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  • Andover High senior Mark Zavrl receives Courageous Award from state football coaches

    Just hours after undergoing surgery to repair complete tears to the anterior cruciate, medial collaterial, and posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, Mark Zavrl was wheeled out to midfield on Oct. 12 to join his fellow Andover High football captains, in the pouring rain, for the coin toss before their game against Lawrence. On Thanksgiving morning, donning his blue and gold No. 33 Golden Warrior jersey, he walked out to midfield for the coin toss prior to Andover 's 22-19 playoff-clinching win over Central Catholic. On Sunday evening, Zavril was one of four seniors to receive the Paul Costello Courageous Player award at the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association's Hall of Fame banquet in Randolph. (   05/02/2013 1:20 AM )

  • Lowell boys and Newton North girls claim MSTCA relay track and field titles

    ANDOVER -- Another year and another title for the Newton North girls' track team as they the Tigers took home their its fourth consecutive Division 1 Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association MSTCA Division 1 outdoor Relays title on Sunday. in Andover. The Tigers racked up 73 points in the victory while for It was also the fourth consecutive year that the Andover finished as the runner-up (63). points, behind the Tigers 73.and history, The boys' team from Lowell boys took the title to win won their its first outdoor title. Lowell The boys' grabbed an early 10 points by winning the day's first event, the 4 x 1600 in 18:08.95 behind Pat Coppinger and Mike Kalenoski. The pair ran strong miles before returned to lead the Red Raiders to victory in the distance medley into first place with a solid lead at 10:57.50. Peabody finished second (11:05.09).(   04/29/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Weston boys, girls roll to state relay track titles

    In the 35 years he has been coaching high school track and field, Weston coach John Monz had never seen both his boys' and girls' teams win the Division 4 Massachusetts State Track Coaches Relays in the same year. That changed Sunday, as both teams brought home titles. "We've won a number of boys' [titles] and a number of girls' [titles], but never won them on the same day," Monz said. "So it's really special." On the boys' side, the Wildcats won the meet for the second year in a row, finishing with 65 points, which put them 21 points ahead of second-place Norton. Newburyport (38), Cardinal Spellman (38), and Seekonk (37) rounded out the top five.(   04/29/2013 12:00 AM )

  • North Andover boys, Central Catholic girls win Div. 2 State Coaches Relays titles

    On a beautiful day for track and field, hurdles were jumped, discs were thrown, records were broken and history was made. The the North Andover boys' and Central Catholic girls' each won the Division 2 Massachusetts State Track Coaches Relays titles. Before the events began, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15 as well as Walpole High School graduate Matt Shea. Shea was a member of the 2004 graduating class and Rebels track team. He was diagnosed with cancer his junior year of high school and died recently passed away. "He was a teammate of mine . . . he meant a lot to our program," said Walpole boys' track coach Kevin Butera. (   04/28/2013 7:17 AM )

  • Hingham boys' and girls' track teams win MSTCA Division 3 Relays

    PEMBROKE -- Third time is the charm.The boys' and girls' track teams from Hingham continued their domination on the oval and in the field, each walking away from the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Division 3 Relays with meet titles for the third consecutive season Saturday. The win was also each team's third state title of the 2012-13 school year, after both winning won the indoor relays and indoor meet titles. "We've never done anything like this before," said Harbormen boys' coach Fred Jewett. "In the winter, we just came out and clobbered people, but I knew that wasn't going to be the case [today]." The boys' team finished 14 events with 58 points, ahead of Pembroke (44) and Randolph (41.25). Hingham's girls placed in the top 6 in 10 of 14 events. (   04/28/2013 7:16 AM )

