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Steve Aponavicius is swarmed by teammates after booting the winning field goal as time ran out to give BC the 25-24 victory over Navy Saturday. Steve Aponavicius is swarmed by teammates after booting the winning field goal as time ran out to give BC the 25-24 victory over Navy Saturday. (JASON E. MICZEK/CHARLOTTE OBSERVER)
By Michael Vega
Globe Staff / January 1, 2007

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- He authored a fairy-tale finish to Boston College's 10-3 season that even the best wordsmiths in Hollywood could not have conjured. But after Steve Aponavicius converted a career-long 37-yard field goal with no time left to lift the No. 23 Eagles to a stirring 25-24 victory over Navy in Saturday's Meineke Car Care Bowl, it left a ... (Full article: 851 words)

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