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Thanksgiving is also the perfect time to remember the greatest call in the history of high school sports broadcasts.
Let’s hope your favorite team doesn’t get screwed like the Green Wave did that day.
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Good to see Ozzy Osborne back in the mix for the NFL’s opening night festivities. His 2005 appearance at the Patriots’ opener will never be topped, though.
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Imagine the BYU campus if the Cougars hand Gonzaga its first loss ... Those kids will be funneling Gatorade till the sun comes up
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Hard to imagine why Massachusetts is struggling to find people to official high school sports throughout the state when parents are leading “Who pays the refs?” chants after calls they don’t agree with.
Just one snapshot of the nonstop barraging the officials took tonight.
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You may be cool, but you’ll never be as cool as Jen Daileanes, who lives right next door to Veterans Field and watches
@ChathamAnglers
games from perched atop these epic homemade bleachers in her yard.
@OfficialCCBL
#CapeCod
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These
@HarwichMariners
cream uniforms might be the cleanest I’ve seen on the Cape this summer 👀
#uniwatch
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There’s a huge
@Nausetsports
student section today, thanks in large part to the team’s first-year head coach Connor Brickley, who bought 90 student tickets ($6.25 each) that were given out to kids for free at the door.
@GlobeSchools
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“Baylor is 0-4 in Morgantown. Make it 0-5, I’ve got Baylor in an upset over West Virginia.” - Lee Corso
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Florida State (
@FSUBaseball
) and
@WhitecapsCCBL
slugger
@JamesTibbsIII
takes home the Cape League’s Home Run Derby title with six home runs in each of the two rounds.
Here he is being interviewed by former Red Sox World Series champion Johnny Gomes.
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Sharon Lokedi wins the 2019
#falmouthroadrace
followed by Sara Hall, who took second.
@sportsCCT
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ICYMI, here is a look at the confrontation between Bourne’s Derek Bender and Orleans catcher Henry Hunter from last night.
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Over the past 15 years, Ashby & Tom Crafts’ farm has become a preferred home for
@HarwichMariners
players with big league dreams.
All-Star pitchers Eric Reyzelman & Trey Dombroski are the latest to thrive in the historic Animal House.
#CapeCod
#CCBL
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“If the best college baseball players in the country come here, then the best college broadcasters should come here as well.”
Dan D’Uva created the blueprint for Cape League broadcasts with Guy Benson 20 years ago. Now he mentors the next generation.
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“There’s a reason that kid’s going to play Division 1 baseball.”
UMass Lowell commit Jacob Jette has the right stuff, pitches Franklin (
@FHSSports
) baseball into Division 1 semifinals, via
@GlobeSchools
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Mashpee senior Colin Spencer, a
@UConnMGolf
commit, claims the medalist honors with a 2-under-par 70. Weston’s Zach Pelzar and Sandwich’s Thomas Hurley both shot 81s to share runner-up.
@GlobeSchools
@MashpeeAthletic
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Ice sculpture of the Hanson Brothers from "Slap Shot" outside the Big Dipper. They'll be in town tomorrow for Hockey Week in Fairbanks
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Division 2 EMass. 🏈
@GlobeSchools
Players of the Week
Ty Connolly -
@WHawkSAthletics
Dawson DuBose -
@BR_Athletics_MA
Connor McHale -
@FeehanAthletics
Anthony Molander -
@GORAMSathletics
Nate Sampson -
@NQRaiders
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“If I do happen to get drafted, I’ll go right back to being an underdog. I think you’re really never not an underdog, at least that’s my mindset and that’s kind of how I like it.”
Orleans Firebirds closer AJ Blubaugh embraces the chip on his shoulder
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🚨 New Job Alert 🚨 Today is my first day reporting for the Cape Cod Chronicle (
@CCCNewsroom
).
I’ll be covering sports and news in Chatham, Harwich & Orleans. I’ll also be managing the Chronicle’s new sports account (
@CCCSportsNews
). Follow along!
#CapeCod
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“The Cape didn’t change my life, it transformed it.”
Orleans Firebirds manager Kelly Nicholson reflects on his journey to becoming the seventh Cape League manager to reach 400 wins
#CapeCod
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West Valley senior Karli Steel signing her letter of intent to play soccer at Sterling College
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The Cape Cod baseball community said goodbye to one of its own at Veterans Park in Chatham.
