2026 MIAA Girls Basketball State Championships: Medfield Perfect; Wachusett Repeats; South Hadley Makes History; Bishop Fenwick, Hopedale Back on Top

The 2026 MIAA Girls Basketball State Championships were held March 13-15 at Tsongas Center in Lowell. Champions were crowned in five divisions, including two repeat winners, one perfect season, and one winner for the first time in program history.

Division 1

Led by the play of junior Teegan Lampher, No. 3 seed Wachusett Regional High School made it back-to-back state championships by pulling away in the fourth quarter and upending No. 1 seed Springfield Central High School, 55-47.

It was a 37-34 game entering the final eight minutes when Lampher took control, ultimately finishing with a team-high 22 points. Senior Jae Scott added 11 points and senior Sophie Gibbons 10 for the Mountaineers, who beat Bishop Feehan for the 2025 championship and were playing at Tsongas for the third consecutive year.

Wachusett led 16-12 after one quarter and 29-21 at the break. But the Golden Eagles made it tight behind the strong play of freshman Zi’Yan Wallace, who finished with a game-high 25 points and added 11 rebounds. Wallace sparked Central to close the gap in the third quarter, but the Eagles never completely recovered.

Central, which was seeking its first state title since 2022, also got 11 points from sophomore Giavanna Mars.

_{WACHUSETT 55, SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 47}

_{SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL (21-4) – Noelani Rodriguez 1-1-4; Jada Watson 1-1-4; Giavanna Mars 3-3-11; Zi’Yan Wallace 8-7-25; Zh’nai Wallace 0-1-1; Genesis Grimes 1-0-2. Totals 14-13-47.
WACHUSETT (22-3) — Sophie Gibbons 4-2-10; Jae Scott 5-1-11; Lucy Gibbons 0-5-5; Teegan Lanpher 9-3-22; Kyla Yurkus 2-1-5. Totals 20-12-53.
3-pointers: Springfield Central – Mars 2, Wallace 2, Rodriguez, Jada Watson; Wachusett – Lanpher.}

Division 2

Medfield High School not only completed a perfect season, but made it three consecutive state championships with a solid 72-38 victory over St. Mary’s High School.

In finishing the season with a 25-0 mark and running their win streak to 31 games overall, the No. 1 seed Warriors drained 12 3-pointers in all and led nearly the entire game. Sophomore Meghan Olenik, senior Tess Baacke, sophomore Abby Broderick and junior Naya Annigeri each connected three times from behind the arc.

Broderick finished with a game-high 25 points for Medfield, while Annigeri and Baacke added 17 apiece.

The Warriors led 10-4 after one quarter and 30-20 at halftime. They extended the lead to 46-29 through 24 minutes and cruised home from there. Medfield had beaten South High Community in the Division 2 final each of the previous two seasons, and the Warriors now have five state titles in six attempts.

Freshman Janae Holmes scored 10 points to pace the No. 3 seed Spartans, who were denied back-to-back titles after winning Division 3 a year ago. Senior Sky Watson chipped in 7 points and freshman Sysy Emmanuel 6.

_{MEDFIELD 72, ST. MARY’S 38}

_{MEDFIELD (25-0) – Meghan Olenik 3-0-9; Stella Scobbo 1-0-2; Tess Baacke 5-4-17; Ava Pender 0-2-2; Abby Broderick 8-6-25; Naya Annigeri 6-2-17. Totals: 23-14-72.
ST. MARY’S (23-4) – Sysy Emmanuel 3-0-6; Sky Watson 3-0-7; Jillian Roberts 0-1-1; Gianna Silvestri 1-0-2; Janae Holmes 5-0-10; McKenna O’Connell 2-0-5; Charleigh Green 2-0-4; Jaylin Frye 1-1-3. Totals: 17-2-38.
3-pointers: Medfield – Olenik 3; Baacke 3, Broderick 3; Annigeri 3; St. Mary’s – Watson, O’Connell.}

Division 3

Seniors Celia Nelson and Caitlin Boyle took care of the bulk of the offense, and No. 1 seed Bishop Fenwick High School earned its first state championship in a decade with a 49-44 win over No. 2 seed Pittsfield High School.

