2026 Season previews with defending state champions – Norwell

There are few programs in the state that have been as consistent as Norwell for the last handful of years. After winning back-to-back D3 titles in 2022 and 2023, Norwell moved down to D4 and within two years, took home the Division 4 state championship with a victory at Mass Maritime last June. This season, Josh Stolp's program is heading back up to D3. But, before that, we spoke with him recently to find out if an offseason as a state champion looks or feels any different. "Not really," Stolp said. "A lot of the kids are playing year-round anyways. I think for a lot of them, they're just going all the time. For us, the o