BATH “The guys have been joking all week that they were going to ice me,” said Morse forward Ethan Winglass. His Shipbuilder teammates did the opposite, setting up their teammate, who scored his 1,000th career point early in the third quarter of the Shipbuilders’ 68-40 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B boys high basketball win […]

TOPSHAM When you currently occupy the final playoff spot and have only two games left, one being against a team that may give you a run for your money for that spot, you have to devise a plan to hold on. On Tuesday night, the Mt. Ararat High School girls basketball team (6-11), which sat […]

SEATTLE As shocking as it was, the Seattle Seahawks’ last-minute loss to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl Sunday was probably not even the worst loss in the city’s sports history. Seattle did lose an entire NBA franchise, after all, when the SuperSonics up and moved to Oklahoma City. At least the Seahawks […]

BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots are getting a heroes’ welcome after returning victorious from Super Bowl XLIX. The team was to ride through downtown Boston today in two dozen World War IIstyle amphibious vehicles that are staples of championship parades in Boston. The parade comes after Boston was buried in more than three […]

NEW YORK The Boston Celtics changed their starters — and their start. “We came with energy right out of the gate,” guard Marcus Smart said. “That’s what we’ve been lacking.” Avery Bradley scored 26 points, Jared Sullinger added 22 and the Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-97 victory over the New York […]

HALLOWELL — Three third-period goals for the Brunswick High School jayvee boys hockey team was more than enough to collect a 3-1 win against Cony/Gardiner on Tuesday. After both teams went scoreless in the opening period, the Rams struck first when Brendan Tardif dumped the puck in from Thad Mahaleirs for the 1-0 advantage. Alex […]

WISCASSET — Ethan James scored 26 points for the Wiscasset High School boys jayvee basketball team against Boothbay on Wednesday to help lead the Wolverines to a 56-52 win to bump their record to 7-6. Boothbay suffered its third loss of the season, but were evenly paced across the floor with Alex Smith and Carter […]

TOPSHAM — The Brunswick Junior High School seventh-grade boys basketball team walked away with a win over rival Mt. Ararat on Thursday, with Solomon Levy leading the way for the Huskies with seven points. Jack Harvey and James Belangers added six points each for Brunswick, while Everett Horch chipped in with five, including a key […]

FREEPORT — Taylor Dostie, Cameryn Pasquale and Johanna Bogue-Marlow each scored seven points for the Freeport High School girls basketball team on Tuesday night in its 35-33 jayvee win over Kennebunk. Ireland Hall, who had five points, was noted as a defensive standout for Freeport, which included a last-second block on the baseline to preserve […]

At Kennebec YMCA GIRLS — Brunswick 91.50, Cony 73.50. 200-yard medley relay — 1. Cony, 2. Brunswick B (Elina Woolever, Anna Ferdinand, Caitlin Tycz, Rosalita Capoldo), 3. Brunswick A (Quinn Alexander, EmaLeigh Aschbrenner, Lynsie Russell, Julia Rider), T — 2:05.85. 200 freestyle — 1. Emma Blair (B), 2. Haley Gagne (C), 3. (tie) Abreal Whitman […]