The Newburyport golf team held its end-of-the-year banquet Wednesday night and gave out some team awards.Most notable were seniors Joe O’Connell and Cam Collette, who recently were both named to the All-CAL team. O’Connell was medalist in six meets this year, while Collette medaled twice.Here are the rest of the …
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