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Boys’ soccer

D1: No. 1 St. John’s Prep vs. No. 2 Natick, 12:15 p.m., Doyle Field

D2: No. 4 Duxbury vs. No. 11 West Springfield, 4:45 p.m. Doyle Field

D3: No. 2 Norwell vs. No. 4 Greater New Bedford, 4:45 p.m., Curry College

D4: No. 2 Bromfield 1, No. 5 Rockland 0

D5: No. 1 Boston International 2, No. 2 Hopedale 0

Girls’ soccer

D1: No. 4 Natick 4, No. 6 Franklin 2

D2: No. 1 Duxbury vs. No. 2 Longmeadow, 2:30 p.m., Doyle Field

D3: No. 1 Medfield vs. No. 2 Nipmuc, 2:30 p.m., Curry College

D4: No. 1 Sutton 1, No. 6 Littleton 0

D5: No. 3 Hull vs. No. 4 Monson, 12:15 p.m., Curry College



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Natick boys jump out to early lead — 12:30 p.m.

Natick 1, St. John’s Prep 0, 3rd minute

Cole Boggis crosses to Owen Ford who hammers it home in the third minute.


Division 5 girls’ final gets going — 12:25 p.m.

Third-seeded Hull (12-5-3) takes on Monson (12-10-1) in the Division 5 girls’ championship.

Hull is making a second-straight finals appearance after losing to Douglas last year, while Monson is looking to follow up on a 2023 title.


Up next: Natick vs. St. John’s Prep for D1 boys’ crown — 12:10 p.m.

Can the second-seeded Redhawks (16-5-0) capture their second soccer championship of the day? Can No. 1 St. John’s Prep (19-1-2) continue its dominant run through the bracket? Follow along for live updates from Doyle Field in Leominster.


Boston International wins D5 boys title, making history — 11:55 a.m.

Boston International 2, Hopedale 0, final

For the first time ever, a City school is state boys’ soccer champion after top-seeded Boston International, which lost in the 2017 final, took complete control of the Division 5 championship.


Natick captures Division 1 girls’ soccer championship! — 11:50 am.

Natick 4, Franklin 2, final

With two goals each from Nicole Proia and Abby McCauley, the fourth-seeded Redhawks capture their third title in five years, following 2021 and 2023 triumphs.


Boston International inches closer to history — 11:45 a.m.

Boston International 2, Hopedale 0, 73rd minute

Junior forward Henrich Saint scores and the Lions are seven minutes, plus stoppage time, from becoming the first city school to win a state soccer championship.


Natick gains some breathing room — 11:35 a.m.

Natick 4, Franklin 2, 64th minute

Nicole Proia’s second goal of the game and 19th of the season comes from the edge of the box.


Boston International stops penalty shot — 11:30 a.m.

Boston International 1, Hopedale 0, 61st minute


Franklin nearly ties it early in 2nd half — 11:20 a.m.

Natick 3, Franklin 2, 53rd minute

Still trailing, the Panthers got a deep 25-yard shot from Laila Rosen that smashes off the crossbar and bounces out of harm’s way. Inches from equalizing.


The first wave of games begin at noon, with 16 teams vying for the final eight Super Bowl spots.


Natick, Boston International hold halftime leads — 11:00 a.m.

Boston International 1, Hopedale 0, halftime

Natick 3, Franklin 2, halftime


Boston International gets on the board — 10:55 a.m.

Boston International 1, Hopedale 0, 39th minute

BI had dominated possession most of the first half and Sylberto Brevil finally got them on the board in the 39th minute.


Once again, Franklin responds — 10:52 a.m.

Natick 3, Franklin 2, 39th minute

How’s this for offense? Franklin’s Gwen Holland, a senior bound for Bryant, holds the play up and gets through a defender before taking on the goalkeeper and slotting it into the far right corner. Expert finish, wonderful composure.


Natick extends lead late in first half — 10:50 a.m.

Natick 3, Franklin 1, 36th minute

Abby McCauley’s second goal of the game gives the Redhawks some extra breathing room.


Natick regains the lead — 10:35 a.m.

Natick 2, Franklin 1, 17th minute

Seton-Hall bound Natick senior Nicole Proia sends a super strike into the bottom right corner, slotting it in from 30-yards out to put Natick ahead, 2-1.


Hopedale, Boston International still scoreless — 10:30 a.m.

Hopedale 0, Boston International 0, 20th minute


Franklin responds, knots D1 girls’ match at 1-1 — 10:20 a.m.

Natick 1, Franklin 1, 7th minute

Four minutes after Natick went ahead, Franklin’s Grace Marinella equalizes, this one also off a corner, which was taken by Ryleigh O’Brien.


Natick girls take an early 1-0 lead — 10:15 a.m.

Natick 1, Franklin 0, 3rd minute

Just three minutes into the Division 1 girls’ championship, Abby McCauley finds the net off a corner kick for a 1-0 lead.

Franklin made the initial stop and tried to clear, but Natick kept it in the box and McCauley got a foot on it.


First up: Division 1 girls and Division 5 boys — 9:55 a.m.

Our slate of eight championship soccer games kicks off at 10 a.m. with the Division 1 girls’ championship between fourth-seeded Natick (15-3-3) and sixth-seeded Franklin (15-5-2) at Doyle Field in Leominster. Natick won it all in 2021 and 2023 and is looking to keep up its odd-numbered year title pattern. Franklin captured its lone girls’ soccer state championship in 2012.

The boys’ are led off by the D5 final between No. 1 Boston International (19-1-2), which is looking to become the first Boston City League school to win a boys’ soccer state title, and No. 2 Hopedale (11-6-5), making its first state final appearance.


Sutton wins record 13th girls’ championship — 9:50 a.m.

By Mike Puzzanghera, Globe Correspondent

It was fitting for Ava Magnuson to be right in the perfect spot.

After all, the Sutton senior has done it before. She joined the varsity squad as an eighth-grader the year the Suzies won the first championship in this run. And as her final bow, she finished off their record fifth-straight title.

Magnuson found a loose ball in the box with 32 seconds to play, smashing it into the back of the net and finishing off a remarkable run — both of her own, and for the top-ranked Suzies, who took down No. 6 Littleton at Doyle Field in Leominster to reign atop Division 4.

Continue reading Mike Puzzanghera’s story.


Glew twins deliver record 14th title for Bromfield boys’ soccer — 9:45 a.m.

By Mike Puzzanghera, Globe Correspondent

Identical twins Conor and Liam Glew, naturally, have done it all together.

Why should a state championship game be any different?

The two Bromfield seniors combined, with Liam assisting Conor, for the lone goal to lift the second-seeded Trojans past No. 5 Rockland, 1-0, to claim the Division 4 boys’ soccer title Friday night at Doyle Field.

“I don’t score very much, so the fact that it came from [Liam], I was excited for it to even go in the net,” Conor Glew said.

Continue reading Mike Puzzanghera’s story.


Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.

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