Tonight’s offering of hockey highlights begins with the girls, considering there were a pair of significant upsets of Division 1 ranked teams.
Shannon O’Neil, last year’s co-MVP of the Catholic Central League, continued her outstanding junior season with 53 saves to boost Austin Prep to a 3-1 conquest of No. 5 Hingham.
Meanwhile, Caroline McKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and Winthrop/Lynn took down No. 4 St. Mary’s, 3-2. Mackenzie Clark added a goal and assist for the Bulldawgs and Britney McPherson made 24 saves.
In the Dual County/Merrimack Valley, Olivia Keefe’s goal and assist kept Acton-Boxboro unbeaten with a 3-1 victory against Lincoln-Sudbury. … Caroline Hughes and Meaghan Leary had a goal and assist each and Andover took down Wayland/Weston, 4-0.
Kim Egizi’s hat trick accounted for all the scoring for Westwood, which slipped past King Philip, 3-1, in the Southeastern Mass. League despite 45 saves from the Warriors’ Alyssa Siegman. … Hannah Murphy’s goal with 32 seconds left rescued Duxbury, which kept its perfect season alive with a 3-2 win at Falmouth. … Katie Flynn’s three goals propelled Sandwich past Whitman-Hanson/Pembroke, 7-2.
Rachel Thomson’s goal supported Kayla Raneri’s shutout and Reading nipped Wakefield, 1-0, in the Middlesex League.
Natalie Flynn scored twice and Arlington Catholic slipped past Ursuline, 5-2, in nonleague play.
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Nashoba Tech secured its first tournament berth in a dozen seasons, getting a pair of goals from Jay McGrath for a 3-1 win against Northeast in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference. The Vikings (10-3-0) last played in the postseason in 2000 when they were a Central Mass. independent.
Malden Catholic clinched the Catholic Conference title with a 5-2 victory against Catholic Memorial.
Falmouth (9-2-3) qualified for the tournament in a big way, pounding Atlantic Coast League leader Marshfield, 7-1. Justin Taylor and Ben Taylor had two goals each to lead the Clippers. … Cody Holmes had a hat trick and Plymouth North nipped Nauset, 4-3. … Jim Welsh scored twice and Dennis-Yarmouth iced Sandwich, 5-1.
Scituate’s 4-1 win against Patriot League rival Silver Lake gave the Sailors a postseason berth. Jack O’Donoghue (two assists) and Dan DelGrosso had a pair of goals each for the Sailors. … Josh Golden scored twice and Pembroke doubled up Whitman-Hanson, 2-1. … Shawn Grady’s two goals helped North Quincy (5-5-3) past crosstown rival Quincy, 5-1.
North Andover also punched its postseason ticket with its 3-1 win against North Reading in the Cape Ann League. Derek Hunter, Rick O’Connor and Jake Silk had the goals for the Scarlet Knights (10-2-2). … Matt Salvatore scored twice and Travis Motsis notched the game-winner as Amesbury clipped Pentucket, 3-2.
In Middlesex League play, junior goaltender Derek DeCastro (23 saves) recorded his third shutout for Burlington in a 2-0 besting of Winchester. … Dylan Meadows scored twice and added an assist to give Lexington (5-8) a 4-1 win over Watertown.
Ryan Smith had a hat trick and Arlington Catholic outscored Austin Prep, 6-4, in the Catholic Central League. Brendon O’Connor had two goals and two assists for the victorious Cougars.
Jordan Davis had 25 saves to lead Norwood (10-2-4) past Framingham, 2-1, in the Bay State Conference. … Dan Murphy and Braintree registered their third consecutive shutout, 3-0, against Wellesley.
Drew Dawson and David DeDonato (two assists) scored twice each and Chelmsford stayed red-hot with its 6-2 win against Acton-Boxboro in Dual County/Merrimack Valley play. … Pat DeAngelo’s first career goal in the third period pushed Boston Latin (9-0-3) past Haverhill, 3-1, and into the postseason. … Eric Kessler’s 25 saves helped Lincoln-Sudbury shut down Concord-Carlisle, 3-1. … Mike Kelleher and Colin Pierce scored in the third period and Central Catholic rallied to tie Westford Academy, 2-2.
Steven Chaves scored twice and Everett improved to 9-3-1 overall by beating Somerville, 5-2, in the Greater Boston League. … Medford routed Cambridge, 8-1, behind three goals from Derek Mecrones.
Holliston surprised Tri-Valley League leader Medfield, 3-1, as Jamie Losanno made 28 saves. Max Turcotte, Tim Araujo and Mike Nesbitt had the goals for the Panthers.
Colby Irving’s hat trick was more than enough for Beverly to take down Salem, 6-0, in the Northeastern Conference. … Eric Costa’s goal rallied Peabody into a 4-4 tie with Revere.
Adam Carvalho scored twice and Greater New Bedford topped Wareham, 4-1, in the South Coast Conference. … Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk got the winning goal in the final minute to deny Apponequet/Connolly, 2-1.
Sean Foley had a goal and assist and Taylor Nickerson notched the eventual game-winner with eight minutes left as Mashpee/Upper Cape edged East Bridgewater, 3-2, in the South Shore League. … Tommy O’Brien and Alex Evans had a pair of goals apiece and Cohasset rolled past Hull, 7-1.
Dan Magalhaes (9-2-0) had a hat trick and assisted on three more as Bishop Stang rolled past Eastern Athletic Conference leader Martha’s Vineyard, 7-3.
In nonleague play, James Gordon scored twice and Hingham ran its win streak to 10 with a 5-2 victory against Billerica.
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