The all-time Massachusetts kills leader highlights 11 high school sports takeaways from Thursday

Massachusetts has a new all-time boys’ volleyball leader in kills.

Wayland senior Finn Bell, already a two-time Globe Athlete of the Year, slammed down 34 kills during a 3-2 win over Newton North, sending him past Cambridge’s Jalen Penrose for the career mark.

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Penrose, who went on to play at Penn State, set his mark in 2013, and it stood for 13 years until Bell wrapped up Thursday’s five-setter with 1,429, and he still has the postseason to extend his record.

That was just one of several highlights from Thursday, which included a pair of no-hitters, multiple one-hitters, a 250th coaching win, a Division 1 men’s basketball commitment from a Top 10 recruit, Latin Academy capturing a second-straight Boston City League crown, and more conference hardware handed out.

Even with the regular season winding down, we enjoyed some big matchups, such as No. 1 BC High over No. 3 St. John’s (Shrewsbury) in baseball, No. 4 Acton-Boxborough over No. 3 Mansfield in boys’ lacrosse, No. 2 Dighton-Rehoboth slipped past No. 10 Bridgewater-Raynham in softball, and No. 8 Chelmsford taking care of business vs. No. 20 Westford in boys’ volleyball.

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▪ Marblehead softball coach Jonathan Gold pushed his career win total to 250 with a 9-0 triumph over Newburyport. Gold is in his 21st season with the Magicians.

▪ Plymouth North’s Logan Perry scored his 100th career goal in a 20-9 win over Oliver Ames boys’ lacrosse win over Oliver Ames. Junior Christian Yepez notched his 100th career point in the same game.

▪ North Reading’s Juillian Corbett recorded her 100th career hit during a 13-1 softball triumph over Triton.

▪ Milton senior Victoria Fish recorded her 100th career RBI on a home run during a 12-5 softball loss to Braintree.

▪ Brookline senior James Carr netted his 100th career goal while completing a hat trick to beat Cambridge, 9-6, in boys’ lacrosse.

▪ With a dramatic, 3-2, walkoff win over No. 3 St. John’s (Shrewsbury), BC High baseball captured its first Catholic Conference title since 2017.

▪ Scituate boys’ lacrosse wrapped up its sixth straight Patriot League Fisher division title with a 17-10 win over Hanover.

▪ Agawam boys’ volleyball captured the Western Mass Class A Tournament with a 3-2 win over top-seeded Westfield.

▪ While not a league title, Winchester softball secured its first trip to the Division 1 tournament since 2013 by riding Tessa Capodanno’s shutout past Waltham, 13-0.

▪ Dartmouth sailing locked up the Cape & Island championship on Wednesday, topping a field of 14 schools. Sam Sperry won eight of his nine races in the A Division, and Finn Sperry took top honors in the B Division. Lukas Prout, Evan Sargent, Phoebe Murray, and Gabby Souza all contributed. The Indians head to Annapolis, Md., next weekend of the Phebe Corckran King Memorial National Silver Championship.

▪ On Wednesday, Newburyport boys’ lacrosse secured its third straight Cape Ann League championship, its fifth in the last six years, with a 13-3 win over Hamilton-Wenham.

▪ One game from finishing a perfect regular seson, No. 3 Mansfield boys’ lacrosse suffered a 13-7 loss to No. 4 Acton-Boxborough in its regular-season finale to finish 18-1. Chris Houle made five of his 15 saves in the fourth quarter for the Revolution, who are riding a 14-game win streak.

▪ Unranked Falmouth boys’ lacrosse, albeit sporting a strong 16-3 record, earned a 10-6 win over No. 15 Cohasset, with Finn Oberacker and Charlie Meserve both notching hat tricks and Gavin Powderly making 13 saves.

▪ After losing to St. John’s (Shrewsbury) in walkoff fashion back in April, top-ranked BC High baseball returned the favor when Brody Beale found a gap in the bottom of the seventh to score Sam Bushley for a 4-3 walkoff win over the third-ranked Pioneers. Bushley had tied the game at 3-3 with a two-run single in the fifth as the Eagles rallied from down 3-0.

▪ With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Bishop Feehan’s Andrew Shute smacked a ball off the right-field wall for a 2-1 walkoff baseball win over Attleboro. Nolan Harvey tied the game with an RBI single that scored Brody Alves earlier in the frame

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▪ Zack Zalkin delivered the walkoff hit for Cohasset in a 7-6 baseball win over Dedham.

