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Boston Globe
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Four things to know about new Celtics forward Georges Niang
Here are four things to know about Niang: He is productive off the bench When healthy, Porzingis made the Celtics a matchup nightmare in just about every facet of the game due to his length (7-foot-2), post game, rim protection, and ability to sink 3-point shots. Advertisement Niang won't be able to impact a game in the sheer variety of ways that Porzingis could do when he was locked in. But, the veteran could be a dependable piece for Joe Mazzulla off the bench in 2025-26. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Related : Now set to enter his 10th season in the NBA, Niang spent the 2024-25 campaign with the Cavaliers before getting traded to the Hawks as part of the De'Andre Hunter trade. Over 79 games (three starts) between the two teams last season, Niang averaged 9.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.4 assists With Advertisement Niang's style should fit in well Much like Simons, it should come as little surprise why a team like the Celtics would welcome a player like Niang to their roster. The 6-foot-7 forward has built a reputation as an effective 3-point shooter over the course of his career, posting a career 39.9 shooting percentage from beyond the arc. This past season, Niang converted on 40.6 percent of his shots from 3-point range. With Tatum on the mend, a Celtics team starved for offense without its best player on the court could look to make up at least some of the production in the aggregate by adding a pair of sharpshooters to Mazzulla's squad in Niang and Simons. Niang hails from Massachusetts Niang already has plenty of ties to Boston, considering that he was born in Lawrence and grew up in Methuen as a Celtics fan. Before making the jump to the college game at Iowa State, Niang was a force across the New England circuit, staring at the Tilton School while also playing for Boston AAU powerhouse BABC. Related : As part of a Tilton School basketball program that has featured other NBA players like Nerlens Noel and Terance Mann, Niang stands as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,372 points. During his senior year at Tilton, Niang averaged 25.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game, earning 2012 NEPSAC Class AA Player of the Year honors. He had an interesting encounter with Jaylen Brown during the 2023 playoffs Niang drew the ire of now-Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown while the two faced off during the 2023 Eastern Conference semifinals between Boston and Philadelphia. During Boston's Game 7 win over Philly, Brown was tripped up after Niang – sitting on the Sixers' bench — reached out from his seat and appeared to grab Brown's leg to slow him down at the start of a fast-break sequence. Advertisement Brown turned and yelled at the Sixers' bench after the play, with both Brown and Niang eventually assessed technicals after the sequence was reviewed. 'I think he just thought, like, 'Maybe let me just try to grab him to slow him down a little bit,'' Brown said. 'I don't think Niang's a bad guy or anything. I work out with him in the offseason. I just think he just got caught up in the intensity of the game and made a play and I responded to it. 'I don't know which way I should have responded to it. But if I didn't do anything it probably would have played on. … I don't think Niang was thinking when he did it. I don't think he's a bad guy, just caught up in the emotion of the game.' Niang grabbing Jaylen Brown's leg — Pull up shoot (@NElGHT_) Conor Ryan can be reached at
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Golf roundup: Minnewaska girls in 2nd, NLS boys in 5th at state
Jun. 10—JORDAN — The Minnewaska girls golf team is in second place and the New London-Spicer boys are in 5th after the first round of the state Class AA tournament Tuesday at the Ridges at Sand Creek. Minnewaska shot a 328, putting the Lakers eight strokes behind first-place Detroit Lakes, which has a 320. Advertisement Sophomore Annika DeBoer shot a 76, to put her in fourth place behind Genevieve Birkeland of Pequot Lakes, who recorded a 73. Senior Arivia DeBoer is in seventh place with a 78. On the boys' side, NLS shot a 307. Detroit Lakes shot a 288. Southwest Christian and Blake each shot 299 to tie for second. Detroit Lakes has Brock Burhans in the lead with a 69. Detroit Lakes teammate Tyson Eckhoff shot a 70, as did Charlie Hanson of Morris/Chokio-Alberta