With high school spring sports teams to start playing for real on Thursday, let’s take advantage of this last opportunity to celebrate the season just past.
Here below is our third annual best of winter photo gallery, this time featuring more than 80 images from more than 50 students, while showcasing athletes, coaches, and fans from across the state.
The Globe’s one-of-a-kind photojournalism program works with students from across Massachusetts to help cover the high school sports scene. In 2025-26, more than 220 students have signed up for this program, which is free for any Massachusetts high school student to participate in.
Now is a great time for more people to join. The first step: Simply sign up here.
Questions? Please send them along to John Vitti of the Globe sports department at john.vitti@globe.com.
Ryan Kisiel celebrates after scoring for Hanover in its 7-5 victory over Medfield in the MIAA Division 3 boys’ hockey championship game at TD Garden on Msrch 15, 2026.JJ Levis/St. John’s Prep
The South Hadley girls’ basketball team celebrates after a 59-49 win over Millis in the MIAA Divison 4 state semifinals on March 11, 2026, at Worcester State.Brandon Bregu/South Hadley High School
The Nashoba boys’ hockey team heads to the bench to celebrate a goal during a 7-0 win over Grafton on Jan. 10, 2026, at DCU Center in WorcesterAidan Dionne/Wachusett Regional High School
Nantucket senior Amare Bramwell drives to the basket during a 67-60 home win against Martha’s Vineyard on Dec. 14, 2025.Andrew Lavin/Nantucket High School
Westford Academy’s Mila Munichiello competes in the butterfly during the Dual County League swim championships on Jan. 31, 2026, at Beede Center in Concord.Gabriel Freeman/Westford Academy
Bishop Feehan senior Brody Bumila (49 points, 22 rebounds) celebrates with the Shamrocks’ student section after a 94–87 victory at Needham in the MIAA boys’ basketball tournament on March 4, 2026.Paige Berry/Bishop Feehan High School
St. Sebastian’s Solis Blue attempts a through-the-legs dunk before a game against visiting Belmont Hill on Jan. 30, 2026.Lincoln Silva/St. Sebastian’s
Ojyo Cook performs the national anthem on his electric guitar as part of Senior Night activities before Watertown-Wayland played Dover-Sherborn/Weston on Feb. 18, 2026, at John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown.Vanessa Taxiarchis/Wayland High School
Dom Taylor (bottom) and Dighton-Rehoboth’s Kensley Macaen (right)
wrestle for the ball during a game at Somerset Berkley on Jan. 9, 2026.Calder Troutman/Somerset Berkley High School
Wayland’s JoJo Cavallo (top) controls his opponent while earning a victory at 165 pounds during a meet at Ashland Middle School on Jan. 15, 2026.Brandon Hill/Wayland High School
The Quabbin girls’ basketball team stands for the national anthem before its game with visiting Tyngsborough on jan. 6, 2026.Maddy Hardy/Quabbin High School
Xaverian’s Andrew Dean is in the spotlight during introductions before a 56-43 win over visiting Lincoln-Sudbury in the MIAA Division 1 boys’ basketball tournament on Feb. 27, 2026.Megi Stasa/Milton High School
Wlimington senior Bella Merrit (3) takes a photo of her and her teammates as a pregame ritual ahead of their 52-46 win over Southeastern Regional in the MIAA Division 3 tournament on Feb. 27, 2026.Braeden Foley/Wilmington High School
Catholic Memorial’s Kise Flannery delivers an emphatic slam to cap an 71-64 overtime win at BC High on Jan. 9, 2026.Daniel Logan/Boston College High School St. John’s Shrewsbury diving Handout
