Newton North girls soccer earned its first win of the season Tuesday, Sept. 29, blanking Brookline 2-0 in Bay State Conference play.
The Tigers (1-1-3 overall, 1-1-2 Bay State-Carey) had opened the year with three consecutive draws before splitting their last two games, according to MassLive's Bay State Conference girls soccer power rankings published Wednesday, Sept. 30. Brookline (3-2, 3-2) had its four-game winning streak snapped by the loss.
Volleyball: Tigers sweep Framingham
Newton North girls volleyball shook off two losses in its previous three matches with a 3-0 sweep of Framingham (0-6, 0-4) on Tuesday, according to MassLive box scores.
The win pushed the Tigers to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in Bay State-Carey play. Newton North had fallen to Wakefield and Brookline before righting the ship against the Flyers.
The MIAA released its first girls volleyball power rankings of the season on Tuesday, slotting Newton North at No. 5 in Division I. The Tigers reached the Division I state final last season, losing to Franklin in five sets.
Senior Nora Hamel, a right-side hitter the Boston Globe identified as a player to watch entering 2026, is among the key returners for coach Nile Fox's squad.
Boys soccer: Lions draw, Tigers fall
Newton South boys soccer played Brookline to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday, moving the Lions to 1-0-1 on the season. Brookline sits at 3-1-3 after going 0-1-2 on the week, according to MassLive's Bay State Conference boys soccer power rankings published Wednesday.
Newton North boys soccer fell 1-0 to Lincoln-Sudbury (1-0). The loss stung. The Tigers dropped to 1-3-2 overall and 0-0-1 in Bay State-Carey play, and MassLive's power rankings placed them sixth in the conference, noting the team "picked up their first win with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Braintree on Thursday but dropped tight contests to Belmont and Lincoln-Sudbury."
Returning Bay State all-star Lorenzo Grimaldi anchors a Newton North boys soccer roster that made a state title run in 2024 before a preliminary-round exit last fall.
