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02 Jun

Baseball Magicians begin postseason with close win over Somerville

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The best time of any high school sports season is here, and the Marblehead Baseball Magicians (13-8, 29th seed) opened it up against visiting Somerville (10-11, 36th seed) in a Division 2 state tournament preliminary round game at Seaside Park on Thursday afternoon, June 1. After seeing a 9-0 lead evaporate, the Marblehead boys were able to hang on to secure the 13-11 triumph. “We went up 9-0 in the third, but Somerville bounced back with seven in the fourth,” said coach Mike Giardi.…

VIDEO: Marblehead Basketball Magician Miles O’Neill sends teammates to Elite 8

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Host Mansfield next up for the Marblehead boys Friday night Check out this video from the closing seconds of a Round of 16 game against Pope Francis on its Springfield campus that featured Miles O'Neill's clutch rebound and layup at the buzzer to send his teammates to the Elite 8 in Division 2. The Magicians won the game, 59-57. "I trusted my teammate Nick Lemmond to hit the shot, because he had an amazing game," said O'Neill after the Sweet 16 classic. "But I stayed…

Marblehead boys basketball outlasts Pembroke to advance to Sweet 16

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The Marblehead High boys basketball team (14-4, 10th seed) couldn't have been in a more competitive game to begin the Division 2 state tournament at home against Pembroke (12-9, 23rd seed) in a Round of 32 game, but they were able to prevail in the end, 60-57. The Magicians now move on to the Sweet 16, while awaiting the winner of the Pope Francis-Nauset game (March 3, 5 p.m.). The Marblehead boys led at halftime, 27-26. The second half was a mirror image of this…