A huge crowd celebrated the life of Paul Galop, the longtime
@OfficialCCBL
commissioner and
@ChathamAnglers
’ do-everything man. Beautiful words by
@CCBL_PRESIDENT
,
@NYYGoBLue
& others.
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ICYMI.. there is a farm in Harwich Port where many future MLB stars stay during their time with the Mariners in the
@OfficialCCBL
One of the few rules is the players write a letter to the next summer’s guests. Here is
@ReyzEric
reading the letter Ian Happ left behind
@ihapp_1
Over the past 15 years, Ashby & Tom Crafts’ farm has become a preferred home for
@HarwichMariners
players with big league dreams.
All-Star pitchers Eric Reyzelman & Trey Dombroski are the latest to thrive in the historic Animal House.
#CapeCod
#CCBL
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“You are expecting him to hit a wall like all freshman do up here, but he never did … Tough as nails and he’s a grinder. That kid has a big future in front of him.”
@HarwichMariners
third baseman Brock Wilken is crowned
@OfficialCCBL
MVP.
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“We don’t take too many freshmen up here because it’s tough to handle the adversity, but that kid is mature beyond his years.”
After a dominant spring for
@WakeBaseball
, Brock Wilken (
@B_Wilkes25
) is living up to the hype in the Cape League.
#CapeCod
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“He’s one of those guys I think every team would love to have.”
Japan native Jo Oyama sets the tone for
@FirebirdsCCBL
with his consistency and personality
#CapeCod
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“I had never been to the Cape in my entire life but all of my teammates from BC that are from Massachusetts would swear by it … I’m starting to see why.”
BC outfielder and former NECBL MVP Travis Honeyman leads the Cape League in batting average.
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D4 BOYS ⚽️ Semifinals
FINAL
No. 9 Monomoy — 1
No. 5 Gardner — 0
For the first time in school history,
@MonomoySharks
(16-3-3) will play in the state championship. They’ll face No. 2 Lynnfield (18-2-2) on Saturday (Time/location TBA).
@GlobeSchools
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Note the great sportsmanship by Furies freshman goalie Olivia Avellar (91) who skated straight to D-Y goalie Tess Labelle to pick her up after she allowed the goal. Impressive stuff.
@Nausetsports
@MyHockeyLive
@GlobeSchools
@Dolphinathletic
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“He’s the same old Brock the Bomber.”
Little has changed for Brock Wilken, the Cape League’s reigning MVP.
He’s back with the
@HarwichMariners
, enjoying another stay with the O’Leary family and still mashing baseballs like potatoes on Thanksgiving.
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One of the most historic seasons in
@FirebirdsCCBL
history came to an end with Orleans finishing just short of reaching Cape League immortality.
The Firebirds fell in Game 3 as the Braves defend their league title at Eldredge Park.
RECAP:
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Traded in my beach chair for a long weekend getaway at Lake Winnipesaukee. The view, as you can see, didn’t suck
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D1 ⚾️ FINAL
Bridgewater-Raynham — 0
Franklin — 5
Jacob Jette tossed a complete-game shutout and Eisig Chin went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and a run scored to lead No. 1
@FHSSports
past B-R and into the state semifinals against Shrewsbury (date/site TBA).
@GlobeSchools
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The hill at Eldredge Park is a heck of a place to take in a game. Tough to beat, really.
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“I haven’t seen an arm dominate like that since the Lincecum years. That’s Hall of Fame stuff right there.”
@HarwichMariners
pitcher Trey Dombroski takes home
@OfficialCCBL
’s Most Outstanding Pitcher Award.
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FOOTBALL FINAL
Nantucket — 47
Martha’s Vineyard — 20
The Whalers dominate in the 68th installment of the Island Cup.
@GlobeSchools
@sportsCCT
@MassVarsity
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“Where the Stars of Tomorrow Shine Tonight” is the Cape League’s motto… But it isn’t limited to the players on the field.
Meet some of the
@ChathamAnglers
interns chasing their own baseball dreams this summer
#CapeCod
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Tyler Locklear & Chase DeLauter are setting the pace in the
@OfficialCCBL
home run chase.
They also push each other to get better every day, on the field & in the weight room with
@SimoneBaseball
.
