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  • Duxbury rebounds from tough lacrosse loss with victory over St. John's Prep

    After the sobering loss to Needham Monday, Duxbury's first loss to an in-state team since 2010, the top-ranked Green Dragons were faced with a little bit more adversity Saturday, playing without their head coach, Chris Sweet, on the sideline for the first time in 15 years. And still,But it was all business as usual. While coach Sweet attended his son's college graduation, his first absence from Lacrosse lacrosse action at Duxbury for the first time in his tenure, the Green Dragons were able to pull though and reeled in a convincing, 7-1, win over No. 4 St. John's Prep. And although coach Sweet wasn't there in person to see his team rebound and reclaim their confidence, he was following the game updates on twitter every step of the way. "I wasn't there to see it, but it was a big win for us," he saidsaid Sweet, who followed the game updates on Twitter. "We want to be playing well going into the postseason.'' (   05/19/2013 3:23 AM )

  • Braintree squeezes win out of Weymouth

    When Braintree, the 13th-ranked baseball team, allowed Weymouth to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, the Wamps didn't give in. And in the tightest spot of the game -- the top of the 13th inning -- Wamps coach Bill O'Connell had just the right player stride up to the plate. Sophomore Connor Columbus executed a "perfect" suicide squeeze, bunting the ball softly down the first-base line. Senior Alex Alexander, who led off the inning with a single before stealing second and reaching third on an error, scored the go-ahead run as the Wamps collected a 5-2 win at Weymouth.(   05/17/2013 9:51 PM )

  • Globe South: Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Tim Healey's Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams and a Game to Watch this week from high school programs south of Boston. (   05/16/2013 1:20 AM )

  • Jake Jones, Springfield College classmates direct Marshfield lacrosse to 14-3 start

    MARSHFIELD -- Jake Jones , Mike Smith and Greg Levings first met in the fall 0f 2005, as freshman at Springfield College, and they hit it off almost immediately. The three were all varsity athletes -- Jones and Smith played lacrosse while Levings golfed for the Pride -- and physical education majors who planned to coach as well as teach when they got out of school. What if they could do it together? Smith called the possibility "awesome" back then. Jones called it "a pipe dream." Now, though, they just call it reality. After directing the Marshfield High boys to an 11-9 finish in his first season a year ago, Jones added both Smith and Levings to his coaching staff. The result: a 14-3 start. (   05/16/2013 1:20 AM )

  • Bryn Boucher of Hingham enjoys a long string of successes in women's lacrosse

    Last year Bryn Boucher of Hingham led Thayer Academy to an undefeated season (15-0) and to the Independent School League championship. This year Boucher and her teammates at the University of Maryland are 20-0 following Sunday's 11-3 victory over Stony Brook in the second round of the Division 1 NCAA Women's Lacrosse championship. Counting her junior season at Thayer, when the Tigers went 12-2, the Hingham native is 47-2 in her last 49 contests. Maryland plays Duke on Saturday as the Terps look for their fifth consecutive trip to the national semifinals. "Going to NCAAs undefeated is definitely an accomplishment so it's been a great season so far," said Boucher. Boucher has appeared in 15 games for the Terps, scoring three goals with one assist. (   05/16/2013 1:20 AM )

  • GlobeWest: Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Jason Mastrodonato's Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams, and a Game to Watch this week from high school programs west of Boston. (   05/16/2013 1:20 AM )

  • Eileen Donahue has Watertown High girls' lacrosse setting high goals

    It took a little while to believe. "If you came to the first practice of ours, you'd be like, 'Have they ever won one game?' " said Watertown High sophomore Allie Doggett. The previous two seasons, the Raider girls' lacrosse team had won 10 of their 34 games. Their confidence was about as full as an upside-down shampoo bottle: Whatever was in there, it wasn't much. But with Eileen Donahue taking over on the bench, perhaps everyone should have known better. The legendary field hockey coach has one way of doing things: all-in. The Raiders were 14-0 through Monday, having won 11 games by at least five goals. "I'm pleasantly surprised where we're at, knowing where we were at day one," said Donahue. (   05/16/2013 1:18 AM )

  • Globe North: Players of the week, top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Pat Bradley's players of the week, top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams, and a game to watch this week from high school programs north of Boston. (   05/16/2013 1:17 AM )

