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Full-strength Hllies await winless Tewksbury
This might be the Hillies' week.
The team enters Friday's game against Tewksbury with all players eligible and home-field advantage over the only other winless team in their conference.
Nine players have served out their two-game suspensions for an alcohol-related incident and all have practiced this week, said Haverhill Athletic Director Garin Veris on Tuesday.
"We're ready to put this behind us, and we're moving forward," said Veris.
The last two weeks have been brutal for Haverhill. On Friday, Oct. 30, they were shut out for the second week in a row, falling to Lawrence, 28-0, at home.
Hillie blockers were unable to contain the Lancers, who exerted constant pressure on quarterback Austen Campbell. As a result, Campbell was forced to throw on the run on three of his five passing attempts, two of which turned into Lawrence interceptions
The Hillies, down 21-0, came out of the locker room with some short-lived swagger, recovering an onside kick to start the second half, but then went three and out on the ensuing possession and turning the ball over on downs on their next two possessions without ever recording a first down.
"We're banged up, we have suspensions, we have the flu, we're just down in a hole and trying to climb out," said coach Tim Briggs. "We started three offensive linemen tonight that, quite honestly, had been splitting time on JV, and that's a little tough to do when you're facing the caliber of athletes that Lawrence has."
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Local women flock to over-30 league
Carolyn Peters of Haverhill reaches up to catch a line-drive and makes it look easy during a softball game in the Dirt The Skirt league for women over 30. The league plays at the Pines Recreation Area in Groveland.
What the mind wants, the body sometimes can't provide. Especially as the body ages.
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It is with this thought in mind that Dirt the Skirt, a softball league for women over 30, was founded last year.
"Once you hit 30, the body begins to sort of break down," says Christine Sullivan Higgins of Haverhill, president and founder of DTS, who adds that several similar leagues in the area allow players under 30 to play. "It's a different game when you're not 30 or over. We want to give women the opportunity to play against an equivalent peer group." -
Young golfers square off in Garrison Junior Tour
The Garrison Par 3 golf course on Hilldale Avenue in Haverhill is sponsoring its own Junior Tour this summer for boys and girls 8 to 14 years old.
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Friends remember Bradford's Gene Goodreault
For when the one great scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes ...
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Not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.
Grantland Rice
Nov. 1, 1880 - July 13, 1954
Wednesday, July 14, the sad news of the passing of the legendary Gene Goodreault reached Haverhill. He succumbed to illness at age 91 in Orinda, Calif. At that moment, it seemed the humidity became heavier and the gray sky appeared darker and more ominous. - Sports shorts
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