Santos guides Wildcats
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Chad Kackert caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Ricky Santos with 4:40 remaining to give the University of New Hampshire a 41-38 win over Hampton in a Division 1-AA first-round playoff game yesterday in Hampton, Va.
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Northwestern has dedicated its season to Randy Walker and mourned the coach before a season-opening win against Miami of Ohio.
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ATHENS -- Seeing was admiring. &quot;Puerto Rico played as a team,&quot; said US coach Larry Brown. &quot;They were well-prepared and the coaching was incredible. They played so much harder than we did, and so the result was not a surprise. I think anybody watching this, who enjoys basketball, got a thrill out of that.&quot;
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Arlington Catholic is right where it left off last season. The defending Division 1 state champion is the team to beat this season. If AC hopes to repeat its success, the Cougars will have to regroup after the loss of four players (two forwards, two defensemen).
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Arlington Catholic boys' basketball coach Steve Fernandes reached an impressive milestone last night, earning career victory No. 300 with the Cougars' 83-65 win over Catholic Central Large foe Matignon.
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It was a little bit of payback for the host Framingham boys' soccer team. After tying Weymouth twice last season, results that contributed to the Wildcats' Bay State League title, Framingham made sure there was no tie yesterday, taking a 5-1 win.
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Michael Beasley scored 21 points and Bill Walker added 19 for Kansas State, which broke a close game open in the second half and went on to beat No. 10 Texas A&M 75-54 on Saturday. The win gave the Wildcats (12-4, 2-0 Big 12) their first 2-0 start to a conference season in 15 years.
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Wanderley Luxemburgo has become the latest in a long line of Real Madrid coaches, replacing Mariano Garcia Remon. The former Brazil coach was unveiled at a press conference earlier today after leaving his post as manager of Brazilian champions Santos.
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For the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats, this has been a season in which winning has bred confidence, and confidence has bred more winning.
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Eagles play-by-play man Merrill Reese may not be a household name among Patriots fans, but you get an idea of his status if you call him "The Gil Santos of Philadelphia."
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After missing the MIAA tournament last year, the Newton North girls' soccer team returned in grand fashion this season. The Tigers captured the Division 1 North title by playing defending state co-champion Lincoln-Sudbury to a scoreless draw through regulation and overtime and then winning the penalty-kick shootout, 4-2, last night.
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GARDNER -- Newton North's Chris Barnicle knew the MIAA Division 1 Cross-Country State Championships at Gardner Municipal Golf Course would come down to his team and Brockton. He even thought he knew the winner after he finished the race, but he was wrong.
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Tucson, AZ (Sports Network) - Mustafa Shakur led three Arizona players who scored at least 20 points as the 10th-ranked Wildcats opened their 2004-05 season with an 80-69 victory over San Diego at the McKale Center in the first round of the Preseason NIT.
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Northwestern defense was running into trouble Thursday night in the Wildcats&#39; season opener at Texas Christian.
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For the first half of the season, the University of New Hampshire has been the gold standard among local teams. The second-ranked Wildcats entered the holiday break with a 13-2-1 overall record and 10-1-1 mark in Hockey East.
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The Cats hope to finish atop the conference this season after tying for first last year. The University of Arizona women&#39;s basketball team got a share of the Pacific-10 Conference title last year.
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Arizona State (8-2 overall, 5-2 Pac-10) is averaging just over 30 points. The Wildcats (2-8, 1-6) are averaging a measly 13 points, ranking them 117th in Division I.