  • Marblehead High girls' lacrosse earns pivotal point against Ipswich

    IPSWICH -- The matchup was circled in red during the preseason. Marblehead at Ipswich: May 13. For the Magician seniors, those of whom who had absorbed three straight regular-season beatings to at the hands of Ipswich, the showdown was their showcase. And the game was even more magnified given Marblehead's marvelous play. After suffering a loss in the season-opener against Acton-Boxborough, the Magician girls' lacrosse team had ripped off 13 straight victories. The Tigers roared ahead, 8-5, but Marblehead stormed back on two straight goals from Emily Freedland for to make it 8-7, and then a seemingly back-breaking game-tying goal from senior captain Meggie Collins for an 8-all deadlock. Tyler Phillips, who scored netted five goals in all, including netted the go-ahead tally with three minutes left, but Ipswich answered at the buzzer for a 9-9 draw. (   05/16/2013 1:17 AM )

  • No. 12 Silver Lake shuts down Pembroke, claims Patriot League title

    Heading into Tuesday's matchup against Pembroke, Lakers senior ace Mike Lundin had a flawless 6-0 record and 0.00 ERA for No. 12 Silver Lake. He had pitched 38 innings and struck out 51 of the batters he faced. Confidence was certainly not lacking for the Lakers baseball team, which clinched its first outright Patriot League title in school history with a 5-1 win over the Titans. Silver Lake (15-2) controlled its own destiny, but also had to hope for a Hingham loss to clinch sole possession of the title. On the bus ride home, Lakers coach Kenny Tocci informed his team that the Green Dragons had defeated the Harbormen, 4-2, and the Lakers erupted in celebration.(   05/14/2013 10:24 PM )

  • Girls' lacrosse players of the week

    Eastern Mass. girls' lacrosse players of the week (   05/13/2013 9:29 AM )

  • Girls' lacrosse games to watch

    Games to watch in Eastern Mass. girls' lacrosse (   05/13/2013 9:28 AM )

  • Boys' lacrosse players of the week

    Boys' lacrosse players of the week (   05/13/2013 9:27 AM )

  • St. John's Prep soaring in boys' lacrosse

    The St John's Prep Eagles sit sits tied on top the Catholic Conference boys' lacrosse standings with a 6-2 league record. and an 11-3 overall record.Overall, the Eagles are 11-3. The Eagles have won four in a row, including wins victories over Needham and BC High. But their strong consistent play predates this the current streak as the team has put together a very solid 2013. campaign. Head coach Coach John Roy believes that the senior leadership on his team is a major factor in the team's success. "We have some quality seniors,'' on the team," Roy said. "There are 13 seniors and we have leadership at every position." (   05/13/2013 9:26 AM )

  • Belmont Hill shuts out Rivers to move into four-way tie in ISL

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  • Peter Dawe leads Burlington baseball past Stoneham, 5-2

    If Burlington baseball coach Christopher Nance had to describe pitcher Peter Dawe in one word, it would be ''competitor.'' Despite having the flu Monday, Dawe stepped took the mound on Monday against against Belmont despite having the flu and was pulled after giving up five runs in the first inning, picking up his first loss of the season. The senior pitcher didn't tell coach Nance he was sick prior to the game because he thought he could fight through it. Dawe rested all week and got the nod on Friday at Stoneham, going the distance in leading the Red Devils to a 5-2 win. Last year's Middlesex League MVP allowed no earned runs, only three hits, and struck out five.Luckily, Burlington scored all five of its runs in the third inning after loading the bases and hitting three straight singles.(   05/10/2013 9:49 PM )

  • Lincoln-Sudbury falls to Duxbury in boys' lacrosse

    In a highly anticipated boys' lacrosse matchup Thursday, second-ranked Duxbury upset No. 1 host Lincoln-Sudbury, handing the Warriors their first defeat this season in an 8-7 quadruple overtime thriller. Immediately following the postgame celebration, Duxbury head coach Chris Sweet said, "I don't know if you can find a better high school game than that." He might be right. "I think that's the first time since since I've been the Duxbury coach, 15 years, that we've gone to four overtimes," Sweet said. Duxbury controlled play early. But the Warriors opened up the scoring. The Green Dragons responded quickly however, with a goal from Tyler Powers with two minutes left in the first quarter. The two sides went back and forth, exchanging terrific chances and capitalizing on their opportunities. At the half, Lincoln Sudbury led, 4-3.(   05/10/2013 12:11 AM )

  • GlobeSouth: Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Tim Healey's Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams, and a Game to Watch this week from high school programs south of Boston. (   05/09/2013 10:50 AM )

