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HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP: Find all the South Shore scores here

chris mcdaniel, the patriot ledger
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The Abington High baseball and softball teams opened the tournament with a pair of decisive victories on Sunday to advance to the Division 4 Round of 16.

The softball team, which was seeded No. 6, defeated No. 27 Bartlett, 9-3. Shannon Varvitsiotis tossed 6 shutout innings while allowed 3 hits and striking out 8. Callie Pineau led the offense with a pair of 2-run home runs.

Maddie Perry had 2 hits and 2 runs while Kayden Lynch doubled and scored. Meg McCann had an RBI single.

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Abington will host No. 11 Seekonk on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

The No. 9 baseball team defeated Winthrop, 6-2, and will head to No. 8 Bellingham on Thursday at 4 p.m.

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Ryan Tobin led the offense with an RBI triple and scored 2 runs. Aidan O'Donnell struck out 7 in the win on the mound.

The Abington baseball team celebrates Steve Perakslis's 300th win at Frolio Field in Abington on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Abington head coach Steve Perakslis won his 300th win with the victory.
The Abington baseball team celebrates Steve Perakslis's 300th win at Frolio Field in Abington on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Abington head coach Steve Perakslis won his 300th win with the victory.

In other high school action on Sunday:

SOFTBALL

Methuen 11, Hingham 2: The No. 26 Harborwomen lost on the road to No. 7.

Plymouth North 9, Danvers 8: The No. 8 Blue Eagles scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to extend the game and Kylee Hefner won the game in extras with a walk-off single. Plymouth North will host No. 9 Silver Lake in a Division 2 Round of 16 game on Monday at 2:30. 

East Bridgewater 9, North Reading 1: The No. 22 Vikings upset the No. 11 seed on the road. EB advances to the Division 3 Round of 16.

Hopkinton 9, Marshfield 1: The Rams (12-11) lost in Division 1 prelim.

BASEBALL

Austin Prep 9, Archbishop Williams 0: The No. 32 Bishops couldn't upset the No. 1 seed in the Division 3 Round of 32.

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Leicester 23, Cohasset 0: The Skippers lost in the Division 4 Round of 32 game.

Plymouth South 15, Somerville 0 (6 inn.): Tommy Sullivan tossed a no-hitter for the Panthers and added a 3-run home run at the plate. Matt Cassidy went 5-for-5 with 4 RBI and Nathan Ferry was 2-for-2 with an RBI. No. 7 Plymouth South will host the winner of No. 10 Reading and No. 23 Dartmouth in the Division 2 Round of 16.

BOYS TENNIS

Amherst-Pelham 4, Scituate 1: The No. 8 Sailors were eliminated in the Division 2 Round of 32.

Cape Cod Academy 4, Hanover 1: No. 24 Hanover couldn't pull off the upset at No. 9 CCA.

Cohasset 5, Mt. Greylock 0: The No. 6 Skippers eliminated the No. 27 seed in the Division 4 Round of 32.

GIRLS TENNIS

Plymouth North 3, Nashoba 2: The No. 9 Blue Eagles advance to the Division 2 Round of 16.

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: South Shore high school MIAA tournament scores and highlights