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Tuesday's high school highlights

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Somerville 53, Peabody 51Somerville's (4-1) Skerby Odivan (19 points) and Franklin Salvador (18 points) paved the way for a Tanner Holiday Tournament Championship win. Globe sports, 12/29/09

Monday's high school highlights

Somerville 50, Marblehead 40Ricky Arisme had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals to pace the Highlanders to a first-round victory in the Peabody Holiday tournament. Globe sports, 12/28/09

Highlander Girls Booters Qualify for the Tournament

With the season down to the final games, the Somerville High girls' soccer team has a reason to celebrate. After suffering a 2-0 loss to Methuen last Monday, the Highlanders regrouped and delivered a solid 4-0 shutout win over Mt. Alvernia on Wednesday. As a result, the Highlanders stand at 9-7-1 overall and played Monday against Latin Academy. The Somerville News, 11/2/09
Somerville man peddling propaganda - the Sox kind

Somerville man peddling propaganda - the Sox kind

There's some serious propaganda pouring out of a Winter Hill basement, where artist Chris Speakman operates Sports Propaganda, which specializes in screen prints of active Major League ballplayers, in the style of World War II posters. Boston Globe, 10/22/09

Highlanders look to build on victory

Wins have bookended a three-game losing streak in Somerville’s first five games of the season. Boston Globe, 10/14/09

Sports report: Tornado girls' soccer upsets Somerville

Malden Girls' soccer began the week off with a 1-0 win against last year's GBL Champions, Somerville. During the first half, both teams felt each other out with few scoring chances for either side amid strong defensive play. Boston Globe, 10/5/09

Boys' Soccer: Players of the week

Bruno Coccia, Somerville - He scored four goals and had two assists as the Highlanders downed Lowell, 6-3, Tuesday. Boston Globe, 10/5/09

Xaverian 28, Somerville 7: Xaverian cruises past Somerville

WESTWOOD - A week after toppling rival Brockton and looking ahead to traveling to New Jersey for a tilt against Hudson Catholic, Xaverian was presented with a classic trap game against a hungry Somerville team looking to prove something yesterday at The Hawk Bowl. Boston Globe, 10/4/09

Women's Cross Country | Wilfert shows she’s ready to be Tufts’ new No. 1

Junior Amy Wilfert claimed the first cross country victory of her collegiate career on Saturday at the Trinity Invitational. For her efforts, she garnered the season’s inaugural NESCAC Performer of the Week award. Tufts Daily, 9/16/09

Highlander girls' soccer off to slow start

For the Somerville High girls' soccer team, the 2009 season is off to quite a slow start. After suffering a 3-1 season opening loss to Matignon on Wednesday, the Highlanders succumbed in a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Methuen. Somerville Voices, 9/14/09

A look at the mania of local sports at Tufts

Like a toxic gas seeping through the cool Boston air into surrounding communities, the area’s sports culture becomes infectious, even to the most halfhearted of fans. Tufts Daily, 9/2/09
Mixed martial arts star shows his moves (ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)Wanderlei Silva (right) demonstrates a fighting technique on Rodrigo Almeida,22, during a seminar at the Brazilian Martial Arts Center in Somerville.

Mixed martial arts star shows his moves

Dozens of fighters — from teenagers to muscled giants to graying baby boomers — crammed the mats at Somerville’s Brazilian Martial Arts Center to sharpen their battle tactics with the one they call the ‘‘Axe Murderer,’’ top fighter Wanderlei Silva. Boston Globe, 8/21/09
Cycling in Somerville (Globe Staff / Yoon S. Byun)

Cycling in Somerville

Download a map of bike routes in Somerville, get links to local cycling associations, or find local bicycling businesses. Above, commuters parked their bicycles at the Davis Square T stop. City of Somerville

Somerville Pop Warner football schedule

Check out the practice and game schedule for Somerville Pop Warner football. LeagueLineup

Alibrandis celebrate 20th anniversary

For one night, the Somerville Alibrandis amateur baseball team earned the spotlight all to themselves. And with nearly 300 spectators on hand, the Alibrandis celebrated their 20th anniversary in grand fashion at Trum Field. The Somerville News, 8/5/09