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Lacrosse, Tennis, Track Tourney Action This Week

Framingham's lacrosse, tennis and two track team individuals are looking forward to this week's action in the state tournaments. Girls lacrosse game is 4 p.m. today, May 31.

The spring sports season is extended for Framingham’s track, lacrosse and tennis athletes as teams from those sports will be competing in their respective state tournaments. The Flyers girls lacrosse team gets into state tournament action today, May 31 in a first round game. Framingham’s girls lacrosse team is defending state champion in Division 1. The Flyer boys lacrosse team start state tournament play tomorrow, June 1. The boys and girls tennis teams will find out Wednesday when and where they will be playing in the state team tennis tournament as the MIAA will announce the tennis pairings. Two Framingham runners qualified at last Saturday’s section 1 track meet and will be headed for the All-State track meet on Saturday. Framingham’s …

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Boys' Volleyball Drops Tournament Rematch

The Flyers lost 3-0 to host Lincoln-Sudbury in the semifinals of the Division 1 Central bracket.

Lincoln-Sudbury proved a different group of Warriors for Framingham boys' volleyball on Thursday. Two months after defeating L-S, 3-2, to open the season, the No. 3 Flyers dropped a 3-0 elimination loss to the No. 2 Warriors in semifinals of the MIAA Division 1 Central Tournament. “Every single game we were down by five and we would crawl back in, but we just could not start off well,” said Framingham coach Emily Viti. “Obviously it is exhausting to have to crawl back every single time. L-S is way too good to come back on” L-S, who only trailed for a volley, won the three sets 25-22, 25-20, 25-16, respectively. The Warriors (18-1) were lead with a dominating performance by seven-foot senior John Swords who had a game high 17 kills. While …

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Flyers Advance in State Tourney

Framingham defeated Wachusett Regional in a state tournament quarterfinal game and will play Lincoln-Sudbury Thursday in the semifinals.

Framingham’s volleyball team put on an awesome display of power, finesse and teamwork Tuesday night to advance in the Central Division of the state tournament. The third-seeded Flyers topped sixth-seeded Wachusett Regional, 3-0, in the quarterfinal match and will take on second-seeded Lincoln-Sudbury Thursday, 7 p.m., in a semi-final showdown at Lincoln-Sudbury High. In the other semifinal matchup Thursday, fourth-seeded Natick will visit top-seeded Milford at 7 p.m. Natick was a 3-1 winner over Xaverian and Milford disposed of Medfield, 3-0 in their respective quarterfinal games. Framingham came into the game against Wachusett with something to prove. Wachusett beat the Flyers last year to knock them out of the state tournament. “We were …

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Flyers ready for post-season action

Framingham's individual athletes and spring sports teams are gearing up for state tournament play.

Framingham’s spring sports teams are looking ahead to a critical week of action as the regular season comes to an end. For some teams, the playoffs mean more contests while other squads will put away their equipment until next year. VOLLEYBALL Framingham moves into quarterfinals The third-seeded Flyers take on Wachusett Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.m., in the quarterfinal round of the Central Division 1 state playoffs. Wachusett knocked the Flyers out of the tournament last year. The semifinals are scheduled June 3, 4 or 6 at sites to be determined. The state finals are June 8, 9 or 10. Framingham cruised into the quarterfinal game with a convincing 3-0 win over 14th seeded Douglas, Thursday, in first round action. It was the 17th win for …

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Framingham #3, Keefe #10 in Volleyball Seedings

Both the Flyers and the Bronocs will have first round games on Thursday.

