Dorchester rallies for Pop Warner win
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As a couple of parents cried out for divine intervention, the Dorchester Eagles yesterday staged an improbable come-from-behind victory in the Pop Warner Division 1 national playoffs that had all the markings of an answered prayer.
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With the biggest America East game of the season on tap at rival Vermont Sunday, Boston University ran the risk of overlooking the University of Maryland-Baltimore County last night.
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LONDON: Chelsea returned to form and extended their lead at the top of the English Premiership with an impressive 4-0 win at Charlton Athletic yesterday.
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It was a little bit of payback for the host Framingham boys' soccer team. After tying Weymouth twice last season, results that contributed to the Wildcats' Bay State League title, Framingham made sure there was no tie yesterday, taking a 5-1 win.
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LOWELL -- The folks in Easton would not have been getting ahead of themselves had they started clearing space in the trophy room before the final out was recorded in the first inning yesterday. Oliver Ames stormed out of the gate against Wahconah Regional in the Division 2 state championship game, putting up seven first-inning runs to coast to a ...
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By Michael Klein, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 17--Some guys put their sweetie's name on the scoreboard at the ballpark and pop the question in front of 30,000 screaming fans.  "I'm not a big, public-eye kind of guy," says Charlie Warner of West Berlin.   Right.
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It was a cold, drizzly night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The high school football playoff game featured Marshfield of the Atlantic Coast League against Weymouth of the Bay State League. And the best player on the field was Marshfield's cocaptain, Wendell Chipman.
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Piling up seven goals and two assists in three games is an incredible feat. Doing it while playing on a severely sprained ankle is all the more impressive. Weymouth's Catie Whelan has done exactly that this postseason.
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WALTHAM -- East Boston's Jimmy Yarde lived the lineman's dream Tuesday night, returning a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown. Yesterday, he ran with something even more significant.
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Through his first three years at Holy Cross, Marlborough's Matt Fanning caught just one pass, a 6-yard gain against Sacred Heart last season. Yesterday, in the Crusaders' season opener, Fanning caught six for 69 yards and a touchdown in a 26-13 victory over Patriot League rival Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
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With the crowd gathered around Court 6 at Lexington High yesterday, where the decisive match of the MIAA Division 1 state tennis semifinal between Falmouth and Acton-Boxboro was being played, things appeared under control for Falmouth's top singles player, Joe Delinks, who was up, 3-0, and two breaks in the third set against Surainder Asokaraj.
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It was a case of quality over quantity. The New Bedford boys' basketball team needed only three league wins to secure a second consecutive Big Three championship, but it wasn't easy. The Whalers (11-0, 3-0) had to come from behind against Brockton twice in the last nine days, including an 89-86 decision last night in a packed New Bedford High ...
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LOWELL -- Few people expected ex-Patriot and NFL Hall of Famer John Hannah to walk into the head coach position at Somerville High and turn a winless team into a Super Bowl contender. After last night, skeptics may be looking to Hannah's role in the Somerville youth football program for solace as the Highlanders were swamped by Lowell, 47-14, at ...
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Crystal Langhorne scored a game-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds to help No. 17 Maryland extend its winning streak to seven with a 67-63 victory over Massachusetts in the first round of the Terrapin Classic last night at Comcast Center.
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East Boston's football team did its part this fall toward earning bragging rights against Charlestown, avenging last season's loss to the Townies on the way to making the Division 3A Super Bowl.
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Catholic Memorial coach Alex Campea had to calm his players. Their exuberance boiled over after they upset No. 4 Cambridge on the road last night, and they began the CM fight song in the end zone after their 17-14 last-second win.
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WALTHAM -- Their singular focus, from victory to victory, has been on the game at hand.