Earlier this year, I was watching a group of six year old boys play ice hockey, because my hockey practice ended about half an hour earlier, but there was a sale at Macy’s, which meant that it would take at least another one or two hours before my mom picked me up and took...
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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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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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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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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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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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Following a season in which they rode a prolific offense to an undefeated season and a Super Bowl championship, this year’s Concord-Carlisle High School Varsity football team knew that they had a tough road to a championship repeat. Captains Evan Boynton ’12, Tommy Crowley ’12, and Tim Badgley ’12, however, have made sure that...
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The CCHS tennis teams bring their gear down to Emerson or up to our own courts for practice after school every day, and like all sports, practice is always tiresome. At the beginning of the year are competitive tryouts, when CCHS’s tennis players are narrowed down to Boys and Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity....
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This weekend, the CCHS Ultimate Frisbee teams went to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, for a two-day Frisbee tournament. Congratulations to the CCHS Girls’ Ultimate Frisbee team for winning the Spirit Award! Today, you might have seen a bunch of girls running around sporting brightly colored mesh caps as a sign of their victory . The...
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