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TA girls fend off Scarborough's furious late rally in prelim

TA girls fend off Scarborough's furious late rally in prelim
Thornton Academy freshman Olivia Lamey (19) is congratulated by her teammates after scoring one of her four goals in Wednesday's 7-5 win over Scarborough in a Class A state preliminary round playoff game. Photos courtesy Jeff Christenbury.

SACO—Thornton Academy's young girls' lacrosse team has arrived.

While Scarborough is almost there.

Two ascending squads did battle in a Class A state preliminary round contest Wednesday evening at Hill Stadium, where the Golden Trojans built a seemingly comfortable six-goal second half lead, then needed almost all of it to fight off the Red Storm's late charge.

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