Mother coaches best

“Don’t let up,’’ she yelled to the defense from midfield. “Don’t let up.’’

McHoul and fellow midfielder Kate Rich paved the way with nine goals combined, and junior Marina Burke added a hat trick as Westwood jumped to a 9-0 lead before cruising to an 18-8 victory over Notre Dame of Hingham in a Division 1 South girls’ lacrosse semifinal at Hingham.

“We tried as hard as we could to prepare ourselves to put our defenders in positions to be successful, but they can catch and throw just like any other team, and they were very on today,’’ said Notre Dame coach Meredith Frank. “They were finishing their shots.’’

In a match between second-year coach Meredith Frank and her mother, 14-year coach Leslie Frank, the Wolverines executed a nearly flawless game plan to keep a potent Notre Dame offense from getting the ball much of the afternoon.

In pressing the net, Westwood capitalized on two early free positions in the Cougars end and jumped to a 2-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.

Westwood dominated the faceoff circle in the first half, allowing them to relentlessly apply pressure on a taxed Cougar defense.

With a 6-0 lead with 7:20 to go in the first, Westwood put the game out of reach. Westwood scored three goals in 1:02 to open up a 9-0 lead with still 6:16 left in the first. McHoul scored the bookend goals.

Division 2 North

Winchester 16, Marblehead 7 - Sachems sophomore Hallie Stone snagged 11 saves to highlight the victory.

Baseball

Division 1 North

Lowell 2, Malden Catholic 0 - Junior righthander Cam Latta scattered four hits, collected six strikeouts, and allowed four walks in a complete game to lead the Red Raiders (19-3). R.J. Noel and Joe Parisi each had two hits.

Newton North 7, St. John’s Prep 4 - Michael Courtney allowed one hit in three innings of relief to earn the win and lift the Tigers (13-10). Brandan Ryan had three hits and three RBIs.

Malden 4, Lynn English 0 - Nick Powers threw a one-hitter - retiring the last 21 hitters - and fanned 11 for the host Golden Tornadoes.

Division 3 North

Lynnfield 4, St. Mary’s 2 - Senior Chris Dehuelle scattered four hits and collected two strikeouts through seven innings to lift the Pioneers (19-3).

Division 4 North

Northeast 1, Manchester Essex 0 - Jason Harper pitched a two-hitter and struck out the final four batters to lift the Golden Knights (16-5). He ended the game with 11 punchouts.

Mystic Valley 4, Matignon 3 - Joey Foley picked up the complete game victory with eight strikeouts and Ryan Foley went 3 for 4 and had the game-winning single in the eighth.

Division 1 South

Framingham 3, BC High 2 - Senior captain Kevin Lacy scattered five hits and fanned nine to lift the Flyers (12-7). Lacy also belted the tying home run in the sixth inning and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Xaverian 9, Walpole 3 - Senior Chris Hoyt hit a two-run single in the top of the fourth to spark an eight-run inning by the Hawks (13-8).

Division 2 South

Sharon 1, Wellesley 0 - Junior lefthander Jake Fishman scattered five hits and collected six strikeouts to lead the Eagles (9-12). Fishman also drove in the Eagles’ only run, in the third inning.

Softball

Division 1 South

Bridgewater-Raynham 17, Walpole 3 - The Trojans (18-3) slugged out 14 hits, led by Chelsea Correia (3 hits, RBI), Madi Shaw (2 doubles, 3 RBIs, 3 runs), Audrey Dolloff (2 hits, 3 RBIs), and Rachel McCall (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBIs).

Division 2 South

Abington 7, Medfield 4 - Junior Mackenzie Gillis went 4 for 4 with three RBIs to lead the Green Wave (19-2). Senior Kelly Norton tossed a four-hitter and struck out 13.