and Bennett Scissons of Duluth Marshall. Palmer Dalton had NLS' best round with a 76. Max Truscinski, Reid Kath and Eli Engebretson all shot 77s. Advertisement The girls' final round is scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Ridges of Sand Creek. The final round for the boys begins at noon Wednesday. Willmar's Aden Jacobson is tied for 52nd place with a 78 and the Cardinals' Kennedy Mara is tied for 23rd with an 81 after the first round of the Class AAA tournament at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids. Cretin-Derham Hall's boys are in first place with a 291. Chanhassen is second with a 292. Alexandria and Rosemount are tied for third with 303s. Cretin-Derham Hall's Sam Udovich shot a 66 to take the first-round lead. Minnetonka leads the girls' division with a 305. Alexandria is fourth with a 331. Bella Leonhart of Forest Lake carded a 71 to be the first-round leader. Advertisement The Dawson-Boyd girls have a 10-stroke lead after the first round of the Class A tournament Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker. The Blackjacks shot a 338. Park Christian is second with a 348. Dawson-Boyd senior Lindsey Lund, the defending state champion, is in first place by one stroke after shooting a 78. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City junior Brooke Brekke shot a 79 to move into second place. Lund's round included 12 holes at par and six holes of bogey golf. Brekke had birdies on the third, fifth, sixth and 16th holes. She played six holes at par and six holes at bogey. She got a double-bogey on the eighth hole and a triple-bogey on the ninth. Advertisement Hope Reid, a junior at Community Christian School, is in fourth place with an 83. Dawson-Boyd's Claire Stratmoen, a ninth-grader, is tied for fifth with an 84. In the boys' division, Lac qui Parle Valley is in fifth place with a 334, one stroke behind fourth-place Park Christian. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley leads with a 315, followed closely by Legacy Christian Academy, which shot a 319. The boys' leader is Traeton Nelson of Ashby/Brandon-Evansville, who shot a 72. LQPV's Carson Besonen is tied for fourth place with a 74. The girls tee off at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the tournament's final round. The boys start at noon. Dawson-Boyd is defending state Class A girls' champion.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
21 local teams moving on to Section III softball tournament
SYRACUSE, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — Section III softball reached the end of its season on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, the section convened its seeding meeting to see who would continue on the road to a banner. In all, 21 local teams over all six classes will be continuing their seasons for at least one more game. Three local teams also received top seeds in their respective classes after the section's seeding meeting on Wednesday, May 21. The top two classes — Class AAA and AA — each had one local entrant, with 11-2 Whitesboro picking up the top seed in Class AA. Despite six cancelled games across the season, Whitesboro finished winning five of their last six, their only loss coming against fellow top seed New Hartford. Led by junior pitcher Addison Cook and sophomore infielder Emma Zyskowski, Whitesboro racked up four shutouts — all of them double-digit victories. Whitesboro earned a bye into the Class AA semifinals, where they will await the winner of the first round game on Saturday between Central Square and Oswego. In Class AAA, despite a 6-4 record to begin the month of May — which included losses to New Hartford and Fayetteville-Manlius, the Rome Free Academy Black Knights came roaring back into the playoff picture, winning five of their last six games by a combined score of 59-16. Their only loss came to Class AA top seed Whitesboro on Tuesday, May 20 by just one run. RFA is led by junior Haylee Bostwick, who is tied with fellow junior Madison Safin and senior Alexa Thompson in extra-base hits — all of them have seven. The Black Knights will play those same Hornets from Fayetteville-Manlius on Saturday, May 24 at Onondaga Community College. First pitch is set for 1:30 pm. The New Hartford Spartans picked up the top seed in Class A, despite being two and a half games behind 13-3 Camden in the standings. The Spartans did not start too well, however, splitting a Class AA series with Proctor and RFA and finishing 1-2 on a road trip to Myrtle Beach. Nobody has been able to stop New Hartford in the last