Regardless of shedding some high-end expertise to commencement and transfers, Charlestown Excessive College ought to stay among the many high contenders in Division 3 boys basketball.
The Townies went 23-2 and received the state title final winter. The workforce did see some notable gamers depart, together with stars Jaylin Williams Crawford and Jaylen Hunter-Coleman, who moved on to Cats Academy and Northfield Mount-Herman, respectively.
Nonetheless, head coach Hugh Coleman stated a gaggle of underclassmen transfers in addition to some rising upperclassmen have picked up the slack and stored the optimistic momentum going.
“I’m very excited to see that they’ve all proven plenty of maturity up to now,” Coleman stated. “It has given myself and the teaching employees plenty of confidence that we’re going to have an opportunity to do fairly effectively this 12 months.”
Charlestown has some marquee matchups, together with a recreation towards defending Division 4 champion Wareham and one towards two-time defending Division 1 champion Worcester North. Some gamers who may stand out for the defending champs are Jeremiah Brown, Jules McGee, Kamari Day, Francis Nelson and Lenyn Ramos-Pena.
A number of packages shall be seeking to unseat Charlestown on the high of Division 3, together with Newburyport. The Clippers fell to Charlestown within the quarterfinals a season in the past however return most of their core and likewise will get senior Ben Corneau, who missed final season with a knee damage, again alongside stars Carson Gretz and Sam Craig.
“Our nucleus is again with a number of key gamers off the bench final 12 months returning as effectively,” coach Mark Elmendorf stated. “Final 12 months was an excellent expertise, and we’re definitely going to attempt to construct upon that.”
Different groups to look at in Division 3 are Outdated Rochester, St. Mary’s, Watertown, Apponequet, Medfield, Lynn Classical and Swampscott.
In Division 4, Wareham will look to win a 3rd consecutive title. The Vikings went 23-3 en path to final 12 months’s championship and went 22-3 the prior season. Head coach Stephen Faniel credited a difficult unbiased schedule as one thing that prepares his workforce for deep postseason runs.
“The beauty of being unbiased is you get to exit and schedule groups which are going to problem you in each aspect,” Faniel stated. “We don’t have a convention the place we have now to play groups, each workforce that we play we choose to play. It’s a really difficult schedule for the children and I feel it simply makes us battle examined for when the match comes.”
Wareham misplaced a number of key contributors final season, however Faniel stated his workforce will lean on junior Aaron Cote and sophomore Amare Rose to guide the workforce. Different packages to watch in Division 4 are Bourne, Burke, Monomoy, Manchester-Essex and Blue Hills.
The Division 5 title was received by a senior-heavy New Mission squad. Whereas he sees promise for the longer term, head coach Malcolm Smith stated this season ought to be a rebuilding 12 months for his workforce and {that a} future core is creating with the underclassmen.
“We’re gonna take some lumps,” Smith stated. “However I like this group. I feel in two years we’ll be proper again.”
With a possible opening on the high of the division, Westport is a workforce seeking to pounce. The Wildcats solely received 5 video games final season however a lot of this was resulting from a season-ending damage to 1,000-point scorer Owen Boudria. With him again and the addition of senior switch Alex Krynicki, head coach Scot Boudria sees potential for his workforce to make a big soar.
“Primary is clear, keep wholesome,” Boudria stated. ”Quantity two, The bottom line is going to be when limiting photographs after we are protection as a result of we’re small. We’re fast, however we’re nonetheless small. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see.”
Different groups to watch in Division 5 are Outdated Colony, Holbrook, Hoosac Valley and Pioneer Valley.
Div. 3 Gamers to Watch
C: Matt Breen (Shawsheen), William Carty (Watertown), Josh Vieira (Fairhaven)
F: Charles Amero (Gloucester), Krem Amparo (Latin Academy), Alex Fleming (Lynnfield), Carson Gretz (Newburyport), Ryan Mutschler (Hanover), Cole Rodgers (Sandwich), Sam Stoermer (Falmouth), Gabe Tripp (Swampscott), Hansen Zhao (Fairhaven)
G: Elian Alvarez (Better Lawrence), Rolky Brea Arias (Lynn Classical), Cal Atherton (Newburyport), Demetrios Baptiste (Better New Bedford), Jason Berry (North Studying), Connor Chiarello (Swampscott), Shawn Clary (Norton), Sam Craig (Newburyport), Randiel Jiminez Fernandez (Latin Academy), Liam Friis (Triton), Jake Fortier (St. Mary’s), Will Horton (Apponequet), Will Levrault (Apponequet), Danny Luna (Better Lowell), Brady Lynde (Lowell Catholic), Aiden Marando (Dighton-Rehoboth), Gavin Martin (Outdated Rochester), JJ Martinez (St. Mary’s), Kingston Maxwell (Abington), Franck Moron (Shawsheen), Matt Myette (North Studying), Will Olinto (Latin Academy), Moe Osman (Chelsea), Johnny Payne (Seekonk), Daryll Reynolds (Lynn Classical), Elian Rodriguez (Salem), Dylan Scott (Pentucket), Tyler Staiti (Abington), Rowan Tracey (Medfield), Tyler Vincent (Hanover), D’Mani Williams (Weston)
Div. 4-5 Gamers to Watch
C: Gerald Banks (Holland), Isaac Pacheco (Bristol Aggie), Nate Reynolds (Bourne)
F: Jack Carter (Millis), Pat Correia (Fenway), Tim Cronin (St. John Paul), Wilton Fernandes (Fenway), Max Finney (Outdated Colony), Nick Fringuellie (Outdated Colony), Kamron Gordon (Holland), Lamari Holmes (Brighton), Finn Hyora (Monomoy), David Julius (Brighton), Joe Vader (Minuteman)
G: Yassine Amghhar (Holland), Hector Arroyo (Snowden), Cole Boudria (Westport), Owen Boudria (Westport), Allen Brown Jr. (Holbrook), Tyler Carini (South Shore), Rigo Challinger (Notre Dame Tyngsboro), Gabe Codjoe (St. John Paul), Greg Codjoe (St. John Paul), Aaron Cote (Wareham), Jack Cullinan (Cohasset), Carl Damas (Mystic Valley), Michael Dankert (Bourne), Justin Dube (Amesbury), Thomas Edwards (Avon), Jackson Farrington (O’Bryant), Jasaad Fenton (Holland), Isaiah Ferguson (Notre Dame Tyngsboro), Max Gallant (Westport), Jag Garces (West Bridgewater), Aneudy Belle Garcia. (Madison Park), Isaiah Inexperienced (Hull), Giovanni Jean (Lynn Tech), Sasha Kaplenko (Falmouth Academy), Dalton Kinnon (Mystic Valley), AB Labell (Hamilton-Wenham), Cordell McGee (Brighton), Nyisah Miranda (Avon), Quinn Moriarty (Bourne), Rey Mpagi (Minuteman), Faloan O’Donnell (Sturgis West), Trosky Pena (KIPP), Jackson Rocco (Momonoy), Amare Rose (Wareham), Chase Wheat (Rockport), Josiah Whitley (Rockport), Keyshon Wright (O’Bryant), Milo Zeltzer (Manchester-Essex)
