BOYS BASKETBALL
Alex Rivera scored 28 points as No. 4 Lowell (17-5) held off No. 5 St. John’s Prep, 61-59, in a Div. 1 North quarterfinal. Defending state champion and top-seeded Cambridge (20-0) ran its winning streak to 41 with a 50-46 win over No. 8 Lawrence.
Thomas Shaughnessy scored 23 points and teammate Will Cooper added 21 as No. 3 Needham (18-4) defeated No. 11 Newton South, 68-49, in a Div. 1 South quarterfinal. ... Sam Goldberg scored 12 points as No. 1 Mansfield (21-2) defeated No. 8 Quincy, 71-43. ... Doug Alves scored 18 points and dished out six assists, while E.J. Dambreville recorded a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds as No. 4 Bridgewater-Raynham (17-5) dethroned three-time sectional champion Catholic Memorial, 68-64.
Senior captains Nikko Raftes (27 points), Luke Tamulevich (21 points) and Lucas Franklin (13 points) lifted No. 3 Whitman-Hanson (17-3) to a 79-66 win over Oliver Ames in a Div. 2 South Sectional quarterfinal.
Malachi Hazelton scored 15 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as No. 5 Bedford (16-6) defeated No. 3 Weston, 60-49, in a Div. 3 North quarterfinal.
Dijuan Chummack scored 24 points as No. 9 Bishop Stang (15-6) defeated No. 8 Martha’s Vineyard, 93-87, in overtime to advance to the Div. 3 South quarterfinals.
In a Div. 4 North quarterfinal contest, Travon Ford tallied 20 points, including the game-winning bucket at the buzzer, to lift No. 7 Pope John (15-7) to a 46-45 win over No. 2 Hamilton-Wenham. ... Mohamed Traore scored a game-high 31 points as No. 1 Matignon (18-3) cruised to a 95-48 win over No. 9 Austin Prep.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Marissa Gattuso scored 22 points and teammate Kelsey Qualey added 16 as No. 3 Woburn (19-3) rolled to an 84-55 victory over No. 11 Peabody in a Div. 1 North quarterfinal.
Jenny Call knocked down seven 3-pointers and finished with 27 points as top-seeded Belmont (17-4) defeated No. 9 Triton, 62-32, in a Div. 2 North quarterfinal.
Lauren Casieri scored 22 points, including the 1,000th of her career, as No. 1 Medfield (20-2) defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 59-38, in a Div. 2 Central semifinal. Maggie McCarthy added 22 points for the Warriors.
In a Div. 3 North quarterfinal matchup, Olivia Nazaire racked up 19 points and 11 boards, to lead No. 5 St. Mary’s (15-8) to a 62-32 victory against No. 4 Green Academy (13-6).
Senior guard Hayley Wardwell dropped a game-high 25 points, while Meaghan Raab struck for 18 points and 17 boards as No. 1 Hanover (19-1) cruised to a 64-48 win over No. 8 Rockland in a Div. 3 South sectional quarterfinal. ... Jenny Worden scored 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 2 Abington (21-3) rolled to a 65-30 victory over No. 7 Apponequet.
Eighth-grader Laura Mendell had her second consecutive tournament game of 23 points as No. 2 Westport (21-1) defeated No. 7 Diman, 58-47, in a Div. 4 South quarterfinal.
BOYS HOCKEY
Mikas Kulbis-Marino scored 1:04 into overtime and top-seeded Lowell Catholic edged No. 9 Marblehead, 3-2, in a Div. 2 North quarterfinal. Conor Doherty and Alex Graves added goals for the Crusaders (17-2-2). James McCarthy and Braden Haley had the goals for the Magicians (13-7-4). ... James Doran scored the game-winning goal with 3.2 seconds left in double overtime to lift No. 2 North Reading (16-2-3) to a 1-0 victory over No. 7 Lincoln-Sudbury.
In Div. 1 South, Andy McInerney scored the go-ahead goal in the second period to push No. 9 Xaverian past No. 8 Mansfield, 2-1. Henry Bruckner added a goal for the Hawks (11-7-3), who face top-seeded Catholic Memorial in tomorrow’s quarterfinals. ... Cam Tobey scored the game-winning goal with 9:23 left as No. 6 Falmouth (14-8-1) edged No. 11 Duxbury, 4-3.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Madison Brooke scored game-winning goal in a shootout as No. 18 Masconomet (11-8-3) stunned No. 2 Beverly/Danvers, 5-4, in a Div. 1 first round contest. Freshman Molly Elmore had 41 saves for the Chieftains.
