Local sports roundup
Hurricanes' run ends with a second straight state final appearance
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Hurricanes Girls Under-14 team has blown across the soccer pitch for the last time. The Hurricanes' bid for a second consecutive Massachusetts Tournament of Champions (MTOC) Division 1 state title came up just short, the result of a loss in the semifinal round to eventual champion Ludlow.
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Airborne!
     Westborough - Westborough High School's Mike Pruell (left) flies through the air toward the basket as a North High defender moves in to attempt to alter the shot. North won the Worcester Summer League Basketball game, played at St. Peter-Marian High School in Worcester July 14, 60-38. PHOTO/PETE CAVANNA
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Algonquin player earns Charter Communications Scholarship
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Northborough - Balance: as essential a quality as it is in nearly every athletic endeavor, recent Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) graduate Megan Lemmerman has applied it to all aspects of her young life.
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Marlborough Legion Post 132 serves as melting pot for young area players
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Marlborough - Post 132's 12-6 come-from-behind, extra inning win over Shrewsbury Post 397 July 11 was a quintessential parallel to Marlborough's just completed American Legion baseball season. For six innings, Post 132 couldn't scratch across even one run, had only a few hits to its credit and trailed 4-0.
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The eyes have it
      Hudson - Hudson's Casey Rivers watches the ball all the way into his glove, easily handling a hot shot off the bat of a Blackstone batter in a Stan Musial League game between the teams July 10 at Sauta Field in Hudson. Hudson won the game, 9-6, scoring all nine of its runs in the first two innings. Rivers did his part at the plate, too, smacking a pair of singles.
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