Nelson finished with 19 points and Boyle 14 for the Crusaders, who won the school’s only state title in 2016 and fell short in 2023.

The game was tied, 23-23, at halftime before Bishop Fenwick took over with an 18-6 burst in the third quarter. Junior Abby Jenkins added 8 points in the win.

Sophomore Caprese Conyers scored 15 points to lead the way for the Generals, who were in a state final for the first time since back-to-back appearances in 2001-2022. Junior Asia Smith-Moody chipped in 8 points for Pittsfield.

_{BISHOP FENWICK 49, PITTSFIELD 44}

_{BISHOP FENWICK (20-5) — Celia Neilson 6-7-19; Abby Jenkins 3-0-8; Reese Spurchise 2-0-4; Caitlin Boyle 5-4-14; Brittney Figulski 2-0-4. Totals 18-11-49.
PITTSFIELD (20-6) — Bre’jai Ellerbee 3-0-7; Caprese Conyers 5-5-15; Madison Stetz 1-1-3; Asia Smith-Moody 3-1-8; Harolyn Castillo 2-0-5; Kyana Summers 1-4-6. Totals 15-11-44.
3-pointers: Bishop Fenwick – Jenkins 2; Pittsfield – Ellerbee, Smith-Moody, Castillo.}

Division 4

After falling short in the state final the previous two years, No. 3 seed South Hadley finally got over the top with a 49-38 conquest of No. 1 seed and fellow Western Mass. foe Frontier Regional School.

The Tigers used balanced scoring and strong defense in the midpoints of the game to bring home the program’s first state championship in three tries. South Hadley was denied by Cathedral High School in both 2024 and 2025.

Junior Cara Dean had a team-high 12 points and buried two of South Hadley’s five 3-pointers on the day. Junior Taylor Bullough and sophomore Olivia Athas had 10 points apiece, and junior Kate Phillips added 9.

Frontier held a 15-14 lead after one quarter, but South Hadley held the Redhawks within a point for nearly the entire second quarter to take control going into the break, 27-17.

Junior Skyler Steele had a game-high 19 points for Frontier, which got as close as 40-36 in the final two minutes before Dean hit a big 3-pointer. Frontier was making its second appearance in a state final.

_{SOUTH HADLEY 49, FRONTIER 38}

_{FRONTIER (21-4) — Whitney Campbell 1-0-2; Macy DeMaio 1-0-2; Harper Modestow 2-2-6; Skyler Steele 7-3-19; Addie Harrington 4-0-9. Totals 15-5-38.
SOUTH HADLEY (16-10) — Ryley McMahon 2-1-6; Taylor Bullough 3-2-10; Olivia Athas 4-2-10; Cara Dean 4-2-12; Simone Quinn 0-2-2; Kate Phillips 2-5-9. Totals 15-14-49.
3-pointers: Frontier – Steele 2, Harrington; South Hadley – Bullough 2, Dean 2, McMahon.}

Division 5

Senior Phoebe Carroll scored 23 points and No. 2 seed Hopedale High School used a strong second quarter to build the lead and then hold off No. 1 seed Drury High School, 48-35.

Carroll added 12 rebounds as the Raiders broke open a two-point game to take a 22-12 advantage into halftime.

The Blue Devils made a game of it, getting as close as 37-32 in the fourth quarter before Hopedale pulled away to win the second state championship in program history. The Raiders also were Division 5 champions in 2022.

Junior Layla Huntley and sophomore Jenna Weeden added 10 points apiece for Hopedale.

Senior Megan McGrath scored 14 points to lead Drury, which was seeking its first state championship since 1978.

_{HOPEDALE 48, DRURY 35}

_{DRURY (20-6) — Megan McGrath 2-9-14; Ella Bond 2-0-6; Ashlyn Hayden 1-6-8; Delaney Hayden 0-3-3; Eva Moser 2-0-4. Totals 7-18-35.
HOPEDALE (18-7) — Lexi Carroll 0-1-1; Chloe Carpenter 0-1-1; Jenna Weeden 3-3-10; Anna Fafard 1-1-3; Phoebe Carroll 8-7-23; Layla Huntley 3-4-10. Totals 15-7-48.
3-pointers: Drury – Bond 2, McGrath; Hopedale – Weeden.}