Five high school sports takeaways, from new coaches to D1 college commitments to major transfers

The second day of the NHL Draft always features some Massachusetts flavor, and Saturday was no different.

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Five Bay State products were selected between the second and seventh rounds, with multiple headed to local universities.

Globe Schools correspondents Matty Wasserman and Cam Kerry have the full breakdown of locals taken on Day 2, but here’s the quick version:

Norwell’s Casey Mutryn (St. Sebastian’s) was taken in the second round (38th overall) by the Kraken, Needham’s Rian Chudzinski (Dexter Southfield) went in the third round (82nd) to the Ducks, Lincoln’s Justin Graft (Rivers) was a fourth-round pick (118th) by the Predators, Holbrook’s Brian McFadden (Catholic Memorial/Thayer) was plucked by the Capitals in the fifth round (155th), and Winchester’s Myles Brosnan (Dexter Southfield) was a seventh-round selection (196th) by the Red Wings.

Mutryn is bound for Boston College, McFadden is committed to Northeastern, and Graft and Brosnan are incoming first years for Harvard. Elliot Lennon, who played at Deerfield, went 110th to the Senators, and Charlie Puglisi, who played at Winchendon, was taken 202nd by the Predators.

The North teams won both the boys’ and girls’ Agganis All-Star basketball games at Lynn Classical on Saturday.

Peabody’s Olivia Gaynor led the North girls to a 63-50 win with a team-high 12 points. North team MVP Celia Neilson, of Bishop Fenwick, added 8 points. Archbishop Williams’s Jenna Mishou was named South MVP after matching Saugus’s Peyton DiBiasio with a game-high 13 points.

Masconomet’s Jimmy Farrell scored all 13 of his points in the second half to earn MVP honors and lead the North to an 83-59 victory. Winchester’s Dawson English added 10. The South was led by MVP Shyheim Babb of Lynn Classical (12 points) and North Andover’s Angel Sanchez (13).

▪ Coach Kyle McCarthy is leaving Duxbury, his alma mater, to take over the wrestling program at Scituate. After nearly 20 years and more than 200 wins with the Duxbury wrestling program — he was its only All-State champion before graduating in 2002 — McCarthy will make the move across the Patriot League. McCarthy, who was a three-year starter at Sacred Heart, led Duxbury to a pair of sectional titles.

A Scituate resident and teacher at Gates Middle School, he will also serve as an assistant football coach for the Sailors. He spent the last five seasons as Duxbury’s freshman football coach.

▪ In an opposite move, Kate Abromovitch is returning to her alma mater as the girls’ basketball coach at Haverhill. Abromovitch (class of ‘89) was the first 1,000-point scorer in Haverhill history, leading the Hillies to a pair of state titles (’87, ‘89) and earning All-America honors.

She started her coaching career at Fairfield, where she also scored nearly 1,500 points, and was an assistant at Fordham before coaching at the high school level for a decade in Connecticut. She is a member of the Haverhill and Fairfield halls of fame.

▪ Assistant Austin Davis has been promoted to take over the Gloucester boys’ basketball program. Davis, who works as a sales and marketing specialist for a seafood company, was the Fishermen’s leading scorer as a senior in 2013-14.

▪ On Wednesday, King Philip announced Derek Phinney as its new athletic director. Phinney spent the last four years as AD at Millis, and will take over for longtime KP AD Gary Brown starting next week. In addition to working his way up from paraprofessional to athletic director over 20 years at Millis, Phinney has served as a general manager for a junior hockey program. He has degrees from UMass and Framingham State

“The King Philip Regional School District’s athletic programs have taken great strides over the past decade,” superintendent Dr. Rich Drolet said in a statement. “We’re confident that Derek Phinney will help to continue and foster the district’s previous efforts to bolster our programs and also lead our athletics department with vision, collaboration, resiliency, and excellence into the future.”

