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An ever-growing Newburyport hockey fan base stood stoically for the better part of two hours last evening.

Clippers fans exchanged few words during their team's 4-0 loss to Tewksbury in the Division 2 North semifinal at Richard H. Rockett Rink. The capacity crowd, which seemed to favor Newburyport in numbers, struggled to put words to the Clippers' first lopsided loss of the season.

Nine in a row and no further.

After a remarkable run of play capped off by the win for the ages over Gloucester in the Division 2 North quarterfinal, Newburyport's season came to an end in the semifinal last night, 4-0, to a team that has not lost a Division 2 game all season in Tewksbury.

SALEM | It's impossible to turn the impressive depth of a hockey team into a weakness, but Tewksbury wasted little time in neutralizing Masconomet's biggest strength yesterday afternoon at Salem State College's Rockett Arena.

Tim Houston scored two goals to give Central Catholic a 3-3 tie with a strong Tewksbury club. Jonathan Daniels added the other goal and Brendan Slein, Justin Kurek and Steve Balsamo each had an assist for the Raiders (6-10-5).