week of the season, though: the Spartans went 3-0 over their last three games, outscoring Proctor, VVS, and Whitesboro by a combined 41-2. Despite their 5-3 finish to the month of May, the Spartans' 11-6 record was good enough to earn them the top seed in the Class A Tournament. They will face the winner of Central Valley Academy and Homer, which will start at 5 pm on Friday in Ilion. New Hartford's game against the winner is scheduled for 1 pm at Accelerate Sports in Whitesboro. In Class B, the top local seed was Utica-Notre Dame, who are looking to avenge their last-inning loss to Marcellus in the final last season. Led by the Trinkaus sisters — Erin, Ella and Maggie — once again, the Jugglers started out the season with four straight wins, but hit a snag when the calendar turned over to May. Notre Dame went 3-4 at one point of the season before ending with a bang. The Jugglers won three of their last four games, including a 23-6 destruction of the last Class B school to make it in — 16th seeded Holland Patent. The Jugglers only played two games against Class B competition, but weren't playing lightweights either: all the rest of their 15-game season were against Class A opponents and above, and even splitting two games with Class AAA Rome Free Academy and Proctor. The Jugglers' performance this season was good enough to earn them the fourth seed and a possible redemption game against top-seeded Marcellus in the semifinals. First, they will have to play the 13th-seeded Adirondack Wildcats on Friday, May 23. The last time these two teams met will have been three years to the day, with the Jugglers coming out on top, 5-1. In Class C, despite an 11-2 season, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes picked up the highest local seed at number seven. The Hawkeyes tore through the Class C competition this season, even though they only having four games under their belt by May 1. When they hit the field, however, the Hawkeyes hit it hard, not scoring less than three runs in any game this season. Junior Katie Crippen led the way for Cooperstown with a scorching .824 batting average. Crippen also led the team in runs (14) and was second on the team in RBIs (11). She also led the team with 15 stolen bases. No other Cooperstown player had more than five. The Hawkeyes will begin their road to Carrier Park on Friday, May 23 when they host 10th seeded Cincinnatus. First pitch is scheduled for 5 PM at Cooperstown High School. In Class D, the Hamilton Emerald Knights earned the top seed in the class with an impressive 13-2 record. Despite two losses in the middle of the season to Class C's Cooperstown and Sauquoit Valley — both of whom made their respective playoffs, the Knights have bookended those with win streaks of six and seven. Both streaks include a 20-run game (against Waterville and New York Mills, respectively) and at least one shutout of 12 runs or more. The Knights are led by sophomore ace Ellie Freeth, who holds a 2.69 ERA and 150 strikeouts this season while only allowing 47 hits and 32 runs. At the plate, senior Adriana Catania leads the team in both batting average (.444), RBIs (19) and home runs (two). Hamilton's performance has earned them a bye, where they will await the winner of Friday's game between eighth-seeded Oriskany and ninth-seeded LaFargeville. First pitch on Saturday in Hamilton is scheduled for 1 pm. The full schedule for this year's Section III Football Tournaments are listed below (local teams in bold italics, times and dates are subject to change): Class AAA Thursday, May 22#5 Baldwinsville @ #4 Liverpool, 5 pm– Winner will play #1 Cicero-North Syracuse, Saturday, May 24 @ 11 am @ Onondaga CC Saturday, May 24 Finals: Saturday, May 31 @ 2 pm @ Carrier Park — East Field Class AA Saturday, May 24#5 Oswego @ #4 Central Square, 1 pm @ Brewerton Elementary#7 Auburn @ #2 Fulton, 1 pm#6 East Syracuse Minoa @ #3 West Genesee, 1 pm Semifinals: Wednesday, May 28 @ 7 pm @ Carrier Park — East FieldFinals: Saturday, May 31 @ 1:30 pm @ Carrier Park — East Field Class A Friday, May 23#10 Indian River @ #7 Westhill, 5 pm Saturday, May 24#6 South Jefferson @ #3 Jamesville-DeWitt, 1 pm#5 Syracuse CBA @ #4 Chittenango, 1 pm Semifinals: Tuesday, May 27, 4:30 pm @ Carrier Park — East FieldFinals: Friday, May 30, 5 pm @ Carrier Park — East Field Class B Friday, May 23#12 Phoenix @ #5 Lowville, 5 pm#14 Canastota @ #3 General Brown, 5 pm @ Brownville-Glen Park Elementary School Semifinals: Tuesday, May 27 @ 4:30 and 7 pm @ Onondaga Community CollegeFinals: Friday, May 30 @ 5:30 pm @ Carrier Park — East