▪ Former standout Haverhill diver Derek Peabody has been hired as an assistant diving coach at New Hampshire. A four-time All-New England honoree at Haverhill, he has coached at the high school and college levels, including at Keene State, his alma mater.

▪ Tabor junior Kaiden Drinkwater announced his commitment to Coastal Carolina, where he will reunite with quarterback Osiris Lopez, who he played with at Leominster as freshmen in 2022. Drinkwater, a 6-foot-2-inch, 180-pound wide receiver, is rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports. He had previously committed to Holy Cross.

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▪ Williston Northampton junior Chase Bedrossian, a 6-3, 270-pound defensive tackle from Cumberland (R.I.), has committed to Brown.

▪ Lawrence Academy sophomore Jade Jones has committed to play women’s soccer at Yale. The All-ISL and All-NEPSAC midfielder also plays for the FC Stars and recently played for Trinidad & Tobago’s youth national team.

▪ Austin Prep sophomore Ellie Poulos is headed to Holy Cross to play women’s soccer. The former Montrose star, a three-time All-NEPSAC selection and two-time first team All-IGC pick, also plays for FC Stars.

▪ Quarterback Jace Lyons announced on social media that he will be leaving Waltham to play at Rivers and reclassifying to the Class of 2028. The 6-2, 188-pounder started his high school career at Arlington Catholic.

▪ Wheaton freshman Brayden Lewis, a Hopedale graduate, announced he is transferring to Northeastern to continue his baseball career. He played in 27 games, hitting .322 with nine homers, 28 RBIs, 34 runs, and 26 steals.

▪ Colby sophomore Matt Mahoney, a Lincoln-Sudbury gradaute, is also transferring to Northeastern baseball. He went 4-2 with a 2.10 ERA in 25⅔ innings, striking out 29 and walking 12.

▪ UMass freshman Randen May, a Bishop Feehan graduate from West Bridgewater, announced he is joining the baseball team at Bentley. In 14 games, most as a pinch runner, he stole two bases and scored three runs.

▪ Saint Anselm freshman Xavier Cora, a Leominster graduate from Fitchburg, is transferring to Davidson with four years of eligibility remaining. The 5-10, 190-pound linebacker was a Division 1 All-State selection in high school.

▪ Auburn’s Caroline Olsen, a Sherborn native, became the first freshman to earn the SEC Fences Rider of the Year award, and only the second Auburn freshman to be named NCEA Fences Rider of the Year. She was named first team All-American in fences and second team All-American on the flat, while being named SEC Freshman Rider of the Year in both disciplines.

Her season featured four Most Outstanding Performer Awards, including one in the SEC Championship semifinals, an undefeated record in seven meets, and finishing as one of six freshman in Auburn history with 20 or more wins.

▪ Williams senior Jack Wagner, a St. John’s Prep graduate from Melrose, was named to the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division 3 All-American second team. Wagner was also named NESCAC All-Conference first team after competing on the first varsity eight boat in every regatta this spring, finishing third at the International Rowing Association National Championship.

Masters Academy International will become the first New England member of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League when it opens its doors in Stow this fall.

The new sports-centric school will become one of 15 in the country competing in the Nike EYBL, which boasts nearly 200 active NBA players as alumni.

“The Nike EYBL immediately places our student-athletes on one of the biggest stages in high school basketball,” said Masters coach Jason Smith in a statement. “Our players will have the opportunity to compete against elite talent from across the country, challenge themselves against some of the nation’s premier programs, and gain exposure to college coaches and NBA scouts.”

Three of the top four picks in this week’s NBA Draft — Brockton’s AJ Dybantsa at No. 1, Cam Boozer at No. 3, and Caleb Wilson at No. 4 — competed in the EYBL.

“Being selected to join the Nike EYBL represents the highest level of scholastic basketball in the country,” said John Carroll, Masters’s director of basketball, in a release. “Every game, every event, and every opponent presents an opportunity for our student-athletes to compete against elite talent and measure themselves against the best programs in the nation.”

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