{"id":1906,"date":"2026-06-04T08:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:33:47","slug":"wednesdays-boys-volleyball-roundup-amaris-cotto-newton-north-ko-lexington-in-five-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1906","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday\u2019s boys\u2019 volleyball roundup: Amaris Cotto, Newton North KO Lexington in five sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Amaris Cotto has been on a state championship team with Newton North, but hasn\u2019t played a match in which his role looked quite like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1904\">Jalen Brunson, Knicks finish on 11-0 run to steal Game 1 of NBA Finals from Spurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The senior right side was a key piece when the 12th-seeded Tigers were on the side of the Lexington High gym where the low strip of ceiling loomed over the left side of the net. He belted three of his 16 kills to help pull away, and the underdogs escaped with a 25-22, 18-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-12 second-round victory over the No. 5 Minutemen in the Division 1 tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was just all hard work,\u201d Cotto said. \u201cWe practiced through this. This is how we play. Everybody just put in the effort into this game, and I think everybody was just great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>One of Cotto\u2019s last kills went cross-court and the Minutemen passed it into the low ceiling, and the final point saw the ball ricochet off it too and force the fatal error.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>When they were able to set the outside, the Tigers (8-11) found sophomore Aaron Stein for 17 kills and senior Kayden Burns-Wong for 13. Peter Reale (10 kills, 2 blocks) battled in the middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI feel like the culture just kind of shifted,\u201d said Reale, of the team\u2019s strong finish and tournament play. \u201cAt the end of the season, we were saying a lot of \u2018We\u2019ll get a next game. But we realized like it\u2019s coming to an end soon and we just want to extend that season as long as possible . . . It\u2019s a culture of winning, culture of deep playoff runs, so we really knew that was possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe wanted to live up to our highest expectations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It extends a streak for coach Nile Fox, who has one boys\u2019 volleyball championship and three girls\u2019 titles, that he has still beaten a single-digit seed each postseason in both since starting in 2021. This was his first time doing it as a double-digit seed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1902\">Wednesday\u2019s 10 high school tournament takeaways, plus the Gatorade baseball Player of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe know what we\u2019re doing. We\u2019ve been to big games,\u201d Fox said. \u201cThis team, this is the first [below .500] team that these kids have had. They\u2019ve only known final fours and state championships\u2026 And it\u2019s the underdog. We were the underdog, the whole season, nobody really thought about us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe wanted to show everybody how good we really are and how good we can be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Division 2 State<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Norton 3, Medfield 2 \u2014 <\/b>After being swept twice by Medfield in the regular season, the No. 21 Lancers (15-5) made an adjustment and took down the 5-seed 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 18-26 in a second-round stunner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Andrew Strojny (27 kills, 16 digs, two blocks), Alex George (29 digs, three assists), Jordan Moore (42 assists, 10 digs), and Ailton Evora (6 aces, 11 kills, 14 digs) executed their plays and ran a 5-1 system that they had first experimented with in one of those losses to the Warriors (17-5). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey went into it with a lot of determination and drive,\u201d said coach Meg Hardiman. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo take a set was an achievement in itself. They played their hearts out. They were positive to each other, making sure they were staying in a good mind-set. Even if they were to lose, seeing how they played and being the team they were, I was a happy coach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1900\">Payton Tolle brings the heat on the mound, and an infectious joy off it<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senior right side delivered 16 kills as the 12th-seeded Tigers ousted No. 5 Lexington in a 25-22, 18-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-12 thriller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wednesday\u2019s boys\u2019 volleyball roundup: Amaris Cotto, Newton North KO Lexington in five sets - 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