Golf
Eighth-grader wins MIAA golf
Watertown eighth-grader Stephanie Frankian shot a 75 at Woodland Country Club to win the MIAA girls' individual championship Monday. MIAA officials said it was the first time in tournament history an eighth grader has won the title. Frankian, just 14-years-old, had company at the top of the leaderboard. Isabel Southard of Sharon, also 14 but a freshman, finished in second place with a 76.
Defending champion Brittany Weddell of Bourne shot a 79.
For a sortable list of final results, including hole-by-hole scores, click HERE.
Girls tee it up
Can Bourne's Brittany Weddell make it two state titles in a row? The MIAA girls' individual golf championship tees off Monday at 8 a.m. at Woodland Country Club in Newton. Weddell took last year's title as a junior and hopes to end her career with back-to-back crowns. She's in a threesome with Watertown's Stephanie Frankian and Minnechaug's Kaitlin Coons.
Letters of intent
A number of area senior student-athletes are making their college commitments official this week, with the early non-football signing period now in play (Nov. 12-19).
Correspondent Brendan Hall checks in with an updated list of commitments:
Baseball
Sahil Bloom, Weston (Stanford)
Kevin Brown, Algonquin (Bryant)
Peter Castaldi, St. John's Prep (Northeastern)
Jon Leroux, Auburn (Northeastern)
Derek Lowe, Lincoln-Sudbury (William & Mary)
John McKenna, Algonquin (UMass-Amherst)
Justin Quinn, Lincoln-Sudbury (Rollins College)
Fran Whitten, Westborough (Maine)
Basketball
Antoine Allen, Notre Dame Prep (Providence)
Russ Braithwaite, St. Mark’s (Babson)
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Tilton/Boston (UConn)
Courtney Finn, Winthrop (Bentley)
Dave Johnson, St. Mark’s (Quinnipiac)
Erik Murphy, St. Mark’s (Florida)
Alex Oriakhi, Tilton/Lowell (UConn)
Dartaye Ruffin, Stoughton (Drexel)
James Southerland, Notre Dame Prep (Syracuse)
Field hockey
Kara Mackintire, Shrewsbury (Boston College)
Golf
Brittany Altomare, Shrewsbury (Virginia)
Lacrosse
Quinn Cully, Duxbury (Notre Dame)
Hakeem Lecky, Duxbury (Syracuse)
Colin O'Rourke, St. John's Shrewsbury (Wagner)
Alex Papoojian, St. John's Shrewsbury (VMI)
Chris Pellichero, King Philip (Providence)
Kristen Scopetski, Algonquin (UMass-Amherst)
Soccer
CC Jensen, Acton-Boxborough (Elon)
AJ Millet, Westford (Harvard)
Sarah Wooley, Duxbury (Siena)
Softball
Nicole D’Argento, Ashland (Boston College)
Jessie Bryant, Marlborough (Providence)
Wanted: Player Diaries
We're dusting off our Player Diaries blog for the fall season and we're looking for athletes who might be interested in chronicling their seasons on Boston.com.
Last fall, Mansfield football standout Mike McPherson and Ursuline volleyball All-Scholastic Caitlin Burchill kept us updated on their exciting seasons. Now we want you to tell us all about your fall season.
Interested? Drop us an email with your name, sport you play, and a brief bio about yourself. Remember, you don't have to be the team superstar. Heck, if you're the stats keeper and you want to tell the world about how your team is doing, we want you, too.
We'll pick a handful of our favorites to handle the Player Diaries this fall. Hey, it doesn't look bad on a college resume, either.
Golf: Weddell winner
girls' golf
Girls' golf individual championship
- Click HERE to watch video highlights
- Click HERE for a complete results, including hole-by-hole scoring
NEWTON -- Bourne junior Brittany Weddell fired a 3-over-par 75 Monday morning at Woodland Golf Club to easily outdistance the field in winning the MIAA girls' golf individual championship.
Weddell, a Globe All-Scholastic, coupled five bogeys with a pair of birdies to emerge with an eight-stroke victory. Notre Dame of Hingham senior Courtney Lee finished second by carding an 83, while Minnechaug junior Kaitlin Coons and St. Peter-Marian junior Taylor Coleman fired matching 84s to tie for third.
The top nine players have earned automatic entry to the New England championships in Brentwood, N.H. on June 16.
Playing in her first tournament of the spring (she typically competes for the co-ed Bourne golf team in the fall), Weddell opened Monday's round at 2-over through five holes, but birdied No. 6 (a 415-yard par 4) and played 1-over golf the rest of the day.
"I felt really comfortable out there," said Weddell, who finished third here the past two seasons.
Bourne golf coach Rod Weston called her "unflappable," and she proved to be. Making the turn at 2-over, she birdied No. 10 (a 431-yard par 5 that gave her fellow golfers fits), then registered six pars on the back nine, including the final three holes to ensure victory.
"I wanted to finish strong," said Weddell.
Despite being the first group back in the clubhouse and enduring a long wait for all the other groups to arrive, her score stood up... and easily. Only the top 10 golfers broke 90 on the day.
Weddell, who left Bourne at 6 a.m. and fought traffic for the 8 a.m shotgun start, stayed within herself. She excelled off the tee and stayed below the hole to avoid the slippery putts that had been her demise in past years.
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We'll have video highlights and reaction from Newton later. The Globe's Maggie Cassidy will have a complete recap from today's event in Tuesday's Globe.
Look for updates from:
- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
