(top left) Charlestown High School basketball players celebrate their 1,000-point scorers.

(bottom left) The Noble and Greenough girls basketball team celebrates backto-back NEPSAC championships.

East Boston coach Tyrone Figueroa sets up a play.

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

New Mission beat Rockport 55-49 before losing to Westport 74-39 in the second round of play. City champs Boston Latin Academy, South Boston, Snowden, Cash, Boston United, EMK, and Madison Park all suffered first-round losses in the MIAA post-season competition.

Meanwhile, the young women of the Noble and Greenough School have won back-to-back NEPSAC Class AA Championships with their 66-57 win over the Tilton Rams of New Hampshire. The top-seeded Nobles players had to withstand a laterally from the 2nd-seeded ladies of Tilton to secure their second straight title and avenge an earlier season loss to Tilton, their only loss of the year. The Nobles players finished the year with a 29-1 record. Nasi Simmons (13 points and all-around dominant play) earned tournament MVP honors. Still, it was the balance of scoring from Grace Oliver (14 points), Jasmyn Cooper and Christina Pham (12 points each) and tough pressure defense that brought home their 10th NEPSAC title — and 28th overall championship in coach Alex Gallagher’s illustrious coaching career at the school.

Local men’s high school basketball scene

Charlestown (Boston City League Champions), Jeremiah Burke, New Mission, Boston English and East Boston remain alive in the MIAA Young Men’s Basketball competition. Charlestown hosts Abington in Division 3 play, and Jeremiah Burke will host Joseph Case in Division 4 action. In Division 5, New Mission squares off against Monson with Boston English to play Minuteman Regional at Madison Park High School. And East Boston will play at Norwell in Division 3 action.