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Best of 60 field hockey: A fitting send-off for state’s top seniors

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

BOLTON – The field hockey season and its seniors’ high school careers came to an official close Sunday morning at Nashoba, but not without one last reminder of what the sport is losing from the state’s top graduating players.The two Massachusetts State Field Hockey Coaches Association Best of 60 Senior All-Star Games showed plenty of offensive firepower and defensive execution in a final hoorah, with Team Dark Green beating Team Neon Orange 5-2, and Team Neon Green playing Team Navy to a 1-1 tie.The top seniors from state title-winning programs, state finalists and a bevy of other contenders were randomized to comprise all four rosters, and the skill level was even across the field in both games.Reading senior Natalie Wall’s heart rate didn’t exactly climb when her Navy teammate Norah Bargatti (Westfield) tied the score late in the fourth quarter of their game, but certainly was pleased to be among the competition.“It’s low stakes, we just came out here to have fun,” she said, the d...

Bruins notebook: Players looking to impress special audience

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

An 82-game regular season schedule that lasts up to seven months can hold its share of forgettable games and road trips. But a trip that every player seems to look forward to is the one that many teams have been doing over the past decade or so, the family-based road trip.Sometimes it’s the mothers of players who tag along, other times it’s the siblings. When the B’s boarded their flight Sunday for their two-city Florida trip to Tampa and Sunrise, the players had their Dads in tow.Not only were there smiles all around after practice at Warrior Ice Arena on Monday, the players usually get an extra boost once the games begin.“I think the motivation is they want to play well in front of their parents, but they also want to give kind of a thank you of a performance, a thank you to the Bruins for being able to do something like this,” said coach Jim Montgomery. “Because it really is special to spend time with your Mom or your Dad. Last year it was the siblings. Your par...

Sweet 16: Marshfield has its day

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

Once the new MIAA football alignments came out, all eyes were on Div. 2 to see if a certain powerhouse squad was listed there.Sure enough, Catholic Memorial was one of 22 teams.That certainly irritated many schools who believed the Knights should have moved up to Div. 1 after dominating the Div. 2 scene the previous two seasons. Catholic Memorial captured the previous two state titles and won each of those eight postseason contests by at least 20 points, one of the eight victims being Marshfield.Thus when the tournament pairings came out this year, Marshfield found itself on the same side of the draw as Catholic Memorial. Few gave the Rams any chance of ending the Knights’ reign of terror, but they didn’t count on a group of young men from Marshfield rising to the challenge and stunning Catholic Memorial 52-40 to advance to the Div. 2 title game against King Philip.“Our kids deserve all the credit for this,” said Marshfield coach Chris Arouca. “They played really hard an...

Girls soccer all-star game honors coach fighting cancer

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

MIDDLEBORO — Natick’s girls soccer team accomplished just about everything imaginable this season, including capturing a Div. 1 state championship this past week.However, few knew that the team was playing every game with one collective goal — fighting for Assistant Coach Kari-Ann Daley, who was in the midst of her own battle with breast cancer.On Sunday, hundreds of athletes arrived on the campus of Middleboro High School to participate in the Eastern Massachusetts Girls Soccer Coaches Association’s running of the Rich Bourgelas Making Strides Against Breast Cancer All-Star Games, looking to raise awareness for a greater cause.At the end of the day, the Red Hawks saw much of their hard work rewarded. Natick coach Dave Wainwright was named the Div. 1 Coach of the Year during the ceremonies, while senior Kaitlyn Lebrun was named a 2023 All-American, a fitting end to an amazing campaign for Natick.“It was a great journey,” Wainwright said. “For us, it will be something that we’ll neve...

Probe into deadly NH shooting continues

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. — Investigators in New Hampshire were probing for answers Sunday as to why a man shot a security guard to death at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital moments before being killed by a state police trooper.New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Saturday that 33-year-old John Madore entered New Hampshire Hospital on Friday afternoon and killed Bradley Haas, a state Department of Safety security officer who was working at the front lobby entrance of the facility.Michael Garrity, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, said Sunday that the investigation into the shooting “is active and ongoing.”Autopsies determined that the cause of death for both Haas and Madore was multiple gunshot wounds, according to Formella’s office.In 2016, Madore faced assault charges that were later dismissed, according to a court summary of the case. The summary, without elaborating, indicates that a judge had ordered Madore to be transported from New...

