Top-ranked Peabody girls drop first
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Just two days after the former No. 1 East Boston boys' basketball squad fell, the top-ranked Peabody girls followed suit, suffering their first loss by dropping a nonleague contest to host Gloucester, 62-51, yesterday.
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Two years ago, Mary Nwachukwu spent her freshman year on the bench. Sidelined with a severe ankle injury, she was a virtual unknown in the Dighton-Rehoboth girls' basketball scene, let alone the South Coast Conference.
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Rutgers Coach C. Vivian Stringer had some problems. Cappie Pondexter, her leading scorer, was set to miss the first semester because of personal problems. Last season's leading rebounder, Shalicia Hurns, was forced to leave after off-court problems.
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The top-ranked Concord-Carlisle softball team continues to hold the rope. Senior Kim Miner pitched her fourth no-hitter of the season as the Patriots blanked Reading, 3-0, yesterday at Concord.
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TODAY'S GAMES Division 1 GREATER BOSTON -- Somerville at Cambridge, 7; Everett at Medford, 7; Peabody at Revere, 7; Malden at Waltham, 7.
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The Maryland women go from 21st to 15th after a 92-77 win over North Carolina. It's the highest ranking for the Terps since the 1992-93 season.
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The Wheaton men's and women's soccer teams are ranked No. 1 in New England among NCAA Division 3 teams and the women, coached by Luis Reis , have the distinction of a No. 1 national ranking the past two weeks.
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Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi scored an upset victory over Japan&#39;s No. 8 seed Ai Sugiyama at the Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany yesterday, on the same day as the WTA rankings were released, dropping her out of the world&#39;s top 30.
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With the Big Four in Justine Henin-Hardenne, Kim Clijsters and the Williams sisters alternating injuries this year, the No. 1 ranking has been up for grabs.
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There was a lawn chair shuffle at Newton North High School yesterday as attention suddenly shifted to the No. 1 doubles match between Andover's Rikki Sartor and Kristina Black and Needham's Sandra Hyams and Rachel Bergeron. The surrounding courts had emptied, and with the score tied at 2-2, it was up to the pairs to decide which team would be ...
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Now that world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport has fallen by the wayside, the No. 1 ranking is Amelie Mauresmo&#39;s for the taking, but the taking will be difficult beginning today in the semifinals at the WTA Championships.
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The Boston College women's basketball team was hoping to get back on track last night after being upset by Vermont in the Rhode Island Tournament last weekend.
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Team Results Next 1. Brockton (0-1) lost to BC High, 27-20 Taunton 2. Xaverian (1-0) beat Fitchburg, 31-2 Waltham 3. Everett (1-0) beat Leominster, 36-28 Fitchburg 4. Mansfield (1-0) beat Bp. Feehan, 33-8 Cambridge 5. BC High (1-0) beat Brockton, 27-20 B-R 6. St. John's Prep (0-0) plays Peabody today Central Catholic 7. North Attleboro (0-0) Off Bp. Feehan 8. ...
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1. Arlington Catholic 2. St. Mary's 3. Boston Latin 4. Falmouth 5. Austin Prep 6. Wakefield 7. Reading 8. Franklin 9. Canton 10. Barnstable 11. Milton 12. Fontbonne 13. Arlington 14. Framingham 15. Marblehead 16. Duxbury 17. Dedham 18. Hingham 19. Woburn 20. Medfield
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Princeton University yesterday became the second elite university to drop its early-admissions program, following Harvard College in a move the two Ivy League schools say will benefit disadvantaged students and reduce anxiety.
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WORCESTER -- Lauren Hollender learned her lesson well. As a precocious freshman for Newton South last season, Hollender made it to the individual state semifinals before losing to Norwell's Susan Bitetti. One year later, the pair matched up again at Clark University with a trip to the final on the line.
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Acton-Boxboro's girls' soccer team didn't wait long to set the tone. Less than two minutes into its 3-0 upset of No. 2 Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday, sophomore Natalie Crutchfield controlled a cross from Caitlin Berry and found the back of the net.