Norwell finally breaks through vs. Cohasset with victory in Division 4 boys' lacrosse final
Junior Matt Panttila (4 goals, 1 assist) paced the offense for the Clippers (17-6), helping Norwell close out its third championship overall with an assist and a score on the team's lone two strikes of the fourth quarter.
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Junior Jake McGuirk scored twice in the opening quarter to help the Clippers set the tone and senior Joey McCarthy tacked on two more for Norwell, which dealt a blow to a 15-game win streak for Cohasset (21-3).
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'It's been a really tough, competitive matchup every time we've played them,' Panttila said. 'It really feels good to come back and beat them.'
Sophomore Wyatt Franssen excelled at the faceoff-X for Norwell, winning his final seven attempts en route to helping the Clippers control 13 of 19 draws in all.
Cohasset, with only three seniors on the roster, was denied a chance at its second title in the last three seasons and seventh overall. The Skippers have made 11 appearances in a championship game in all dating back to their inaugural appearance in 2001.
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One of those seniors, Lincoln Pattison, made 11 saves in his final game for Cohasset.
Norwell attacker Matt Panttila (left, No. 4) launches the ball toward the goal during Saturday's MIAA Division 4 lacrosse championship.
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Cohasset captain Gus Greene (right, No. 11) protects the ball from Norwell defender Seamus McCabe (left, No. 9).
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Cohasset's Max Monahan (No. 7) rises up to fire on Norwell's net in Saturday's MIAA Division 4 lacrosse final.
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In the end, Norwell rushed their net to celebrate a breakthrough 11-6 win over top-seeded Cohasset, a South Shore League rival.
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Norwell senior Joey McCarthy (No. 7) proudly raises the MIAA Division 4 boys' lacrosse championship trophy.
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After defeating top-seeded Cohasset, 11-6, to win the MIAA Division 4 boys' lacrosse title, Norwell posed in recognition of its banner achievement.
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Pentucket 17, South Shore Tech 6 Girls lacrosse D1 - Belmont 12, Braintree 6 Advertisement D2 - Scituate 10, Algonquin 8 D2 - Duxbury 16, Shepherd Hill 3 D2 - Burlington 14, Marshfield 13 Boys volleyball D1 - Braintree 3, Arlington 1 D1 - Acton-Boxboro 3, Brockton 0 D1 - New Bedford 3, BC High 1 Boys tennis D1 - Newton North 5, Quincy 0 D2 - Duxbury 5, Billerica 0 D2 - Hingham 5, Somerville 0 D3 - Falmouth 5, Cardinal Spellman 0 Girls tennis D2 - Hingham 5, Stoughton 0 D2 - North Attleboro 5, Plymouth South 0 THURSDAY, MAY 29 Baseball D1 – Bridgewater-Raynham 4, Lynn English 0 D4 – West Bridgewater 7, Saint Bernard's 1 D4 – Blue Hills 6, South Hadley 3 D5 - Hull 4, Avon 3 Softball D2 – Milton 4, Masconomet 2 Advertisement D2 – Oliver Ames 4, Bay Path 2 D4 – Rockland 12, Cristo Rey Boston 0 D4 – West Bridgewater 6, Old Colony 5 Boys lacrosse D1 - BC High 17, Attleboro 4 D2 - Plymouth North 20, Bristol-Plymouth 9 D4 - Sandwich 13, Rockland 3 Girls lacrosse D-3 – Nauset 17, Archbishop Williams 15 Boys tennis D1 – BC High 4, North Andover 1 D2 - Hopkinton 5, Whitman-Hanson 0 D2 – North Quincy 4, Plymouth South 1 D2 – Scituate 4, Melrose 1 Girls tennis D2 – Ursuline 3, Scituate 2 D2 - Milton 5, West Springfield 0 D2 - Duxbury 5, Burlington 0 D3 - Bishop Fenwick 3, Norwell 2 D4 – Hamilton-Wenham 5, Rising Tide 0 Boys volleyball D1 – Woburn 3, North Quincy 1 Advertisement D2 – Milton 3, Academy of the Pacific Rim 0 D2 - Randolph 3, Salem Academy Charter School 0 Boys rugby D2 - Chelmsford 28, Hingham/Norwell 23 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 Boys tennis D2 – Longmeadow 3, Canton 2 D2 – Westwood 4, Oliver Ames 1 D2 – Somerville 3, Marshfield 2 D3 – Apponequet 5, Hanover 0 D3 – Cape Cod Academy 4, Pembroke 1 D4 - Cohasset 4, Mashpee 1 D4 – Nantucket 4, Rockland 1 Girls tennis D1 – Framingham 5, Brockton 0 D1 – Bishop Feehan 5, Bridgewater-Raynham 0 D1 – Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Plymouth North 0 D2 – Stoughton 5, Grafton 0 D2 – Oliver Ames 3, Holliston 2 D2 – Minnechaug 3, Cardinal Spellman 2 D2 – Reading 4, Whitman-Hanson 1 Advertisement D2 – Plymouth South 5, Doherty 0 D3 - Hanover 4, Dedham 1 D3 – Wilmington 5, Pembroke 0 D4 – Cohasset 5, Hampden Charter 0 Boys volleyball D1 – Weymouth 3, Wellesley 1 TUESDAY, MAY 27 Boys tennis D1 - Needham 5, Braintree 0 D2 - Whitman-Hanson 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 2 Girls tennis D1 – Beverly 4, Braintree 1 D2 – Dartmouth 5, North Quincy 0 D2 – Canton 3, Ludlow 2 This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: MIAA high school state tournament South Shore scores
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'We rose to the occasion': Norwell boys lacrosse rallies past Cohasset to win state title
