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PHOTO GALLERY : Quincy ousted from volleyball tournament

As the old adage goes, you can’t teach height, and as the Quincy High School volleyball team learned Tuesday night, sometimes you can’t defend height. The Presidents lost in the semifinals of the Division 1 state tournament against a long-legged ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  18 Nov 2009

PHOTO GALLERY: Quincy downs North in volleyball tourney

Quincy High School volleyball coach Jacqui Niosi admitted she was a little nervous entering her team’s Division 1 Central/East semifinal match against North Quincy, a team the Presidents defeated twice during the regular season. “Sometimes when one ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  13 Nov 2009

PHOTO GALLERY: Norwell scores early, often

Norwell High School girls soccer coach Bruce Emerson has an ideal scenario for his team’s games: build an insurmountable lead early. “We want to take teams out of it early and make them think they’re hopeless,” Emerson said. “We know any team can beat ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  11 Nov 2009

PHOTO GALLERY: Hingham’s tournament heroics

The Hingham High School field hockey team needed extra time and fewer players, but eventually it got the job done. Sophomore forward Molly Clarke’s goal 3:27 into overtime lifted 14th-seeded Hingham to a 1-0 win Wednesday over No. 19 Marshfield in the ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  5 Nov 2009

Duxbury golfers are champs

Duxbury High School head coach Jack Stoddard seems to have the blueprint to playing successful golf. A week after playing it safe at the Division 2 South Sectional tournament and advancing to the state championship, the Green Dragons again heeded the ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  4 Nov 2009

PHOTO GALLERY: Hull soccer postseason bound

It took 25 years but thanks to the effort of two senior strikers, the Hull High School boys soccer team is going to the postseason for the first time in program history. The team earned a berth in the Division 3 South Sectional tournament by defeating ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  29 Oct 2009

GIRLS SOCCER: Duxbury edges Pembroke on late corner

As the calendar pushes forward through October, the high school girls soccer playoffs await just around the corner. Thursday in Pembroke, rain-soaked fans were treated to a possible playoff preview that did not disappoint. Junior striker Melissa ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  16 Oct 2009

PHOTO GALLERY: Different date, same score

In a Sept. 15 matchup, the Notre Dame Academy girls soccer team hosted Fontbonne and won 5-0. Although it was a different venue Tuesday the result was the same. Senior Kara Stefaniak of Needham recorded a hat trick and sophomore Lauren Varella of ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame

HOME DELIVERY: Woman gives birth on bathroom floor, 4 minutes after help arrives

It took Braintree firefighters only two minutes to reach the apartment of a woman in labor. It took her just four minutes more to give birth to a daughter on her bathroom floor. Braintree Fire Capt. Dan McDonnell said a call came in at 9:01 a.m. Sunday ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  31 Aug 2009

A hefty summer catch

It began as a routine fishing expedition in search of bluefin tuna. It ended as a record-setting catch, but with only half a tuna. Captain Tom King, Captain Taylor Sears, and the Mayo family from Dartmouth – Bob, Pamela, Ian and Elizabeth – returned to ...

From PATRICK MCHUGH, The Patriot Ledger,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Tom King,  John Chisholm

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