Colonials upend Medford
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For most of the season, the Acton-Boxboro football team has garnered the headlines with its record-setting win streak. Last night, the boys' soccer team proved A-B is not just a football school, claiming MIAA Division 1 North sectional title with a 1-0 win over two-time defending champion Medford.
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Don't count out the Waltham boys' hockey team in the third period. In last night's battle for bragging rights in the Greater Boston League, Lawrence Tracy scored with 1:05 left to break a tie and the No. 3 Hawks (9-0-2) slipped past No. 13 Medford, 3-1, at Waltham, despite managing just four shots in the period.
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Stop us when this sounds familiar. Top-ranked Acton-Boxboro continued its winning streak last night thanks in large part to the Abare brothers, who had a hand in all three Colonial touchdowns in the 21-7 victory at Chelmsford.
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Coming into last night's showdown with undefeated Tri-Valley League rival Holliston, the Medfield Warriors had reason to be confident. They had been averaging more than 30 points per game, and they had the league's leading scorer in halfback Bryan Lee.
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Jacob Micflikier had a hat trick and added two assists as New Hampshire exploded for five third-period goals in Durham, N.H., last night to end UMass-Lowell's 14-game unbeaten streak with an 8-3 victory over the River Hawks.
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Jeff Adrien made a name for himself last season with a run through the state basketball tournament, carrying Brookline High on his shoulders to the Division 1 EMass final in March.
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After a 3-3 slugfest of a first half, the New England Patriots (10-1) made enough alterations at the intermission to open the game up in the second half en route to a 24-3 win over Baltimore (7-4) yesterday.
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PHILADELPHIA -- It had been seven years since the University of Massachusetts had won a basketball game in the Saint Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, which is either intimate or claustrophobic, depending on your bias. It had been even longer since the Minutemen had so much at stake.
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Bobby Robins scored 1:23 into overtime last night, giving UMass-Lowell a 3-2 win over Providence at Tsongas Arena in Lowell.
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The University of Massachusetts displayed resourcefulness in rallying past Maine, 3-2, in the opener of their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series last night.
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The game was secondary. Sure, last night's 102-63 pounding of La Salle was important to the University of Massachusetts. The win pushed UMass's record to 22-7, the most victories the Minutemen have had since their Final Four record of 35-2 in 1995-96. It kept the Minutemen in a tie for first place with Xavier, a 72-62 winner over ...
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By Melvin Mason, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun.
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A team starting four sophomores, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen have played with a certain playground style all year. They climb the ladder, then go down the slide. They spend many hours on the seesaw. The big wins have been followed by big losses.
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Scituate coach Mike Breen was as surprised as anyone that his team won yesterday's MIAA Division 3 South final at Gallo Arena in Bourne.
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They played a frenetic game, a collage of runs and dunks and discombobulating defense that would have held the court at any park or recreation center. The Almighty could not be immediately reached for comment, but if church-league basketball is your thing then the George Washington University Colonials may be your team.
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AMHERST -- In an up-and-down season characterized by nail-biting victories and exasperating losses, the University of Massachusetts found some new territory yesterday afternoon -- winning a laugher, 74-58, over lowly St. Bonaventure. The Minutemen led wire to wire, and pushed the margin to as many as 28 points in the second half.
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Senior Benyan Kerman scored twice and fellow senior Hayk Kaya scored and assisted on Kerman's goals in the Red Raiders' 3-2 victory over 14th-ranked Stoneham yesterday. It was the Watertown boys' soccer team's (4-1) first victory over its Middlesex League foe since 2001.