Hampshire Regional girls’ basketball coach Jason Plamondon watches the final seconds of a 50-24 home victory over visiting Chicopee Comp on Jan. 2, 2026, while wearing a shirt dedicated to Maddie Schmidt, an 8-year-old victim of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and the lives she touched.Collin Westcott/Hampshire Regional High School
Bishop Fenwick junior OG Pashoto is hyped up after scoring during a loss to visiting St. Mary’s on Jan. 30, 2026.Lauren Cinelli/Bishop Fenwick High School
Medfield captain Matt Dickson (10) celebrates while heading toward the locker room after a 5–0 win over Nauset in the MIAA Division 3 semifinal on March 8, 2026, at Gallo Arena.Maria Barros/Medfield High School
Pope Francis’s Jack Goggin (55) and captain Matt Regan celebrate a 5-4 win over Hingham in a MIAA Division 1 hockey semifinal at Conte Forum on March 8, 2026.Braeden Foley/Wilmington High School
Diman/Durfee/Westport’s Gavin Camara, Cam Gauthier, and RJ Leach celebrate a goal with their fans during a 6-1 win over Upper Cape on Jan. 24, 2026, at Driscoll Arena in Fall River.Calder Troutman/Somerset Berkley High School
Easthampton’s Cal Gworek celebrates once again with his teammates during a 7-point night in a 7-0 victory over visiting Agawam on Dec. 17, 2025, at Lossone Rink.Teddy Overtree/Hampshire Regional High School
Wellesley sophomore Owen Keating celebrates a third-period goal during a 4-1 win over visiting North Middlesex on Jan. 20, 2026.Kian Farboodmanesh/Wellesley High School
Framingham’s Colin Walsh (4, middle) celebrates his goal alongside Adam Kornbau (left), Tyghe McLaughlin (7), and Jonny Countinho (right) during a 4-2 win over visiting Needham on Feb. 4, 2026.Lane Dailida/Framingham High School
St. Mark’s junior Will Manchuso (left) battles for the puck during a 6-2 win over host Milton Academy on Dec. 3, 2025.Aidan Moroney/Concord-Carlisle High School
Medfield’s Owen Fessenden (right) dives for the puck during a 3-2 overtime loss to Westwood on Dec. 20, 2025, at Canton Ice House.Ariana DiNatale/Medfield High School
Nantucket freshman Phoebe Fitch is swept off her feet making a pass during an 8-3 loss to visiting Boston Latin Academy on Feb. 14, 2026.Andrew Lavin/Nantucket High School
St. John’s Prep senior Logan Daigle lines up for a faceoff during a 2-1 win over visiting Xaverian on Jan. 31, 2026.Matteo Faggiano/St. John’s Prep
Wilmington senior Nate Anderson looks toward the faceoff in a 3-1 loss at Melrose on Jan. 10, 2026.Conor Kinneen/Wilmington High School
Newburyport’s Nolan Winters (14), Ryan Downey (12), and Ben Warnat (44) are cheered on by the student section during an 86-61 win over visiting Somerset Berkley in the MIAA Division 2 boys’ basketball tournament on Feb. 28, 2026.Zoe Blumenthal/Melrose High School
Bishop Feehan senior Mollie Mullen shoots a 3-pointer during a 74–32 win over visiting Franklin in the MIAA Division 1 girls’ basketball tournament on March 3, 2026.Paige Berry/Bishop Feehan High School
Westford Academy’s Maddie Smith (22) keeps her eyes on the ball during a 64-50 home win against Newton North in a round-of-32 MIAA girls’ basketball game Feb. 27, 2026.Gabriel Freeman/Westford Academy
Wellesley sophomore Ethan Alexis (23) stands amid the Brookline bench trying to help the referee make a call in the second quarter of a 42-36 win on Feb. 3, 2026.Daniel Bruni/Wellesley High School
Medfield starters Abby Broderick (left) Tess Baacke (center), and Paige Henebry support their teammates during an 85-37 win over visiting Bellingham on Jan. 9, 2026.James Hurley/Medfield High School
