SOUTH PARIS — Tanner Greenleaf and Ryan Mello combined on 22 points to lead the Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh-grade boys basketball team to a 38-36 victory over Oxford Hills on Thursday. Greenleaf scored 12 points, while Peter Lavain had six points and Kyle Brennan five. Chris St. Pierre had 11 points for Oxford Hills. […]

BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA gymnastics team opened up their competition season this past Saturday with great success. In Level 4, Grace Delano earned a second place with an 8.6 in the age 6-8 category. With an 8.3 (vaulting) and 7.0 (balance beam), Delano took home third on both the vault and the […]

TURNER — Matt Munster hit the winning shot with five seconds remaining as the Morse High School boys basketball team slipped past Leavitt 39- 38 in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B action on Thursday. Munster finished with 10 points, with Kevin McKellar pacing the 2-3 Shipbuilders with 11 points. Leavitt’s ( 2- 3) Isaiah […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL could be one step away from canceling another hockey season because of a labor fight with the players. In the latest round of cancellations, the NHL on Thursday wiped out all games through Jan. 14. More than 50 percent of the schedule has been lost, and the rest is […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied Penn State’s request to put on hold former assistant football coach Mike McQueary’s whistleblower and defamation lawsuit until related criminal cases are resolved. Judge Thomas Gavin said the pending criminal matters “impose no burden on Penn State” because the university is neither a prosecutor nor defendant in […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mark Sanchez is the former face of the franchise. He could soon be a former member of the New York Jets. The team will consider all their options regarding the beleaguered and benched quarterback in the offseason, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. […]