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Notes and observations from around the world of MIAA hoops: SPLIT DECISION This has always been a pretty spirited debate in the basketball world, and it's had some resurgence this season in the college game. With a three-point lead, late in t...

BOSTON -- It was a shot that Dorchester coach Johnny Williams admitted was from the East Boston player he was least expecting. And while it lacked the rock star status of Pat Santos' 85-foot heave last month, this one was no less crucial for the J...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 boys basketball poll this afternoon. To see the full poll, CLICK HERE. (NOTE: Tuesday's results were not reflected in this week's poll) A few notes and observations: Returns for Springfield Central, Dorch...

The Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC) will host the 2013 Prep School Classic this coming Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 19 and 20, at the Kroc Center in Dorchester. The event will consist of seven games featuring fourteen top area prep school prog...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 boys basketball poll this afternoon. To find the complete poll, CLICK HERE. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Poll does not reflect Monday's results) Some notes and observations about this week's poll: Debuts for Westford...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 boys basketball poll this morning, following a busy week of Holiday tournament basketball. To see the poll, CLICK HERE. A few notes and observations about this week's poll: Wachusett makes giant leap: Follow...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 boys basketball poll this morning. To see the complete poll, CLICK HERE. A few notes and observations about this week's poll: Central Catholic is new No. 1 -- again: Lawrence area powerhouse Central Catholic...

Some notes and observations from another wild week of MIAA basketball: *** Townies on a tear: Is there any team in Massachusetts more feast-or-famine right now than Charlestown? Consider the first four results of the season (ESPNBoston.com r...

(Video by Greg Story) DORCHESTER, Mass. -- We're seven weeks deep into the 2012 season, and we're still sitting here with questions about Everett's offense. The Crimson Tide's quarterback situation is still unsettled. Their oft-injured tai...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- This week's ESPN Boston Game of the Week, sponsored by the Massachusetts Army National Guard, took us to Viola Stadium where No. 2 Everett came away with a 28-7 win over host BC High. Everett swarmed defensively and caused havoc ...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Thoughts and observations from tonight's scrimmage between No. 2 BC High and No. 19 Mansfield, in which Mansfield's varsity score three times to just one from the Eagles: Matinee screening: Mansfield struggled on its opening d...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- With a number of quality arms graduated from last year's squad, BC High's No. 1 preseason ranking in ESPN Boston's statewide poll is largely predicated on the number of live bats returning to the lineup. But if the performance th...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Since the matchup was first announced last summer, basketball fans of all levels all around the greater Boston area had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jersey City powerhouse St. Anthony to the Kroc Center, to take on rising...

(Video courtesy of Lucas Shapiro) DORCHESTER, Mass. -- What do you tell your star player after he goes 2-for-9 in the opening stanza of a game where buckets were hard to come by? Keep going. BC High junior forward and captain Jameilen Jone...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- It wasn't a pretty afternoon for No. 3 BC High in its matchup with visiting New Jersey power St. Peter's Prep, and that was the point. The Eagles (2-2) showed some late life in their 35-19 loss to the Marauders (2-2) at Viola ...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- All around Steven Poilucci, bodies old and young were filing in and out of the weight room in the bowels of the Dorchester Education Complex, some marveling at the upgrades to the once-dormant facilities, others bee-lining for th...