MIAAs: 4 Teams Advance; 3 Face Top Seeds

Arlington MA

22 June, 2021

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Your Arlington Last Updated: 19 June 2021 Written by MIAA, BostonGlobe.com The Covid-delayed MIAA tournament is underway, yielding wins for four Arlington teams and challenges ahead for many. Advancing are Arlington High School softball, AHS girls' tennis, AHS boys' volleyball, Arlington Catholic baseball and AC boys' lacrosse. Three face top seeds. In the preliminary round of North Division 1, the No. 9 AHS softball squad (9-4) beat Newton South (5-10), 9-3, On Friday, June 18. In the first round, the team faces No. 8 Boston Latin School (10-5) at 4 p.m. Monday, June 21, at Clemente Field. Tennis, volleyball, baseball, lacrosse In the first round of Division 2 North, girls' tennis No. 8 Arlington (11-3) topped No. 9 Central Catholic (7-4), 5-0, looks ahead to No. 1 Newburyport (12-0) in the quarterfinals on June 21, at 3:30 p.m. at Newburyport High School. In Division 2 North boys' tennis, No. 4 Winchester beat No. 13 Arlington, 5-0. In the preliminary round of Division 1 North, boys' volleyball 17th-ranked Arlington, which had been 0-11, edged No. 16 Central Catholic, 3-2. The team faces No. 1 Chelmsford (10-0) in the first round at 4 p.m. June 21, at Chelmsford. In Division 3 North baseball, No. 16 Arlington Catholic slugged No. 17 Dracut (7-10), 11-3, at Arlington. BostonGlobe.com report that junior Chris Klein picked up his fifth win for the 16th-seeded Cougars (8-8) with five innings pitched, allowing two earned runs with nine strikeouts and two walks in the preliminary-round match-up. Pacing the AC offense were Klein (2 hits, 2 RBIs), senior Jared Russell (3 hits, 2 RBIs), junior Cole Maffeo (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and junior Niko Ceppi (2 hits, 2 RBIs). AC faces No. 1 Austin Prep (18-1) on its field at 4 p.m. June 21. In the quarterfinals of Division 3 Central East of boys' lacrosse, No. 5 Arlington Catholic (7-7) edged No. 4 Lunenburg (5-6), 7-6, at Lunenburg. BostonGlobe.com reported that senior Adam Haytayan and sophomore Thomas Driscoll each netted three goals for the No. 5 Cougars. Team faces top-ranked Dover-Sherborn (12-2) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. June 21 in D-S turf. In the first round of Division 2 Central/East boys' lacrosse, No. 7 Walpole (7-6) overwhelmed No. 10 Arlington (2-11), 19-1. In the first round of Division 2 East girls' lacrosse, No. 7. Bedford (10-4-0) did the same to No. 10. Arlington Catholic (6-8-0), 17-1. Dec. 13, 2020: Arlington fall-sports standouts among those honored amid pandemic This news summary was published Saturday, June 19, 2021. YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.