Sunday’s nine high school tournament takeaways, including major upsets and Bumila’s first playoff start

After a mostly sleepy Saturday, Sunday was a wild one for the MIAA postseason.

Not only were five state championship track meets held, and Brody Bumila was on the mound for Bishop Feehan, but it also marked the first day of real upsets in what has been a mostly chalky tournament — across all sports — thus far.

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For all the complaints about power rankings and strength-of-schedule and whether wins should factor in and how much margin of victory is the right amount, for the most part higher seeds have been winning thus far, even if they have an inferior record.

That flipped a bit Sunday, with three top-seven seeded baseball teams falling (No. 35 North Quincy took out No. 3 Springfield Central!), as well as a top-10 softball squad and a trio of higher-seeded boys’ lacrosse teams seeded in the teens.

With those upsets, the Division 1 baseball bracket is guaranteed a quarterfinal appearance by a team seeded in the 20s after No. 23 Pope Francis and No. 27 Westford meet in the second round.

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• Lexington girls graduate to two-time Division 1 track champions, St. John’s Prep sprints to boys’ title
• Billerica girls unphased by move up to Division 2, going back-to-back as North Andover boys dominate
• Canton girls cap greatest season with first Division 3 track title, Walpole boys win by thinnest margin
• Historic win for Duxbury girls, Mohoric paces Newburyport boys to Division 4 outdoor track championship
• It’s four in a row for North Reading girls, two straight for Weston boys at Division 5 track championships
• Ayer Shirley girls pick up where they left off, Abington boys twinning at Division 6 track championships

• Baseball roundup: Behind Bryce Silva gem, North Attleborough pulls away from Marshfield
• Softball roundup: Silver Lake scratches its way past Leominster for first-round victory
• Lacrosse/volleyball/tennis roundup: Natick boys’ volleyball sweeps aside Somerville to begin postseason

▪ Norton softball senior Paige Donahue recorded her 100th career hit while driving in two runs during a 13-0 Division 3 first-round softball win over Nauset.

▪ Sandwich senior Joe Coughlan had himself a day, allowing one run over six innings with nine strikeouts, as well as collecting his 100th career hit as part of a 16-1 Division 4 first-round baseball win over Quabbin.

As we noted, three top-seven seeded baseball teams were bounced Sunday, all thanks to impressive pitching performances, and two were in Division 1.

No. 3 Springfield Central was sent packing by No. 35 North Quincy, which rode a sterling Max LaMonica pitching performance (10 strikeouts in 5⅔ innings) and a two-run double from John Barron in the sixth to a 5-4 first-round stunner.

Also in D1, No. 26 Westford enjoyed the work of its ace as Jared Welsh went the distance, limiting the damage to five hits and two walks and striking out two in a 4-3 first-round upset of No. 7 Taunton. “He’s a very smart guy who hits his spots and knows when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em,” Westford coach Mike Parent said.

In Division 3, No. 28 Billerica took down No. 5 Bishop Stang, riding Cam Amenkowicz’s nine-whiff shutout and Ryan Fisher’s two run single in the fourth inning to a 3-0 first-round win. Also in D3 baseball, No. 17 Newburyport defeated No. 16 Dighton-Rehoboth, 3-0.

No. 9 Andover became the highest seed sent packing thus far from the Division 1 softball bracket, falling 7-2 to No. 24 Beverly, which got big days at the plate from Lidia Miedema, Sophia Balducci, and Kayla Everett.

In the boys’ lacrosse tournament, No. 11 Advanced Math and Science was bounced in Division 4, No. 15 Bishop Stang is out in D3, and No. 16 Plymouth North got beat in D2. AMSA lost, 16-12, to No. 22 Lynnfield, which got five goals apiece from Sean Bridges and Sam Curley. Stang was defeated, 12-8, by No. 18 Dover-Sherborn which got a game-high six points from Henry Fowler. Plymouth North was undone, 16-10, by No. 17 Silver Lake, which got five goals each from Finn Cronin and Owen MacInnis.

Talk about dramatic. No. 4 Milton baseball trailed No. 29 Marblehead, 3-2, in the bottom of the seventh when junior Teddy Dunn strode the plate with the bases juiced. He proceeded to launch a walkoff grand slam and stave off the upset bid, giving Milton a 6-3 first-round win.

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In the ninth inning, Marshfield sophomore Makenna Robinson dashed home all the way from first on Maddie Adams’s walkoff hit to beat Westfield, 1-0, in Division 2 softball.

Grafton senior Ian Ouelette provided a walkoff single to send off Somerset Berkley, 3-2, in the first round of the Division 2 baseball tournament.

It took Monomoy two overtimes to put away Monson in a boys’ lacrosse preliminary-round game that saw junior Nick Garneau net the golden goal in a 9-8 victory for a Sharks team that entered the postseason just 5-13.

It was a day for grannies, including one of the walkoff manner.

Dighton-Rehoboth’s Cam Cloonan, Georgetown’s Meghan Maguire, and Frontier’s Skyler Steele all homered with the bases loaded, as did Milton’s Dunn in the loudest way possible.

