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Not content after winning the Division 1 North final for the first time in school history, the Andover's girls' tennis team beat Longmeadow, 4-1, to win the Division 1 state championship at Shrewsbury High School yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- After his team's 76-74 overtime victory over No. 21 George Washington yesterday, University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach Steve Lappas laughed.
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Rebounding from a sluggish start to its season, Boston College completed a weekend sweep of Merrimack with a 4-2 victory yesterday in North Andover.
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A fantastic fielding play saved the day for top-seeded Milton yesterday in its Division 1 South quarterfinal softball battle with ninth-seeded Franklin at Curry College in Milton.
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Welcome to the limelight, Weymouth. In the first quartet of games in this year's Super 8 hockey tournament, one team (Catholic Memorial) danced past its opponent . Another (BC High) eventually pranced past its foe.
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Pembroke girls' basketball coach Steve Giambanco is an advocate of the 2-2-1 press and last night's 43-36 win over East Bridgewater is a perfect example of why.
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You'd think the Winchester boys' tennis team would want to savor it a little. But no, the Sachems played as if they were in a hurry, defeating Springfield Cathedral, 5-0, in just over an hour yesterday to claim the Division 2 state championship.
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AMHERST -- On a post-card-perfect New England day -- sun sparkling, foliage nearing its peak -- the University of Massachusetts football team delivered a fall classic. Dominating all aspects of the game, the Minutemen rolled to a 48-7 victory over William &amp; Mary yesterday .
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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The fourth-ranked Andover girls' soccer team held off a furious second-half charge from No. 18 Danvers yesterday to take a 4-2 victory and remain unbeaten at 10-0.
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Tennis is a game of athleticism and precision, and Newton South sophomore Lauren Hollender proved she was proficient in both yesterday.
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At 8:21 pm last night, there was a simultaneous leap for joy and sigh of relief in pubs, restaurants, living rooms, college dorms, maybe even a few libraries, throughout the streets of New England and, of course, in Fenway Park.
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The University of Massachusetts knows the feeling. It was glad Boston College experienced it last night.
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Mike Radja had a goal and an assist for the second consecutive night to lead No. 5 New Hampshire past Merrimack, 4-1, last night in North Andover.
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Beginning its toughest stretch of the season, No. 15 Chelmsford made a statement in the Merrimack Valley Conference and Division 1A last night, rolling to a 43-29 victory over No. 10 Andover.
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Ian Bell said he was delighted both he and Alastair Cook had been able to live up to Kevin Pietersen's rallying cry to England's junior players after the two young guns both made hundreds in the second Test against Pakistan here at Old Trafford.
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WATERTOWN -- Field position is so crucial that the squads appointed to control it are called special teams . Melrose coach Tim Morris knew Jawara Loftis and Nick Cappellucci were special players, even before they assured Melrose stayed atop the Middlesex League another week with a 23-21 victory over Watertown yesterday.