Meet the Cape League’s junior Bash Brothers
#CapeCod
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You think the people of Chatham are excited for the first
@ChathamAnglers
home game since 2019? It’s Wednesday and there are already folding chairs lined up for Monday’s home opener..
#CapeCod
@CCCSportsNews
@OfficialCCBL
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D3 BOYS 🏒 Quarterfinals
FINAL
No. 5 Watertown/Wayland — 3
No. 4 Nauset — 2
Junior Mauricio Souza netted the game-winner for W/W on a breakaway with 5 seconds left. The Raiders are on to the semifinals. Great game.
@GlobeSchools
@Nausetsports
@WatertownSports
@WaylanAthletics
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Some Cape Cod Baseball League news:
John Castleberry has been elected as the league’s new commissioner for the next three seasons. Castleberry managed
@FirebirdsCCBL
from 1984-91, winning the ‘86 championship, and is a member on Orleans’ board. He replaces Eric Zmuda.
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“He’s like the world’s most interesting man”
Meet Jay Banfield, a Cape League coach and social entrepreneur who has worked in the legislative and executive branches of government and also has a World Series of Poker appearance on his resume.
#CapeCod
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“This is the best summer baseball league in America, and I never thought I’d be playing here. Now I’ve done everything I could do here, so I’m so grateful.”
This week’s Athlete of the Week was an easy pick: Joichiro Oyama
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Here at Eldredge Park where
@FirebirdsCCBL
presented the Town of Orleans with a check for $40,000 to offset the town’s costs to fully recondition the field’s lights.
@Official_CCBL
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D4 BOYS ⚽️ Quarterfinals
FINAL
No. 9 Monomoy — 3
No. 1 Cohasset — 2
It’s a stunner in the South Shore.
The Sharks overcome a 2-0 deficit to knock off the No. 1 seed and clinch the program’s first state semifinals appearance.
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Here’s one for the highlight reel.
Bourne’s Kendall Diggs hits one up the middle and the ball hits second base and takes a funny bounce. No problem for Orleans shortstop Jack Penney - the Wakefield native snagged it with his barehand and tossed it to first for the third out.
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Lance Mackey was the Michael Jordan of mushing. That’s not hyperbole. His 4 consecutive Yukon Quest titles and 4 straight Iditarod wins is a run that’ll never be matched.
I’m sad to hear he lost his battle with cancer.
A 2018 story I wrote about him:
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D1 🏈 Semifinals
FINAL
No. 3 Needham — 17
No. 2 Xaverian — 20
Xaverian (9-2) will host top-seeded St. John’s Prep (11-0) on Thanksgiving and then face Prep again for the Division 1 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium.
@GlobeSchools
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Senior James Murphy inspires confidence as he leads
@RocketsRMHS
past Barnstable, via
@GlobeSchools
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“I don’t want anyone else but him. I don’t want to overplay him, but I don’t want to create any confusion — that’s our shortstop.” -
@ChathamAnglers
manager Tom Holliday.
Marcus Brown is embracing the similarities between Oklahoma State and Chatham.
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They came. They got vaccinated. They played.
A recap of the Cape League’s return to play
#CapeCod
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This was the scene at Eldredge Park before tonight’s
@FirebirdsCCBL
&
@ChathamAnglers
game. Orleans surprised manager Kelly Nicholson by inviting some of his former players, assistant coaches and longtime friends to town to celebrate his 20th season with the club.
#CapeCod
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Before the Cape League celebrates its 100th year, dive into PLAY BALL!, a 60-page (not a typo) supplement with team previews, league news, features and enterprise stories.
Included with this week’s print edition of the Chronicle, it’s free online now ⬇️
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Jonathan Gonzalez’s changeup is filthy. He just tossed his second straight 1-2-3 inning, this time against the top of Bourne’s lineup.
He struck out Joshua Kuroda-Grauer with a changeup in the dirt that would make Pedro proud. Unreal outing by the
@StetsonBaseball
lefty.
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After slumping this spring,
@HarwichMariners
outfielder Pres Cavenaugh (
@UNCGBaseball
) has been one of the Cape League’s best hitters this summer.
What changed?
Well, for starters, he’s sleeping better and feels at home batting leadoff
#CapeCod
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“I was right down the road in Brewster. He had no idea.”
It took a team effort from near and far, but
@FirebirdsCCBL
pulled off the surprise of the summer when it honored manager Kelly Nicholson’s 20th season in Orleans.
