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Dan Shaughnessy

COVID-19 has robbed our young athletes of joys they can never get back

Having a season of team sports wiped out isn't the worst thing about this pandemic, but it is no small loss to a young athlete.

NATE WEITZER | HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Framingham athletes welcome opportunities to return to practice, competition in busy Fall II season
Preaching "patience and flexibility," the Flyers are offering 14 different sports normally played in fall or winter.

Photos: Mass. high school football teams don’t let a little snow mar the first week back on the field
After more than 450 days, high school football is back. Here's what it looked like.

BOYS' BASKETBALL | BOSTON CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
With game on the line, Mason Lawson leads Latin Academy to historic victory
The senior point guard hit several key free throws down the stretch, and the Dragons held off New Mission to clinch the program's first league tournament title in 28 years.

BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Mason Lawson found his motivation early

GIRLS' BASKETBALL | BOSTON CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
It’s a decisive fourth as Fenway’s reign at No. 1 continues
Led by junior Kayana Armbrister (18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks), the Panthers overcame a tough challenge by O'Bryant in the final quarter to add to the program's legacy.

BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
Mason Lawson found his motivation early, and is now looking to help lead Latin Academy to a Boston City League title
The Dragons, who earned a bye as the tournament's top seed, take on Charlestown on Friday at 5:45 p.m.

EMass boys’ basketball: Watertown’s Gabe Spinelli headlines Players of the WeekGlobe Top 20: Patriot Cup champion Whitman-Hanson is No. 1

GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
League tournaments have been a hit, and Cape & Islands teams will get their opportunity this week
A false positive test initially shut down Martha's Vineyard and other opponents, but the revamped bracket of five teams begins Thursday.

EMass girls’ hockey: Duxbury’s Anna McGinty headlines Players of the WeekGlobe Top 20: Patriot Cup champion Duxbury is No. 1

high school footballFormer Dedham High football coach sues school officials for non-renewal of contract
David Flynn filed a lawsuit last week against Principal Jim Forrest, Athletic Director Steve Traister, and Superintendent Michael J. Welch, who Flynn says retaliated against him for expressing ideas as a parent and private citizen with which they disagreed.

MIAA TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MIAA tournament management eyes springing forward with sectional tournament
During a virtual meeting Wednesday, the TMC voted 12-6-1 to work on developing sectional tournament concepts for the spring season scheduled to begin April 26.

JIM CLARK | BOYS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
Hingham boys’ hockey adds new honor: Patriot League champs
Hingham capped a 14-1 campaign and ranked third in the final Globe Top 20 — once again as the top public team in Massachusetts

EMass boys’ hockey: Abington’s Mikey Pineau headlines Players of the WeekGlobe Top 20: Catholic Conference champion Xaverian is No. 1.

ICE HOCKEY
Xaverian caps historic season with Catholic Conference tournament championship; St. Mary’s sweeps Catholic Central League Cup titles
The Hawks, who earlier this week secured their first league title since 1968, rode the strong goaltending of Kevin McGrath and goals from Joe DiMartino and Braden O'Hara to skate past Catholic Memorial.

SATURDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Natick girls’ volleyball finishes off historic sweep of Newton North

Led by five senior starters, the Redhawks posted their second 3-0 victory against their Bay State Conference rival in as many nights. 2 hours ago
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GIRLS' HOCKEY

Freshmen move Barnstable to head of the class with Cape & Islands championship

Finley Crosby, Grace Holden and Alyssa McEneaney scored, and Meili Raspante made 20 saves as Barnstable handed archrival Falmouth its only loss of the season.
SATURDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Nantucket breaks through late to capture Cape & Islands Lighthouse boys’ hockey championship

Junior Hudson Perry's second goal of the game with less than six minutes left broke a tie with Dennis-Yarmouth, and the Whalers pulled away to cap their season with a 12-3-1 record.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL

With aggressive, unselfish, poised finish, O’Bryant girls’ basketball earns its place in City final

Sophomore Lina Guerrero (15 points) drained four late free throws in win over Latin Academy. Junior Kayana Armbrister (26 points, 9 rebounds) powered Fenway in other semifinal.
BOYS' BASKETBALL

Hassan Jenkins, New Mission close out TechBoston, reach Boston City League championship game against Latin Academy

The 6-foot-4-inch sophomore scored 24 points to lift the Titans past the two-time defending champion Bears, while unbeaten Latin Academy used a strong second half to pull away from Charlestown.
BOYS' HOCKEY

