2026 MIAA Boys Basketball State Championships: Bishop Feehan Stands Tall; St. Mary's, Wareham No. 1 Again; Salem, Hoosac Valley Make History

The 2026 MIAA Boys Basketball State Championships were held March 13-15 at Tsongas Center in Lowell. Champions were crowned in five divisions, including a pair of first-time winners, one drought snapped after more than three decades, and two more teams adding to their recent legacies.

Division 1

Senior Brody Bumila capped a historic tournament run with a game-high 36 points and Bishop Feehan High School completed an equally notable journey through the bracket as the No. 14 seed with a 66-63 win over No. 1 seed Central Catholic High School.

Bumila added 20 points and 5 blocks for the Shamrocks, who were the first double-digit seed to win a Boys Basketball state championship in the five-year history of the statewide tournament. Feehan needed four-overtime and two-overtime wins just to get through the bracket, then again leaned on Bumila, who averaged more than 40 points and 19 rebounds over the five tournament wins.

Trailing 33-29 at the half, Feehan used a big third quarter to grab a 52-46 lead heading into the final eight minutes.

Despite the play of senior Javi Lopez (30 points), Central Catholic never completely closed the gap. Senior Jeremiah Almanzar added 11 points for the Raiders, who were seeking their first state championship since 2010.

Senior Jake Webster added 13 points for Bishop Feehan, which prevailed in its first state title game appearance.

_{BISHOP FEEHAN 66, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 63}

_{CENTRAL CATHOLIC (22-4) — Elkin Pena 3-3-9; Nizeah Castillo 3-0-8; Jeremiah Almanzar 4-2-11; Javi Lopez 11-2-30; Drew O’Keefe 2-0-5. Totals 23-7-63.
BISHOP FEEHAN (18-7) — Egan Gill 2-0-4; Jake Webster 3-7-13; Phelan Duffy 1-0 -2; Lucas McNally 3-0-8; Kaden Baltazar 1-1-3; Brody Bumila 16-3-36. Totals 26-11-66.
3-pointers: Central Catholic – Lopez 6, Castillo 2, Almanzar, O’Keefe; Bishop Feehan – McNally 2, Bumila.}

Division 2

Senior Rolky Brea-Arias powered in a shot from in tight with 12 seconds remaining, and No. 1 seed St. Mary’s High School survived a last-second attempt from No. 3 seed Masconomet Regional High School for a thrilling 59-58 victory.

The state championship was the sixth overall and the first since 2022 for the Spartans. But after leading by double digits at the half and 47-40 entering the fourth quarter, St. Mary’s watched as the Chieftains twice took the lead in the final two minutes, the last on a pair of free throws from junior Thomas Denton with 27.3 seconds to go.

From there, the Spartans went to their leading scorer as Brea-Arias (14 points) dropped in the winning points. Sophomore Jake Fortier added 13 points for St. Mary’s, and junior Rowan Merryman and senior Jason Perry had 10 apiece.

Masconomet, making its first appearance in a state final, was led by senior Jimmy Farrell’s game-high 18 points. Senior Cal Weidman chipped in 10.

_{ST. MARY’S 59, MASCONOMET 58}

_{ST. MARY’S (24-3) — Rolky Brea-Arias 7-0-14; John Chareas 3-0-7; Jake Fortier 6-0-13; Gabe Makuwa-Sykes 2-0-5; Rowan Merryman 4-1-10; Jason Perry 4-2-10. Totals 26 3 59.
MASCONOMET (21-4) — Thomas Denton 3-2-9; Jimmy Farrell 5-8-18; Owen Hannigan 3-0-7; Ben Linehan 2-0-6; Matteo Stefanelli 2-0-5; Cal Weidman 4-0-10; Jack Arnold 1-0-3. Totals 20-10-58.
3-pointers: St. Mary’s – Chareas, Fortier, Makuwa-Sykes, Merryman; Masconomet – Linehan 2, Weidman 2, Denton, Hannigan, Stefanelli, Arnold.}

Division 3

Junior Elian Rodriguez scored a game-high 27 points and senior Cesar Mesa Castillo made a key defensive play in the final seconds as No. 2 seed Salem High School secured its first state championship in 31 years, holding off No. 1 seed Hanover High School, 57-51.

Salem held a slim 53-51 lead as Hanover was setting up an inbounds play with 22.1 seconds to go. That’s when Mesa Castillo broke up the play and snagged the loose ball, and the Witches got possession after a timeout. The Witches hit their free throws to clinch their fourth state title overall and first since 1995.

