Summer practice shapes future seasons
      Region - There are many places where future sports seasons are shaped. While summer might be a time for some down time, it's also a time where boys and girls are working on their games, getting set for the next levels. One standard place to work on the game is the Central Mass.
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Weekly sports roundup
Southborough Little League team takes championship, coaching changes throughout area
By Ken Powers Contributing Writer
      Region - The Southborough Americans 9-year-old All-Star Little League team topped off a summer to remember with an undefeated championship run in the Northborough Tournament. The Americans captured the title with a 9-1 win over the Jack Barry Little League of Worcester.
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Pop Warner season starts
      Northborough/ Southborough - Brothers Nick Bencile (Junior Pee Wee, left) and Joe (Mighty Mites, right) work on their hand-off prior to a recent Northborough- Southborough Eagles Pop Warner scrimmage at Melican Middle School in Northborough.
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Tomahawk JV field hockey coach becomes varsity coach
By Ken Powers Contributing Writer
      Northborough/Southborough - Last season, as the Algonquin Regional High School field hockey team was methodically motoring its way to the postseason, Tomahawks Athletic Director Fran Whitten was getting an uneasy feeling.
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Working on tennis strokes
      Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury High School senior tennis captain A.J. Shekar works on his strokes during an Aug. 22 practice.
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Hudson High basketball teams will have new coaches
By Ken Powers Contributing Writer
      Hudson - The personnel on the sidelines of the Hudson High School (HHS) boys and girls basketball teams will look dramatically diff erent this winter, beginning with the men who occupy the first spot on both benches. HHS's Athletic Director Luis Macedo confirmed recently that he has hired Frank...
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Panthers' soccer season starts Sept. 5
      Marlborough - Marlborough High's Jesse Bryant positions for the save during the Panthers' first practice Aug. 23. Marlborough opens the regular season Wednesday Sept. 5 versus Groton-Dunstable.
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And they're off!
      Hudson - Hudson High cross-country runners prepare for their first meet of the year, Sept. 9 against Murdock.
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