Attleboro got back-to-back homers from Lola Ronayne and Avery Graziosi, and St. Mary’s enjoyed dingers from Abby Sousa and Sydney Wells. The rest of the day’s round-trippers belonged to: Catholic Memorial’s Rocky Vankoski, Jackson Lucarelli of St. John’s (Shrewsbury), St. John’s Prep’s Connor Durney, Hopedale’s Noah Smith, and Middleborough’s Taylynn Robinson.

Ellie Boland, Walpole — The junior struck out a whopping 17 Wayland batters, scattering two hits without allowing an earned run for the Timberwolves in a 4-1 Division 2 softball first-round win.

Seamus Cable, Wakefield — The senior enjoyed a robust offensive day, scoring six goals in a 17-5 Division 3 boys’ lacrosse first-round win against Danvers.

Kylie Grazulis, Lexie Paulhus, and Ava Robinson, Northbridge — The trio combined to no-hit Excel Academy over five innings, producing a 27-0 softball drubbing in the Division 4 preliminary round.

Riley Halloran, Walpole — The junior led all female scorers Sunday with seven goals ina 19-7 girls’ lacrosse Division 2 second-round victory vs. Marshfield.

Edy Latour, Dighton-Rehoboth — The junior lefthander fired a five-inning no-hitter, fanning eight and collecting two hits and two RBIs at the dish to defeat Greater Lawrence, 13-0, in a first-round Division 3 softball matchup.

Charlie Mallett, West Bridgewater — The junior spun a 10-strikeout no-hitter, lifting the Wildcats to an 8-0 Division 4 baseball preliminary-round victory over St. Bernard’s.

Skyler Steele, Frontier — The junior had herself a day at the plate, finishing 3 for 3 with five runs, five RBIs, and a sixth-inning grand slam to lift the Red Hawks past No. 29 Mt. Greylock, 18-3, in Division 4 first-round softball action.

Owen French, Dracut — The senior produced nine points, scoring six goals and dishing three assists in a 19-5 Division 3 first-round boys’ lacrosse win.

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Ellie Boland, Walpole, 17

Hailey Zanolli, Westfield, 14

Brody Bumila, Bishop Feehan, 12

Chelsea Hull, Monson, 12

LIana Danubio, Norton, 11

Ava Grant, St. Paul, 11

Maddy Karlon, Maynard, 11

Matt Labriola, King Philip, 11

Alivia Quinn, Duxbury, 11

Bryce Silva, North Attleborough, 11

Maddie Grant, Georgetown, 10

Max LaMonica, North Quincy, 10

Danny Nelson, Leominster, 10

Cam Amenkowicz, Billerica, 9

Caroline Arruda, Marshfield, 9

Antonia Bianchini, West Boylston, 9

CJ Chagnon, Grafton, 9

Joe Coughlan, Sandwich, 9

Cole Arruda, Seekonk, 8

Katelyn Taylor, Silver Lake, 8

McCoy Walsh, King Philip, 8

Kiley Hogan, Tyngsborough, 7

Jack Oreal, Newburyport, 7

Cam Cloonan, Dighton-Rehoboth, 6

Reegan Durden, King Philip, 6

Gillien Figueroa, Georgetown, 5

Meghan Maguire, Georgetown, 5

Skyler Steele, Frontier, 5

Ryan Amerault, St. John Paul II, 4

Kiera Lawrence, King Philip, 4

Brian Mancinelli, St. John Paul II, 4

Noah Smith, Hopedale, 4

Devyn Amico, Tyngsborough, 3

Adrianna Arsenault, Tyngsborough, 3

Grace Berry, Monson, 3

Olivia DiSessa, St. Mary’s, 3

Hayden Hatch, Rockland, 3

Ryleigh Raschi, Maynard, 3

Colin Rau, Rockland, 3

Taylynn Robinson, Middleborough, 3

Abby Sousa, St. Mary’s, 3

Sydney Wells, St. Mary’s, 3

Riley Halloran, Walpole, 7

Tara Battaglino, Wellesley, 6

Seamus Cable, Wakefield, 6

Owen French, Dracut, 6

Elizabeth Stutzman, Sandwich, 6

Gavan Biggins, Rockland, 5

Sean Bridges, Lynnfield, 5

Finn Cronin, Silver Lake, 5

Sam Curley, Lynnfield, 5

Cole Miller, Silver Lake, 5

Charlie Campbell, Hanover, 4

Henry Fowler, Dover-Sherborn, 4

Davis Pons, Newburyport, 4

Henry Waddell, Newburyport, 4

Tritan Lamond, Hanover, 5

Brodie LaValley, Monomoy, 4

Brayden Rau, Rockland, 4

Owen French, Dracut, 3

Alex Morin, St. John Paul II, 3

Carter Scott, Newburyport, 3

Tommy Reyno, Rockland, 18

Harry Beaumont, Monomoy, 17

Owen MacInnis, Silver Lake, 16

Ryan Weymouth, St. John Paul II, 14

Connor Dembowski, Danvers, 12

Sean Santo, Lynnfield, 11

Aidan Smith, North Andover, 8