Boys MA Div. I

One day after ascending to the top of the HNIB News Massachusetts Division One Top 20, No. 1 Burlington had its 10-game winning streak go by the wayside in a 3-1 loss to resurgent Malden Catholic Monday afternoon at the Malden Valley Forum. It stands ...

* In the Catholic Conference, No. 9 St. John’s Prep completed a season sweep of No. 5 Xaverian with an impressive 5-1 road win. Zach McKennelley scored twice for the Eagles and Matt Taylor, Jack Gilligan and Cam Russo (first varsity goal) added a goal ...

Now in his 35th season as head coach, Mark Lee frets that St. Mary’s has struggled to play a full game despite its lofty ranking. Nevertheless, the Spartans (8-1-1), ranked No. 2 again in this week’s most recent HNIB News  MassachusettsBoys Division 1 Top 20  ...

We toyed briefly with the idea of leaving the top spot vacant this week and moving on from there. Kidding, of course, but the point being that parity has produced chaos and defense rules with no team or handful of teams able to clearly separate ...

Time is winding down in a Catholic Conference showdown between host Xaverian and Catholic Memorial, with the game tied at 1. Xaverian’s Matty Ryan chases down a CM rush and breaks up the play with a nice backcheck inside the far blue line, sending the ...

* After scoring just eight goals in a five-game stretch during which it went 1-3-1, Marshfield needed an offensive breakout. The Rams did just that in their 8-3 win against Pembroke, powered by Matt Mullaney’s hat trick and a goal and three assists from Shane ...

Division 1 Weekend Highlights: * Senior goalie Dan Laurson yielded nothing as Independent St. John’s (S) shut out Marshfield, 4-0, completing a season sweep of the Rams. Senior Sean Clark led the Pioneers with two goals and juniors Andrew Dowd and Matt McLellan added one ...

So this is how it’s going to be? It all sort of went upside down and sideways Saturday, producing rankings that looks decidedly different than it did a week ago. New No. 1 Xaverian (6-1-2) vaults three spots to the top, supplanting BC High after ...

Wednesday’s Massachusetts Boys D1 Highlights: * Catholic Memorial raced out to a 3-0 lead and held on to knock off previously unbeaten BC High, 3-2, in the Catholic Conference. Freshman Finn Burke, sophomore Joey Borelli and senior captain Kevin McCarthy scored the Knights’ goals. Goalie ...