Varsity News: The 26 most important numbers from the 2025-26 school year

The second day of the NHL Draft always features some local flavor, and last Saturday tasted no different.

Five Bay State products were plucked between the second and seventh rounds, and four of them are bound for local universities.

Matty Wasserman and Cam Kerry had 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’sRian 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.In addition, Elliot Lennon, who played at Deerfield, went 110th to the Senators, and Charlie Puglisi, who played at Winchendon, was taken 202nd by the Predators.

Nearly 11 months ago, on sun-splashed fields from Nauset to Mt. Greylock, the 2025-26 high school season began. Here are the 26 numbers to know from another unforgettable sports year.

6,746 — Greater Lawrence senior Gustavo Varela became the state’s all-time leading rusher after running for 144 in his final game. He broke former Holyoke and Boston College standout Cedric Washington’s mark of 6,688 that had stood for 30 years.

2,397 — Career boys’ basketball points for Holbrook’s Allen Brown Jr., 13th on the state leaderboard. He led the Bulldogs to their first state title game in 61 years by scoring 194 points in five tournament games.

2,000 — Canton senior Erin Bigham and Burlington senior Ula Rinkeviciute became the ninth and 10th members of the girls’ 2,000 career volleyball assist club.

1,485 — Career kills for Wayland boys’ volleyball star Finn Bell, who finished as the state’s all-time leader, and as a Division 2 state champion.

1,300 — Lynnfield’s Craig Stone became the second coach in state history, joining Leominster’s Emile Johnson, with 1,300 high school wins. Stone has led 613 triumphs at the helm of Lynnfield/North Reading wrestling and his 700th girls’ tennis victory arrived in May.

1,071 — Days between in-state losses for the St. John’s Prep boys’ lacrosse team, which fell to BC High, 14-9, on May 4, 2023, then didn’t lose a Massachusetts match again until April 9, when it fell, 5-4, to, of course, BC High.

800 — Career wins for Somerset Berkley boys’ tennis coach Doug Chapman across coaching positions. He’s skippered the Raiders for 52 years, winning more than 650 matches, and added 136 wins in 12 seasons at UMass Dartmouth.

700 — The Haverhill, Northbridge, and Fitchburg football programs joined the 700-win club, making it nine programs in the state to reach the mark.

267 — Career wrestling wins for Shawsheen’s James Tildsley, who surpasses his older brother, Sid, to become the state’s all-time leader. James also owns the mark for most career pins, is the only five-time Lowell Holiday champion, and won three New England titles. Middleborough’s Matt Patterson finished second in state history with 261 wins.

180, 4 — Feet and inches of Lexington senior Ainsley Cuthbertson’s winning hammer throw at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor championship, not only earning her a national title, but smashing her own state record.

123 — Leominster senior and Coastal Carolina commit Osiris Lopez set the state’s passing touchdown record, topping Duxbury’s Bobby Maimaron (2013-16) by one in his final game of the season, a loss to St. John’s Prep in the Division 1 semifinals.

103 — Watertown field hockey hadn’t lost since 2019 before Somerset Berkley snapped its 103-game unbeaten streak with a 4-3 win in September.

80 — Consecutive in-state wins for Taunton softball after defeating Attleboro, 11-8, in the Division 1 championship game for its sixth straight title.

64, 1 — Feet and inches of Cohasset junior Nicholas Askjaer’s winning shot put throw at New Balance outdoor nationals. Oliver Ames junior Mitchell Callender was second (61-8.5).

53 — Years since Catholic Memorial won a baseball championship before topping Bishop Feehan, 13-4, to win the Division 1 title.

50, 7.25 — Feet and inches of Catholic Memorial’s Amar Skeet’s winning triple jump at New Balance nationals, although it was just short of his state record of 51-2.

38 — Wins for the Newman School boys’ basketball team, which captured its first national prep basketball championship, 92-72, over Blair Academy (N.J.). Michigan-bound Medford resident Quinn Costello led the way with 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists.

22 — Record number of state championships for the Longmeadow boys’ lacrosse program after defeating Mansfield, 10-5, for the Division 2 crown.

20 — Strikeouts for Bishop Feehan senior phenom Brody Bumila in a no-hitter against Moses Brown (R.I.) on May 8. He struck out the final 16 batters he faced. Bumila could be a first-round pick in the upcoming MLB Draft, and has committed to Texas.

19 — Hockomock League boys’ hockey titles won by Canton coach Brian Shuman in 21 seasons as head coach before retiring in May. He won five state titles, including the D2 crown this year, finished 371-72-38, and was inducted into the MSHCA Hall of Fame last month.

14 — Seed for Bishop Feehan boys’ basketball as it charged through the D1 tournament to capture its first state title, powered by Bumila’s postseason averages of 40.8 points and 19.8 rebounds.

