DARTMOUTH — Hingham from the outset Saturday strongly committed to trying to stop Dartmouth star senior striker Landon Raposa.

Despite additional attention on Raposa, it wasn’t enough to keep down the eighth-seeded Indians.

Raposa unlocked Dartmouth’s offense with a game-altering goal late in the first half and the Indians put home two goals over the final 40 minutes to notch a 3-2 victory against the No. 9 Harbormen at Dartmouth Memorial Field and advance to the Division 2 state boys soccer quarterfinals.

“Their main mission was to take (Raposa) out of the game and make the other guys beat them,” Dartmouth head coach Josh Silva said. “He did a great job of still putting pressure on them, not getting discouraged. And because of him, it opened things up for us, and thankfully, the guys w

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