Weekly sports roundup:
Patriots vs. Bills, Hudson team to Nationals, Shrewsbury wins championship
By Ken Powers Contributing Writer

Northborough - Allie Dettorre, the Recreation Department director in Northborough, has come up with the idea for an overnight trip that is sure to be a touchdown for fans of one of New England's favorite sports teams.

Dettorre and her department are sponsoring an overnight bus trip Nov. 17 and 18 to see the New England Patriots play the Buff alo Bills in Buffalo, N.Y.

"We've always wanted to sponsor a trip to see a Patriots game, but it's so hard to get tickets to a game in Foxborough, and so expensive, too, that it never seemed like it was really a viable option," Dettorre said. "But when we looked into going to Buff alo, we realized that the money wasn't that much diff erent and it included staying overnight."

The bus will leave Melican Middle School at 8 a.m. Saturday Nov. 17 and travel to the Buff alo, where trip-goers will stay at the University Ramada Hotel. After breakfast Sunday Nov. 18, the bus will depart at 11 a.m. for Ralph Wilson Stadium for the 1 p.m. game between these AFC East rivals. The bus will return to Northborough immediately following the game.

Cost for the trip, which includes a ticket to the game, is $310 per person, $235 for a double and $225 for a triple. Those interested can register for the trip online at www. northboroughrecreation. com. The trip is limited to 54 people.

Hudson Youth

Baseball

The Hudson 14-under AAU baseball team qualified recently to compete in the Division 1 National Championship Tournament, to be held in Sarasota, Fla., Friday July 20 through Sunday July 29.

The team, sponsored by America's Pastime Batting Cages of Hudson, qualified for the tournament by placing second in the Super Division New England AAU Tournament and third in the Super Regional.

In Super Division Tournament play, the team - which entered play unseeded - knocked off the Nos. 1 and 4 seeds before losing to the No. 2 seed. America's Pastime rallied to win its first game over Hanover, and then defeated Mass. Pride, Twin State and South Coastal, before losing to the Scorpions.

Team members are Tom Andrews, Alex Aghiayan, Ryan Bowen, Keith Caram (of Hudson), Ed DeArias, Craig Evans, CJ Flannery, Sean Foster, John Gill, Andrew Grant, Brett Handel (of Westborough), James Hooper (of Marlborough), Vince Kozica, Kyle McGinnity (of Northborough), Ryan McKenna (of Southborough) and Doug West. Coaching the team are Chuck Schoolcraft (a former assistant coach at Hudson High), Chuck Schoolcraft Jr. (a former Hudson High player and coach) and Tom Andrews.

Shrewsbury youth

softball

The Ideal Plumbing Gold Stars captured the Shrewsbury Little League 10-Under Division 3 championship.

After finishing the regular season 10-5, the Gold Stars won a pair of playoff games and then defeated the Janulewicz Electric Cranberries in the championship game.

Gold Stars team members were Mackenzie Baker, Allison Benbenek, Rachel Besaw, Julianne Considine, Olivia Demac, Caroline Eberhard, Erin Gallo, Abby Joseph, Catlain McCarthy, Meaghan O'Keefe, Michaella Petrucci, Alexandra Smyrnios and Alyssa Thompson. Jane O'Keefe served as team manager, Mary Ellen Considine as team coach.

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