Field Class C Thursday, May 22#17 Bishop Grimes @ #16 Tully, 5 pm– Winner will play @ #1 Sandy Creek, Friday, May 23, 5 pm– Winner will play @ #2 Port Byron, Friday, May 23, 5 pm#19 Bishop Ludden @ #14 Weedsport, 5 pm– Winner will play @ #3 Thousand Islands, Friday, May 23, 5 pmFriday, May 23Bishop Grimes/Tully @ #1 Sandy Creek, 5 pm#13 Fabius-Pompey @ #4 Beaver River, 5 pm#10 Cincinnatus @ #7 Cooperstown, 5 pmBishop Ludden/Weedsport @ #3 Thousand Islands, 5 pm#11 South Lewis @ #6 Cato-Meridian, 5 pm Semifinals: Tuesday, May 27 @ 7 pm @ Carrier Park — East FieldFinals: Saturday, May 31 @ 11:30 am @ Carrier Park — East Field Class D Friday, May 23#10 Belleville-Henderson @ #7 Copenhagen, 5 pm– Winner will play @ #2 McGraw, Saturday, May 24 @ 1 pm Saturday, May 24#5 Alexandria @ #4 Sackets Harbor, 1 pmBelleville-Henderson/Copenhagen @ #2 McGraw, 1 pm Semifinals: Wednesday, May 28 @ 4:30 pm @ Carrier Park — East FieldFinals: Saturday, May 31 @ 11 am @ Carrier Park — East Field Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
3-Class Shootout features double-OT thriller
SALEM, S.D. (KELO) — The 37th Annual 3-Class Shootout high school basketball all-star games were held Saturday at McCook Central/Montrose High School. The boys games were a couple of high-scoring affairs as Class A defeated Class AA 131-128 in double overtime. Dakota Valley's Logan Collette scored 26 points. Fellow Panther Luke Bruns tallied a triple-double with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists. Tommy Hoffman from Washington led Class AA with 28 points and 12 boards. In the second game, the Class A all-stars topped Class B 122-101. Collette tallied 32 points. Benson Keiffer, of Rapid City Christian, posted 25. Castlewood's Brian Laue had 21 points and 12 boards for Class B. On the girls side, Class AA beat Class A 83-79 to begin the day's action. Washington's Grace Peterson posted 15 points and nine rebounds. Sloane Keszler, from St. Thomas More, led Class A with 13 points and six assists. Class AA then went on to edge Class B 80-79 in the second game. Mya Kochuten, of Spearfish, had 19 points. Colman-Egan's Kaylee Voelker posted 23 points for Class B. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
High school notebook: Duane Sigsbury steps down as Billerica football coach after 11 seasons
Sigsbury has coached basketball at Manchester Essex and Austin Prep, and coached softball at Woburn for eight seasons, retiring from that post in 2023 along with his wife, Courtney , who was the head coach of the Tanners for 24 seasons. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Before he was hired at Billerica in 2014, Sigsbury led Cathedral to a 31-6 record with a Division 4A Super Bowl title in 2012. The Reading native served as offensive coordinator for the Rockets and for Woburn over the previous decade, with a one-year stint as an assistant at Merrimack College Advertisement ▪ David Clay is stepping down after three seasons as the basketball coach at St. John's Prep. A 2003 Newburyport graduate, Clay led his alma mater to a 74-26 record over five seasons before becoming Prep's fourth basketball coach of the 21st century when he was hired in 2022. The Eagles struggled this past season with a 2-18 record after going 13-30 over the previous two seasons. 'Coach Clay was a great representation of St. John's Prep, leading our basketball program with the utmost respect and humility,' said Prep athletic director Jameson Pelkey. 'His impact was felt beyond the court, as game officials, opposing coaches, and players alike consistently praised his professionalism and character. He has been a respected leader.' Harrell nets Gatorade honor, again CATS Academy senior Jaylen Harrell has repeated as the state's Gatorade Boys' Basketball Player of Year. The 6-foot-6-inch, 200-pound wing led the Griffins to a 28-7 record and a runner-up finish in the NEPSAC Class AA tournament. Committed to Providence College, Harrell averaged 22.1 points. 8.5 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. He was a two-time first team Class AA selection and a first team All-New England Basketball League selection this winter. Advertisement Harrell has volunteered locally at the Tobin Community Center in Roxbury. 'He had them playing at a high level,' said Brewster Academy coach Jeff Gore . 'He reminds me of (former Celtics player) Antoine Walker . He can go inside, outside, has a good body and plays a physical style. He has performed well against the best teams, and that's what I look at.' Harrell has maintained a B average in the classroom.
