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In a big Massachusetts high school football showdown on Friday night, Xaverian Brothers kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to take down Catholic Memorial, 25-22.Junior kicked Zander Govostes nailed a 23-yard chip shot to snap Catholic Memorial’s 17-game winning streak. He improved the Hawks to 4-2 on the year and dropped Catholic Memorial to 5-1. Govostes was swarmed by his teammates at midfield after the make:The Bay State battle had a big-time visitor in attendance, too. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye watched the upset before his team heads to Nashville for a game against the Tennessee Titans…

ITHACA, N.Y. — Boston College women’s hockey battled hard but came up short against No. 4 Cornell, falling 3-0 on Friday night at Lynah Rink.Goaltender Grace Campbell kept the Eagles within striking distance, turning away 38 shots, including all 11 she faced in the third period. Despite her effort, Boston College (3-3-0) was unable to solve Cornell goaltender Annelies Bergmann. The Eagles opened the game strong, matching Cornell with 10 shots on goal in the first period. Senior forward Ava Thomas and freshman Emma Conner both generated chances early, while Campbell made key stops to steady the defense. Cornell slipped one…

Breaking down high school football highlights South Shore Sports ShowHosts Chris McDaniel, Ryan Vermette and Jason Snow recap a busy Week 6 slate of South Shore high school football.It’s Week 7 and Massachusetts high school football is back for another big week of games across the state.Last week, Randolph was victorious in a 28-27 victory against Cohasset to remain undefeated. Milton beat Division 1 Wachusett, 35-7, and Hingham took down Duxbury, 20-14, for a homecoming win.Check out the schedule and scoreboard for Massachusetts football Week 7.More: Ranking the top 25 MIAA high school football teams in Massachusetts entering Week 7More:…

LAS VEGAS –– The Boston Bruins refused to go down easy. Despite trailing the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 at the beginning of the third period on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena, the B’s got depth contributions to pull within one before the final buzzer. Mark Kastelic and Mikey Eyssimont’s goals in the final frame highlighted the strong play from the Bruins’ bottom six for the majority of the 6-5 loss. Boston got a cumulative six points from the latter half of its forward group, featuring two-point nights from Eyssimont and Sean Kuraly. “They did their job,” head coach Marco Sturm said…

Beth McDermott  |  AI-assisted reporterBosse, a new 21-court pickleball facility at the Natick Mall, is offering people an opportunity to engage in a pickleball match with retired New England Patriots star and four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski for charity, according to a community announcement.The event, called “Pickleball for a Purpose,” takes place from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, at Bosse. It’s a collaboration between Gronkowski’s Gronk Nation Youth Foundation and Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund, according to the announcement.Participants can sign up to compete as teams of two or individually, with the four highest fundraising teams and one wild card…

USA Gymnastics: World Team Selection Presented by Procter & Gamble Feature Available on Peacock Oct. 17; live coverage begins Oct. 22 STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 16, 2025 – NBC Sports will present live coverage of the 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships from Indonesia Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 a.m. ET, with four consecutive days of live finals coverage. NBC Sports will present live coverage of the men’s and women’s all-around finals and individual apparatus finals over the course of four days from Oct. 22-25. On Sunday, Oct. 26, NBC will present an encore presentation of…

Poland national team head coach Jan Urban has revealed his bemusement with the recent injury suffered by star man Robert Lewandowski.Frontman Lewandowski has of course seen his name dominate the headlines surrounding La Liga champions Barcelona over recent days.AdvertisementThis comes after word was forthcoming that the 37-year-old is facing up to an incoming spell on the sidelines.After finding the net in Poland’s World Cup qualifying victory over Lithuania earlier this week, Lewandowski was put through an ensuing round of medical tests.And as much revealed a hamstring injury, which could keep the veteran goalscorer on the treatment table for over a…

Michael Casey and Joey Cappelletti  |  Associated PressBoston – U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year’s Senate race, arguing it’s time for the party to embrace a new generation of leadership.The announcement makes the race one of the most anticipated primary contests in the country and pits two of the heavily Democratic state’s top politicians against one another. Markey, who fended off a challenge in 2020 from Rep. Joe Kennedy III in the Senate primary, would be 80 before his third six-year…

“The sky is falling to everyone outside of this program, but not to anyone inside the program,” O’Brien said. “I’m talking about the people in the team meeting room. The sky is not falling. We’ve got great kids that care about Boston College, that play their asses off. We’ve got coaches working day in and day out to get it right.”Saturday’s matchup against Connecticut (4-2) at noon at Alumni Stadium is a chance for the Eagles to prove they haven’t collapsed entirely. While the sky would still be intact with a loss, it could have significant long-term ramifications from a…

▪ Manny DeOliveira’s goal delivered Upper Cape (10-3-0) a Mayflower Small Vocational championship with the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Cape Cod Tech. ▪ O’Bryant boys’ soccer (10-2-2) got a goal from Cory Loyd off a pass from Tiago Sobral to defeat Madison Park, 1-0, and secure the Boston City League South division title. ▪ Hamilton-Wenham girls’ soccer (12-0-2) locked up its sixth consecutive Cape Ann Baker division title with a 2-0 win over Pentucket on the back of Savannah Gauron’s goal and assist.“It’s special whenever you do it, because it’s always a different group of girls,” said…