What a difference a year made for the Braintree girls hockey team.
The Wamps, who went 2-18-1 last season, clinched a state tournament berth Saturday with a 4-0 Bay State Conference win over Needham. Emily McDonough scored twice for Braintree (9-4-3) while Katherine McDonough dished three assists and Sienna Cadigan posted a shutout.
In the DCL/MVC, Sophia LaFauci netted a hat trick with an assist as Waltham shutout Shawsheen/Bedford/Lowell 6-0. … Ella Duffy and Sarah Marano each scored for Methuen/Tewksbury (14-0-2) in a 2-0 win over Billerica/Chelmsford.
Leah Carlson and Genna McDonald each had a goal and assist for Medfield in a 3-0 win over Dedham in Tri-Valley League play.
Caroline McGowan and Grace Monahan scored for Winchester, anchoring a 2-0 Middlesex League win over Lexington as Riley Pimentel notched a shutout.
Boys hockey
John Connolly had three assists and Michael Rowan scored two goals and added an assist to lead Belmont to a Middlesex League victory over Woburn. … Emrick O’Brien (goal, assist) led five different goal-scorers Wilmington (9-7-1) used to edge Melrose, 5-3. … Antonio Carpentieri scored twice as Stoneham blanked Watertown 5-0.
Cam Keane, Dylan O’Connell, Will Zolkowski, Parker Willard and Owen Adams tallied goals in Dedham’s 5-1 nonleague victory over Apponequet on senior day. … Arlington Catholic head coach Curt Colarullo secured his 100th win with the Cougars’ 4-2 victory over King Philip. Senior Tyler Heldenbergh had the eventual game-winning goal as Arlington Catholic extended its unbeaten streak to 15 games.
Dracut/Tyngsboro clinched its second consecutive MVC/DCL 3 title with a 2-2 tie with Bedford. … Kyle Novo and Will Buckley scored two goals apiece to help Lowell earn a 8-2 victory over Cambridge. … Morgan Barbuto scored twice on assists from James Sullivan and Charlie Carrara, helping Boston Latin take a 4-0 win over Newton South. Garrett Berube also had two assists. … Patrick Tucker notched 33 saves and three different players scored for Acton-Boxboro in a 3-2 win over Waltham.
Brauer Malcolm notched a 25-save shutout, backing a well-balanced attack for Natick (8-8-2) in a 4-0 Bay State Conference win over Walpole. Silly Brown, Joe MacDonnell and Peter Bracken each had a goal and assist, and the RedHawks earned a fifth win in six games.
Boys basketball
Tavras Biskis led the way with 18 points and Landon Lepine added 14 as Martha’s Vineyard cruised over Dover-Sherborn 58-36 in nonleague action.
In the Boston City League, Krem Amparo had a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards as Latin Academy topped Tech Boston 55-43.
SCORES
SCORES
BOYS BASKETBALL
Austin Prep 71, Middlesex 46
Latin Academy 55, Tech Boston 43
Martha’s Vineyard 58, Dover-Sherborn 36
Milton Academy 59, Brooks 47
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greater New Bedford 51, Somerset-Berkeley 36
BOYS HOCKEY
Acton-Boxboro 3, Waltham 2
Archbishop Williams 3, St. John’s (S) 3
Arlington Catholic 4, King Philip 2
Bedford 2, Dracut/Tyngsboro 2
Belmont 6, Woburn 3
Braintree 4, Needham 3 (ot)
Brookline 3, Newton North 2
Central Catholic 4, Billerica 2
Dedham 5, Apponequet 1
Dennis-Yarmouth 5, Upper Cape 0
Diman 5, Bridgewater-Raynham 3
Essex Tech 3, Newburyport 3
Framingham 5, Wellesley 1
Gloucester 3, Beverly 0
Greater Lowell/Nashoba Tech 6, Gardner 2
Greater New Bedford 11. East Boston 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 4, Westford Academy 1
Lowell 8, Cambridge 2
Lunenburg/Ayer Shirley 3, Latin Academy 2 (ot)
Martha’s Vineyard 6, Plymouth South 2
Medfield 6, Medway 1
Methuen 7, Haverhill 4
Natick 4, Walpole 0
Nauset 3, Barnstable 1
North Reading 4, Rockport 2
St. John’s Prep 4, Bishop Feehan 0
St. Marks 6, Groton 1
Stoneham 5, Watertown 0
Stoughton/Brockton 5, Oliver Ames 4
Westwood 2, Dartmouth 0
Wachusett 6, Medford 0
Weymouth 3, Milton 2 (ot)
Wilmington 5, Melrose 2
GIRLS HOCKEY
Acton-Boxboro 7, Wayland/Weston 1
Arlington 2, Reading 2
Arlington Catholic 5, Martha’s Vineyard 1
Belmont 3, Woburn 1
Beverly/Danvers 4, Newburyport 2
Bishop Fenwick 7, Stoneham 1
Braintree 4, Needham 0
Brookline 3, Newton North 0
Cambridge 2, Concord-Carlisle 1
Canton 3, Foxboro/Oliver Ames/Mansfield 0
Dennis-Yarmouth 4, Barnstable 0
Dexter-Southfield 5, Groton 1
Falmouth 5, Nauset 0
Framingham 4, Wellesley/Lincoln-Sudbury 3
HPNA 4, Shrewsbury 3
King Philip 11, Stoughton 2
Leominster 2, Masconomet 2
Malden Catholic 1, Pope Francis 1
Medfield 3, Dedham 0
Medford/Malden 3, Melrose 3
Methuen/Tewksbury 2, Billerica/Chelmsford 0
Milton 3, Weymouth 0
Natick 4, Walpole 0
Norwood 4, Ashland 2
Notre Dame (H) 2, St. Mary’s (L) 0
Ursuline Academy 7, Latin Academy 2
Waltham 6, Shawsheen/Bedford/Lowell 0
Westford Academy 3, Central Catholic 2
Westwood 4, Hopkinton 0
Winchester 2, Lexington 0
WRESTLING
Burlington 70, Newton North 10
Cohasset 76 Weston 6
Cohasset 54 Wellesley 30
Cohasset 60 Mansfield 18
Waltham 37, Burlington 36
Wayland 57, Boston Latin Academy 6
Wayland 36, Belmont 23
Wayland 42, Wakefield 28
