After an amazing 22-0 championship season last year, with a final 13-3 victory over Algonquin highschool, the lax boys are back! Coach Tom Dalicandro commented on the effect of last year’s season on this years players, noting, “Every season is different … must put last year behind .” It is a...
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Tags: 2012-2013, boys lacrosse, CCHS, dalicandro
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It’s March Madness time again in America. March Madness, for all you athletically disinclined, is the bracket-guessing battlefront for college basketball teams. For sports fanatics, that means checking scores, watching games on their computers and devices during the day, and having the TV on at night to make sure their brackets hold up....
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Tags: Basketball, march madness, opinion, playoffs, Sports
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This years NCAA men’s March Madness is going to be very interesting. All throughout this basketball season, the #1 ranking has bounced around from team to team and is always in flux. Indiana currently holds possession of the #1 ranking. The team has played very well this year and is led by Cody Zeller,...
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Tags: College basketball, Madness, March, Mens, NCAA
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The Patriots men’s hockey team certainly surpassed expectations this winter. We started the season hoping to bounce back after a disappointing season last year. Many would call us successful in this venture, with a regular season record above .500 – and that’s not to mention winning a D2 playoff game for the first...
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Tags: boys hockey, hockey, mens hockey, Sports
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Our CC Basketball team certainly had a good season this year. With an impressive regular season record of 15-7, they looked to be a power player in the playoffs. This is the first time CC Mens Basketbal has made it to playoffs in six years. The team was ranked seventh seed in their division...
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Tags: Athletics, Basketball, playoffs, seniors, sport, Sports, team
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Did you know that the CCHS cheerleaders cheer for the girls’ basketball team as well as the boy’s basketball team in the winter season? Victoria Fadden ’14 comments that it was “awkward initially, but it gets better throughout the game.” The cheer team practices every day after school for three hours to prepare their...
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Tags: Basketball, boys basketball, cheer team, cheerleader, cheerleading, girls basketball, routine, Sports, team, win, winter
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The Fencing team has historically done very well at CCHS, and this year is no different. Over the years, two individual Olympic champions have come from the CCHS team. As the only public school with a fencing team in Massachusetts, each year the team competes against privates schools in and out of state, traveling...
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Tags: CCHS fencing team, Matthew Hill, Nastasia Winey
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In December CC lost a beloved member of its community, Tom Hart, who died after a four-year battle with cancer. In 1985, Hart began teaching at CC, where he served many years as Chair of the English Department. Peter Atlas, a current math teacher, and Hart were department chairs at the same time. Hart...
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Tags: coach, coach of the year, cross-country, English, hart, inspiration, running, teacher, team, tom hart
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After spending a weekend of watching game upon game of professional divisional playoff football, I asked myself this one simple question: why watch? Why watch 200 or 300 pound grown men hit each other for three hours? This question has come up many times, and I am going to take the best stab...
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Tags: fantasy football, fantasy football league, Football, opinion, Patriots, playoffs, professional football, Sports, TV
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The Concord-Carlisle boys hockey team is looking to bounce back this year, after a heartbreaking and challenging 2011-2012 season. The team has been working hard at practice to improve their game- as senior Captain Patrick McCauley says, the boys are “ready to go,” equipped with both great chemistry and hardworking, talented players. Captain Brendan...
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