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Walpole’s Schlittler starts against Red Sox

Walpole’s Schlittler starts against Red Sox
By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Northeastern owns one of the best recruiting tools in all of Division I baseball: an annual exhibition game against the Red Sox in Fort Myers during spring training every February. After leading Walpole High baseball to back-to-back Super Eights during his junior and senior seasons, Cam Schlittler entered his freshman...
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Griffin lifts Huskies to sixth Beanpot title

Griffin lifts Huskies to sixth Beanpot title
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last season, Northeastern broke their 30-year Beanpot drought with a 5-2 victory over Boston University to claim the school’s fifth-ever tournament title. On Monday night, the defending champ and No. 13-ranked Huskies took to the TD Garden ice to defend their crown against rival Boston College. Leading the...
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Vic Gatto speaks about ‘The Game’

Vic Gatto speaks about ‘The Game’
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By Robby McKittrick Hometown Weekly Reporter On Thursday, October 18, former Harvard football captain Vic Gatto gave a talk at the Needham Library Community room about the most memorable game in his alma mater’s football history. The lecture was the last of a four-part series on the Beanpot, which is a hockey tournament in New England...
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Griffin, Huskies look to take next step

Griffin, Huskies look to take next step
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017-2018 season was filled with incredible success for the Northeastern men’s ice hockey program, as the team won the Beanpot for the first time in 30 years and returning to the NCAA Tournament. NU fell to eventual Northeast Regional champ Michigan in the opening round of the...
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Picking, Huskies end 30-year Beanpot drought

Picking, Huskies end 30-year Beanpot drought
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Every kid who grows up in the greater-Boston area and plays ice hockey has a dream. The dream begins with taking to the famous TD Garden ice for one of the four local powerhouse Division I programs (Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern), and it ends with raising...
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Griffin, Huskies end 30-year Beanpot drought

Griffin, Huskies end 30-year Beanpot drought
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Every kid who grows up in the greater-Boston area and plays ice hockey has a dream. The dream begins with taking to the famous TD Garden ice for one of the four local powerhouse Division I programs (Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern), and it ends with raising...
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Cam Hanley, from West Street to Huntington Ave

Cam Hanley, from West Street to Huntington Ave
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For years throughout their upbringing, Cam and Craig Hanley were arguably two of the best all-around athletes in the town of Walpole, thriving specifically in baseball and football during their youths. To their peers around Walpole, Craig and Cam were better known as “Hammer” (Craig) and “Nails” (Cam),...
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