  • Katie Notarangelo, Foxborough girls' lacrosse off to a flying start

    FOXBOROUGH -- On a multi-use field tucked away on Payson Road, where the grass is a little too long and remnants of the long-closed state hospital stand eerily in the background, Katie Notarangelo put her scoring skills on showcase. The Foxborough High junior midfielder netted three goals. But it was her third tally in a 13-3 win last Friday, when she deked around a pair of King Philip defenders before snipping the lower left corner, that served as a highlight-reel moment in a season that has, so far, seen many. With a season and a half still ahead of her, Notarangelo recorded the 100th goal of her career. After garnering Hockomock League all-star honors last spring, Notarangelo is leading the 11-1 Warriors in goals (30). (   05/09/2013 10:50 AM )

  • Reading High boys' lax determined to make a deep tourney run

    On a cool Sunday evening over on Turf 2 in back of Reading High, coach Charlie Hardy jumped in on a set with his offense, whizzing a pass through defenders right on target to a cutting attack, then backing up to reset into position. After giving a quick explanation to a few onlooking players, he jogged back to the sidelines to watch. "I can't help myself," said the 12-year coach, who started the program at Reading High. "When I'm out here, I'm 12 again. It's the best three hours of my day." With an experienced roster that features 18 seniors, including 15 that have played on a Super Bowl champion or a Super 8 entrant, the Rockets have rolled to an 10-1 start. (   05/09/2013 10:45 AM )

  • Globe North: Players of the week, top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Pat Bradley's players of the Week, top 10 boys' and girls' hockey teams, and a game to watch this week from high school programs north of Boston. (   05/09/2013 10:45 AM )

  • GlobeWest: Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams

    Jason Mastrodonato's Players of the Week, Top 10 boys' and girls' lacrosse teams, and a Game to Watch from high school programs west of Boston. (   05/09/2013 1:17 AM )

  • Win at Medfield at game-changer for Dover-Sherborn boys' lacrosse

    Trying to win a boys' lacrosse game as the visiting team at Medfield High is akin to trying to take the SATs in the front row of a rock concert. Each game is like its own festival. Music fills the field and blares beyond the bleachers. The music forms a sound that circles the field and extends farther than vision from the top row of the crowded bleachers.Entire families show up, chatting up other families, and they're waiting in long lines to buy burgers. And then the players come out. And they stomp their cleats on the bleachers and they run down from the stands onto the field amid a background of babel. to a background of what appears to be endless, unidentifiable noise. The Dover-Sherborn Raiders took a bus into Medfield on Friday night,the night of April 26. They Raiders watched the spectacle. Then they won the game, 6-3, beating the Warriors on Medfield property for the first time ever. (   05/09/2013 1:15 AM )

  • Newton South boys' volleyball takes down defending state champion Cambridge

    After a tightly contested first set, the Newton South boys volleyball team took charge on their home court, stealing three straight sets for a 3-1 victory over defending state champion Cambridge Tuesday, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22, 25-23. "We're pretty confident we're the best team in the state just because we have every single piece -- the hitters, the passers, the setters -- we weren't really worried at all," said 6-foot-6-inch senior Zack Halpryn. The Lions have been a nuisance for Cambridge (10-3), taking five of the last seven matchups, including last season's straight-set win on April 30 that put an ended toa nine-game winning streak for the state champions. Senior Zach Litchman had seven kills, despite dealing with a knee injury suffered against Westford, where the Lions' avenged their only loss this season.(   05/08/2013 12:00 AM )

  • No. 1 Westwood edges No. 4 Needham in girl's lacrosse

    In a battle between two perennial girl's lacrosse powerhouses, Westwood and Needham left everything on the field Monday night. The two teams fought to the bitter end at Westwood High, with the No. 1 Wolverines edging the No. 4 Rockets, 10-9, with on Kim Egizi's goal with just 1:16 left. in regulation. "Anytime we play Westwood, both "Both teams are high-caliber teams and both come to play," said Needham coach Beth O'Brian,O'Brien after letting her team know that she was proud of them because they never stopped fighting. Westwood (13-0) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first three minutes with goals from Colleen Burke and Brooke Troy. Needham (11-2) retaliated with two quick goals from Catherine Conley and Kailey Conry to make it 2-2 tie less than seven minutes into the game. Neither team seemed to have the edge until the Rockets slowed down their offense, moving the ball around rather than trying to beat the Wolverines' speedy defense in a foot race.(   05/07/2013 12:00 AM )