FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Gronk to the rescue? Maybe this Sunday, maybe not. No one’s saying if tight end Rob Gronkowski is healthy enough to save the New England Patriots shaky passing attack after he missed the first two games. Not Gronkowski, who said Wednesday, “there’s really nothing new to report.” Not coach Bill Belichick, who […]

ATLANTA Tiger Woods and Henrik Stenson, the top two seeds in the FedEx Cup, could not have been more different in the opening round of the Tour Championship. Stenson hardly missed a shot on the front nine. He had such control over his game that six of his first seven iron shots were 10 feet […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College football team opens its 122nd season Saturday as the Polar Bears play host to Middlebury College with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. The Polar Bears are looking to build upon a one-win season in 2012, while the Panthers finished in second place in the conference with a 7-1 mark. Despite […]

TOPSHAM— The Mt. Ararat Middle School eighthgrade girls soccer team opened up its season with two games this week. On Monday, the Eagles traveled to Bath and fell 4-0 as Bath scored three first-half goals. Kelsey Scannevin, Meriwether Stockford and Kaitlyn Hutchins made some standout plays on defense, and Taylor Wienckowski, Caitlyn Smith and Shannon […]

SOUTH PARIS — The Brunswick Junior High Boys seventh- and eighth-grade boys soccer teams opened their fall season with a set of big wins when they visited Oxford Hills Monday. The seventh-grade matchup was more of a goal fest, with the Huskies winning, 7-3. Jacob Doring had three goals and three assists. Other goals were […]

FALMOUTH — The Morse High School jayvee football team lost 21-0 at Falmouth on Monday. Raz Baltazar was a defensive standout with 13 tackles and three tackles for loss. Kyle Simpson, Ali Al- Fasalawi and Dillon Havener carried the bulk of the load offensively, running well on holes opened up by Austin Talgo and Cameron […]

BATH — The Mt. Ararat Middle School ‘B’ field hockey squad tied Bath 0-0 in recent action. Mt. Ararat goaltender Lilly Schenk had five saves, and playing well defensively were Caroline Thompson and Emily Robbins. Offensive standouts included Maisy Pilch and Mckayla Doyle.

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Recreation Department’s fifth- and sixth-grade Ararat Basketball Youth Travel Team tryouts are scheduled to be held Oct. 8-9 at the Mt. Ararat Middle School. On Oct. 8, the boys will have the gym from 5:30 p.m. 6:45 p.m. with the girls to follow from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. On Oct. […]

RICHMOND — The Sugg Middle School boys soccer team lost at Richmond 7-0 on Tuesday. Sugg’s defensive line played well to keep a skillful Richmond offense from scoring more goals. Center fullback Reece Rustad and left fullback Elijah Spiro led the defense, and goalie Levi Lavesque saved a penalty kick. Left forward Noah Austin stood […]