BANGOR — As a central defender, senior Anna Morris’ job for the Bangor High School girls soccer team is to keep the ball out of her net. She did just that with 27 minutes left in the second half, getting her right foot on a ball that was just about to cross the goal line […]

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Mark Wiebe birdied the 18th hole to force a playoff and beat Corey Pavin on the second extra hole to win the Pacific Links Hawaii Championship on Sunday. Wiebe made a clutch par putt on the second playoff hole before Pavin missed a putt from inside 10 feet that would have […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Lee Nguyen got a second chance on a penalty kick and converted it in the 83rd minute to help the New England Revolution keep their MLS playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night. New England (11-11-7) snapped a three-match (0- 2-1) winless streak when Nguyen […]

BRUNSWICK — In Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference action on Saturday, Kenny Colpritt scored with four minutes left in regulation to lift Bangor High School to a 1-0 boys soccer win over Brunswick. Bangor improved to 5-0 and Brunswick fell to 3-2. The Dragons, who received standout play from goatender Ryan Brescia, are scheduled to visit […]

LISBON FALLS — Four players scored twice for Lisbon High School as the Greyhounds defeated Boothbay 10- 0 in Mountain Valley Conference field hockey action Friday. Olivia Harrington, Arianna Kahler, Hannah Jordan and Sarah Craig notched two goals each for the Greyhounds (5-0-1, scheduled to host Hall-Dale today). Lisbon’s Molly Nicholson, Jordan, Kahler and Michaela […]

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — With Ohio State looming on the schedule, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald had hoped Saturday’s game against Maine would serve as sort of a tune-up for his highpowered offense to start running smoothly. Instead, the offensive inconsistencies lingered and only a pair of defensive scores — interception returns for touchdowns by linebacker […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Henrik Stenson capped off the best stretch of his career with the biggest payoff in golf. Stenson held off a brief challenge by 20-year-old Jordan Spieth and closed with a 2-under 68 to win the Tour Championship by three shots over Spieth (64) and Steve Stricker (65). The 37-year-old Swede also captured […]

BRUNSWICK — In a classic it’s-never-over-until-it’s-over battle, Brunswick High School piled up over 500 offensive yards and got past Cony 54-38 in Class B football action on Friday. Before a packed crowd, the Dragons, who lost to Cony in the Eastern Maine Class A playoffs last fall, led 32-12 at the half only to see […]

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Kenseth followed his win in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship opener at Chicagoland with his serieshigh seventh victory of the season. Kenseth made his 500th career start […]