Lexington miscues allow St. Mary's to prevail in ninth
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While Lexington's Memorial Day Parade may have taken some eyes off the softball game nearby, pitchers Katelynn Fanning of St. Mary's and Kiki Saveriano of Lexington were engaged in a staring contest. Both were dominant, and it became clear the game would be decided not by an errant pitch but by a defensive mistake.
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HOLYOKE -- At last week's Division 1 Eastern Mass. championship, the Lexington boys had to wait out the final three relay events before clinching the team title.
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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.
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A strong defensive effort helped Kentucky overcome poor shooting against instate rival Morehead State on Wednesday night. Kelenna Azubuike scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half
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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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CAMBRIDGE -- Last year, it took Harvard nearly the entire game to beat Holy Cross, 43-23, as the Crusaders hung tough until the fourth quarter.
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Danny Green Jr. stood anxiously on the steps of St. Mary&#39;s Friday night, watching a game that would not end. A festival atmosphere filled the Manhasset night as the 6-6, 205-pound basketball
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PHILADELPHIA -- It had been seven years since the University of Massachusetts had won a basketball game in the Saint Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, which is either intimate or claustrophobic, depending on your bias. It had been even longer since the Minutemen had so much at stake.
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LEXINGTON - The story of yesterday's Middlesex League game between No. 19 Melrose and Lexington was the sensational play of the special teams units. Lexington's produced early and often and the Minutemen held on to win, 28-19, and snap Melrose's five-game winning streak.
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A solid running game and plenty of mistakes by Cambridge Rindge and Latin were more than enough for fourth-ranked Mansfield in a 36-0 blowout last night at Alumni Field.
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On first blush, today's Division 1-AA playoff game between Massachusetts and Lafayette seems to be a mismatch of colossal proportions.
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St. Mary's of Lynn coach Frank Pagliuca acknowledges that there are "a lot of great teams out there." This season, his team has the potential to be the greatest.
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LAWRENCE -- No, those are not the school's business hours. That was the score of No. 12 Central Catholic's victory yesterday as the Red Raiders rallied with 1:52 left in the game to bring down No. 15 Foxboro, 9-5.
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Dana Bergstrom, Lexington Christian-- Bergstrom, a senior midfielder, scored three goals in a 4-1 win over Berwick last Monday. The second goal was the 100th of her career. She tallied three more against Bancroft Saturday as Lexington Christian (4-0-1) went 2-0 on the week.
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By John Stamper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Feb.
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With the crowd gathered around Court 6 at Lexington High yesterday, where the decisive match of the MIAA Division 1 state tennis semifinal between Falmouth and Acton-Boxboro was being played, things appeared under control for Falmouth's top singles player, Joe Delinks, who was up, 3-0, and two breaks in the third set against Surainder Asokaraj.
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The hardware just keeps coming for the Lexington boys' track team. After locking up the Division 1 championship last week, the Minutemen won another crown last night, grabbing the MIAA Indoor Track All-State Championship, 46 1/2-34, over St. John's Prep in front of a raucous crowd at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.