Mackenzie once again faced Kettering, losing a hard-fought contest by the score of 60-57.

So far, there were no clear winners in the hard-fought contest only a lot of dead losers who would rather have remained on the sidelines.

The game was a hard-fought contest, and was tied 6-6 at halftime.

But it was a hard-fought contest with four candidates in a race that pitted well-known political families in the Bronx against each other.

Even Democrats, who have had a significant lead in the polls, insisted they expected a close, hard-fought contest.

The Australians won a hard-fought contest by a score of 162-12.

"I think it will be a hard-fought contest, but I do expect we'll retain control of both houses."

But it was the races for 37 City Council seats that produced the largest number of hard-fought contests.

Gotch held his own for nearly two hours, but lost the hard-fought contest.

It was a hard-fought contest from the outset.