Norwell's Bitetti earns scholarship
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Norwell High senior Susan Bitetti played in five tennis tournaments this past summer, but one performance caught the eye of a Division 1 coach and led to a scholarship offer.
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By Anonymous  MORGANTOWN - Learning about business also means learning to be a good community member. That's why West Virginia University students at the College of Business and Economics handed out $20,000 to local charities April 26.
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Two years ago, Mary Nwachukwu spent her freshman year on the bench. Sidelined with a severe ankle injury, she was a virtual unknown in the Dighton-Rehoboth girls' basketball scene, let alone the South Coast Conference.
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Tricia Auld, the Greater Boston League Player of the Year for girls' soccer two seasons ago at Waltham High School, has kept up the good work at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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Herb Pope, the New Mexico State freshman forward who has dealt with eligibility troubles since arriving on campus last fall, has been cleared to play by the N.C.A.A.
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PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside Orlando, Fla., wondering if his sales pitch to a recruit had enticed the player to consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for him as well.
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In Mississippi, M.J. Etua helps students look outside their own world as they participate in a competition against better-funded programs.
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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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By Chris Bosak, The Hour, Norwalk, Conn.  Dec. 13--NORWALK -- When they walked the halls of Wilton High School  together a few years ago as friends and classmates, little did they know they  would soon be forging careers together as well.
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Aaron Goldin, a senior San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, CA, won the $100,000 Grand Prize scholarship in the individual category for inventing the âGyro-Gen,â a gyroscope that converts ocean wave energy into electricity.
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By Sam Khan Jr., Houston Chronicle  Feb. 7--Jeff Abt looked around and realized he needed help.   The 6-2, 190-pound senior quarterback had a goal of earning a scholarship to play Division I college football.
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Jeff Paquette of Billerica graduated from Fitchburg State College last month with a degree in industrial technology and architecture. After a few job interviews, he had a couple of promising leads.
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No one can accuse the Townies of backing into the boys' state basketball tournament. Just over two weeks after an impressive road win over then-No. 1 East Boston, second-ranked Charlestown welcomed No. 6 Lawrence into its gym and took a hard-fought 71-68 win in nonleague action last night.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- When Said Ahmed finished third in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships three years ago as a freshman with a career-best time of 1:47.80, he thought he was bound for glory every time he laced up his track shoes. He learned quickly how wrong he was. Now a junior at the University of Arkansas, the ...
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The Beanpot Tournament always brings out the best in Boston University. John Curry made 27 saves and Dan McGoff scored twice to help BU advance to its 13th consecutive Beanpot title game with a 4-0 win over Northeastern on Monday.
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By Lauren Klein, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Sep. 19--NORWALK -- After several years of stagnating state funds for clean water projects, three officials pledged yesterday to obtain $70 million in bonds for the Clean Water Fund in the next legislative session.   State Sens.
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By ELI SASLOW  NORWALK, Calif. - Early this month, 18-year-old Allison Stokke walked into her high school track coach's office and asked if he knew any reliable media consultants.