Via Instagram, Franklin TV, and our subscription to HockomockSports.com, we share the results of the Winter sports competition for Franklin High School on Thursday, February 26, 2026
Girls Basketball = Division 1 #18 Arlington, 39 @ #15 Franklin, 62 – Final
Franklin TV available for replay - https://www.youtube.com/live/m3bvo8AS7Pw?&t=1592
Franklin looked a little sluggish in the first couple minutes of Thursday night’s Div. 1 opening round game against No. 18 seed Arlington. Then junior guard Ava Bonney stepped off the bench, started firing away, and sparked a game-changing 13-0 run that put the Panthers in front to stay.
Bonney scored 10 points in the first, eight more in the third, and finished with a career-high 22 to lead Franklin to a dominant 62-39 victory over the Spy Ponders and another trip to the Sweet Sixteen.
“That’s the game we want her to play,” Franklin coach John Leighton said of Bonney’s performance. “I thought her confidence to get into the paint was the biggest part of the game. It wasn’t the threes, which are great, but it was her ability to break them down off the dribble.”
“Arlington knows we shoot a lot of threes, they extended, and we took advantage of that. I thought Ava had an outstanding game.”
(subscription required) https://hockomocksports.com/bonneys-career-night-sparks-franklin-to-big-win-over-arlington/
For a photo gallery from this game (subscription required) https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Winter-2025-2026/Franklin-Arlington-Girls-Basketball-02-26-26
Catching up to Wednesday's results
Boys Basketball = Division 1 = #36 Franklin, 47 @ #29 Lowell, 64 – Final
– Franklin rallied with a big third quarter to pull within striking distance to start the fourth but Lowell opened the frame with a game-clinching run to pull off the win. The Red Raiders controlled the first half and carried a 35-20 led into the locker room at halftime but the Panthers found a rhythm in the third and outscored their entire first half output with 21 minutes, closing the gap to 47-41 heading into the fourth. Lowell’s defense clamped down in the fourth, holding the Panthers to just two points over the first five minutes, and the hosts pulled away from there. Senior Jack Sullivan helped spark the third quarter comeback, scoring eight of his team-high 14 points in that frame. Senior Justice Samuels and sophomore Gio Carlucci each chipped in with nine points apiece for the Panthers.
Franklin TV video is available for replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamybg7phjo
Boys Hockey = Division 1 #30 Franklin, 0 @ #3 St. John’s Prep, 7 – Final
Thursday (subscription required) https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-02-26-26/
Wednesday (subscription required) https://hockomocksports.com/wednesdays-schedule-scoreboard-02-25-26/
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