#CapeCod
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Abington senior Matt Maguire cuts down the nets after winning the South Shore League title. The WPI-bound forward scored 21 points tonight to finish his career second on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,236 points. Bryson Andrews (‘19) recorded 1,357
@GlobeSchools
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FOOTBALL FINAL
Barnstable — 20
Xaverian — 14
The Red Raiders hold off the Hawks to win their opener in a downpour.
@GlobeSchools
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Announced attendance at Eldredge Park: 7,123.
What. A. Showing.
Every corner of Eldredge Park is full for Game 3 of the Cape League championship between Orleans and Bourne.
Follow our sports reporter
@BradJoyal
for updates from the winner-takes-all finale.
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CHOWDER CUP FINAL
Dennis-Yarmouth — 41
Nauset — 0
The 24th Chowder Cup returns to D-Y.
@sportsCCT
@GlobeSchools
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D2 Super Bowl 🏈 🏆
FINAL
Marshfield — 14
King Philip — 42
KP (13-0) completes its perfect season in dominant fashion to capture the program’s third state title and first since 2017
@GlobeSchools
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GIRLS 🏒 FINAL (2 OT)
Dennis-Yarmouth — 1
CC Furies — 2
It took 45 minutes of regulation and two overtime periods, but the Cape Cod Furies are advancing to the Cape & Islands Tournament semifinals. Julia Weiner buries her own rebound to net the winner.
What. A. Game.
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Division 2 EMass. 🏈
@GlobeSchools
Players of the Week
Tajardo France, Barnstable
Kevin Leal, Cambridge
Anthony Rudiman, Westford
Cooper Tarantino, L-S
Nick Yanchuk, Bishop Feehan
@StableFootball
@CRLSFalcons
@TheWAGhosts
@Warriors978
@FeehanAthletics
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Dover-Sherborn is your Division 3 golf state champion. The Raiders’ first state title in program history came down to a tiebreaker with Weston - both had matching scores of 344. Each team’s fifth score counted and Sean Scannell’s 92 clinched it for
@DSRaidersSports
.
@GlobeSchools
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Saw Bob Dylan in Boston last night and he was great. Still laughing over the fact he asked the crowd to give a hand for Paul Revere for his midnight ride during his band intros.
Makes me wonder if other musicians respect Paul Revere enough to be honest.
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An ugly scene after the Chowder Cup was exchanged as the Dennis-Yarmouth and Nauset players, coaches and fans have to be separated. Video of the exchange:
@sportsCCT
@GlobeSchools
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St. John’s Prep captures its fourth consecutive MSTCA Division 1 relays title with a team score of 62.
Newton North (44) was the runner-up and Xaverian and Acton-Boxborough tied for third with matching 36s.
@GlobeSchools
@sjpathletics
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“Its a special day ... We’re really happy for and proud of them,”
@Nausetsports
AD John Mattson said after the school held its 2021 signing ceremony for student-athletes. 14 of the school’s 17 signees were in attendance, and more are still deciding on where they will attend.
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Before last night’s game, a pair of
@HarwichMariners
players received awards from
@OfficialCCBL
commissioner Eric Zmuda.
@Dombroski_Trey
(
@MUHawksBaseball
) was named Most Outstanding Pitcher and 3B Brock Wilken (
@B_Wilkes25
) from
@WakeBaseball
was crowned league MVP.
#CapeCod
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Quite the scene here.
Fourth-seeded
@Nausetsports
(17-5) and No. 5
@WatertownSports
(13-6-3) are set to meet in a Division 3 state quarterfinal in front of a sold-out crowd at Charles Moore Arena.
Follow along for updates throughout the night.
@CCCSportsNews
@GlobeSchools
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It was a special afternoon at Monomoy for these three guys who made their college commitments. From left: August Hand (UNE lacrosse), John Michael Canto (Rivier baseball) and Jake Burnie (Lasell lacrosse).
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Where else are you gonna find a manager laying the foul lines before Game 1 of a championship series?
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“I left it all out there.”
Wellesley native and Duke righty Billy Seidl makes a statement by no-hitting Brewster through five innings during his last
@HarwichMariners
start before the MLB Draft.
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Just a little bit more than a month away from the Midnight Sun Game.
