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With the 2024-25 winter season in the books, now is the time to vote for the SouthCoast Male and Female Athletes of the playoffs.
Old Rochester boys basketball reached the Div. 3 state final for the second straight year while Bishop Stang girls hockey earned the program’s first-ever trip to a state championship game.
Here's your chance to vote for the top high school performances among SouthCoast female and male athletes from the 2025 winter playoffs.
(Editor's Note: Voting will end on Sunday, March 30 at 8 p.m.)
Here’s a look at the postseason’s top performers (listed in alphabetical order by school):
BOYS BASKETBALL
Horton had a combined 47 points in three playoff games.
In three playoff games, Levrault had a combined 67 points, including the game-winning 3-points with 20 seconds in a win over Swampscott.
Teixeira scored a team-high 20 points in a preliminary round loss to Minnechaug.
Vieira scored a team-high 10 points in a loss to Oakmont in the Div. 3 preliminary round.
Baptiste scored a career-high 38 points in a playoff loss to Stoneham.
Montanari led the Whalers with 21 points in a loss to North Andover in the Div. 1 Round of 32.
Smiley scored a team-high 20 points in a win over Notre Dame Cristo Rey in the Div. 5 Round of 32.
Hiles had a combined 61 points in five playoff games. He recorded a team-high 25 in a win over Norton.
Martin helped the Bulldogs reach the Div. 3 state final for the second straight year. In five playoff games, he had a combined 99 points, including a team-high 27 in the championship game against Norwell. He also sealed an upset win over Great Lawrence with a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left.
In five playoff games, Oliveira had a combined 67 points, including 19 in a win over Norton.
BOYS HOCKEY
Donati recorded 60 saves in a triple-overtime loss to Winthrop in the Div. 4 Round of 32.
Vicent had one goal and one assist for the Lakers in a playoff loss to Winthrop.
Dore had Stang’s lone goal in a loss to Taunton in the Div. 3 Round of 32.
Vane made 30 saves in a loss to Taunton.
Donatio had one goal in a playoff loss to Norwood.
Larocque had one of Dartmouth’s two goals in a loss to Norwood in the Div. 2 Round of 32.
Galligan recorded a hat trick in ORR/Fairhaven’s 4-1 win over Saint Bernard’s in the Div. 4 Round of 32.
With 30 saves in a playoff win over Saint Bernard’s, Roy surpassed 2,000 for his career.
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BOYS TRACK
Smith placed 13th in the 55-meter hurdles at All-States.
Archelus ran a 8.37 in the 60-meter hurdles at the New Balance National Indoor Track and Field Championships.
WRESTLING
Bojorquez took fifth at All-States.
De La Cruz Carrera became the first New Bedford girl in the top eight at the All-State meet in the female division.
Semedo placed seventh at All-States.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Levrault had averaged 10 points in a pair of playoff games. She also had 14 rebounds and three steals in a loss to Pentucket.
Kuriscak had a team-high 23 points in a two-point loss to Pentucket in the Div. 3 Sweet 16. She also scored 16 points in a win over GNB Voc-Tech.
Taylor averaged 10.5 points in two playoff games.
Barber scored eight points in a playoff win over Leominster.
In three playoff games, Cheesebro combined for 93 points, including 40 in a win over North Attleboro that put her over 2,000 for her career. She scored 28 against Leominster and 25 against Whitman-Hanson.
Emken had 18 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a playoff win over Boston Latin Academy.
Ramos averaged 12 points in a pair of playoff games. She also had six rebounds, four assists and seven steals against Boston Latin Academy.
Silva combined for 50 points in two playoff games and had a game-high 29 in a loss to Apponequet. She also had nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in a win over Boston Latin Academy.
Anderson scored 11 points as the Whalers beat Medford in the Div. 1 Round of 32.
Sylvia scored a team-high 13 points in a playoff win over Medford.
Brogioli scored 15 points in a playoff win over Arlington Catholic.
Gonet had a team-high 18 points in a playoff win over Arlington Catholic and scored the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in a win over Medway. She finished with 14 points in that game.
In three playoff games, Johnson had a combined 40 points, including 17 in a win over Arlington Catholic.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Blanchard scored the game-winning goal with 1:06 left in overtime to lift Bishop Stang past Methuen/Tewksbury into the Spartans’ first state title game. She also had two assists in a win over Notre Dame Academy.
Frias scored the game-tying goal with 26.3 left in regulation in Stang’s overtime win over Methuen/Tewksbury in the Div. 1 Final Four.
Lewis scored the game-winner for Stang in a 1-0 playoff win over Bishop Feehan.
The freshman goalie had a combined 77 saves in the Elite 8, Final Four and state championship game.
In five playoff games, Rioux had a combined five goals and two assists. She had Stang’s first of two goals in the state final against Hingham.
GIRLS TRACK
Smith won the weight throw (46-09) at All-States.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Poll: SouthCoast Male and Female Athlete of the 2025 Winter Playoffs
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Old Rochester boys basketball reached the Div. 3 state final for the second straight year while Bishop Stang girls hockey earned the program’s first-ever trip to a state championship game.
Here's your chance to vote for the top high school performances among SouthCoast female and male athletes from the 2025 winter playoffs.
(Editor's Note: Voting will end on Sunday, March 30 at 8 p.m.)
Here’s a look at the postseason’s top performers (listed in alphabetical order by school):
BOYS BASKETBALL
Will Horton, Apponequet
Horton had a combined 47 points in three playoff games.
Will Levrault, Apponequet
In three playoff games, Levrault had a combined 67 points, including the game-winning 3-points with 20 seconds in a win over Swampscott.
Tysen Teixeira, Bishop Stang
Teixeira scored a team-high 20 points in a preliminary round loss to Minnechaug.
