AUGUSTA — Down 10-4 at the half, firstyear Brunswick High School girls lacrosse coach Steph Fisher got her squad focused by playing a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors.”

The Dragons responded by getting within two goals in their season-opening Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference encounter with Cony.

But, the Rams pulled away again, holding on for a 13-9 victory on Thursday.

“We had to get our energy back and find that competitive spirit, and we came out and scored the first goal of the second half,” said Fisher, whose Dragons return to action on April 23 at home against Edward Little.

Eliza Brooks paced Brunswick (0-1) with four goals and two assists, with Savanna Kay chipping in two goals and a like number of helpers. Jessica McGoldrick and Sydney Anderson added one goal each, and netminder EmaLeigh Aschbrenner had eight stops in her first varsity start.

Hayley Quirion led the Rams (1-0) with four goals, while Bailey Logan added three.

Baseball

FREEPORT — Yarmouth had just three hits against Freeport pitchers Dan Burke and Pete LaMagna, but five costly Falcon errors and a pair of two-run singles led the Clippers to a 5-2 Western Maine Conference win in the opener for both teams.

Cal Cooper delivered a two-run single in the first inning, and Nick Lainey’s two-run single gave Yarmouth (1-0) a 5-1 lead in the fifth.

Lainey combined with Chester Jacobs on the mound on seven hits and four strikeouts.

Burke went 4.2 innings on two hits, one walk and two strikeouts, with LaMagna going the final 2.1 frames on one hit and two strikeouts.

Niko DiFazio singled and doubled for Freeport, while Jack Davenport singled twice.

Freeport returns to action on April 22 at home against Cape Elizabeth.

Softball

FREEPORT — Monica Austin singled and doubled, and McKenzie Gray struck out eight to lead visiting Yarmouth (1-0) to a 5-1 win over Freeport in a WMC opener.

Leigh Wyman went the distance for the Falcons, 0-1 and slated to host Cape Elizabeth on April 22. She allowed four hits, walked three and struck out eight.

At the plate, Wyman and Amanda Miles each had two hits.

“Yarmouth was able to put the ball in play,” said Freeport coach Mike Perry.

Islanders 2, Bruins 1

BOSTON (AP) — Josh Bailey scored twice and the New York Islanders added another big win in their surge toward the playoffs by beating the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.

The Islanders, seeking their first trip to the postseason in seven years, improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games.

Bailey’s fourth goal in six games and ninth of the season snapped a 1-1 tie at 13:12 of the second period. Tyler Seguin had tied it for Boston.