Fairbanks, Alaska, ca 1910 - This photo was taken exactly at midnight, the year is an estimate but the time of year was June 21st (give or take a day) during the summer solstice and when Alaska gets 22-hours of sunlight. This annual game started in 1906 and is still played today
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Undefeated 12-0 regular season ✔️
Cape & Islands League champs ✔️
Home-field advantage ✔️
Up next for
@Nausetsports
baseball is the D2 South sectional tournament. Expect the Warriors to host a 1st-round game (most likely Friday or Saturday) at Eldredge Park.
@Nausetsports
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Former
@NanooksHockey
player Colton Parayko sporting UAF during a St. Louis Blues press conference
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Firebirds’ championship run cements Orleans among the nation’s best summer baseball environments
#capecod
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The past 2 nights the
@HarwichMariners
were searching for a timely hit. It came tonight in the 8th inning when Carter Putz (
@NDBaseball
) plated Tatem Levins (
@Pitt_BASE
) & Brock Wilken (
@WakeBaseball
) with this 2-run drive into the left-centerfield gap. Putz was thrown out at 3rd
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When somebody says something to somebody in the handshake line..
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A look at the interception by Joel Maggs that helped
@stmarysspartans
upend Rockland for the Spartans’ first
@GilletteStadium
Super Bowl appearance since 2018.
@GlobeSchools
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Division 2 🏈
@GlobeSchools
Players of the Week
Eli Batista — Peabody
@TannerCoach
Jake Jackson, Mike McNaught & Zach Wolinski —
@NA_Athletics
Aiden Kundel —
@Stable_Sports
/
@StableFootball
Tommy McLeish & Daniel Silveria —
@kphsathletics
/
@kpwarriors
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FINAL: Marlborough 13, Milford 5. Schmidlein's huge performance through the air leads the Panthers in their opener
@MetroWestSports
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‘Rude and disrespectful’
Bourne’s bus mishandling, home run celebration sour championship experience for Orleans
#capecod
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Massachusetts high school football teams will play they their first September games since 2019 tomorrow night.
A comprehensive preview ran in today’s
@BGlobeSports
print edition. You can also read about every single Eastern Mass. team online ⬇️
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No. 39 Nauset upsets No. 26 Fitchburg on the road in a Division 2 preliminary-round matchup.
Up next for the Warriors is a matchup at No. 7 Pope Francis (date/time TBA).
Warriors win it 59-58! Dillon White with the game winning basket!!
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D3 BOYS 🏒 Semifinals
FINAL
No. 12 Somerset Berkley — 0
No. 1 Nauset — 6
@Nausetsports
(22-1-1) is marching on to the program’s first state championship since the 2004 team lost in the D2 final. The Warriors will face Marblehead next Sunday at TD Garden. SB finishes 18-3-2.
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Chelmsford gets on the board on the first play of the second quarter as Cooper Collins returned this interception 72 yards and Michael Bierwirth made an extra point to tie it at 7
@GlobeSchools
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“I’m about to go to bed and I’ll go grab a drink from the fridge and see he’s hitting balls into the net in our garage.”
Few — if any — Mass. golfers enter the fall season with more confidence than
@MashpeeAthletic
senior Colin Spencer, via
@GlobeSchools
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Before I begin the next chapter of my career, I'd like to thank some of the people who have helped me the past three years...
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Division 2 🏈
@GlobeSchools
Players of the Week
Eric Lovell -
@StableFootball
Tor Maas -
@GORAMSathletics
/
@MarshfieldRams
Tommy McLeish -
@kpwarriors
/
@kphsathletics
Chris Sanchez & Lasean Sharp -
@CathMemKnights
Mike Galligan -
@NQRaiders
/
@NQFootball
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C&I Championship
GIRLS 🏒 FINAL
Barnstable — 3
Falmouth — 2
No. 3 Barnstable hands top-seeded Falmouth its first loss of the year to win the Cape & Islands Tournament championship
@GlobeSchools
@MyHockeyLive
@HNIBonline
@MassHSHockey
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D1 ⚾️ END 4
B-R — 0
Franklin — 3
This two-run double by Eisig Chin put
@FHSSports
on the board with one out in the bottom of the fourth. Chin then scored to make it 3-0 on a sac bunt by Ben Jarosz a couple pitches later.
@GlobeSchools
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