The Roxbury Latin fan section celebrates after freshman Ethan Budreau scored during a 70-59 win over visiting Pomfret on Jan. 9, 2026.Ajay Devendran/Roxbury Latin
Bishop Feehan senior Lucas McNally sinks a 3-pointer during the Shamrocks’ 94–87 victory at Needham in the MIAA boys’ basketball tournament on March 4, 2026.Paige Berry/Bishop Feehan High School
South Hadley’s Olivia Athas (left) congratulates Kate Phillips for scoring while being fouled during a 59-49 win over Millis in the MIAA Divison 4 girls’ basketball state semifinals on March 11, 2026, at Worcester State.Brandon Bregu/South Hadley High School
Bishop Fenwick senior captain Celia Neilson takes off on a fast break during a 64-30 win over visiting Newton South on Dec. 17, 2025.Nicholas Walczewski/Bishop Fenwick High School
North Reading junior Sophie Gallivan dribbles through contact during a 57-34 win over visiting Old Rochester in the Sweet 16 of the MIAA Division 3 girls’ basketball tournament on March 4, 2026.Lauren Cinelli/Bishop Fenwick High School
Pittsfield’s Caprese Conyers (3) flies up court during a 55-50 loss at Northampton on Jan. 8, 2026.Maren Sirois/Northampton High School
Watertown sophomore Natalia Keuchkarian dribbles the ball up the court in a 54-46 loss at Lynnfield in an MIAA Division 3 girls’ basketball tournament game on Feb. 27, 2026.Lauren Cinelli/Bishop Fenwick High School
Westford Academy freshman Laney Troiano waves at the crowd, her foot held by classmate Evelyn Silva, as the cheer squad performed during timeouts at TD Garden, where the girls’ basketball team played Acton-Boxborough as part of the Andrew James Lawson Foundation Invitational on Jan. 18, 2026.Katie Fonden/Westford Academy
Somerset Berkley’s Kyle Hamblett celebrates a 3-pointer during a 71-53 win over visiting Old Rochester on Feb. 3, 2026.Calder Troutman/Somerset Berkley High School
Xaverian freshman Trevor Gardner sets up to shoot a free throw during a 65-60 loss to visiting BC High on Jan. 14, 2026.Cullen Melsheimer/Xaverian High School
Bishop Feehan senior Kaden Baltazar keeps his focus during a 67-64 loss at Attleboro in the championship game of the Bombardier Classic on Feb. 18, 2026.Naren Lokam/Bishop Feehan High School
Brothers D’sean (1) and Jevon Moron (5) of Shawsheen Tech await the next play during a 55-33 loss to visiting Greater Lawrence on Jan. 2, 2026.Madeline Manning/Shawsheen Valley Technical
Case’s Reid Ulmschneider (left) and Ryan Crook share a laugh at their game Jan. 22, 2026, at Somerset Berkley.Calder Troutman/Somerset Berkley High School
Rockland senior Jomo Bayer gets ready to play defense during a 70-52 win over visiting Abington on Jan. 20, 2026.Aaron Nicholson/Rockland High School
Hampshire Regional junior Isaiah Isa eyes the ball during a 61-52 win over visiting Monson on Dec. 11, 2025.Collin Westcott/Hampshire Regional High School
Deerfield’s Elijah Webb celebrates his game-winning 3-point in the final seconds of a 70-67 win at Williston on Jan. 10, 2026.Teddy Overtree/Hampshire Regional High School
Catholic Memorial’s Johnny Ramos eyes the net as the crowd rises behind him during a 73-58 loss to visiting Saint John’s Shrewsbury on Jan.13, 2026.Rocco Pochesci/Waltham High School
Newton South junior Kingston Flemming puts up a floater during a 69-51 loss to visiting Acton-Boxborough on Jan. 9, 2026.Peter Looby/Newton South High School
Westwood senior Leo Chilangwa throws down a monstrous two-handed dunk during a 49-42 victor over visiting Dover-Sherborn on Dec. 23, 2025.Owen Ziegler/Westwood High School
