Abely, Xaverian need double OT to hold off Billerica
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Lanny Ellis will be thinking about this one for a while. With the Billerica boys' lacrosse team trailing No. 2 Xaverian, 9-7, late in the third quarter, Ellis was riding Hawks goaltender Brendan Pembroke. Ellis intercepted a pass at the top of the Hawks' zone and had a wide-open net. Unfortunately for the junior midfielder, he fired wide right.
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Fans and coaches might have wanted to brush up on the overtime rules before the Cape Ann League's finest met to break their tie atop the standings last night. As the clock ticked down, Wilmington and Masconomet remained deadlocked as each bid to oust the other from the ranks of the unbeaten.
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Fitchburg opened the season against powerhouse Xaverian for the second straight year. But for Fitchburg, opening night ended as it did last year, in a loss to Xaverian as running back Matt Shea&#146;s 91 yards and two touchdowns led the Hawks to a 31-2 victory at Croker Field.
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ACTON-BOXBORO Coach: Bill Maver (19th year, 141-50-1). Last year's record: 13-0. Returning starters (8): Bobby Abare, RB/LB, 6-1, 200, Sr.; Larry Abare, RB/S, 6-1, 200, Sr.; Nate Crutchfield, FB/NG, 5-9, 205, Sr.; Ben Larkins, OT, 6-2, 225, Sr.; Pete Rankis, TE, 5-11, 185, Sr.; Andrew Sides, TE/DE, 6-1, 190, Sr.; Joey O'Brien, DE, 5-7, 175, Sr.; Dave Crocker, CB, 5-10, ...
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Chan Ho Park couldn&#39;t hold the lead after Mark Teixeira&#39;s first home run. Francisco Cordero made sure Teixeira&#39;s second one held up for the Texas Rangers.
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Showing the kind of toughness that breeds late-season success, Xaverian took a big step toward a Catholic Conference title with a 25-7 win over Catholic Memorial yesterday. With the artificial turf at Catholic Memorial covered in snow, Xaverian turned to its ground game to keep the chains and the clock moving once it claimed the lead.
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Darin Erstad doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, lifting the Anaheim Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The win pulled Anaheim within a percentage point of Boston and Texas in the AL wild-card race.
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The Texas Rangers got the sweep they needed against Oakland's "Big Three" to keep their postseason hopes alive.    David Dellucci hit a two-out, two-run double past a diving Jermaine Dye in the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and give Texas a 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Thursday night...
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BOULDER, Colorado (Ticker) -- Vernand Morency kept a couple of streaks going while Donovan Woods made his passes count. Morency, who had two scores, recorded his eighth straight game with a touchdown and Woods
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Billerica's furious comeback attempt fell short as Jerry Freed intercepted three passes to lead Marshfield to a 27-15 win last night.
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ORCHARD PARK, NY -- The wind and Willis McGahee are providing a formidable one-two punch for the Buffalo Bills. Negating the effects of 25-plus mph winds blowing off Lake Erie, McGahee led Buffalo&#39;s ball-control
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The rough and tough Oklahoma State Cowboys pushed Syracuse around for most of the game and then used a late push to beat the Orange 74-60 in the Jimmy V Classic here at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
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WESTWOOD -- Another showdown, another thrilling end. With the game tied at 13 with less than 80 seconds to go, Xaverian faced third and 16 at its 3-yard line. When the ball was snapped, Brockton cornerback Sharrieff Hall found a mile-wide lane and made the stop of the game.
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On a ridiculous night of achievement for the Angels&#39; offense, Jeff DaVanon somehow managed to stand out. The outfielder doubled in the third inning of Wednesday night&#39;s
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AZ are through but the fate of Rangers, Auxerre and Grazer AK will be decided tonight. It seems simple: avoid defeat and youâre through.
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Xaverian senior Mark Amirault is tough to beat in New England, but in the South, the Princeton-bound middle-distance standout keeps meeting his match.
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Xaverian coach Charlie Stevenson approached yesterday's game against No. 3 Brockton as a sort of litmus test for his team. &quot;This was really a measuring game for us,&quot; he said after a 35-21 victory for his No. 6 Hawks. &quot;As a team, we weren't really sure where we were at after the first two games.&quot;