The Holland Tech (formerly Burke) High School boys’ basketball team capped off an undefeated City League season last Thursday at Madison Park gym with a 71-49 victory over English High School to win the city championship.

The Bulldogs (17-3) now have won three of the last four city titles and on Saturday they landed the No. 1 seed in the Division 4 State Basketball tournament that starts this week.

Dorchester’s Jasaad Fenton, now a senior, has won three championships since starting his career at the Burke/Holland school. He has been a big factor in the team’s success this year, but on Thursday it was Ian Piper who led the way with 25 points and 12 rebounds.

Holland Tech’s Jasaan Fenton, a senior from Dorchester, has now been a winner on three of the last four boys’ city championship teams, including this win last Thursday over English High.
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Holland’s Kamron Gordon skies for two points late in the game against English High. The Holland boys scored a No. 1 seed in the Division 4 State Tournament over the weekend and will play at Madison Park on Friday.

The Holland boys faced an uncertain season at the beginning of the year when they lost three of their top scorers, including transfers Jaeden Roberts (Putnam Science Connecticut) and Malik Adamson (Dexter Southfield). However, when the team debuted in preseason scrimmages, Coach Joe Chatman had clearly reloaded with added shooters like Yassine Amghar.

Last month, in one of the highlights of the season, they played in the nationally competitive HoopHall Classic in Springfield, gathering an impressive win over East Catholic (Connecticut) High School.

The Holland team earned a bye in the first round of the State Tournament and will host a game at Madison Park this Friday (Feb. 28) at 6 p.m. against either Assabet Valley or Frontier Charter.