Burlington’s Matty Gray throws down a first-half dunk during a 71-40 win over visiting Wilmington on Feb. 6, 2026.Neeraj Biji/Burlington High School
Adam Picard of St. John’s Shrewsbury hits a pose while diving during a meet at BC High on Dec. 18, 2025.Daniel Logan/Boston College High School
Ludlow goalie Donald Rodgers prepares for a boys’ hockey game against visiting Westfield on Jan. 22, 2026.Clara Lambert/Belchertown High School
Concord-Carlisle senior captain Sam Griswold keeps his eye on the puck during a 5-0 loss to Tewksbury on Jan. 10, 2026, at Edge Sports Center in Bedford.Aidan Moroney/Concord-Carlisle High School
Waltham senior goalie Miyana Bahl, warms up for a girls’ hockey game against visiting Algonquin on Jan. 19, 2026.Patrick Brasco/Waltham High School
Jason Kim from Amherst Regional defends the net during a 1-0 loss at Minnechuag, on Jan. 2, 2026.Sophie Ziomek/Amherst-Pelham Regional
Somerset Berkley captain Adam Bastis picks the corner during a 4-2 loss to Taunton at Driscoll Arena in Fall River on Dec. 17, 2025.Bryson Cain/Somerset Berkley High School
Justin Harrington couldn’t be stopped by Danvers’s Jacob Langlais (on ice), Aiden Hockney (in back), or goalie Evan Morey as he scores his second goal in Shawsheen’s 4-0 win in the MIAA Division 3 boys’ hockey tournament Feb. 28, 2026, at Hallenborg Rink in Billerica.Madeline Manning/Shawsheen Valley Technical
Junior Luke Egan of the Watertown-Wayland boys’ hockey team handles the puck during a 4-3 overtime loss to visiting Wilmington on Feb. 4, 2026, at John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown.Brandon Hill/Wayland High School
Melrose gymnastics senior captains (from left) Sumin Kang, Noah Williamson, and Bella Ferranti pose during their Senior Night celebration on Feb. 6, 2026, prior to a meet against Wilmington-Bedford and Winchester.Zoe Blumenthal/Melrose High School
Westford Academy’s Ethan Barrett propels himself with a backstroke during the Dual County League swim championships on Jan. 31, 2026, at Beede Center in Concord.Gabriel Freeman/Westford Academy
Wellesley junior Daniel Woods looks to the referee in the middle of his match at 157 pounds during a meet with visiting Braintree on Jan. 7, 2026.Daniel Bruni/Wellesley High School
Shawsheen’s James Tildsley (top) won by a technical fall in a matchup with Woburn’s James Delorfano during a quad meet on Dec. 27, 2025.Madeline Manning/Shawsheen Valley Technical
Wayland’s Damian Sdoia works to pin Westford Academy’s William Sturges during a home meet Jan. 7, 2026.Vanessa Taxiarchis/Wayland High School
Arlington’s Cedrick Daniel gets on top of his Lexington opponent during a dominant victory at 126 pounds on Jan. 8, 2026, at Arlington High School.Isa Inci/Arlington High School
Josh Gonsalves (left) of Middleboro shakes hands with Dedham’s Anthony Sateriale before their 113-pound championship match at the MIAA Division 3 state tournament on Feb. 21, 2026, at Gloucester High School.Jack Wronski/Old Colony Regional
Wayland long jumper Sazie Wrentmore takes off during a dual meet at the Track at New Balance in Brighton on Jan. 7, 2026.Brandon Hill/Wayland High School
Catholic Memorial junior Amar Skeete executes the step phase of the triple jump during the MSTCA Northeast Invitational at Reggie Lewis Track Center on Jan. 9, 2026.Myles Esteves/O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Groton-Dunstable senior Jared Cappella follows the action during a 5-1 win over visiting Westborough on Jan. 7, 2026.Collin Traverse/Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
