Needham tackle now playing for Harvard
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Andrew Brecher, a three-sport athlete at Needham High School, is now a sophomore at Harvard University, where he is a backup offensive tackle on the varsity football team.
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Holy Cross won last week's game against Harvard with 19 seconds to play. Yesterday's game against Patriot League foe Georgetown was over long before that.
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Two-time All-Met wide receiver Kenny Tate is expected to announce Thursday that he will accept a scholarship to play football at Maryland.
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Virginia linebacker will enter NFL draftBC-FBC--Virginia-Blackstock,0120
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Despite a steady rainfall yesterday, there was little doubt the Thanksgiving Day matchup between Wellesley and Needham would be played.
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Tim Murphy likes the depth on his Harvard football team, the quarterback position in particular. And never has that depth been tested more than in the first two weeks of this season.
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BROOKLINE -- There was some fine football played at Parsons Field yesterday, as the University of Massachusetts defeated Northeastern, 26-22. UMass junior running back Steve Baylark took over the game in the second half, finishing with 181 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries, as he went over 1,000 yards for the second straight year. And NU senior linebacker Liam ...
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In all likelihood, the first time he touches the ball against the Patriots [stats, news] this afternoon, Curtis Martin will establish a new career high for rushing yardage in a season.
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All week, the Harvard football players had heard and read some of the bulletin-board comments emanating from Ithaca, N.Y. They heard how Cornell was going to try to jump-start its season against the Crimson, and how the Big Red planned to stop Harvard's indefatigable and indestructible senior running back, Clifton Dawson, again.
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Needham's Ashley Bielawski, a former three-sport athlete at Buckingham, Browne &amp; Nichols School, is now a sophomore at Northeastern University, where she plays forward on the women's ice hockey team.
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Darryl McKinnon scored the winning goal early in the third period as Colgate took a 4-1 decision over Harvard yesterday afternoon at Hamilton, N.Y.
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According to sources at Harvard, Indiana University has interviewed Crimson football coach Tim Murphy about becoming its head man.
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This time the blitz was on Tully Banta-Cain . The fourth-year linebacker, who is expected to slide into the starting lineup at right outside linebacker because of Junior Seau's season-ending arm injury, was the focus of the media yesterday in the Patriots' locker room. Everyone was curious how Banta-Cain was preparing to transition from reserve to starter.
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NEEDHAM -- Don't be surprised if Chris Pavasaris is famous someday. The 21-year-old Needham native and University of Connecticut senior has learned that through hard work, he can accomplish just about anything.
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Northeastern coach Rocky Hager has employed a running back by committee with some success this season. Yet when the Huskies host Villanova today in an Atlantic 10 showdown, Hager will be forced to take another approach -- running back by availability.
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Even before his meeting with coach Ted Donato earlier in the week, Harvard forward Kevin Du knew he wasn't playing well. And after the meeting, during which Donato informed the sophomore that he would not be dressing in the Crimson's game against Colgate Friday, Du, who had played in all 15 games, figured he had it coming.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Nobody knows what lurks in coach Bill Belichick's mind, but it seems safe to say Dan Klecko is going to make the Patriots and get appreciative playing time. Question is, will the former collegiate defensive lineman make a push to be an eventual starter at his new primary position, linebacker?