Andover does part, but gets no help
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With the fate of the Merrimack Valley Conference riding on the Chelmsford-Billerica contest up the road, Andover needed more than a little help from its friends. The Golden Warriors needed a win.
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On paper, it seemed the Westport boys' basketball 3team lacked the size to compete with the Cathedral Panthers in their Division 4 South final at Stonehill College. On the court, the discrepancy was even more apparent.
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There was a lawn chair shuffle at Newton North High School yesterday as attention suddenly shifted to the No. 1 doubles match between Andover's Rikki Sartor and Kristina Black and Needham's Sandra Hyams and Rachel Bergeron. The surrounding courts had emptied, and with the score tied at 2-2, it was up to the pairs to decide which team would be ...
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The weather and the offenses could be described in one word: cold. In a low-scoring affair yesterday, ninth-ranked Waltham came up with the only touchdown of the game in a 7-0 victory over Brockton. Waltham coach Paul Mayberry was not surprised at all by the outcome. His team was prepared for a grind-it-out defensive battle.
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Steve Galbraith, a money manager at New York-based Maverick Capital Ltd. and a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, is facing what may be a once-a-century scheduling jam.
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By Karen Lovett, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.  Dec. 13--HOLLIS -- A community farm project hit a snag Monday as Hollis  selectmen rejected putting town money towards its development.
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New Hampshire's scoring struggles continued yesterday. Thanks to Kevin Regan, its losing streak didn't. The senior from South Boston stopped 33 shots en route to his seventh career shutout as the 10th-ranked Wildcats held on for a 2-0 victory over Maine in Durham, N.H.
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As audibles go, it was the only one the team could call. Snow was falling in the Boston area late Sunday night, the airports most likely would have to close, and the bus was the only plausible answer.
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These guys are doing what they can, but it just isn't enough.
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Late last winter, Merrimack College put the wraps on a dismal hockey season by going winless (0-14-2) in its last 16 games. The Warriors never scored more than three goals in any game and finished the season 3-27-4 - dead last in Hockey East.
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Having students apply to university after A-level results will not solve the problems it sets out to tackle, administrators warn.
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The playoffs don't begin until next week, but Wareham went into yesterday's Thanksgiving showdown against conference rival Bourne as if it were a tournament final.
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Another ranking, another loss for Saint Mary's.
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Central Catholic coach Chuck Adamopoulos had to have been experiencing d&#xE9;j&#xE0; vu. Just as in 2001, his Raiders entered their Thanksgiving Day battle with rival Andover needing a win to secure the Merrimack Valley Conference title and a playoff berth. Just as in 2001, a speedy Andover player brought back the opening kickoff for a touchdown, sending the ...
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There were no assists, rebounds, or steals in yesterday's traditional matchup between Merrimack Valley Conference rivals Chelmsford and Billerica. But the final score might make you think a basketball game took place.
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In their first five games at Agganis Arena, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen came away empty. All five contests ended in regulation victories for Boston University.
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LONDON - This morning&#39;s Premiership clash between Charlton and Southampton ended in stalemate at The Valley where neither side had the guile to fashion a goal in a fairly dull encounter.