Andover spoils it for Haverhill
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Andover wanted to make a strong impression last night against Haverhill. It didn't wait long.
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FOXBORO, MA -- Itâsa clichÃ© that is used far too often, but unfortunately thereâs no real other way to say it. Good teams find ways to win games, bad teams find ways to lose them.
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MELROSE -- The last thing Melrose expected as it headed into last night's Middlesex League matchup with second-to-last place Stoneham was a close game. As New Englanders, they should know better.
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In many ways, the University of Massachusetts seemed to be in over its head in the semifinals of the NCAA men's soccer tournament Friday night in Cary, N.C. But the Minutemen remained composed while being badly outplayed by Ohio State, then rallied to produce some threatening sequences in the second half of a 1-0 loss.
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This time there was no rabbit in the hat. New England's magical quarterback ran out of game-winning tricks last night as he reached into his bag one last time and came out with nothing but heartache.
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They looked surprisingly strong against nonconference foes, but last night when the University of Massachusetts Minutemen opened Atlantic 10 play, they seemed, paradoxically, out of their league.
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AMHERST -- In close games all season long, the University of Massachusetts had been able to shift to a higher gear. Yesterday, they stalled.
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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Football Committee voted down a proposed realignment yesterday that would have sent two Central Massachusetts Division 1 teams to Super Bowls and created a championship game between two Central Mass. teams in new divisions.
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Aiming for its first America East tournament title game since 2003, Boston University came up short -- and long -- yesterday against Albany. At a loss? So was BU about finding a way to put the ball in the basket.
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Last night's Division 1 North girls' basketball semifinal matchup between top-seeded Lowell and fifth seed Andover at North Andover was lacking in neither familiarity nor history. Not only was this the fourth meeting between the Merrimack Valley Conference powers this season, it was a repeat of last season's semifinal, a 2-point overtime win by Lowell that handed Andover its only ...
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Defeat can leave a bitter taste -- especially when it comes in the last game of the season. After losing last season's Foster-Hinman championship game, 33-18, to Brunswick, on the heels of a perfect ISL season, Middlesex was left to ponder that sour taste over the course of a long offseason.
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Yesterday's game between Harvard and Northern Michigan goes into the books as a tie, but the Crimson left Mariucci Arena a loser in their semifinal matchup in the Dodge Holiday Classic.
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Any time in the last decade and a half, yesterday's result would have been an upset. With a 3-2 victory over host Winchester, the Belmont girls' soccer team took the Middlesex League title from the Sachems for the first time in 16 years, and avenged a 1-1 tie with Winchester that was the only blemish on a 15-0-1 season.
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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.
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Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric has spoken of his disappointment after the shock news that Harry Redknapp has agreed to take charge of bitter South Coast rivals Southampton.
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It wasn't pretty, but UMass will take it. The Minutemen and Rhode Island Rams put on an ugly display of basketball last night, but UMass persevered in spite of shooting 29.4 percent in the first half to post a 49-44 victory over its Atlantic 10 foe.
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It was potential disaster for the fifth-seeded Andover girl's basketball team. Maggie Cosgrove, the catalyst for the Warriors' high-powered offense, went to the bench with her third foul with 10 minutes 7 seconds left in the first half.