AUGUSTA — Twice during the East-West Conference girls high school basketball regular season, Richmond rolled to easy victories over Buckfield. But, once teams walk onto the Augusta Civic Center floor for a postseason contest, funny things often happen. Except for this time! Once again, the top-seeded Bobcats made quick work of No. 9 Buckfield, jumping out […]

ORONO — The University of Maine at Orono was the site of Tuesday’s State Class A Boys Swimming Championships, with Bangor High School repeating what the Ram girls accomplished on Monday with a Class A title. Bangor, which won its sixth consecutive championship, scored 384 points to easily outdistance runner-up Cheverus, which had 280 points. […]

RUMFORD — The North Yarmouth Academy boys and Merriconeag girls each repeated as State Class C Nordic champions after Tuesday’s Freestyle competition at Black Mountain. Today’s final competition, Slalom, was scheduled to be held at Mt. Abram. Going into today, the Fort Kent girls led Freeport 126-128 for overall honors and the Fort Kent boys […]

BRUNSWICK — The 31st annual Boys Mid-Winter Basketball Classic and the 11th annual girls Mid-Winter event kicked off Monday with a spate of games at the Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department. Girls Yarmouth 45, Durham 20 In the first game, Yarmouth posted quarterly leads of 12-0, 20-7 and 33-16 as Ally Tillotson tossed in 17 […]

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — The Bowdoin College women’s swimming and diving team shattered several school records en route to a program-best sixth-place finish at the 2012 New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship meet this weekend at Wesleyan University. The Polar Bears broke a dozen school records in all, creating new marks in seven individual events […]

BOSTON — Junior guard and former Morse High School standout Alex Kee scored 18 points, leading the University of Southern Maine men’s basketball team to a 71-60 non-conference victory over Wentworth Institute on Thursday. Jeremy Jackson chipped in 14 points for the Huskies. Kee was seven of 11 from the field. He scored eight of […]

PORTLAND — The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference and Western Maine Conference recently released the final regular-season statistics for boys high school basketball. Brunswick’s Mitchell Black finished eighth in the KVAC in points per game with 13.7. He was also second in steals/game (3.3), seventh in assists/game (3.3) and tied for ninth with 23 3-pointers. The […]

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — The Bowdoin College men’s squash team defeated Hamilton on Sunday 8-1 to claim a third-place finish in the Summers Cup Division of the College Squash Association Team Championships. The Polar Bears ended the year ranked 19th in the nation and finished with a 13- 14 record. Bowdoin picked up a 6- 3 […]

BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA’s Early Spring Session 2012 is on tap, with the first session to start on Monday. From water aerobics to indoor group cycling, the YMCA has classes to help participants reach fitness goals. Those interested can check out the popular Muscle Time classes (specifically designed for active older adults), […]