Westford’s Khloe Felicani locked in on her power stroke, blasting three home runs in a 13-2 win over Framingham, while Newton South’s Riley Cabrera and Maddie Andrade both raced to inside-the-park homers, as did Greater Lowell’s Emily Peretti.

Braintree got blasts from Brooke Wilson and Lexi Donahue, and Oliver Ames enjoyed long balls from Katie Berg and Ella O’Keefe, while the rest of the day’s round-trippers belonged to Tyngsborough’s Devyn Amico, Clinton’s Leo Repole, Duxbury’s Catherine Grimaldi, Marshfield’s Caroline Arruda, Taunton’s Ashley Hebert, Oliver Ames’s Grayson Reed, Dighton-Rehoboth’s Cam Cloonan, Milton’s Victoria Fish, Monomoy’s Kinsey Lister, and Newton North’s Lyla Berton.

Caroline Arruda, Marshfield — The sophomore powered a 15-9 softball win over Duxbury with three hits, including a home run, four RBIs, and six strikeouts in the circle.

Finn Bell, Wayland — As noted above, the senior became the state’s all-time boys’ volleyball kills leader with 1,429, surpassing Cambridge’s Jalen Penrose, who had 1,422, during a 3-2 win over Newton North.

Jack Devonshire, Oliver Ames — The senior was one hit batsmen away from a perfect game, firing an eight-strikeout no-hitter to beat Stoughton, 7-0. Even that one runner was erased on the basepaths trying to steal, leaving Devonshire to face the minimum.

Khloe Felicani, Westford — The senior posted one of the most impressive batting lines of the season, going 4 for 4, cranking three home runs, and driving in an eye-popping eight runs in a 13-2 softball win over Framingham.

Amaya Flood, Greater Lowell — The senior struck out 15 in a one-hitter to beat Greater Lawrence, 7-1, in softball.

Nelson Murray, Scituate — The junior twirled a no-hitter, striking out seven in an 8-0 baseball victory vs. North Quincy.

Liam Pearson, Plymouth North — The senior did it all, scattering nine hits without a walk in a six-strikeout shutout and collecting two hits, including a double, and driving in a pair at the plate.

Mike Schein, Billerica — The senior hurled a one-hit shutout, striking out eight in a 6-0 baseball victory over Arlington.

▪ CATS Academy senior Jaxson Terry will be headed to Boston University to play men’s basketball. Initially committed to Loyola Chicago, the 6-foot-6-inch, 200-pound combo guard, who also plays for Expressions Elite, re-opened his recruitment in April. He’s ranked No. 8 in the Massachusetts Class of 2026 by the New England Recruiting Report.

▪ Franklin senior linebacker Alex Weber made it official, he will play Division 1 football at Stonehill. The 6-foot, 215-pound Weber verbally committed in January.

▪ Haverhill held a signing day for its seniors bound for college athletics: Sierra Jepson (Southern Maine, soccer), Lacey Stewart (Oklahoma, dance), Brian Story (Gettysburg, swim), Connor Damske (Wentworth, lacrosse), Avery Lescord (Endicott, track), Brewer Murray (Rivier, lacrosse), Cayla Ngunu (Redlands, track), Madison Croft (Plymouth State, track), John Papageorgiou (Skidmore, swim), Sophia DeFrank (WPI, swim and rowing), and Brendan Snyder (Southern Maine, baseball).

▪ Fitchburg celebrated college commitments for seniors Emeila Robertson (Framingham State, soccer and track), Ella Kitchin (Dean, soccer and softball), Jeyline Melendez (Eastern Connecticut, flag football), and Fiona Palmer (UMass, cheerleading).

▪ Melrose also celebrated its seniors heading off to compete in college: Scott Santos (Springfield, wrestling), Jonny Moraes (Castleton State, wrestling), Sabine Wenzel (East Texas A&M, volleyball), Nick Vassallo (Worcester State, track), Dylan Mestjian (St. Michael’s, lacrosse), Lindsay Minton (Roger Williams, field hockey), Cadel McKeown (Suffolk, baseball), Sophie McElligott (Marist, soccer), Charlie Hoskins (Plymouth State, lacrosse), Jack Casey (Hamilton, football), Brian Capodilupo (Salem State, baseball), and Teagan Altman (Franklin & Marshall, cross-country).

