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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Softball Teams to Open Postseason Play Thursday

The Arlington High softball team will be at home, while Arlington Catholic will travel to Amesbury.

The eighth-seeded Arlington High softball team will host No. 9 Melrose at 4 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the Division 2 North bracket, while Arlington Catholic, the No. 12 seed, will travel to No. 5 Amesbury for a 3:45 p.m. contest. In their first season in the Middlesex League, the Spy Ponders finished in a three-way tie atop the standings, as they, Lexington and Reading all had 7-3 league records. The Spy Ponders went 14-6 overall and beat league foe Melrose 11-4 in the teams’ only showdown. Arlington enters postseason play having won seven of its last nine games. Melrose (12-8) is in the midst of a four-game winning streak. The Cougars went 13-7 during the regular season. Amesbury, of the Cape Ann League, went 16-4.

Baseball Teams to Host Playoff Games Thursday

The Arlington High and Arlington Catholic baseball teams will both be in action at 4 p.m. Thursday.

The Arlington High and Arlington Catholic baseball teams have both secured home games in the first round of their respective playoffs. The Spy Ponders are the No. 8 seed in the Division 2 North bracket and will host No. 9 Marblehead at 4 p.m. Thursday at Spy Pond Field. The Ponders finished their first regular season in the Middlesex League 12-8, while Marblehead went 11-9 in the Northeastern Conference. Marblehead did go 8-2 in its last 10 games, however. The Cougars earned the No. 7 seed in the Division 3 North bracket with a 13-7 record during the regular season (which includes a 2-1 win over Arlington in the Holovak and Coughlin Tournament last weekend). They’ll host No. 10 Weston (11-9), of the Dual County League, at 4 p.m. Thursday …

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Patch Picks

Patch Picks: Watch the Stanley Cup in Arlington

Here are a few suggestions of places to watch the next game.

Each week, Arlington Patch highlights editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more.  This week, Patch Picks brings you a few great places to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here they are: Do you have more suggestions? Leave them in the comment box below.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Cougars Crush North Andover, Advance to North Finals at Tsongas Center

Arlington Catholic took care of North Andover 59-40 in Billerica last night; the Cougars will take on Gloucester Saturday.

Emma Roberson was the star for Arlington Catholic last night. She led the way for her Cougars on the stat-sheet with a double double. Her 23 points and 12 assists were the catalyst in helping Arlington Catholic advance to the Division II North Sectional Final on Saturday night. Lowell's Tsongas Arena hosts the game at 6p.m. Arlington Catholic head coach had this to say about his star junior, "She can go to the basket very well; she also has a pull up jump shot." North Andover has been ousted from the Division 2 North Sectional tournament three years in a row by the Cougars. This time, however, the stakes were much higher. In the last two years, North Andover had to travel to Arlington Catholic’s home gym. “In those two games we were …

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