Dedham 13, Brookline 7: Marauders earn first win

Dedham High School scores and schedules.

Division 2 South Girls Soccer Tournament Schedule and Seeding.

Division 2 South Boys Soccer Tournament Schedule and Seeding.

Division 2 South Field Hockey Tournament Schedule and Seeding.

Nicole Straqualursi took fourth place in the 100-yard breaststroke and helped a pair of Marauder relays score to pace Dedham High to a top-10 finish at Saturday’s South Swimming and Diving Championships at MIT. The Marauders accumulated 45 points overall to edge crosstown rival Ursuline Acacemy for 10th place.

Senior Nicolle Straqualursi paced the Marauders at the Bay State Conference Swim Meet on Sunday, placing in a pair of events individually and helping a pair of relays score as the Dedham took seventh place out of 11 teams with 94 points.

Apply enough force to even the strongest of objects and its bound to show a few cracks. That’s precisely the formula Canton used Wednesday night to end the Dedham High girls soccer season.

It did not take long for those in attendance at Monday night’s Division 2 South first round boys soccer contest between top-seeded Sandwich and No. 17 Dedham to see that the Blue Knights were the superior side.

With his team routinely on the wrong end of so many lopsided scores this fall, Dedham coach Keith Comeau usually chooses to accentuate the positive aspects in his team’s defeats.

Having already lost two Division 2 South battles before the postseason had even started, the Dedham High girls soccer team wasn’t about to make it a third.

Boys soccer to open tournament in Scituate on Saturday at 6 while girls will host Sandwich on Saturday at 5.

With six Bay State Conference Herget Division titles and a Division 2 South sectional crown to his credit during his tenure as Dedham High girls soccer coach, Don Savi has plenty of championship jackets hanging in his closet. But he’ll wear the one with 2009 stitched on it with particular pride.