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Soccer squads keep rolling

Soccer squads keep rolling
Simon Markow

Housatonic Valley Regional High School girls and boys varsity soccer continued to rack up wins last week. The girls’ record advanced to 10-3 after back-to-back wins, first with a score of 5-0 against Terryville High School on Oct. 6 and then 5-3 against Thomaston High School on Oct. 9. The boys’ record moved to 8-3-1 with a 2-0 win against Terryville on Oct. 7 and then won 7-0 against Thomaston on Oct 9. With just a few regular season games remaining, both squads will qualify for the Berkshire League playoffs and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S postseason tournament.

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