Attleboro girls can't dent unbeaten Whalers

ATTLEBORO - There were reasons for the Attleboro High School girls' basketball team to have a bad feeling about Thursday night's game against New Bedford from the very start.

BOYS' BASKETBALL: AHS falls in double OT

NEW BEDFORD - What hurts twice as much as an overtime loss? A loss in double overtime.

GOBIS: Cournoyer, PC holding hoop clinic

North Attleboro's Emily Cournoyer and her Providence College women's basketball teammates will be conducting a clinic at the Hill-Roberts School in Attleboro Wednesday starting at 5:30 p.m. Cournoyer, the Friars' junior center-forward, is having a terrific season, averaging 9.5 points and five rebounds per game, starting all but one game. She's shooting 47 percent from the floor and has been in double scoring figures a team-best eight times

New baseball coach at Feehan

ATTLEBORO - Bishop Feehan High School has a new baseball coach, one with a familiar face.

ROSE: Wampanoag Road Runners turning 25

As the calendar rolls into mid-January, I find myself thinking about the Norfolk County Pacers and the Runaways running clubs.

SWIMMING: Attleboro picks up first victory

WESTWOOD - The Bombardiers broke into the win column!

TRACK: Youngsters lead Feehan to 4-0 marks

NORTON - The young members of the Bishop Feehan High boys' and girls' winter track teams raced to the forefront Thursday on the track surface at Wheaton College's Emerson Gymnasium.

Second time around

ATTLEBORO - After the first quarter of Wednesday night's boys basketball game between Seekonk High and Bishop Feehan, the Warriors had a one-point lead. After two quarters, the final was never in doubt ... as the Shamrocks used a 21-point advantage in the second quarter to cruise to a 82-59 home victory over the visiting Warriors.

Special night for Shamrock skaters

TAUNTON - Having survived a two-man, short-handed situation in the first period of play, the Shamrocks of Bishop Feehan know a lot about specialty teams play.

HOCKEY: Carroll (5 goals), Hornets ice Foxboro

FOXBORO - Brendan Carroll had five goals as the Mansfield Hornets defeated host Foxboro 7-3 on Wednesday night.

Local wrestlers wrap up victories

CANTON - The North Attleboro High wrestling team bounced back from Saturday's rare regular-season loss by taking care of Hockomock League foe Canton Wednesday, 50-15.

BASKETBALL: Lancers struggle

NORTON - The Norton High boys' basketball team returned home after a four-game road winning streak and couldn't find the basket in its own home court, falling to visiting Medway 51-49.

GYMNASTICS: Ocel, North vault past King Philip

NORTH ATTLEBORO - Mary Ocel won three events and Lauren Johnson two as the North Attleboro High girls' gymnastics team chalked up a 132.9-106.2 win over Hockomock League foe King Philip on Wednesday.

Warriors turn NA inside, out

NORTH ATTLEBORO - The Foxboro High School girls' basketball team isn't bashful about attacking the basket.

North boys shoot way out of Foxboro

FOXBORO - With 2:29 remaining in the third quarter in a Hockomock League matchup with rival Foxboro, North Attleboro High's Justin Perron hit an open three-pointer from out of the left corner to give North its first lead of the game.

BOYS HOOP: Seekonk pulls out win

SEEKONK - First-year coach John McDonough wanted his team to play better defense in the second half, and the Warriors delivered.

GIRLS HOOP: D-R remains unbeaten

WAREHAM - Mary Nwachukwu nearly outscored the Vikings herself as the Dighton-Rehoboth girls' basketball team remained unbeaten with a 58-30 South Coast Conference victory over Wareham Tuesday night.

WRESTLING: Lancers dominate

NORTON - Coming off taking home the crown among the eight teams competing in the Middleboro Holiday Tournament over the weekend, the Norton High wrestling team returned to Tri-Valley League competition Tuesday and continued to make a statement.

MHS girls roll to 7-0

MANSFIELD - When you're on top of the world, they line up behind you with the intention of taking you down a peg.

SWIMMING: Feehan, Norton get wins

ATTLEBORO - Tinkering with his lineup, discovering who swims what legs better in relays along the way, Bishop Feehan High boys' swimming coach Kyle VanDenBerghe has quite a bit of talent assembled on the deck.

Mansfield boys blitz KP

WRENTHAM - The Mansfield High boys' basketball team just might be heading toward the top of the Hockomock League.

Hornets' football fate in limbo

MANSFIELD - It's been 19 days, and the Mansfield High School athletic department still does not know the verdict of a subcommittee of the MIAA Board of Directors regarding sanctions that may be assessed against the school from the Hornet football team's use of an ineligible, fifth-year senior in two games this past fall.

GIRLS HOOP: Bessette powers Norton to win

NORTON - To say that Kayla Bessette had the hot hand from the outside Monday night would be a gross understatement.

BOYS HOOP: Slow start sinks AHS

ATTLEBORO - The Attleboro High boys' basketball team came out flat on Tuesday night and paid for it, as the Bombardiers had just 13 field goals in a 57-37 loss at the hands of Old Colony League foe Barnstable.