▪ Nauset also held its senior signing day, honoring: Madison Bartleman (Williams, swimming), Anika Valli (Salem State, volleyball), Omari Perry (Keene State, soccer), Brendan Peno (Springfield, football and lacrosse), Owen O’Reilly (WPI, wrestling), Laura Kaser (Skidmore, swimming), Mira Gerardi (Wheaton, field hockey), Jake Doherty (Gordon, baseball), Felipe Cronin (Mass. Maritime, soccer), Heather Campbell (Bridgewater State, track), Emmet Blatz (Union, baseball), Violet Roche (Quinnipiac, track), and Julia Kipperman (Merrimack, lacrosse).

▪ Weston joined the chorus, feting its college-bound seniors: Amil Poyau (Connecticut College, track), Ryan Hinckley (Trinity, football), Andrew Pettinato (Middlebury, diving), Riley Huml (Bates, volleyball), Lucas Scully-Power (Colby, track), Jessica Bourne (Colby, track), Andrew Cui (Dartmouth, crew), Jacob Zeng (MIT, crew), Sehbu Parsekian (Wesleyan, crew), and Kate Krueger (Washington, swim).

Peabody has hired almuna and Bishop Fenwick assistant Katrina Silva as its new girls’ soccer coach. Silva led Peabody to four consecutive Northeastern Conference titles before playing at Delaware State. She has several years of experience coaching club before spending last fall on the Crusaders’ staff. Peabody also announced the hiring of Kimberly Frank as field hockey coach.

▪ Dartmouth senior Aine Ley, a Groton graduate from Wayland, was named First Team All-Ivy rowing for a third straight year. Ley sat in the fourth seat of Dartmouth’s varsity eight, which finished third in the grand final at Women’s Eastern Sprints, then took fourth at the Ivy League Championship.

▪ Bates senior Ross Tejeda, a Thayer Academy graduate from Milton, was named an All-East Region performer by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in the 800 (1:52.39) and 1,500 (3:48.13). Junior Ryan Harding, a Wellesley graduate, was on the Bobcats’ All-East Region 4×400 relay, and senior Carson Moellering, a Natick graduate, was named All-Region in the decathlon.

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Tommy Farrell, North Andover, 6

Taylor Richardson, St. John Paul II, 6

Max Russo, Chelmsford, 6

Owen Quinn, Scituate, 6

Finn Cronin, Acton-Boxborough, 5

Matt Panttila, Norwell, 5

Tyler Durgan, Masconomet, 4

Niko Emmanuel, Masconomet, 4

Angelo Machianno, Natick, 4

Christian Maranian, Acton-Boxborough, 4

Aiden Brennan, St. John Paul II, 4

Luke Geary, Scituate, 4

Griffin Mayo, St. John Paul II, 4

Mark Boudreau, North Andover, 3

Tristan Clayton, Acton-Boxborough, 3

Connor O’Keefe, North Reading, 17

Chris Houle, Acton-Boxborough, 15

Matt Tilton, Weston, 15

Jack Wheadon, Masconomet, 14

Connor Dembowski, Danvers, 13

Devyn Blige, Norwell, 12

Brian Skelly, St. John Paul II, 12

Aidan Smith, North Andover, 10

Allie Hesik, Lexington, 17

Amaya Flood, Greater Lowell, 15

Madison Flynn, Barnstable, 12

Calleigh Trickett, Rockport, 12

Raine Wonsey, Frontier, 11

Tessa Francis, Marblehead, 10

Chloe Manning, Plymouth North, 10

Bryce Leonard, Stoneham, 9

Jack Devonshire, Oliver Ames, 8

Mike Schein, Billerica, 8

Marco Sullivan, Latin Academy, 8

Khloe Felicani, Westford, 8

Katie Berg, Oliver Ames, 5

Sydney Haslem, Tyngsborough, 5

Caroline Arruda, Marshfield, 4

Bella Bourque, Taunton, 4

Lilly Franchella, Lexington, 4

Catherine Grimaldi, Duxbury, 4

Kindsey Lister, Monomoy, 4

Brooke Wilson, Braintree, 4

Maddie Andrade, Newton South, 3

Lyla Berton, Newton North, 3

Nate Heinen, Lincoln-Sudbury, 3

Ella O’Keefe, Oliver Ames, 3

Makenna Robinson, Marshfield, 3

Mia Stuart, Winchester, 3

Kira TenPas, Lexington, 3

Sofia Flores, Lexington, 5

Ella O’Keefe, Oliver Ames, 4

Ari Chianca, Saugus, 3

Sydney Deleidi, Saugus, 3

Gia Giovanello, Oliver Ames, 3