 in the circle, and also finished 3-for-4 at the plate as No. 9 Middleboro (17-5) defeated No. 8 Plymouth South, 8-2.

Elsie Testa fired another complete game, surrendering three earned runs on seven hits to go with three strikeouts, while Madison McDonald went 2-for-4 with three RBI as No. 7 Abington topped No. 10 Wahconah 9-4 in the Div. 4 Sweet 16. … Kiley Hogan fanned 13 and allowed four hits, one earned run and two walks over seven innings of work, while Adrianna Arsenault went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored and Carly Smith drove in three runs as No. 6 Tyngsboro (18-4) defeated No. 11 Millbury, 5-1.

Class notes

David St. Martin will serve as the interim athletic director at Walpole High for the 2025-26 school year. He will officially step into the position on June 13. St. Martin has been a member of the school math department since 2007 and previously served as the school’s boys basketball coach.