The Needham boys volleyball team started Friday night firing on all cylinders on a stage the program – making its fifth straight Div. 1 state final appearance – is quite used to. But Brookline, in its first trip since it last won a state championship in 1992,

Vaivars (24 kills) finished off a 3-1 win as the Warriors (23-1) won their first title since 1992 under the direction of first-year coach Lexi De La Cruz.

MILTON — “This is a lot more fun,” Hanover coach Andrew McLean said following his squad’s 59-7 win over Brookline on Saturday at Curry College. McLean’s squad had just won the boys Division II state championship nearly a year after losing to Weymouth on the same field.

Five decades of Orioles in the town of Brookline have called the same man coach.

The top-seeded Hawks (9-0) scored a 59-7 demolition of the No. 2 Warriors (7-3) for their second MIAA title since 2017.

The Harvard University graduate made sure to thank the bus driver as he made his way around Cambridge this weekend.

After seeing the previous two promising seasons end sooner than he thought they should have, Brookline boys volleyball setter Alec Smagula built the highest of expectations within a star-studded lineup throughout the entire year.

I think Alec was the MVP of today,” he said. “We have great weapons, but he was just able to run a really great game. We couldn’t have done it without him.: Lexi De La Cruze, Brookline coach.