Senior Nathaniel Lane added 12 points for Salem.

Hanover, which last won a state title in 2017, trailed 39-26 at the half but used a big third quarter to get back into the game and have a shot at the end. Senior Ryan Mutschler led the Hawks with 22 points and senior Cole Madden had 13.

_{SALEM 57, HANOVER 51}

_{HANOVER (23-2) — Ryan Mutschler 8-6-22; Cole Madden 5-0-13; Sebastian Brown 3-1-8; Brad Peterson 2-3-8. Totals 18-10-51.
SALEM (24-2) — Nate Lane 4-2-12; Cesar Mesa Castillo 2-0-5; Matt Kenney 2-2-6; Elian Rodriguez 11-1-27; Cleto Deng 3-1-7. Totals 22-6-57.
3-pointers: Hanover – Madden 3, Brown, Peterson; Salem – Rodriguez 4, Lane 2, Mesa Castillo.}

Division 4

In a matchup between the last three Division 4 state champions, it was No. 1 seed Wareham High School that came out on top by denying No. 3 seed Georgetown High School of a repeat with an 80-73 victory.

Senior Aaron Cote had 31 points to lead all scorers for the Vikings, who quickly erased a 41-32 halftime deficit with a big third quarter and then held on through an up-and-down final eight minutes for their third championship in four years.

Junior Malikhi Tavares also had a big game for Wareham with 20 points, and junior Amare Rose added 16 points.

Georgetown held a 19-17 lead after one quarter and pushed it to nine at the break behind a balanced attack led by junior Jomar Terrero (18 points). But the Royals were unable to added a second championship to the one they captured in 2025.

Senior Brendan Loewen (16 points), sophomore Meziah Rodriguez (11) and junior Rayner Urena Hernandez (10) all were in double figures for Georgetown.

_{WAREHAM 80, GEORGETOWN 73}

_{WAREHAM (21-5) — Tyler Cannon 2-0-6; Aaron Cote 11-5-31; Cisco Monteiro 2-1-5; Amare Rose 5-5-16; Malikhi Tavares 7-3-20; Robbie Drive 1-0-2. Totals 28-14-80.
GEORGETOWN (19-6) — Aleksander Dimov 4-0-9; Brendan Loewen 3-9-16; Meziah Rodriguez 4-3-11; Jomar Terrero 7-3-18; Rayner Urena Hernandez 4-2-10; Irvin Zapata 2-0-6; Tony Tavarez 1-0-3. Totals 25-17-73.
3-pointers: Wareham – Cote 4, Tavares 3, Cannon 2, Rose; Georgetown – Zapata 2, Dimov, Loewen, Terrero, Tavarez.}

Division 5

Led by 33 points from senior Qwanell Bradley and 29 more from senior Adan Wicks, No. 8 seed Hoosac Valley High School put on an offensive show and earned the program’s first state championship with a 91-76 victory over No. 6 seed Holbrook High School.

Wicks hit 7 of the Hurricanes’ 10 3-pointers on the day as Hoosac Valley won for the first time in five appearances in a state final (most recently in 2024). The 91 points were the fourth most scored in a boys’ basketball state championship game in Massachusetts/MIAA history.

The Hurricanes and Bulldogs were locked in a 38-all tie at the half before Hoosac Valley broke free with a 30-point third quarter to take a 68-56 lead.

Junior Terrell Johnson added 15 points and senior Blake Mazzeo 13, including three 3-pointers, for the Hurricanes.

Holbrook senior Allen Brown finished his standout career with 40 points, just the ninth boys’ basketball player in Massachusetts/MIAA history to reach that in a state final. Brown scored 2,397 points in his career. Senior Odens Massillon had 24 points for the Bulldogs, who were in a state final for the first time in 61 years.

_{HOOSAC VALLEY 91, HOLBROOK 76}

_{HOOSAC VALLEY (18-8) — Blake Mazzeo 5-0-13; Qwanell Bradley 15-3-33; Adan Wicks 10-2-29; Terrell Johnson 7-1-15; Ian Liebenow 0-1-1. Totals 37-7-91.
HOLBROOK (22-3) — Allen Brown 10-17-40; Xavier Depina 1-0-2; Gio Ramirez 2-0-4; Nick Dessalines 1-0-2; Max McCormick 2-0-4; Odens Massilon 10-4-24. Totals 26-21-76.
3-pointers: Holbrook – Brown 3; Hoosac Valley – Wicks 7, Mazzeo 3.}