With few in stands, Charlestown puts up plenty
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The Charlestown boys' basketball team put together an impressive performance against Boston City League rival East Boston, leading by as many as 27 points on its way to an 83-70 victory yesterday. But there was little celebration in Charlestown High's gym; no students were there to see it.
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When the Old Colony League was trimmed to just four teams during the offseason, the spotlight was quickly cast on Bridgewater-Raynham's game at Marshfield Oct. 29.
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For a team with few detectable flaws, the Patriotsâ run defense, ranked 10th in the league, has occasionally been suspect, populated by an over-30 set of linebackers.
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Brockton's offensive line isn't big, it's break-the-bleachers large. Arthur Dias (300 pounds), Manny Garcia (240), Peter Towle (215), and Khari Louis-Jeune (295) held their own and then some as the Boxers piled up 368 yards rushing on 16 total carries in a 28-0 win over host Barnstable last night.
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There were lots of birdies to be had out here yesterday, and many people will be happy to learn that Sean O'Hair had seven of them.
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Taylor Coppenrath, the America East Player of the Year last season, was too much for Northeastern last night as he scored 28 points to lead Vermont to a convincing 75-60 victory before a crowd of 2,089 at Solomon Court.
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The kid was going against pros and it was a mismatch. Charlie Davies, 19, was overflowing with caution before he and his Boston College teammates faced Major League Soccer's Revolution this past spring in an exhibition match. There were issues. The caliber of the opposition; that went without saying. The caliber of the Eagles, who were coming off a calamitous ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Everybody came here to represent. The Cali Contingent of Boston College's basketball team -- junior Craig Smith of Los Angeles, Sean Marshall of Rialto, and Jared Dudley of San Diego -- had quite a bit of incentive in last night's 74-64 victory over UCLA in the Wooden Classic before a crowd of 14,027 at Arrowhead Pond.
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There's a lot going on in Red Sox camp, but the Yankees aren't far behind.
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By LANE LAMBERT  ECONOMIC CHALLENGE  As Quincy and the rest of Greater Boston thrive in a post- industrial economy, Brockton and other historic mill cities across the state continue to lose ground.
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The University of Massachusetts displayed resourcefulness in rallying past Maine, 3-2, in the opener of their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series last night.
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When you're struggling, as Harvard is, any victory is a boost to morale. When that win is over the top team in the ECACHL, which Quinnipiac is, the level of satisfaction increases exponentially. Add in a Crimson rally from a two-goal deficit to pull off a 4-2 triumph in front of 2,203 at Bright Hockey Center and it's cause for ...
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Piling up seven goals and two assists in three games is an incredible feat. Doing it while playing on a severely sprained ankle is all the more impressive. Weymouth's Catie Whelan has done exactly that this postseason.
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A city down on its luck has an optimistic young leader. The scene there mirrors our national situation. Maybe we can all learn something from Luke Ravenstahl.
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Add a little to the fourth quarter mix, and the Patriots seem to take their game up a notch while others often turn scared and run sluggish.
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A good team knows how to put its opponent away, and that is exactly what the top-ranked Stoneham boys' soccer team did yesterday in a 4-0 win over visiting Wakefield, although it took a while.
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It was their moment, and they would not be denied. Playing a meaningful late-season basketball game for the first time since many of their players hit puberty, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen rose to the occasion in a huge way, overwhelming Rhode Island, 77-55, before a supercharged crowd of 8,358 at the Mullins Center last night.