The Hopkinton boys’ lacrosse team celebrates its third straight Division III title after Saturday’s win over Pelham.
The Hopkinton boys’ lacrosse team celebrates its third straight Division III title after Saturday’s win over Pelham. Credit: RAY DUCKER / Monitor staff

TEAM (last week’s rank)

1. HOPKINTON GIRLS’ LAX (1)  finished 17-0 after a 12-11 finals win despite being down two players for the second half.

2. HOPKINTON BOYS’ LAX (3)  went 16-1 and won a third straight D-III title with a 15-5 win vs. Pelham, avenging its only loss.

3. JOHN STARK SOFTBALL (NR)  won back-to-back D-II titles and finished 17-3 with Saturday’s 3-1 win vs. MV.

4. HOPKINTON SOFTBALL (NR)  rode the pitching of Megan Kimball-Rhines to claim the D-III title and finish 16-4.

5. BOW BASEBALL (4) used two walk-off playoff wins to reach Monday’s D-II final against No. 2 Hollis Brookline.

6. KEARSARGE GIRLS’ TRACK (2)  after leading her team to the D-III title, Mya Dube won New England 1,600 on Saturday.

7. HOPKINTON BASEBALL (5) beat No. 1 Belmont in the semifinals but fell to defending-champ White Mtns. in the final.

8. PITTSFIELD BASEBALL (6)  survived an 11-inning semifinal but couldn’t survive its own errors in a finals loss to Newmarket.

9. MERRIMACK VALLEY SOFTBALL (NR)  raked its way to the final, but lost there to Stark, 3-1, to finish the season 16-4.

10. CONCORD BASEBALL (7)  D-I’s top seed finished 17-4 after a 4-1 loss to No. 4 Londonderry in the semifinals.

Others receiving votes: Kearsarge boys’ track, Coe-Brown boys’ track, Bow girls’ tennis