ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ten victories and East Carolina’s first bowl win in six years. The Pirates, who finished second in Conference USA’s Eastern Division, had plenty to celebrate after dominating the fourth quarter to earn a 37-20 victory over Ohio in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. Vintavious Cooper took over Monday’s game with […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a night they cheered “The Catch” and all the San Francisco greats of old, the current 49ers looked ready to move that success right into the future at a flashy new stadium. In one emphatic finish, NaVorro Bowman, Colin Kaepernick and the Niners sealed their postseason berth in a ceremonious […]

TOPSHAM — The Bath Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team slowly pulled away for a 21-12 win over Mt. Ararat on Wednesday. The Destroyers led 6-2 after a quarter, 13-8 at the half and 19-10 through three. Bath’s Paige Faulkingham’s six points led all scorers, with Macie Gagne, Maddie McDonough and Vanessa St. Pierre chipping […]

BATH — Brandon Douglas scored a game-high 15 points to lift Gardiner to a 51-40 high school boys jayvee basketball victory over Morse on Wednesday at Bath Middle School. Gardiner jumped out to a 10-2 first-quarter lead, led 27- 17 at the half and 31-27 after three. Dylan Severt had 13 points for Morse, while […]

SOUTH PARIS — The Brunswick High School freshman boys basketball team beat Oxford Hills Thursday 64-51 to move its record to 5-0. Corban Teel led with 23 points, while Hunter Garrett had nine and Nathan Benoit, Austin Phillips, and Jesse Devereaux eight each. Devereaux was an allaround standout with five steals (two charges taken) and […]

BRUNSWICK— The Oxford Hills High School girls junior varsity basketball team outscored Brunswick’s Orange team 33-17 in the middle quarters to defeat the Dragons 50-35 in recent action. Brunswick opened the contest with an 8-7 first quarter advantage over the Vikings. Oxford Hills took a commanding lead capitalizing on numerous Brunswick defensive miscues. Aidan Sachs […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport High School jayvee girls basketball team fell to York 51- 31 in recent action. Freeport’s Regan Lynch had 10 points, six in the initial frame, to keep the Falcons competitive. Freeport had a sluggish second and third quarter before coming on strong in the final frame, connecting on nine of 16 […]

BATH — A special celebration to commemorate the Bath Middle School’s 50th birthday is scheduled for Monday between the boys and girls varsity games. “That is a varsity doubleheader basketball night with our girls playing Camden Hills at 5 p.m. followed by the boys around 6:30,” said organizer Brian Hatch. “Between games we will be […]

BRUNSWICK — The SAM Peewee Red skated past the Titans Orange 6-1 in Sunday’s youth ice hockey action. For SAM Red, Mike Eno had four goals and Jon Zack and Davis Ballou one each. For the Titans Orange, Robbie Lussier scored. Picking up assists for SAM Red were Keegan Choate (2) and Lilly Bergeron. In […]