Brockton boosts win streak to six
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Brockton, continuing to hush doubters following a difficult loss to Xaverian in Week 3, won its sixth in a row yesterday, tripping up visiting Pinkerton Academy (N.H.), 39-10, at Marciano Stadium.
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John Hurley tied his career high with 18 points and four teammates finished in double figures as Holy Cross held off several Northeastern rallies on the way to an 82-76 victory at the Hart Center last night.
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Adam Loewen is dominant early and Baltimore's offense does enough for the OriolesÃÂ toÃÂ end Oakland's 10-gameÃÂ home winning streak with aÃÂ 6-5 victory on Saturday.
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Acton-Boxboro's state-record 52-game win streak ended with a loss to Bridgewater-Raynham last season. Yesterday, 367 days later, the teams met again and A-B didn't walk off the field disappointed. Akeem Mercury capped two impressive drives with fourth-quarter touchdown runs as the Colonials rolled to a 25-7 victory in Bridgewater.
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored on a penalty kick and the Columbus Crew extended their unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night.
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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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In a battle of undefeated girls' hockey teams, St. Mary's of Lynn took a decisive win over Lexington, 7-1, last night. But afterward, coach Frank Pagliuca was beaming about a different accomplishment: Senior center Abby Gauthier broke the state record for points in a career, posting four goals and three assists to bring her total to 306.
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Northeastern's nation-leading unbeaten streak moved to 11 games (9-0-2) as the ninth-ranked Huskies used a four-goal third period to roll over the Black Bears, 7-3, in a Hockey East showdown last night in Orono, Maine.
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Carolyn Swords had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Boston College to a 68-63 win over host Clemson last night.
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Jesse Resende plowed in from the 1-yard line on a quarterback sneak with 1:47 to play last night, and Lamont Penn intercepted a pass deep in Brockton territory with 18 seconds left to seal the Boxers' 35-29 win over No. 5 Marshfield. No. 6 Brockton opened the second half staring at a 29-20 deficit, but kept the Marshfield ...
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Brooke Queenan scored 16 points and Clare Droesch had 15 to lead No. 22 Boston College past Syracuse, 75-50, yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Brockton's offensive line isn't big, it's break-the-bleachers large. Arthur Dias (300 pounds), Manny Garcia (240), Peter Towle (215), and Khari Louis-Jeune (295) held their own and then some as the Boxers piled up 368 yards rushing on 16 total carries in a 28-0 win over host Barnstable last night.
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Vernon Wells broke out of a slump with a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning and two singles, and the Toronto Blue Jays ended Boston's four-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday night.
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Cleve Kinley's goal at 16:36 of the second period sparked UMass-Lowell to a 2-1 win over Northeastern last night in Lowell.
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ORONO, Maine - You could call it focused, efficient, dominant. All of those adjectives aptly describe the effort put forth by third-ranked Massachusetts in yesterday's 38-7 trouncing of Maine before 6,617 at Alfond Stadium.
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Patrick Eaves scored two goals and added an assist to lead No. 1 Boston College to a 3-2 Hockey East victory over host UMass-Lowell last night at Tsongas Arena.
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Rebounding from a sluggish start to its season, Boston College completed a weekend sweep of Merrimack with a 4-2 victory yesterday in North Andover.