Local sports roundup
Immaculate Conception basketball team advances to Catholic League final
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Marlborough - The seventh and eighth-grade girls basketball team of the Immaculate Conception School of Marlborough reached the final of the Catholic League, where it lost a hard-fought contest, 24-20, to Holy Name of Worcester.
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Boys basketball coach Paul Bilodeau retires
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Westborough - If they remake the film "It's a Wonderful Life" anytime in the near future and they need someone to play the main character, George Bailey, Westborough's Paul Bilodeau might be just the guy for the role.
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Shrewsbury eighth-graders take championship
      Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury eighth-grade girls basketball team, which won the North Central Massachusetts Youth Basketball League's Large Town Division Championship March 2, poses for a photo.
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We are the champions!
      Shrewsbury - The St. Mary's fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball team, St. Anselm, stand with the trophies they received for winning the league championship in their division March 2. Team members are (l to r) Jeff Demango, Bryan Bodyk, Joseph Jennison, Chris Newville, Dexter Canton, Noah Barbas...
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Boys lacrosse team eyes postseason berth
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Marlborough - Not that the high school spring sports season is ever normal, but the Assabet Valley Regional Technical High boys lacrosse team and coach Tim Tonelli are hoping this year is a little closer to normal than last year was.
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The world comes to Marlborough
      Marlborough - Estonia forward Aleksander Jarlokov (left) and Poland's Jan Maliszak line up for the opening face-off of their game in the 2008 International Sledge Hockey Championships, being held at the New England Sports Center through Saturday April 5.
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We have lift-off!
      Marlborough - Markese Berry, a member of the varsity boys basketball team at Worcester's Burncoat High School, flies through the air toward the basket while warming up for the first-round game for his team - the Roc Boyz - in the Seventh Annual Arthur Lambert Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament,...
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