Falmouth’s Stone Devlin reaches milestone while hitting his bigger goal: a Cape & Islands tournament championship

The Clippers senior scored three times, the last for his 100th career point in his final game, to cap a 4-0 victory over archrival Barnstable.
MIAA TENNIS | VOLLEYBALL

Net changes ahead: MIAA committees discuss status of individual tennis, COVID modifications for girls’ volleyball

The Tennis Committee believes singles and doubles tournament won't happen in 2021, while the Volleyball Committee reviewed upcoming changes for Fall II, including the elimination of the '3-foot rule.'
MIAA FOOTBALL COMMITTEE

MIAA Football Committee reverses field, returns to 8-game regular season, 16-team per division playoff

A motion to vote against the nine-game regular season that had been approved on Jan. 19 narrowly passed, 11-9-1, with statewide tournament makes it debut in fall 2021.

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Meet the Globe’s 2020 fall All-Scholastics

In the strangest of seasons, the Globe salutes the region’s best high school athletes and coaches in five fall sports.

Meet the Globe’s 2019-20 winter All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in nine winter sports.

Meet the Boston Globe’s fall 2019 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in six fall sports.

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Globe Fall All-Scholastics

A season of perseverance

There were starts and stops, and quarantines. In a few communities, unbeaten seasons came to an abrupt halt. But through the masks, the sanitizers, and the socially-distanced markers, Massachusetts' high school athletes played on.
See the full All-Scholastics teams for the fall season
2019-20 BOSTON GLOBE SCHOLASTIC AWARDS

Franklin High teams up to raise another Dalton Division 1 trophy

The Panthers excelled in the 2019-20 campaign to edge out Natick and Needham for the honor.
Final 2019-20 Globe Scholastic standings
PHELPS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD

‘It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award

Almost 400 student-athletes have been recognized, with Phelps contributing a half-million dollars to the program.
2019-20 Globe Foundation/Phelps Scholar-Athletes

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Red Sox

Is Jackie Bradley Jr. better defensively than Fred Lynn was? We asked Lynn

Most modern-era Red Sox fans will narrow the center-field debate to those two.

Wondering about Jackie Bradley Jr.’s place in Red Sox lore, and other thoughts

Where does Bradley fit in team history — perhaps on the same level with players such as Jimmy Piersall, Marty Barrett, Rich Gedman, and Rick Burleson?

Fenway Sports Group partner donated $250,000 to Florida governor after his private community was vaccinated

Limited partner Bruce Rauner lives in an "ultra-exclusive neighborhood" that received its vaccinations before much of the state.

Patriots

A guide to the Patriots offseason: Free-agent decisions, cap space, and 10 picks in the NFL draft

Free agency and the new league year begin on March 17, and will kick off a flurry of roster-resetting and team-building across the league.

13 Patriots salary-cap situations to know: A look at the most expensive players and opt-outs

The Patriots are in great salary-cap shape, but they still will probably make a few cap-related cuts or trades over the next few weeks.

I rewatched every fourth quarter Tom Brady has played in a Super Bowl. Here’s what I saw

Random observations, stuff we forgot, and the coolest moments.

Bruins

Playing for each other, Bruins respond to hit on Brandon Carlo by knocking out Capitals

The Bruins scored four goals after the Wilson hit and routed the Capitals, taking 3 out of 4 points in the back-to-back set.

Brandon Carlo taken to hospital by ambulance after head-hunting hit from Washington’s Tom Wilson

Wilson was not penalized, but he and the Capitals paid the price.

Wish you were there: Pondering the athletes whose best moments we wish we witnessed

If you could drop yourself into a front-row seat to any sports performance in history, which would you choose? How would you choose? Kevin Paul Dupont tries to answer those questions.

Celtics

Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics’ starters

The Celtics arrive at the All-Star break at 19-17 after an up-and-down first half. Here is a look at individual performances.

Jayson Tatum says he’s still experiencing side effects from his bout with COVID-19

The Celtics forward said Tuesday that he has had some respiratory issues. “I think it messes with your breathing a little bit,” he said.

Wish you were there: Pondering the athletes whose best moments we wish we witnessed

If you could drop yourself into a front-row seat to any sports performance in history, which would you choose? How would you choose? Kevin Paul Dupont tries to answer those questions.