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DIGHTON - Though rare for a football coach to admit, Bourne's John McIntyre confessed his team was nervous entering last night's showdown at Dighton-Rehoboth. "We thought we matched up well against them, but we were nervous going in because of all the talent they have," McIntyre said. "They were the league champions last year for a reason. " If the Canalmen were nervous they certainly didn't show it, as Bourne downed the host Falcons, 22-6, at Robert T. Roy Field. Bourne improved to 8-0 (4-0 South Coast Conference)

A Massachusetts Maritime Academy junior has pleaded not guilty to charges that he struck and injured three pedestrians while driving under the influence. Twenty-one-year-old Max Yerger of Westerly, R.I., was arraigned Friday on charges including leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operating under the influence and negligent operation. He's free on $1,500 cash bail. School president Adm. Richard Gurnon tells the Cape Cod Times (http://bit.ly/Jor46h) the victims, including two cadets, were struck at about 1:10 a.m. Friday as they and the driver were returning from a bar. ...

BRIDGEWATER - As more and more teams looking to rebuild adopt the spread offense, Bourne coach John McIntyre and dynamic senior captain Joe Epps have continued to succeed the old-fashioned way: by running the Wing-T. Epps ran for three touchdowns last night and the Canalmen defeated Bishop Feehan, 22-14, at Bridgewater-Raynham High and punched their ticket to the Division 3A Super Bowl. Bourne will meet Hamilton-Wenham Saturday. Epps's speed and power for the South Coast Conference champs was on full display as he ran for 117 yards on 12 carries.

Brandon Beachy pitched six innings of one-run ball and helped himself with an RBI single, Michael Bourn added a solo homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 Saturday night. Beachy (4-1) allowed only two singles and lowered his ERA to 1.60, fifth best in the NL. He struck out six and walked four. Bourn went 3 for 6 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and the homer was his first since Aug. 19, 2011, against Arizona. Dan Uggla was on base four times with two hits and two walks for the Braves.

LYNN - A defiant second-half defensive performance helped Bourne cap off an undefeated season with a 16-14 victory over Hamilton-Wenham in the Division 3A Super Bowl at Manning Field yesterday. "We really tightened up our defense in the second half, which was just outstanding," Bourne coach John McIntyre said. "Our defense really saved the game for us. " It was the first Super Bowl title for the Canalmen, who were down, 14-8, after a high-paced first half that ended with Generals quarterback Trevor Lyons wincing in pain from a right shoulder injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the game.

"Echelon Conspiracy" combines a righteous message about out-of-control government surveillance with the old computer-gone-haywire plot to make - well, not very much, actually. Granted, the filmmakers show some wit in casting Hollywood leftie Martin Sheen as the cantankerous head of the NSA, with a picture of George W. Bush on his office wall. And there's a darn good fight scene halfway through, but that's the only time the filmmakers come even close to their apparent dreams of making a "Bourne"-style international thriller.

To his credit, Matt Damon calls out Tony Gilroy in the new issue of GQ. The actor says Gilroy, who wrote most of the first two "Bourne" movies, turned in a lousy script for the third installment of the franchise, for which he was paid a "boatload" of money. How bad was Gilroy's script for "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Bad . "It's just that it was unreadable. This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It's terrible.

Officials say the cast and crew of the Hollywood action thriller "The Bourne Legacy" have arrived and will start shooting a portion of the film in the Philippine capital on Wednesday. The fourth of the blockbuster "Bourne" series based on the spy novels of Robert Ludlum will be shot around the Philippines for a month. It stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton but not Matt Damon, the star of first three "Bourne" films. Francis Tolentino, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, said Tuesday he...

FOXBOROUGH -- Concord-Carlisle rolled past Oliver Ames to open Super Saturday, and Blue Hills, Bourne and Nantucket have also posted victories in the Eastern Massachusetts high school Super Bowls today. More details are below, and we'll be keeping you informed on the Super Bowl action all day in this post. Head to our Twitter page for live updates and use the hashtag #massfootball to join the conversation. In progress: 1:49, 1st quarter: Longmeadow 7, Springfield Central 0 -- Longmeadow's Terry Norris caught a 14-yard TD pass from...

A fire destroyed a beachfront home in Bourne Wednesday night, officials said. The Beverly Road compound is on the shores of Buzzards Bay and consists of a main building and a caretaker's building connected to the main house by a breezeway, Bourne Deputy Fire Chief Skip Kingsbury said today. Kingsbury said the owner was not home when the one-alarm fire began at about 11 p.m. The caretaker was in the adjacent building and was able to exit unharmed. The main house was completely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

A young man was arrested after he was allegedly found in the back of a Bourne school bus with a pellet rifle this morning, sparking a security scare at three local schools. At about 6 a.m., police said, a bus driver boarded the vehicle and found a young man with black hair she said appeared to be in high school. Wearing baggy pants and a sweatshirt, he sat in one of the rear seats. When the driver went to confront him, she saw what appeared to be a rifle in his backpack.

A 32-year-old Sandwich man was killed when his car rolled over into a guardrail on Route 6 in Bourne just after midnight. Nathan Moore was driving east at 12:05 a.m. today when his 2001 Toyota 4Runner rolled over into the median side guard rail on Route 6 just past Exit 1, State Police said. Moore was extricated from the car by the Bourne Fire Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene. State Police are investigating the crash. No further information was immediately available.

John "Clarkie" Souza, a striker on the U.S. soccer team that upset England in the 1950 World Cup, has died. He was 91. Souza died Sunday, daughter Martha confirmed to the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday. The Fall River, Mass., native made 16 appearances for the national team from 1947-54, scoring his only two goals in consecutive games against Mexico and Cuba in September 1949. Souza and his 1950 World Cup teammates were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976.

When she sat down to write her essay, Maggie Dankert, 8, didn't think it would fly. But it ended up soaring above the competition in a Bourne PTA contest — and in turn changing a beloved family member's life for the better. "I thought a bunch of fourth-graders would be a little bit better than me," said Maggie, a Bournedale Elementary School third-grader. "So I was really surprised and excited. " Last week, the Bourne PTA announced Maggie as the winner of its essay contest in which Bourne's first- through fourth-graders were asked to write about...

Officials say the cast and crew of the Hollywood action thriller "The Bourne Legacy" have arrived and will start shooting a portion of the film in the Philippine capital on Wednesday. The fourth of the blockbuster "Bourne" series based on the spy novels of Robert Ludlum will be shot around the Philippines for a month. It stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton but not Matt Damon, the star of first three "Bourne" films. Francis Tolentino, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, said Tuesday he is fielding 120...

A Cape Cod school employee has been arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old student. The Plymouth district attorney's office said that Robert Ward of Bourne was arraigned Thursday on three counts of rape of a child. Ward has since been fired from his job as an information technology specialist at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Bourne. A phone message left at an address listed for Ward was not immediately returned last night. Upper Cape Tech superintendent Kevin Farr said that on Wednesday, a student told a school staff member that the 15-year-old girl had an...

To his credit, Matt Damon calls out Tony Gilroy in the new issue of GQ. The actor says Gilroy, who wrote most of the first two "Bourne" movies, turned in a lousy script for the third installment of the franchise, for which he was paid a "boatload" of money. How bad was Gilroy's script for "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Bad . "It's just that it was unreadable. This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It's terrible.