Josh Vieira, Fairhaven
Vieira scored a team-high 10 points in a loss to Oakmont in the Div. 3 preliminary round.
Demetrios Baptiste, GNB Voc-Tech
Baptiste scored a career-high 38 points in a playoff loss to Stoneham.
Diego Montanari, New Bedford
Montanari led the Whalers with 21 points in a loss to North Andover in the Div. 1 Round of 32.
Wyatt Smiley, Old Colony
Smiley scored a team-high 20 points in a win over Notre Dame Cristo Rey in the Div. 5 Round of 32.
Brody Hiles, Old Rochester
Hiles had a combined 61 points in five playoff games. He recorded a team-high 25 in a win over Norton.
Gavin Martin, Old Rochester
Martin helped the Bulldogs reach the Div. 3 state final for the second straight year. In five playoff games, he had a combined 99 points, including a team-high 27 in the championship game against Norwell. He also sealed an upset win over Great Lawrence with a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left.
Grady Oliveira, Old Rochester
In five playoff games, Oliveira had a combined 67 points, including 19 in a win over Norton.
BOYS HOCKEY
Marc Donati, Apponequet/Old Colony
Donati recorded 60 saves in a triple-overtime loss to Winthrop in the Div. 4 Round of 32.
Ryan Vincent, Apponequet/Old Colony
Vicent had one goal and one assist for the Lakers in a playoff loss to Winthrop.
Josh Dore, Bishop Stang
Dore had Stang’s lone goal in a loss to Taunton in the Div. 3 Round of 32.
Carter Vane, Bishop Stang
Vane made 30 saves in a loss to Taunton.
Zach Donatio, Dartmouth
Donatio had one goal in a playoff loss to Norwood.
Maddox Larocque, Dartmouth
Larocque had one of Dartmouth’s two goals in a loss to Norwood in the Div. 2 Round of 32.
Connor Galligan, Old Rochester/Fairhaven
Galligan recorded a hat trick in ORR/Fairhaven’s 4-1 win over Saint Bernard’s in the Div. 4 Round of 32.
Tucker Roy, Old Rochester/Fairhaven
With 30 saves in a playoff win over Saint Bernard’s, Roy surpassed 2,000 for his career.
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BOYS TRACK
Thomas Smith, Apponequet
Smith placed 13th in the 55-meter hurdles at All-States.
Wes Archelus, Old Rochester
Archelus ran a 8.37 in the 60-meter hurdles at the New Balance National Indoor Track and Field Championships.
WRESTLING
Anthony Bojorquez, New Bedford
Bojorquez took fifth at All-States.
Zully De La Cruz Carrera, New Bedford
De La Cruz Carrera became the first New Bedford girl in the top eight at the All-State meet in the female division.
Josiah Semedo, New Bedford
Semedo placed seventh at All-States.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cece Levrault, Apponequet
Levrault had averaged 10 points in a pair of playoff games. She also had 14 rebounds and three steals in a loss to Pentucket.
Hannah Kuriscak, Apponequet
Kuriscak had a team-high 23 points in a two-point loss to Pentucket in the Div. 3 Sweet 16. She also scored 16 points in a win over GNB Voc-Tech.
Addison Taylor, Apponequet
Taylor averaged 10.5 points in two playoff games.
Remy Barber, Dartmouth
Barber scored eight points in a playoff win over Leominster.
Kat Cheesebro, Dartmouth
In three playoff games, Cheesebro combined for 93 points, including 40 in a win over North Attleboro that put her over 2,000 for her career. She scored 28 against Leominster and 25 against Whitman-Hanson.
Lila Emken, GNB Voc-Tech
Emken had 18 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a playoff win over Boston Latin Academy.
Sofia Ramos, GNB Voc-Tech
Ramos averaged 12 points in a pair of playoff games. She also had six rebounds, four assists and seven steals against Boston Latin Academy.
Jai-Ana Silva, GNB Voc-Tech
Silva combined for 50 points in two playoff games and had a game-high 29 in a loss to Apponequet. She also had nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in a win over Boston Latin Academy.
Zaria Anderson, New Bedford
Anderson scored 11 points as the Whalers beat Medford in the Div. 1 Round of 32.
Alaysha Sylvia, New Bedford
Sylvia scored a team-high 13 points in a playoff win over Medford.
Caroline Brogioli, Old Rochester
Brogioli scored 15 points in a playoff win over Arlington Catholic.
Emerson Gonet, Old Rochester
Gonet had a team-high 18 points in a playoff win over Arlington Catholic and scored the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in a win over Medway. She finished with 14 points in that game.
Emma Johnson, Old Rochester
In three playoff games, Johnson had a combined 40 points, including 17 in a win over Arlington Catholic.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Madisyn Blanchard, Bishop Stang
Blanchard scored the game-winning goal with 1:06 left in overtime to lift Bishop Stang past Methuen/Tewksbury into the Spartans’ first state title game. She also had two assists in a win over Notre Dame Academy.
Avery Frias, Bishop Stang
Frias scored the game-tying goal with 26.3 left in regulation in Stang’s overtime win over Methuen/Tewksbury in the Div. 1 Final Four.
Madison Lewis, Bishop Stang
Lewis scored the game-winner for Stang in a 1-0 playoff win over Bishop Feehan.
Vivienne Melo, Bishop Stang
The freshman goalie had a combined 77 saves in the Elite 8, Final Four and state championship game.
Isa Rioux, Bishop Stang
In five playoff games, Rioux had a combined five goals and two assists. She had Stang’s first of two goals in the state final against Hingham.
GIRLS TRACK
Nialonis Smith, New Bedford
Smith won the weight throw (46-09) at All-States.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Poll: SouthCoast Male and Female Athlete of the 2025 Winter Playoffs
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