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The top performers from the sectional meets hailed from Acton-Boxborough, BC High, Xaverian, Old Rochester, Foxborough, Shrewsbury, Wellesley, Scituate, Masconomet, and Natick.

This story originally appeared in the Globe’s Sunday Baseball Notes. Read the rest here.Alex Bregman’s decision to opt out of his heavily deferred, three-year, $120 million deal with the Red Sox comes as no surprise. In signing the deal, Bregman employed a strategy previously employed by other clients of agent Scott Boras: Take a short-term deal, opt out after one year, then return to the open market without the albatross of a qualifying offer that would require a signing team to forfeit a top draft pick.After the 2023 season, third baseman Matt Chapman signed a three-year, $54 million deal with…

Beth McDermott  |  Reporter assisted by AIThe Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra will host a fall fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North St.The event, titled “Shadows and Serenades: An Enchanted Evening of Music and the Unexpected,” aims to blend music, art and mystery, according to a community announcement.The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. with a VIP candlelight concert featuring a performance by a string trio, led by Eleanor Blake on cello. The concert will take place in the galleries of the Plymouth Center for the Arts, which will be transformed with candlelight and artistic…

AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Red Bull’s Max Verstappen raced to his third victory in four races Sunday at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, while McLaren’s Lando Norris took a huge chunk out of teammate Oscar Piastri’s championship lead by finishing second.Piastri was a distant fifth, allowing Norris to pull within 14 points with five grand prix and two sprint races to go.Verstappen also is closing fast with his late-season charge. Verstappen now trails Piastri by 40 points, and Norris by 26, in third place, and has put the McClarens on notice he intends to chase…

Rabat – Fouzi Lekjaa, head of Morocco’s football federation, said the U20 World Cup win was the result of King Mohammed VI’s broad plan to improve football, which began with the Skhirat Symposium that set a clear path for developing the sport in the country. In a televised statement following Morocco’s 2–0 victory over Argentina, Lekjaa said: “Congratulations to the Moroccan people, and to the Arab and African nations for this global victory. But above all, we dedicate this trophy to the first sportsman of the nation, His Majesty the King—may God protect him.” He continued: “Thanks to His Majesty’s…

Ed Lambert is executive director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education.Massachusetts is fortunate to have one of the best public education systems in the country. Our students consistently outperform their peers in other states. Unfortunately, our achievements are threatened by lowering standards, declining math and reading scores, the widening of socioeconomic achievement gaps, and now the loss of a common high school assessment that ensures all students are meeting a minimum standard to earn a diploma.To ensure all students have attained the academic skills and knowledge that are necessary for their success in work and life, the state should…

The ever-changing College Football Playoff race underwent a host of changes during an entertaining Week 8 slate.

“I didn’t think it was going to go in — I knew it was going to go in,” said Willey. “Vince Snoonian works his absolute tail off, so when he’s the guy that’s standing there, and the whole thing is on his shoulders, that’s the best thing that could happen to us.”Snoonian fit the football neatly between the uprights as time expired, giving BB&N a 24-22 Homecoming win over visiting Milton Academy, a NEPSAC Class B rival. “[I] just [treated] it like a routine kick — no different than an extra point. Just focus . . . and drive the…

Politics “I’m pretty confident if President Trump had pardoned Jesus Christ off the cross, he would have had critics,” Santos said Sunday in an interview on CNN. FILE – Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., talks to reporters as House Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file) AP By Associated Press October 19, 2025 | 5:05 PM 2 minutes to read NEW YORK (AP) — Freed from the prison where he had been serving time for ripping off his campaign donors, former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he’s humbled by his experience…

The local nonprofit leader who was busted by the feds for allegedly dealing crack cocaine has a long criminal history, including hiding 30 bags of drugs in his rectum and facing sex trafficking charges. Javan Tooley, 36, of Dorchester and Brockton — who runs a legal firm that provides community re-entry support services, and helps with sealing CORI records — was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing crack cocaine. This isn’t the first time that Tooley has been accused of dealing crack cocaine. Back in 2010, he was convicted in Boston federal court and sentenced to five…