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Buckingham Browne & Nichols poses with the NEPSAC Class A trophy. (Courtesy photo)
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No one looked forward to this meeting.
One day after a 1-0 home loss to Rivers School, the girls on the Buckingham Browne & Nichols soccer team gathered in a meeting room on campus for what they figured would be a sobering look at their shortcomings, to that point.
After all, no BB&N team in recent vintage had lost more than two Independent School League games in Graeme Blackman’s coaching tenure.