DIVISION 1 CENTRAL SEEDS: 1. Milford (17-1); 2. Lincoln-Sudbury (15-1); 3. Framingham (16-2); 4. Natick (14-2); 5. Xaverian (13-3); 6. Wachusett (16-4); 7. Marlboro (16-4); 8. Clinton (15-5); 9. Medfield (12-5); 10. Keefe Tech (11-5); 11. Worcester Tech (11-7); 12. Worcester South (11-7); 13. Worcester North (11-7); 14. Douglas (12-8); 15. Blackstone Valley (9-7); 16. Assabet Valley (7-7); 17. Millis (9-9) PRELIMINARY ROUND - Thursday GAME 1 - Millis at Assabet Valley, TBA FIRST ROUND - Thursday GAME 3 - Medfield at Clinton, 7 GAME 7 - Keefe Tech at Marlboro, 7 GAME 8 - Douglas at Framingham, 7 GAME 9 - Worcester Tech at Wachusett, 7 FIRST ROUND - Friday GAME 6 - Blackstone Valley at Lincoln-Sudbury, 7 FIRST ROUND - Saturday GAME 2 - Game …

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Boys Lacrosse Team Showing its Strength

The Flyers’ 4x400 relay team of Lawrence Serugo, Brandon Martinez, Aalef Solomon and Bo Lewis won the event at the Coaches’ Invitational in school record time of 3:26.74.

As the spring sports season heads into its final full week of games and matches, Framingham’s athletes are preparing for post-season play. The volleyball, boys tennis, boys lacrosse teams and a number of track athletes have qualified for their respective state competition. The girls lacrosse team, softball, girls tennis and baseball teams are all in contention and need to win a few more games to make the playoffs. LACROSSE: Boys score a pair of impressive wins Framingham took a measure of Bay State Conference rival Braintree on Thursday, cruising to a 16-6 victory. Conor Nugent had five goals and three assists while Mike Giorgetti had four goals and four assists and Mike Savadin had two goals and two assists. Framingham extends its record …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Set, Spike, Win!

Framingham boys volleyball team defeated the Mustangs of Norwood 3-0 yesterday afternoon.

Framingham high boys volleyball team deafted the Mustangs of Norwood 3-0 at Framingham High yesterday aftermoon.

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Volleyball Team Suffers First Loss of the Season

As the midpoint of the season looms, Framingham High's spring sports teams are positioning themselves for a run to post-season play.

Framingham High’s spring sports teams are gathering momentum and victories as the midpoint of the season approaches. For most teams, a .500 record or better will insure a trip to the post-season playoffs. BASEBALL: Flyers win twice to move to 4-3 on the year Framingham capped last week with a 5-0 win over Bay State Conference rival Dedham, Friday, behind the four-hit pitching of senior captain Rob Averill. It was Averill’s first start of the season. The win puts Framingham over .500 near the midway point of the season the season at 4-3 and 2-3 in the BSC.  Tomorrow, the Flyers take on Newton North at home and Friday the team hits the road again with a game against Brookline. Averill pitched the full nine innings Friday, had eight …

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Framingham High Looks Strong in Lacrosse

Preview of the springs sports teams at Framingham High.

The Framingham High girls lacrosse team will be wearing a target all year. Every team the Flyers play will bring their A game, looking to knock off the mighty Flyers. That’s what happens when your team is the defending state champion. The season will be especially tough for the Flyers because they have strengthened their schedule to play strong out-of-league teams. “This will be the most difficult schedule in program history,” said coach Stacey Freda. “This is the first year that we will only play league teams once. We scheduled powerful out of league teams because we want to play the better teams. That helps us when we get into the tournament.” In terms of non-league teams that will pose a challenge to the Flyers, Freda mentioned Lincoln …

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Flyers Volleyball Defeats Lincoln-Sudbury in 5 Sets

Framingham boys volleyball team opened the final set on an 8-4 run and never looked back to take the decisive five set, 15-12 against Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday.

SUDBURY -- For the first four sets, the Lincoln-Sudbury and Framingham boys' volleyball teams couldn't have played it any closer during their season-openers Thursday afternoon at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. After the Warriors won the first set, 25-22, Framingham answered by winning the next two sets by the same score. Needing to win the fourth, the Warriors did just that by, yes, a 25-22 score. But Framingham opened the final set on an 8-4 run and never looked back to take the decisive set, 15-12. "For us in the past, it's either been a blowout for us and we're the team on the bottom or it's a blowout on the other end and we're the team on top," said Framingham coach Emily Viti, now in her sixth year with the Flyers. "I don't …

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Susan Petroni

11:06 am on Friday, April 1, 2011

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