  • Weymouth's Cam MacDonald stars at the plate and on the mound for AIC

    Cam MacDonald is in the midst of his finest season on the diamond at American International College. Yet, a shining moment from his senior year at Weymouth High still resonates with MacDonald and his former teammates: the final out of their Bay State Carey Division title-clinching victory over Braintree four years ago. A team captain who played second base and took a regular turn on the mound, MacDonald's last pitch resulted in a grounder to fellow Brett Julian, who fired the ball to first baseman Mike Laracy to secure the win. Laracy and Julian are senior pitchers at Northeast-10 Conference rival Merrimack College while MacDonald, a redshirt junior, is putting terrific numbers for the Yellow Jackets. . (   04/28/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Liz Holmes of Foxborough bounces back from running injury

    FOXBOROUGH -- Liz Holmes didn't have a whole lot of fun this winter. After making a splash on the Massachusetts high school running scene as a freshman, quitting soccer last fall in favor of being coached by her mother in cross country and taking the Hockomock League girls' individual title in October, Holmes, a Foxborough High sophomore, seemed primed for another big track season. But that Oct. 28 Hockomock meet -- a 5,000-meter race she won in 18:39.15 -- is also her most recent. She missed the entire indoor track season with a stress reaction in her left femur. "It was tough to handle," said Holmes. "But in the end it just makes you a smarter runner." (   03/31/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Former Masconomet runner Abbey D'Agostino strides to victories for Dartmouth

    It happened in 24 hours, when a weekend in March typically reserved for bikinis and beaches presented Dartmouth College junior Abbey D'Agostino with an opportunity in Fayetteville, Ark. Win the 5,000-meter NCAA indoor championship on Friday night, return Saturday night to capture the 3,000-meter title, and become the first American ever to win both events in a career. D'Agostino accomplished in a single weekend what nobody else from the United States has ever done with four years of collegiate eligibility. As the calendar flipped to Sunday, March 10, the former Masconomet runner, who sat out most of her junior and senior years of high school with Anemia and Mononucleosis, went from being a standout collegiate athlete to a national treasure. (   03/28/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Acton-Boxboro holds off Newton North in national track

    Two of the top boys' relays relay teams during the Massachusetts indoor season took their talents to New York City Saturday for the New Balance Indoor Nationals, and Acton-Boxboro once again held off Newton North for state honors. The A-B team of Andrew Doelp, Brian Sommers, Nick Usoff, and Timothy Cox finished fifth in the sprint medley relay in 3 minutes and 31.50 seconds. The same group won the state championship last month at the Reggie Lewis Center. Close behind A-B, in sixth place in 3:31.55, was the Newton North team of Daniel Swain, Ben Porter, Jared Prior, and Ryan Lucken. Newton North was third in the state championship. (   03/10/2013 7:08 AM )

  • Hingham's Andrew Bolze finishes his season on the right foot at the New England Indoor Track & Field Championships

    Hingham's Andrew Bolze didn't let time he missed to an injured foot keep him from dominating in the 300-meter dash at the New England Indoor track championships on Saturday.(   03/03/2013 12:23 AM )

  • Lowell boys earn MIAA All-State indoor track championship

    Lowell's Patrick Coppinger motored by Pembroke's Christian Stafford in the final leg of the 4 x 800 relay to give the Red Raiders a win in 7:57.9 as they took back what they once thought was theirs: The indoor track championship. (   02/23/2013 11:57 PM )

  • Newton North girls win MIAA All-State track championship

    Newton North girls won their fourth consecutive MIAA All-State track championship after finishing seventh in last week's Division 1 meet. (   02/23/2013 11:41 PM )

  • Notre Dame (Hingham) girls, Reading boys win Division 2 MIAA Indoor track titles

    With their coach acting as the MIAA Division 2 Indoor Championship meet director, the girls from Notre Dame of Hingham wound up victorious and clinched clinching their first MIAA Division 2 Indoor title Sunday at Reggie Lewis Center.(   02/17/2013 10:08 PM )

  • Lexington girls, Cambridge share championship in MIAA Division 1 Indoor meet

    A surprising Lexington 4 x 400 girls' relay team beat Newton North by almost three seconds and jumped from seventh place into a co-championship with Cambridge in the MIAA Division 1 Indoor Champions meet Saturday at Reggie Lewis Track Center.(   02/17/2013 6:05 AM )

