The latest Top 20’s from The Globe

Girls Lacrosse

Notre Dame (Hingham) held the top spot in the Globe’s Top 20 poll from start to finish, clearly proving itself to be the top team in the state. Central Catholic earned the runner-up finish after capturing the first state title (Division 1) in team history.

It wouldn’t be at all surprising to see a rematch between Central Catholic and Wellesley in Division 1 and a rematch between NDA and Walpole in Division 2 next year. Lincoln-Sudbury is No. 5, based on his body of work, with Division 3 champion Medfield and Division 4 champion Cohasset following.

Basketball

BC High’s vaunted pitching staff delivered all season long and it was no different in the Division 1 final as the Eagles posted a 5-1 victory over St. John’s Shrewsbury to claim the team’s first state title since 2009.

BC High finished the season atop the Globe’s Top 20 poll, a position it held for four weeks during the regular season. St. John’s (S), the top-ranked team in the final regular-season poll, finished at No. 2, followed by Catholic Conference rival Xaverian. Plymouth North rose to No. 4 after winning the Division 2 title at Walpole, while Division 5 champions English High checked in at No. 15 and Division 4 winners Seekonk landed at No. 17. St. Mary’s made the biggest leap, going from No. 18 to No. 9 after advancing to the Division 3 finals.

Softball

After winning its fourth consecutive Division 1 championship with a 25-0 season, Taunton maintained its hold on first place all season behind the dominant pitching of Sam Lincoln and the hitting of Brooke Aldrich, Aniyah Bailey, Bella Bourque and Co. A furious run to the Division 1 final saw King Philip claim second place. Walpole, the Division 2 champion, rose to fifth, while Dighton-Rehoboth and Joseph Case, the champions of South Coast Conference Divisions 3 and 4, sit at No. 6 and No. 7.

Boys tennis

After an undefeated regular season, No. 1 St. John’s Prep cemented itself as the state’s top team with a 4-1 victory over No. 2 Concord-Carlisle in the Division 1 final. The Eagles have not appeared in more than one postseason game match and achieved the team’s first state title in 23 years behind dominant doubles combinations. Meanwhile, No. 3 Lexington, which replaced every starter from last year’s Division 1 champions, lost just one game in the regular season before falling short in the semifinals against Prep.

Bay State powers Brookline (No. 4) Newton North (No. 5) battled all season, with Newton North winning both regular season games 3-2 before Brookline posted a 3-2 victory in the Division 1 quarters. . 6 Duxbury fell a few points short of defending the Division 2 title, falling to Westborough in an epic 3-2 title match. After advancing to Division 3, No. 12 Weston endured an up-and-down regular season to claim its seventh straight title.

Girls tennis

After sitting in second place in the Globe rankings all season, Wellesley stunned top-seeded Lexington in the Division 1 semifinals, then defeated Boston Latin 4-1 in the state finals. The Raiders’ only loss was a 5-0 loss to the Minutewomen in the regular season, while Lexington, the two-time defending champions, was undefeated prior to the semifinal loss. No. 3 Boston Latin rallied to advance to the team’s first finals in two decades. After a tough 2-4 stretch in early May, No. 4 Newton South’s young lineup pulled things together to advance to its first Division 1 semifinals in recent memory with a 3-2 quarterfinal victory over No. .5 Westford.

In Division 2, Notre Dame (Hingham)’s undefeated season was cut short in a crushing 3-2 loss to Longmeadow in the final. In Division 3, No. 13 Pembroke defeated No. 18 Newburyport 3-2 on a challenged super tiebreak in the third set at No. 3 singles and held steady in a victory over No. 16 Weston in the championship.

Boys volleyball

New season, same story: The top four teams in the Bay State Conference lost only to league opponents. Subtract Newton North and Needham will likely complete its fourth straight undefeated season. The Tigers defeated Needham three times, including in a five-set championship match, to solidify their position in the Globe’s Top 20. Not only did Nile Fox become the first coach in state history to win a girls and boys title, but he did it in the same school year. In both tournaments, only 11 games were non-sweeps. Winchester and BC High were the only two to take a set against a top Bay State player.

Matt Doherty, Trevor Hass, Cam Kerry, AJ Traub and Matty Wasserman contributed.