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Framingham State catcher took long way home

At 29, Iafolla still playing strong

By Marvin Pave

 |  GLOBE CORRESPONDENT  

  May 17, 2012

Tony Iafolla passed up college to work as a landscaper after graduating from Medfield High School in 2001. The assistant varsity boys’ hockey coach at his alma mater, Iafolla enrolled at Framingham State two years ago and this season, at age 29, was the starting catcher on a team that set a school record with 26 wins.

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