There is light at the end of the tunnel, MBTA’s General Manager says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

Despite recent revelations that the state’s beleaguered transit system will require about $24.5 billion in investment before it’s in “state of good repair,” and ahead of a year’s worth of sporadic closures, the MBTA’s general manager nevertheless remains optimistic about the future.The hefty price tag required to bring the agency up to standard does not reflect money that will need to be raised immediately, GM Phil Eng explained, but does reflect the cost of providing a rebuilt and modernized transit agency. It will all pay off in the end, he said.“I wouldn’t have taken this role if I didn’t believe there is light at the end of the tunnel,” Eng told WCVB. “I am fully confident that we can, not only rebuild our workforce, which has been a big effort, but we can rebuild our infrastructure and we can rebuild it in meaningful ways.”Last week, the MBTA’s board of directors released a capital needs analysis and found that fixing the problems plaguing the T would cost $10...

Padres single-game tickets available for limited time during holiday presale

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Holiday presale tickets for the San Diego Padres 2024 season will become available this week.For a limited time, the MLB team will be giving baseball enthusiasts their first opportunity to snag single-game tickets. "Fans will be able to give the gift of the Padres this holiday season," the Padres stated in a news release announcing the holiday sale. CSI San Diego: What it takes to be a criminalist in America’s Finest City Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 21 and lasting through Monday, Dec. 4, tickets for Padres home games in 2024 will be available for purchase through this offer with the exception of Opening Day.This means fans can lock in seats to see the team compete against National League West rivals like the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and Arizona Diamondbacks. The deal also includes Interleague opponents like the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago W...

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The party of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Sunday it was sponsoring another candidate for the February presidential election, just days after Senegal’s Supreme Court effectively blocked Sonko’s own bid.Election authorities have refused to provide Sonko with the sponsorship papers that need to be submitted by early December. On Sunday, the YouTube channel of Sonko’s Pastef party said it now would sponsor the party’s No. 2 politician, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.In making the announcement, the party said Faye “is the candidate that Pastef will sponsor,” but specified that Sonko’s candidacy has been maintained.“Sponsoring the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in no way implies an abdication of the candidacy of President Ousmane Sonko,” the party said in a communique released Sunday. “Everyone knows him well enough to know that to his last breath, he will fight without compromise. To sponsor the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is...

Survivors of suicide come together in day of remembrance

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

CHICAGO — It was inside of a house of worship Saturday, that faith to continue life through loss was found.Every year, the International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day seeks to console those who've lost a loved one to suicide."It’s a certain type of grief that is unique when you lose someone to suicide," said Angela Cummings, executive director of the Illinois chapter of the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. "It really affects so many people in the community."Even though she runs the organization, Cummings said she is not excluded from dealing with the pain of losing someone to suicide."I lost my grandfather to suicide about 30 years ago," Cummings said. "Then my husband lost our very dear friend to suicide about 13 years ago and they were very different type of people, and very different types of events, but the grief is the same." More from Sean: Howard Brown Health workers begin 2-day strike Four gatherings took place at churches across the City of Chicago Saturday...

South Side bakery setting up for Thanksgiving with unique pies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:55:26 GMT

CHICAGO — An acclaimed chef is settling into her new South Side bakery and serving up all kinds of pies and nostalgic treats for the holidays."My dad was a fanatic of any and everything in a crust so I created the bakery to honor his love of pies and his belief people deserve second chances," Owner and Chef Maya-Camille Broussard from the Justice of the Pies said.Maya-Camille Broussard started justice of the pies in 2014 in memory of her late father, Steve, a criminal defense attorney."We're a social mission impact bakery and our goal is to positively impact the lives of those around us," Broussard said. After working out of a food incubator, she purchased this building and opened her own physical location in September near 87th and Blackstone. "This building was my mom’s childhood dentist office so it is very much a part of my family’s history," she said. Before she became an entrepreneur and a James Beard Award finalist, she worked as an art teacher at a school just a couple of bl...