BURLINGTON – Thunderous “five-in-a-row” chants echoed from the bleachers when the Uxbridge community felt another historic milestone clinched Saturday night, showering the top-seeded Spartans field hockey team (23-0) with praise for a perfect season that ended with a 3-0 win over No. 2 Sandwich in the Div. 3 state final at Burlington High School – their fifth consecutive state championship.

Only Watertown (from 2009-17) had ever won five straight titles in MIAA field hockey history before them, a feat Uxbridge partly accomplished by storming past the Raiders in the state semifinals.

A fourth state final appearance in five years had the Blue Knights (19-2-2) charged up to present the toughest challenge the Spartans faced, too, but goals from three different scorers, and a standout defensi

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