BOURNE — No person in Massachusetts has ever made snow angels in June. Well, actually, scratch that. The Norwell High boys lacrosse team knows a guy. Matt Panttila was knocked down upon firing in his third goal late in the Division 4 state championship game against Cohasset when the junior attack landed on his back and performed a new celebration. Advertisement 'I saw it on Instagram, so I might as well do it," Panttila said with a laugh. "After, the ref came up to me and said, 'Don't do any more of that.' … But it felt amazing.' The rally continued as Panttila later scored for a fourth time to seal the Clippers' 11-6 victory at Mass. Maritime Academy in Bourne on Saturday. The win stamps Norwell's third title in the last four years. The Clippers won Division 3 crowns in 2022 and 2023 before dropping down to Division 4 last year. Norwell, the bracket's third seed, knocked off the rival Skippers (No. 1 seed; 21-3) to top last springs finish in the semifinals and send its seven seniors off with a third state title in their careers. 'It's an amazing experience for all of those kids," head coach Josh Stolp said. "I think they come to practice wanting to win another state title. Maybe it's a little greedy, but that's just how it is.' Advertisement For Panttila, Saturday's four-goal burst was fueled by a little friendly trash talk at home. His older sister, Holly, a future Vanderbilt University student, powered the Norwell girls lacrosse team to a state championship win over Cohasset two days ago. 'We were talking about who was going to do better," said Panttila. "We both thought we were going to win; we 're confident and we love our teams.' More: Silver Lake softball wins first ever Division 2 state championship Panttila and a majority of his teammates were in attendance at Babson College in Wellesley that day to witness the girls team get the job done, and perhaps to also see an early example of how to outlast nemesis Cohasset. Advertisement 'We saw them win and said, 'Now, we have to win,'" said senior attack Oliver Rice, who graduates as the Clippers' all-time leading points scorer. "It definitely put the pressure on, but we rose to the occasion. We got it done.' 'We were actually nervous because it's so hard to do that," Stolp said of the two programs winning in the same year. "We made sure that (our players) understood that was (the girls') moment (on Thursday), and we had to focus on our moment. Now, they can both celebrate that together.' Players lift the state championship trophy for the fans to see. Norwell boys lacrosse beat rival Cohasset at Mass Maritime Academy in the MIAA Div. 4 championship on Saturday June 14, 2025. On Saturday, sophomore FOGO Wyatt Franssen starred in the circle to hand possession to the Clippers' attack unit of Panttila (4 goals), junior Jake McGuirk (2), senior Joey McCarthy (2), Rice (1), junior Teddy Glynn (1) and freshman Drew Vroman (1). Advertisement 'He was unreal all year," Stolp said of Franssen. "He's been a huge force for us.' More: Scituate boys lacrosse's long journey ends with a Div. 3 state title Vroman struck with 7:01 remaining to build the Clippers' largest lead of the day, 10-5. On the possession prior, a goal by Cohasset's Gus Greene (7:34) was wiped away by an offensive penalty. Vroman's score continued a run of four straight Norwell goals from the 4:05 mark of the third quarter to the 7:01 mark of the fourth, when Panttila put the finishing touches on the win with a goal in the crease after the Skippers' scrambling defense momentarily left an unoccupied cage. Advertisement 'He's one of those players that sometimes gets overlooked," Stolp said of Panttila. "But when he's on, he can be very dangerous turning the corner. He's got a great shot when he's pulling it right. Today, he had no fear.' 'It was definitely hard," Panttila said of his four-goal performance. "I was getting beat. My arms are all swollen, but I just decided I was confident in myself and I thought I could beat the guy in front of me. I guess it worked out.' Norwell finishes the season with a 17-6 record. The team endured two rough spots this spring -- a skid of three losses in four games in mid-April, and then a three-game week of setbacks from May 19-26 which was started by a dramatic defeat at Cohasset in OT. In total, those regular-season losses came to Falmouth (6-5), Westford Academy (14-9 final), Westwood (11-5 final), Scituate (14-13 final), Newburyport (10-7 final) and these Skippers (12-11 final). Advertisement All of those opponents, aside from the Skippers, are in higher divisions. Norwell's South Shore neighbor, Scituate, won the Division 3 championship on Saturday. 'They braced playing these harder teams all year long," Stolp said. "We have a very difficult schedule and we lose a lot of games because of it. We get beat up a little bit, but they've learned a lot from it. I think they embrace that challenge.' The Clippers graduate seven seniors from this year's championship team -- Rice, McCarthy, midfielder Andrew Lazcano, defender Matt Cerrutti, attack Nolen Lestage, midfielder Thomas Scully and defender Ryan Daly. A class of 16 juniors is poised to defend the hardware come next spring. Advertisement 'It's an unbelievable feeling," Rice said. "Couldn't do it with a better group of guys. ... At Norwell, we're a bunch of dogs. That's all we got.' This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Norwell boys lacrosse defeats Cohasset to win state championship