GOBIS: Strouble, Briggs - Foxboro's sister act

One is left-handed, the other is right-handed.

HOCKEY: Foxboro blanked again

FOXBORO - The Foxboro High hockey team continues to struggle to find the back of the net, falling 3-0 to Rockland on Monday evening to drop to 0-4 on the season.

Mansfield breaks free from Hawks

WESTWOOD - It took some of everything for the Mansfield High School boys' basketball team to dismiss the Hawks of Xaverian Brothers High on Sunday night - racehorse basketball, tight defense, outside shooting and strong rebounding.

P-Bruins make it a weekend sweep

PROVIDENCE - Three wins in three nights, six points and atop the Atlantic Division of the AHL - it was a most productive weekend of hockey for the Providence Bruins.

TRACK: Mansfield's Broyles top underclassman

BOSTON - It was an outstanding day for the representatives of Mansfield High School and an outstanding day in particular for Emily Broyles.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Shamrock girls prevail

ATTLEBORO - Despite a significant size disadvantage, the Bishop Feehan girls' basketball team held off South Kingston High (R.I.) in a non-league game, 56-52, Sunday afternoon.

Friars stay hot

PROVIDENCE - Unbeaten and atop the Big East - two games into the season, that's what the Providence College Friars are.

FARINELLA: Change in store for '09 Pats

This is a very strange weekend for those who follow the New England Patriots - either as fans, like most of you, or as individuals who cover them for a living, like me.

WRESTLING: Franklin pins loss on NA

FRANKLIN - The North Attleboro High wrestling team did something it hasn't done in two years on Saturday evening ... lose a regular season dual meet.

ICE HOCKEY: Hornets blank KP

FRANKLIN - The Mansfield High Hockey team kept King Philip clear of the goal, cruising to a 5-0 win on Saturday afternoon in Franklin.

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BASKETBALL: Donovan leads T-C boys

FRANKLIN - Junior swingman Steve Donovan scored 27 points, 10 during the third quarter, to guide the Tri-County Regional High boys' basketball team to a 77-67 victory over Bethany Christian Saturday in a non-league game.

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TRACK: Gregorek blazes at Brown

PROVIDENCE - Seekonk's Johnny Gregorek ran the second fastest time in the nation in the 3,000 meters on Saturday at the Brown Invitational, finishing second in the race with a time of 8:46.1.

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Foxboro girls make the grade

FOXBORO - They didn't win with their "A" game Friday night, but "B-minus" was good enough.

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Franklin manhandles Warrior boys

FRANKLIN - Flying high after qualifying for the playoffs on Tuesday, the Foxboro High boys' basketball team was brought back to earth with a thud on Friday night, falling hard to Franklin 82-38 in a Hockomock League game at Franklin Field House.

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Close, but not close enough for KP boys

WRENTHAM - Were it not for a few blocking out assignments, a hurried shot here, a harried pass there, the King Philip High Warriors might be enjoying victory for the first time this season.

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BOYS' BASKETBALL: Lancers a hot road act

HOLLISTON - The Norton High boys' basketball team has found a home away from home the last couple of years - pretty much any visiting gymnasium.

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Shamrocks keep Bishops in check - again

ATTLEBORO - For the second time this season the Bishop Feehan High girls' basketball team proved it can measure up to the defending MIAA Division 3 state champion, and this time around the Shamrocks did it without their star player.

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HOCKEY: Dedham blanks KP girls

NORFOLK - The King Philip Regional High girls' hockey team surrendered five first-period goals and fell 5-0 to Dedham Friday.

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Mayo named AFC defensive rookie of the year

FOXBORO — When Jerod Mayo arrived at Gillette Stadium for the first time since becoming the Patriots’ top draft selection, he expected the worst.

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GOBIS: Bosh stepping out of the dugout

There will be a new baseball boss at Attleboro High School in the spring as Matt Bosh has been forced to the sidelines due to his class schedule as a history instructor at the Coelho Middle School. Through six seasons, Bosh guided the Bombardiers to a trio of nine-win seasons and one MIAA Tournament berth.

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Balancing act

ATTLEBORO - The members of the North Attleboro High School girls' basketball team like to shoot early and often from three-point range because, at this stage of their development, it's what they're best at.

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Wake up call turns back Clockers

FOXBORO - Angry and disappointed with the way his starters came out to start Tuesday night's non-league game against Ashland, Foxboro boys' basketball coach C.J. Neely went to his bench less than three minutes into the game down nine points and picked out five heads.

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FARINELLA: Cassel aces improbable opportunity

It's a poignant scene when it's time for athletes to clean out their lockers at the end of a football season - made even more so by the fact that these players fully expected their season to continue for another month.

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Foxboro's Alvarez continues US tear

DEDHAM - Four games into her high school career, Paula Alvarez added an MVP award to her mantle.

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BOYS' BASKETBALL: D-R, KP blown out

REHOBOTH - In South Coast Conference play, the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional boys' basketball team was bottled up, not scoring more than seven points in any quarter as Fairhaven pulled away for the 43-22 victory Tuesday.

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