18 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, July 9, 2021
COMMUNITY SPORTS AMSA, Algonquin claim state titles By Chris Wilson Contributing Writer
The Algonquin rugby team poses for a team photo after winning their state championship, last week.
REGION - The spring season concluded last week with area schools wrapping up MIAA tournament play.
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD
a chance to further advance in the playoffs. Taconic ultimately came out on top, ending AMSA’s season. See full scores…
ALGONQUIN
RUGBY – JULY 1 Algonquin – 34, Cambridge R&L – 14
AMSA
Algonquin’s rugby squad took home the Division II State Championship with a win over Cambridge Rindge and Latin. That game kicked off on June 30 but was postponed due to lightning. It resumed July 1 with Algonquin already leading by a score of 10-7. Rumbling to the victory, Algonquin celebrated its state championship as the final step in an undefeated season. Elsewhere, the AMSA’s Girls Tennis team defeated Man-
chester Essex to win a historic Division III State title. Not only was this the first such title for the Girls Tennis program, it was also the first state championship in school history. The Shrewsbury’s Girls Tennis squad and Westborough’s Boys Tennis team also competed in State Championships. Shrewsbury dropped its Division I championship match-
up to Acton-Boxborough in a 5-0 sweep. Westborough mustered a win in one of its sets but also lost, in its case by a score of 5-1. “This team is special and they have a lot of good years ahead of them,” Westborough High School Athletic Director Johanna DiCarlo tweeted after that game. On the baseball field, AMSA
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broke open a pitching duel in Oakmont to win its district championship on June 28. That punched a ticket to the state tournament, which kicked off on June 30 against Taconic. As with the Algonquin rugby team, thunderstorms and persistent rain quickly postponed AMSA’s game. Unlike Algonquin, though, the Eagles then had to wait until July 2 for
BASEBALL – JUNE 28 AMSA – 4, Oakmont – 0 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 30 AMSA – 4, Manchester Essex – 1 BASEBALL – JULY 2 AMSA – 2, Taconic – 4
SHREWSBURY
GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 29 Shrewsbury – 0, Acton-Boxborough –5
ST. JOHN’S
WRESTLING – JUNE 28 St. John’s – 3, St. John’s Prep – 65
WESTBOROUGH
BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 30 Westborough – 1, Brookline – 4
