The Waltham High boys hockey team is headed to the state tournament, already has nine victories, and enjoyed a 10-game unbeaten streak that covered nearly six weeks of the middle of the season. In a 61-second span early in the third, however, the Hawks made sure their final home game of the season would be among the least dramatic games all year.
The Gann Academy girls basketball team had another strong performance last night with a 44-34 victory over Pingree School.
Barry Almeida scored to give Boston College a three-goal, third-period lead and the Eagles held off a late charge from Boston University to win 4-3 and claim the 58th Beanpot championship last night.
The road has been kind to the Celtics this season. Now it will have to be part of their salvation. Coming off the horrendous third-quarter collapse in Sunday's 96-89 loss to Orlando at TD Garden, and losers of 12 of their last 21 games following a 23-5 start, the Celtics hit the road for the next two weeks looking for some answers.
The Red Sox claim that a gap in defensive statistics is not the reason they replaced Jacoby Ellsbury in center field with Mike Cameron, saying Ellsbury is still their long-term choice for the spot.
Clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium yesterday morning, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. "You can't get enough of this," he said.
Newton North senior Victoria Mirrer won the Bay State Conference championship in the floor exercise and senior Rani Jacobson was second in the BSC in the all-around as the Tigers came within a half point of capturing the team title at the BSC Championships Saturday in Needham.
The clock wasn't working during the first couple laps of the girls 1,000-meter run in Friday's Dual County meet at the Reggie Lewis Center. Newton South junior Kathy O'Keefe didn't seem to mind.
With just four games left in the regular season and a ticket nearly stamped for one of the top seeds in the upcoming state tournament, the Newton North girls basketball team knows the most important games are on the horizon. So, fortunately for the Tigers, they can put performances like Friday night's behind them.
The Waltham High boys hockey team bounced back from a loss and a tie in its last two games for perhaps its biggest victory of the season Saturday night in a 2-1 triumph over Central Catholic at Veterans Rink. The Hawks improved to 8-3-4 and qualified for the state tournament.
