high school basketball

Friday’s Boston Celtics win over the Charlotte Hornets at TD Garden was a sweet victory for the team, and a big moment of celebration for another group of basketball players, too.

Three Boston high school teams made impressive runs to state titles in tournament play over the weekend — the girls’ team from Cathedral High and the boys’ squads from Charlestown High and New Mission High.

Following a successful regular season, the young women of New Mission High School made it to the MIAA Playoffs, winning one game before they were eliminated.

The young women of Boston Latin Academy and the young men of Charlestown High School are the new city champions of high school basketball following impressive victories over New Mission and Jeremiah Burke in their respective finals.

Dynasty is one of the most overused words in sports, but you can’t help invoking the D-word when describing the Lady Bulldogs basketball team from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham.

The exploits of Edward “Little Billy” Raynor Jr. on the hardwood courts from Boston to the Ivy League rank him among the top schoolboy players ever to come out of the city.

For every child who battles with hearing disabilities, Carlton Darien “Butch” Smith dedicates his story to you.