TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat High School got back on the winning track Tuesday with a 51-43 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference girls basketball win over Lewiston. The 11- 6 Eagles, who are scheduled to close out the regular season Thursday at Brunswick, led 18-5, 29-17 and 44-27 at the quarter breaks. Leah Hitchcock led with 14 […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — It wasn’t the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn’t as much tickertape, but that didn’t seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team’s rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots. Some of them even got to touch […]

BOSTON ( AP) — Paul Pierce knew what was on the line with every shot. The pressure was quite clear to Pierce and anyone else in the arena as he stood on the verge of passing Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston’s career scoring list. He needed only 10 points to overtake Bird when […]

LEWISTON — The Brunswick High School girls junior varsity basketball team gained its first victory of the season with a recent 30- 27 triumph over the Blue Devils. The Dragons were stifled from the tip-off as Lewiston opened up with an 8-2 first quarter advantage and the Blue Devils went into the locker room at […]

CLINTON. N. Y. — Reid Swartz finished first in two events as Hamilton College lost a dual meet against Rensselaer at Hamilton’s Bristol Pool on Saturday. Rensselaer defeated the Continentals, 131-92. Hamilton is off until Feb. 24 when the Continentals travel to Williams College to compete in the 2012 NESCAC Championship for three days. Ian […]

BRUNSWICK — The St. John’s School girls basketball squad ended its season with a 20-17 win over St. Dom’s Friday in Auburn. Mikayla Pietkiewicz was the high scorer with six points, while Brooke Howard and Summer Becker both added four. Kim Murphy, Kendal Jackson and Celeste Sturniolo were also contributors for the Vikings. Fran Haines […]

BATH — The Morse High School jayvee girls basketball team nipped Lincoln Academy 38-28 and lost to Gardiner 63-36 in recent action. Against Lincoln Academy, Morse led 11- 10, the teams were tied at 16 at the half and Morse went up 28-18 heading into the final period. At the foul line, Morse was 12 […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs, Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, have announced that the popular Sea Dogs/ Red Sox combo ticket packages are returning. These ticket packages include tickets to eight Portland Sea Dogs games and a Boston Red Sox game. The ticket packages went on sale Tuesday at the Hadlock Field […]

AUGUSTA — The Mt. Ararat High School jayvee boys dropped a recent 50-25 basketball decision to Cony. The Eagles trailed 13-10, 26- 16 and 39- 22 at the quarter breaks. Mason Griffin paced Mt. Ararat with seven points, while Cony’s Brandon Elwell, Mitch Bonefant and Charlie Hallak each had eight points. Mt. Ararat was seven […]