Within the Div. 3 quarterfinals, No. 12 Better Lawrence (17-7) held defending state champion No. 13 Norwell to 9 second-half factors because the Reggies rolled to a 57-27 boys basketball victory.
Sam Brigham’s 33 factors powered No. 2 Pope Francis to a 68-56 win over No. 7 Oliver Ames within the Div. 2 quarterfinals. … Javi Lopez scored 21 factors, Elkin Pena added 20 factors to guide No. 1 Central Catholic to a slender 55-53 victory over No. 9 Beverly within the Div. 1 quarterfinals.
Ryan Mutschler led with 28, Cole Madden added 17 factors and Sebastian Brown contributed 14 factors in Hanover’s 65-40 Div. 3 quarterfinal win over Medfield.
Boys hockey
Will Manchuso scored two targets to assist St. Mark’s declare a 7-3 victory over Kimball Union and head to the NEPSAC Elite Championship sport. The Lions will face Avon Previous Farms, who defeated Dexter Southfield within the first spherical, within the title sport.
Ladies hockey
Jaelynn Trudell scored two targets to guide Groton to a 2-0 win over St. Mark’s within the NEPSAC Small semifinals. The Zebras will face New Hampton within the championship sport.
Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS
Central Catholic 55, Beverly 53
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS
Pope Francis 68, Oliver Ames 56
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS
Better Lawrence 57, Norwell 27
Hanover 65, Medfield 40
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS
Wareham 74, Wahconah 51
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS
Holbrook 73, KIPP Academy 70
Hoosac 73, Drury 67
Prospect Hill 67, Hopedale 51
NEPSAC AAA
Newman 84, New Hampton (NH) 55
NEPSAC AA
Cushing 58, Kimball Union (NH) 41
NEPSAC A
Phillips Andover 71, Deerfield 58
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS
Springfield Central 57, Needham 36
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS
Minnechaug 45, Foxboro 39
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS
Bishop Fenwick 39, Pentucket 23
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS
Millbury 46, Cohasset 31
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS
Hopedale 54, Minuteman 36
NEPSAC AAA
Hoosac (NY) 70, Tabor 60
NEPSAC AA
Darrow Faculty (NY) 67, Northfield Mt. Herman 66 (ot)
Worcester Acad. 44, Wilbraham and Monson 38
NEPSAC A
Loomis Chaffee (CT) 42, Phillips Andover 40
BOYS HOCKEY
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS
Tewksbury 5, Westwood 3
DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS
St. Bernard’s 6, Winthrop 3
Littleton/Bromfield 5, Dover-Sherborn/Weston 1
NEPSAC ELITE
St. Marks 7, Kimball Union 3
NEPSAC LARGE
Brunswick (CT) 5, Tabor 4 (ot)
Cushing 6, Phillips Andover 1
NEPSAC SMALL
Holderness (NH) 1, Berkshire 0
Winchendon 2, Canterbury (CT) 1
GIRLS HOCKEY
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS
Archbishop Williams 1, Notre Dame (H) 0
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS
King Philip 2, Medfield 0
NEPSAC ELITE
Deerfield 3, Tabor Academy 2
Loomis Chaffee (CT) 5, Nobles 4 (ot)
NEPSAC LARGE
Phillips Exeter (NH) 5, Buckingham Browne and Nichols 1
NEPSAC SMALL
Groton 2, St. Mark’s 0
New Hampton (NH) 4, Cushing 2
