**For the first time in the illustrious history of Attleboro High School boys' soccer, not one, but two Bombardiers - and brothers at that! - Jake and Justin Keefer have been selected the the Mass. State Coaches association All-Star team, Jake as a striker and Justin as a defender. Jake Keefer was the OCL MVP and Justin was the runner-up in the vote tabulation ...

**"We match up well against them, we have the experience now," related Hockomock League and MIAA Division 2 Meet champion coach Julie Collins of her Mansfield High boys' cross country team, one of the elite pack in the field for the MIAA State Meet Saturday in Northfield. "Looking at Lowell and Methuen and Pembroke has a high quality team too, so I think that we'll be right there." The Hornets' top trio, senior captain Patrick McGowan, the Division 2 champion along with top 10 finishers Shayne Collins and Brendan Boyle, "are a knockout punch," said Collins ...

**It will be the unbeaten North Attleboro High junior varsity football team and the unbeaten Attlebooro High junior varsity football team - both 8-0-1 - meeting Saturday at noon at Tozier-Cassidy Field, preceeded by the freshmen teams at 10 a.m. Unfortuntaley AHS will be without starting quarterback Chris Walsh, who broke his collarbone in Monday's victory over Barnstable ...

**In Troy, N.Y., former Bishop Feehan Shamrock Charlie Romero of Mansfield, scored the match-winning goal - his second in as many days - for Williams College in its 1-0 victory over RPI in the NCAA Division III New England Tournament, advancing the Ephs to the sweet-16 round against York (Pa.) College Saturday. Romero scored the match-winning goal for the Ephs in the 70th minute against Husson College in the first round ...

**Matt Alksninis was picked as first team All-New England Football Conference selection, the Curry College kicker from Mansfield being a perfect 35-for-35 on PATs and averaging 40 yards on 56 punts, the No. 3 leading scorer in the conference, while Foxboro High product Jimmy Sestito was a first team defensive line all-star pick, the senior at Plymouth (N.H.) State being a two-time pick, having 45 tackles, six QB sacks and seven pass breakups this season for a club playing Springfield Saturday in the ECAC Northeast Bowl ... **Former Attleboro High soccer standout Danielle Clifford, a sophomore striker with the Worcester State women's soccer team (9-6-3, 4-0-3 in MASCAC) was a first team all-MASCAC seelection. Clifford had a sensational second year as the main striker for the Lancers as she tallied team bests of 10 goals, seven assists and 27 points - the fourth best total in MASCAC ...

**Bishop Feehan High cross country runner Billy Clerx, a senior, was the recipient of the MIAA's Student-Athlete of the Month award, also a member of the National, Science and Spanish honor societies - "his work ethic is evident in everything that he does," said Shamrock coach Bob L'Homme ...

**North Attleboro's Joe Farroba and his Bridgewater State College men's hoop team (22-7 last year, an NCAA Division II Tournament sweet 16 participant) opens its home season Tuesday against R.I. College. One of the Bears this season is 6-5 freshman Andrew Kelley, the former Mansfield High Hornet ...

**Nicole Esorcy, who served as an assistant coach under Ted Currle, is the new Norton High girls' basketball coach ...

**The Nichols College men's soccer team (12-7) dropped a 1-0 decision in overtime to Wentworth in the Commonwealth Coast Conference title match. Junior Mark Capitanio of Mansfield led Nichols with eight goals and seven assists for a second-best in the league 23 points, while sophomore goalie Brendan Hamilton of North Attleboro posted 12 wins (the third most in the CCC)a 1.08 goals against average and five shutouts ...

**Former North Attleboro High wrestling heavyweight Jared Gaw recently won the Top Rope Wrestling Inter State championship in a six man ladder match in Fall River. Gaw, aka "Buck Nasty" will be making his first title defense at the Franklin Elks on Saturday night, proceeds benefitting those in need during this holiday season ...

**Alana Prinos, the Foxboro High sophomore tennis phenom (also also quite a cross country runner) is now ranked No. 17 in the USTA-New England girls-16 division, having won three 18-and-under tourneys already. She also also won three 16-and-under doubles titles with sister Emma, who is ranked No. 45 in the girls-14 division ...

**All former King Philip Regional High School football players are invited to the participate in an "alumni" game Nov. 28 at Macktaz Field on campus at noon. At 2:30 p.m., the unveiling of the King Philip High Athletic "Wall of Fame" will be held. All those interested in participating in the alumni football game should contact Steve Schairer sat schairers@kingphilip.org ...

**Brian Walmsley's Wheaton College men's hoop team has its annual TipOff Tournament starting tonight. After Plymouth State and Foxboro native son's Sean Foster's (now in his eighth season) Salve Regina University meet at 6, Wheaton faces Lyndon State 8. Walmsley has five freshman of substance, 6-10 Mike Hall, good around the basket; 6-6 man-in-motion Clif Desravines; six-foot point guard Scott Faucher, whose dad coaches at Daniel Webster College; rugged 6-3 defender Brian Johnson of Roxbury; and two-way guard P.J. Walters from Long Island ...

PETER GOBIS can be reached at 508-236-0375 or at pgobis@thesunchronicle.com.