Tuesday’s high school scores and highlights

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

GOLF

Acton-Boxboro 87, Newton South 80

Ashland 231, Bellingham 272

Belmont 41, Arlington 31

Beverly 36.5, Swampscott 35.5

Bridgewater-Raynham 98, Durfee 72

Brockton 86, Dartmouth 80

Canton 162, Foxboro 170

Central Catholic 269, Methuen 283

Central Catholic 269, Dracut 318

Hamilton-Wenham 133, Manchester Essex 130

Hingham 242, Silver Lake 272

Holliston 275, Norton 281

Ipswich 97, Georgetown 83

Marshfield 251, Whitman-Hanson 283

Melrose 40, Burlington 30

Methuen 283, Dracut 318

Milton 95, Walpole 91

Norwood 257, Millis 270

Plymouth South 261, Pembroke 274

Rockport 132, Amesbury 81

Quincy 272, North Quincy 277

St. John Paul 3.5, Monomoy 2.5

St. John’s Prep 217, Catholic Memorial 258

Sandwich 243, Barnstable 270

Scituate 257, Hanover 257 (Scituate wins)

Shawsheen 145, Essex Tech 133

Tantasqua 28.5, Shepherd Hill 25.5

Wakefield 47, Stoneham 34

Waltham 47, Bedford 39

Wellesley 102, Needham 99

Weston 115, Wayland 71

Winchester 57.5, Woburn 14.5

Xaverian 224, Malden Catholic 278

NEW LOOK FOR CATHOLIC CENTRAL LEAGUE

St. Mary’s athletic director Jeff Newhall was having an increasingly tougher time filling out his school’s schedules.

The varsity wasn’t that much a problem, but the sub-varsity event was becoming a concern. With dwindling numbers at some of the schools in his league, Newhall was working extra hard to find games at the younger levels.

Once Bishop Feehan and Bishop Stang became available, the Catholic Central League extended an invitation and those two schools accepted. While the marriage is still in the honeymoon stages, all parties are thrilled so far.

“We’re happy to have added two schools that have a great athlete tradition and have teams competing at all levels,” Newhall said. “At St. Mary’s, we have programs at the varsity, junior varsity and freshman levels. Having schools like Bishop Feehan and Bishop Stang who have programs at all three levels makes it easier. The timing was perfect and our experiences working with their administration so far has been great.”

For the most part, the Catholic Central League will be broken down into three divisions. The North will have Arlington Catholic, Austin Prep, Bishop Fenwick, and St. Mary’s, the South will consist of Bishop Feehan, Bishop Stang, Archbishop Williams, and Cardinal Spellman, while the Small schools are Cathedral, Cristo Rey, Matignon, and Saint Joseph Prep.

Bishop Stang has already dipped its toes into the CCL varsity waters with early success. The golf team has opened the season with a pair of wins over Bishop Feehan and Archbishop Williams.

“The CCL is both a great challenge and a great opportunity for us,” said Bishop Stang athletic director Dennis Golden, who also serves as the school’s head football coach. “The competition from sport to sport is outstanding, that is evident. This will give us the opportunity to compete in a league with other co-ed, Catholic schools, who are similar in size to us, as well as similar in school mission.

“Our players, our coaches, and our school community all look forward to the opportunity to compete in this league. We look to represent Bishop Stang to the best of our abilities, and we want to do this with poise and with class at all times.”

The one drawback that some pointed to was the travel. A one-way trek from Arlington Catholic to Bishop Stang is 65.2 miles, not exactly a cross-town sojourn. Arlington Catholic athletic director Dan Shine admits it’s an obstacle, but feels the pluses far outweigh the minuses.

“All in all, this is a good thing for the league because we’re getting two outstanding schools, both academically and athletically,” Shine said. “We’ve been sensitive to (travel), figuring out what works best. For us, we’ll probably go down there on a Saturday or Sunday.

“We’ve already struck up excellent relationships with both schools in a relatively short period of time. I’m really excited about it.”

GOLF ROUNDUP

Kyzar Joshi earned medalist honors with a 35 and twin sister Keira chipped in with a 36 as Ashland opened the season with a 231-272 win over Bellingham in the Tri-Valley League. … Louie Denison shot 3-over 39 as Holliston avenged last week’s loss to Norton, 275-281.

Joey Lenane shot a two-under-34 as Xaverian defeated Malden Catholic, 224-278, in the Catholic Conference. … Connor Remley, Brendan O’Holleran, Emmet Phela all shot a 35 to lead St. John’s Prep to  217-258 win over Catholic Memorial.

Tim Murphy’s 48 broke the tie as Scituate defeated Hanover in a tiebreaker, 257-257, in Patriot League action. The Sailors were led by Sam Benning and Evan Nelson both with 41, followed by Joe Donovan and Austin Ryan with 42’s and John Kinsley with 43. … Nolan Skaggs was medalist for Plymouth South with a 1-over 37 in its 261-274 win over Pembroke. … Andrew Peterson notched a low score of 40 as Quincy edged crosstown rival North Quincy, 272-277. … Will Coggeshall and Jack Keane each shot a 38, while Owen Masterson posted a 43 in his first career match, helping Marshfield defeat Whitman-Hanson, 251-283…Luke McDonald shot an even-par-36, carrying Hingham to a 242-272 win over Silver Lake.

Mansfield shattered the team scoring record by 10 strokes in a 135-186 win over Milford in the Hockomock League. Brian See (33), Ryan Dow (34), Jason See (35) and Joe Gormley (35) led the way for the Hornets. … Owen Donovan’s 2-over 38 paced Canton in a 162-170 victory against Foxboro.

Michael Barrasso earned medalist honors with a 37 as Sandwich opened its season with a 243-270 win over Barnstable.

Ryan Keyes shot a 38 (2-over-par), finishing as medalist to lead Wellesley to a 102-99 victory over Bay State Conference foe Needham.

In the Cape Ann League, Jake Engle, Jack Cahill and Will Cahill turned in strong efforts as Rockport (1-0) defeated Amesbury, 132-81.

Led by freshman Jack Carstensen’s 1-over-par 36, St. John Paul II (2-0) edged Monomoy, 3.5-2.5 in a Cape & Islands League Lighthouse Division meet.

Justin Peters had the low score of the day with a 38, followed by teammate Caitlin Anderson (39) as Bridgewater-Raynham defeated Durfee, 98-72, in a Southeastern Conference contest.

… Owen Talbot and Jimmy Dragonetti turned in solid efforts as Brockton beat Dartmouth, 86-80.

Josh Lavallee opened with a 36 as Central Catholic defeated Methuen (269-283) and Dracut (269-318).in the Merrimack Valley Conference.

In a Commonwealth Athletic Conference affair, Aiden Sullivan shot a 35, earning medalist distinction, as Shawsheen edged Essex Tech, 145-133.

Andrew Welch shot a 35 with three birdies to lift Acton-Boxboro past Newton South, 87-80, in the Dual County League.

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