  • Amy Piccolo leads Ursuline to Div. 4 Indoor Track title

    Amy Piccolo captured titles in the 300-meter and 600-meter race with 41.30 and 1:36.16 times, respectively, adding a second-place in the long jump to lead Ursuline Academy to a first-place finish at the Division 4 Indoor Track & Field Championship. Ursuline finished with 62 points, followed by Narragansett with 38 and Old Rochester with 35. (   02/16/2013 10:40 AM )

  • Hingham boys' and girls' track teams win Division 3 indoor titles

    The Hingham boys' and girls' track team each won its respective titles at the MIAA Division 3 Indoor Championship. (   02/15/2013 6:26 AM )

  • Walpole's Amy Piccolo on fast track at Ursuline Academy

    Ursuline Academy sophomore Amy Piccolo has qualified to compete in seven events -- four individual and three relays -- at the MIAA Division 4 indoor track and field championship Friday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Meet rules will limit her to competing in two running events and one field event, but she has already put together a banner campaign. She owns the state's fastest times in the 300 and 600 meters this season and has helped Ursuline set two relay records. (   02/14/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Latin Academy girls and boys win Boston Public Schools Indoor track championships

    Latin Academy girls picked up 68 points on Day 2 of the Boston Public Schools Indoor Track championships for a total of 120 points, ahead of O'Bryant, which finished second with 83 points. (   02/06/2013 2:55 AM )

  • Wellesley's Claire Crowther a two-time track captain at University of Rochester

    Claire Crowther wasn't sure she'd be a good fit for the University of Rochester women's track team after what she considered a good but not outstanding career at Wellesley High. Encouraged by head coach Sam Albert, she had a breakthrough sophomore season and has continued to improve and set records. Recipient of a prestigious award from the university for her academic and athletic accomplishments, Crowther has traveled to Morocco and, last December, sang at the White House, both as part of her college experience. (   02/03/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Ursuline's Amy Piccolo earns two victories at MSTCA Elite 24 Invitational

    Amy Piccolo feared the 29 minutes separating her two races in Sunday's MSTCA Elite 24 Invitational wouldn't give her enough time to recharge. Turns out, she had nothing to worry about.(   01/28/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Lowell freshman Kaley Richards bursts onto scene at MSTCA Invitational

    On the final lap, Lowell's Kaley Richards passed five runners to take first place in the 1,000 meters in 3 minutes 4.02 seconds at the MSTCA Invitational.(   01/27/2013 2:58 AM )

  • Hingham girls, boys win Division 3 state relay titles

    Both the Hingham boys and girls earned back-to-back titles at the State Coaches Relays at Reggie Lewis Center.(   01/21/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Woburn boys, North Andover girls take title in Division 2 MSTCA State Relay meet

    The Woburn boys track team set a meet record, then finished third in the final event of the day, the 4 X 400, to take the title in the MSTCA State Relay meet. North Andover's girls didn't place in the final event, but still claimed the meet title.(   01/20/2013 1:45 AM )

  • Weston boys, Old Rochester girls lead way at Division 4 state relays

    Amid But from amongst the bustle at the Reggie Lewis Center, on the day during the James Kalperis MSTCA Indoor Relays. For Old Rochester, the win comes a year after finishing a close second to Norwell in the girls competition. This time around, they topped second place Ipswich, finishing three points ahead of the pack. Weston overtook defending boys champion Old Rochester in the final two events to win the boys' meet, 38-35.6. The Old Rochester girls' win came a year after they finished a close second to Norwell. Sunday Old Rochester finished 3 points ahead of second-place Ipswich, 35-32.(   01/14/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Newton North girls win fourth straight team title at MSTCA Division 1 relays

    It came down to the last event, but the Newton North girls' track team left Reggie Lewis Track Center Saturday afternoon with what it came looking for -- its fourth consecutive James Kalperis MSTCA State Relays title. In the boys' races, last year's champion, Lowell, also repeated.(   01/13/2013 4:14 AM )