Stoneham's teams run with new life
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A broken sprinkler sputtered in the northeast corner of one of Stoneham High's soccer fields last Thursday, having provided a watering hole for a gaggle of geese that boldly marched across the field upon which they had left their mark over several weeks.
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The Hingham boys' soccer team remembers the last time it lost a game. Since losing to Middleboro in last year's state quarterfinals, the Harbormen have been aching for revenge.
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One would think Woburn coach Rocky Nelson, who has 145 wins in 21 seasons, would be a tough man to frighten. But tailback Mark Bruno and upstart Stoneham, who entered last night's game against Woburn 3-0, intended to do just that.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joel Pineiro was asked whether this Red Sox team reminds of him of the Seattle Mariners squad he was on that won 116 games in 2001. He paused for a second and said, "In that then it seemed there was somebody different every day doing little things to win a game."
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It turns out Richard Awa was just warming up when he scored a hat trick in Waltham's first game this season.
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FOOTBALL is a funny game, although Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness will be hard-pressed to raise a chuckle this morning. For an hour his team matched Chelsea stride for stride, creating better chances, constructing more flowing moves.
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OPORTO, Portugal For those who traveled here to see Jose Mourinho&#39;s new team add to his old team&#39;s misery, it did not quite work out as planned.
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The Bishop Feehan boys' and girls' track teams now share more than just the same dedicated coach. After sweeping yesterday's Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Division 3 James Kalperis Relays at the Reggie Lewis Center, the squads are both champions.
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Despite being the Globe's top-ranked boys' soccer team the entire season, Stoneham has had one goal: winning an elusive outright state championship.
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The dissecting of the Patriots' Super Bowl loss will probably never end, but now that spring training has arrived, at least New England sports fans have another team to which they can turn their attention.
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With 19 seconds to play and Holy Cross in control of last night's Patriot League tournament championship game, senior Brittany Keil flashed an appreciative smile toward the team's alumni cheering section. All 25 former players had been part of Holy Cross title teams, but Keil was proud to share one more with them.
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The playoffs don't begin until next week, but Wareham went into yesterday's Thanksgiving showdown against conference rival Bourne as if it were a tournament final.
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It's been 14 years between titles, but for the first time since 1993 the New England wrestling team trophy is coming home to Massachusetts.
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - The Brown Invitational was just another stop along the way for the freight train that is the Brookline cross-country team. With the state championship looming and in need of fine-tuning, top-ranked Brookline went searching for tougher competition.
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With his team in a three-way battle atop the South Coast Conference, Bourne coach Barry Wood was well aware that not only would his team have to beat Wareham on the road yesterday, but that Dighton-Rehoboth would also have to win at home against Seekonk for his Canalmen to earn a spot in the Division 2A playoffs.
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Craig Mottram knows what he&#39;s got to do to mix it with the likes of Olympic gold medallists Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.
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Holliston residents are cheering for a local Pop Warner football team that is headed to the national championships after winning the New England title last week.