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HHS Sports Roundup: Hillers teams open postseason play with home games

by | May 30, 2024 | Sports

The remainder of the state tournament schedules were announced Wednesday, and all Hopkinton teams earned home games for their openers.

Softball will host Dartmouth on Saturday at 4 p.m. in a Division 2 first-round game. Hopkinton comes in as the 15th seed and with a record of 14-6. Dartmouth, the 18th seed, is 11-9.

Baseball will host Reading on Saturday at 5 p.m. in a Division 2 first-round game. The Hillers (17-4) are the sixth seed, while Reading (10-10) is 27th.

Boys lacrosse (14-4), seeded 15th in Division 2, will host 18th-seeded Minnechaug (10-8) on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Girls tennis (14-5), coming off a 4-1 victory over Diman on Tuesday, was scheduled to play fifth-seeded Acton-Boxboro (10-2) on Thursday in the Division 1 tournament’s Round of 32. The Hillers are seeded 28th. UPDATE: Hopkinton lost, 4-1.

Boys tennis (16-2), which posted a 5-0 victory over Shepard Hill on Tuesday, awaits the winner of Saturday’s match between 28th-seeded Reading and fifth-seeded Marblehead. The Hillers are seeded 12th in the Division 2 tournament.

Girls golf wrapped up its season Tuesday with an appearance in the sectional tournament. Leah Hong led the way for HHS with a 93. The Hillers finished the regular season with a record of 10-4-1.

Unified track and field competed in the state meet at Natick on Tuesday. Medalists for HHS were Brody Baker, John Murray, Dylan Gedman, Connor Minogue and Chase Dickson, while the 4×100 and 4×400 relays both finished third.

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