Sachems softball makes championship game as other Middleboro, Apponequet sports seasons end
For the second consecutive year, the Middleboro High School Sachems softball team is heading to the state championship game.
The Sachems, ranked sixth in the tournament, beat Triton Regional High School 3-0 in the semifinals on June 13 thanks in part to a first-inning 2-run home run from senior Alex Welch plus quality pitching from senior Cassidy Machado.
Middleboro also beat third-seed Hudson High School 8-5 in the quarterfinals on June 9 and beat 22nd-seed Arlington Catholic High School 12-0 on June 7 in the round of 16.
At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Sachems will face the winner of ninth-ranked Bishop Fenwick High School and fourth-ranked Norton High School on June 14.
The date of the championship game is yet to be announced.
Other Middleboro and Apponequet Regional High School teams saw their seasons end in the playoffs.
The Apponequet Lakers softball team, the 12th seed, lost 5-2 to fourth-seeded Norton in the quarterfinals on June 10. Before that, the Lakers recorded an upset win over fifth-seeded Pittsfield High School 6-1 on June 7 in the round of 16.
The sixth-seeded Lakers’ boys’ tennis team beat Gloucester High School on June 7 in the round of 16. They lost to Dover-Sherborn High School on June 8 in a quarterfinals match hosted at Medway High School.
Apponequet’s girls’ lacrosse team, the eighth seed in the tournament, lost to Newburyport High School 20-3 in the quarterfinals on June 10. In the round of 16, the Lakers beat Swampscott High School 11-7 on June 7.
Apponequet’s boys’ lacrosse team, ranked 12th in the tournament, beat Fairhaven High School 12-4 in the round of 32 on June 5. The Lakers lost 20-8 in an away game against Medfield High School in the round of 16 on June 8.
Apponequet’s baseball team, ranked 18th in the tournament, lost 2-1 in the quarterfinals in an away game against Medfield High School on June 8.
All teams mentioned play in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Division 3. Divisions are broken down by the size of the school, and in the case of some private schools, based on their skill level in a particular sport.