8 — Division 1A tournaments, known as the Super 8, were brought back for baseball (for 2027) and boys’ and girls’ ice hockey (for 2027-28). A football version, which would kick off in 2027, has cleared several layers of approval and awaits final word from the MIAA’s Board of Directors in August.

8 — Scituate senior Jonny Donovan threw four touchdown passes in a thrilling Super Bowl win over Tewksbury, finishing his career with a record eight career Super Bowl TD passes.

4:33.18 — State record time for the girls’ mile, set by Westford’s Abby Hennessy at New Balance nationals. In March, she broke the indoor mile record, surpassing Lynn Jenning’s 48-year-old time by finishing in 4:36.74.

2 — Teams that left the Catholic Central League: St. Mary’s and Bishop Feehan. Feehan announced the move last year, but finished its transition following the winter season. Both remain in the MIAA but will play independent schedules.

1 — Overall pick in the NBA Draft that Brockton’s AJ Dybantsa went out of BYU. He was the first top overall pick from Massachusetts since Patrick Ewing in 1985, and marked two straight years a New England hooper went No. 1 after Maine’s Cooper Flagg in 2025.

Athlete of the Week: Lynn English’s Shane Knowlton Simard

With 26 seconds left in the 64th Harry Agganis All-Star football game, Lynn English senior star Shane Knowlton Simard produced one final highlight.

With his South team trailing, 10-6, Knowlton Simard, who will spent a postgrad year at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn., next year, took a slant pass over the middle and raced 53 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in a 12-10 South victory at Manning Field.

Knowlton Simard produced all of the South’s points, scoring on a 46-yard pick-6 in the first quarter to earn MVP honors.

Referee of the Week: On Monday, legendary field hockey and girls’ lacrosse official Mary Lou Thimas was among 12 individuals inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. Thimas has been a pioneer in both sports for more than six decades, and is still officiating at age 81.

Globe staff writer Matt Porter caught up with Thimas in April to discuss her lengthy career, which included stints as a high school and college coach and administrator.

Coaching carousel: Coach Kyle McCarthyis leaving Duxbury, his alma mater, to take over the wrestling program at Scituate. After nearly 20 years and more than 200 wins with Duxbury — he was its only All-State champion before graduating in 2002 — McCarthy will move across the Patriot League . . . 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 University, 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 . . . Assistant Austin Davishas been promoted to take over the Gloucester boys’ basketball program. Davis was the Fishermen’s leading scorer as a senior in 2013-14.

Major commitment tracker

▪ Taunton junior softball star Bella Bourque, the 2026 Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year, announced she had reconsidered her college choice, flipping from South Carolina to Virginia . . . Central Catholic junior Chloe Salerno announced her verbal commitment to play softball at Bentley.

▪ Tabor junior Kaiden Drinkwater announced his commitment to Coastal Carolina, where he will reunite with quarterback Osiris Lopez, whom 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 . . . Days later, Tabor classmate Mikey Landers committed to Boston College. The 6-3, 210-pound defensive back from Duxbury will reunite with former CM and Tabor star Dominic Maser (’27) at BC.

▪ Lawrence Academy sophomore Jade Joneshas committed to play women’s soccer at Yale, and Austin Prep sophomoreEllie Pouloswill play women’s soccer at Holy Cross.

Shane Knowlton Simard’s 53-yard TD sprint lifts South All-Stars in 64th Agganis game

The Lynn English graduate took a slant from Yaniel Belliard (St. Mary’s) for the winning score and also delivered a 46-yard pick-6.

But wait, you wonder, it’s not cross-country season. Nope. Not for two more months. But this week we published the best student photographs from the 2025-26 school year in one mesmerizing gallery.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld of the Globe picked the best images captured by 200 student photojournalists from 117 schools, who submitted nearly 19,000 photos.

Here are the best photos from the Globe’s 2025-26 high school sports photojournalism program

Trivia: Which schools tied for the most MIAA state championships during the 2025-26 school year? Email [email protected] with the answer and we’ll shout out those who get it right in next week’s edition.

Last week we asked which school claimed the most 2026 spring championships? A: Walpole (girls’ golf, D2 girls’ lacrosse, D3 boys’ track).

Plan your summer:

July 10: Globe All-Scholastics publish at Globe.com/Schools

July 12: Special Globe All-Scholastics section included in Globe print edition

July 23-26: Massachusetts Little League tournament at Holden

July 25-26: “Wally” Seaver High School Invitational at St. John’s Prep

July 25: American Legion state tournament begins at Fino Field, Milford

Aug. 5: Region One American Legion tournament starts at Fitton Field, Worcester

Aug. 8-13: New England Little League Region Tournament