Area Teams Begin Quest for State Title
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By Travis Sawchik, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 11--The South Carolina high school basketball playoffs begin Monday with several area teams holding state championship dreams.   The Myrtle Beach girls are ranked No.
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Some high school football teams may be in for a course in history this fall.
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Appalachian State's shocking victory at Michigan yesterday showed that schools from the Football Championship Subdivision have a right to believe they can go into the home of a Division 1-A team and do what seems unthinkable. Northeastern's performance at Northwestern showed what usually happens in these matchups.
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Fans and coaches might have wanted to brush up on the overtime rules before the Cape Ann League's finest met to break their tie atop the standings last night. As the clock ticked down, Wilmington and Masconomet remained deadlocked as each bid to oust the other from the ranks of the unbeaten.
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Success breeds expectations, and Watertown coach Stephen Harrington knows that after winning the school's first Division 3 title, the Raiders will be playing with a target on their backs.
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They're the first team to win two titles in the current Bowl Championship Series format, so Louisiana State coach Les Miles has earned the right to deliver a sales pitch to interested young athletes.
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With his team in a three-way battle atop the South Coast Conference, Bourne coach Barry Wood was well aware that not only would his team have to beat Wareham on the road yesterday, but that Dighton-Rehoboth would also have to win at home against Seekonk for his Canalmen to earn a spot in the Division 2A playoffs.
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LOWELL -- Pity St. Joseph Central of Pittsfield. Unlike many who have batted against one of the state's very best, Harwich's James Hamilton, the Crusaders got to toy with the notion of victory in yesterday's MIAA Division 3 state championship at LeLacheur Park.
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A number of matchups involving local schools this afternoon promise to be spirited and intriguing, hard-hitting and pivotal.
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Talk about your hurry-up offense. During early scenes in &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; of a match between the 1988 Permian Panthers football team of Odessa, Texas, and some other high school&#39;s varsity
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When 11th-ranked Holliston faces a young Medfield team that has improved rapidly from week to week, the stakes will be even higher than usual in today's Tri-Valley League meeting.
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â¢ What&#39;s at stake: For the Cougars, it is a much-needed chance to get the season back on track. The Golden Eagles, shooting for the 500th victory in school history, would like to show the home folks what they have been missing.
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Fall is in the air. Texas is coming to town. The Big 12 is up for grabs.
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Twenty-five years to the day after Canton won its first state field hockey championship, the Bulldogs took home the Division 2 title, beating Frontier Regional, 2-1, in overtime at Worcester State College yesterday.
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Championship Saturday is a local affair. As the Southeastern, Atlantic Coast and Big 12 conferences prepare for their championship games this weekend, only No. 4 Florida is clinging to the hope &#151; and it's slim, at best &#151; of getting a shot at the national title.
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Playing girls' soccer in the Bay State Conference is a tough business. Last season the league boasted a Division 1 state champion (Braintree), a Division 2 state finalist (Dedham), and a Division 2 EMass finalist (Framingham).
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Teams are always gunning for W's, as in wins. In both Division 1 and 2 girls' hockey, teams will be gunning for the other W's, as well.