St. Sebastian’s senior captain Ty Curry stands for the national anthem before a game at Thayer Academy on Jan. 30, 2026.Andrew MacDougall/St. Sebastian’s
The Academy of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro) varsity boys’ basketball team — (from left) head coach Pedro Perez, JV coach Josue Estrella, Sam Langlais, Christian Makumbi, Oscar Antigua, Harry Kehaias, Kenny Almonte, Elias Gonzalez, Brady O’Neil, John Pham, Morlai Turay, and Mason Dietz — stands for the national anthem prior to a game with visiting Nashoba Valley Tech on Dec. 22, 2025.Nathaniel Langlais/Academy of Notre Dame
Palmer junior Taydem Haley poses for pictures to commemorate scoring the 1,000th point of his career during a 67-57 win over visiting Lee on Feb. 12, 2026.Amhia Mcelreavy/Palmer High School
Allen Brown Jr. raises his trophy after becoming Holbrook’s first boys’ varsity basketball to reach 2,000 career points during a game with visiting East Bridgewater on Jan. 30, 2026.Zanayah Dasilva/Holbrook High School
Holbrook’s Ashya Dingle smiles while holding a painted basketball and trophy given to her for reaching 1,000 career points in a game against visiting West Bridgewater on Jan. 14, 2026.Zanayah Dasilva/Holbrook High School
Sutton High cheer team captain Launa Rattanavong smiles through her routine during a Jan. 7, 2026, basketball game.Edith Tufts/Sutton High School
Quabbin’s varsity cheer team lifts Mia Ducos, the girls’ basketball team’s lone senior, during Senior Night festivities on Feb. 16, 2026, before a game with visiting Narragansett.Maddy Hardy/Quabbin High School
Old Rochester’s Hunter Horsey talks with the referee during a 71-53 loss at Somerset Berkley on Feb. 3, 2026.Calder Troutman/Somerset Berkley High School
Douglas girls’ basketball coach Ralph Quinn talks to his team during halftime during a 53-26 win over visiting Norfolk Aggie in the MIAA Division 5 tournament on March 4, 2026.Emerson Adams/Douglas High School
North Quincy coach Liana Cunningham speaks to her team during a 52-40 loss to visiting Quincy on Jan. 9, 2026.Megi Stasa/Milton High School
Dennis-Yarmouth freshman Darrius Mendes listens to his coach during a 68-66 win over visiting Nauset on Jan. 23, 2026.Mason Cress/Dennis-Yarmouth High School
An Apponequet student plays the national anthem on the flute prior to an 79-71 win over visiting Somerset Berkley on Dec. 19, 2025.Bryson Cain/Somerset Berkley High School
The Shawsheen Tech swim team huddles around Shea Kelley, Matthew Kilfoyle, and Sophia DiTonno during Senior Night festivities on Jan. 23, 2026, at Kenneth L. Buffum Pool.Madeline Manning/Shawsheen Valley Technical
Members of the Bridgewater-Raynham boys’ hockey team listen to their coach during a 2-2 tie with Bellingham on Jan. 5, 2026, at Pirelli Veterans Arena in Franklin.Maria Barros/Medfield High School
The Neighborhood House Charter School cheer team performs at halftime during a game Jan. 9, 2026, at Kroc Center.Shirlee Joaquin/Neighborhood House Charter
The St. Sebastian’s basketball team enjoys a light moment before a game at Noble and Greenough on Jan. 28, 2026.Lincoln Silva/St. Sebastian’s
Members of the St. Sebastian’s hockey team — (from left) Jack Queally, Tommy Saulnier, Jimmy Harney, Jared Hughes, Brendan Matthew’s, and Danny Porter — celebrate with their fans after a 5-2 win at Belmont Hill on Jan. 10, 2026.Austin Kilmartin/St. Sebastian’s
Bishop Feehan’s Jake Webster (left) and Kaden Baltazar lift the championship trophy after a 66-63 victory over Central Catholic in the MIAA Division 1 boys’ basketball state title game on March 15, 2026, at Tsongas Center.Paige Berry/Bishop Feehan High School
