NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Stepan scored with 28 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, then got the winner late in the extra period in the New York Rangers’ 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night. With their fourth straight win, the Rangers improved to 51-21-7 for a league-best 109 points. […]

RINDGE, N.H. — The Bowdoin College baseball team split an Easter Sunday doubleheader against Bates in a pair of contests played at Franklin Pierce University. The Polar Bears claimed game one, 15-3, before falling 9-5 in game two. Bowdoin stands at 7-11 (2-3 NESCAC) this spring, while the Bobcats are 6-6 (1-1 NESCAC). Bowdoin exploded […]

WATERVILLE — Former Mt. Ararat High School standout Nick Parsons of Harpswell scored four of the game’s final five goals to lift Green Mountain to a 6-4 come-from-behind North Atlantic Conference win over the University of Maine at Farmington on Saturday afternoon at Smith Field. Parsons assisted on teammate Richard Aberle’s goal for a 2-1 […]

SALEM, Mass. — Junior Jaymz McStowe scored three goals to help the visiting University of Southern Maine men’s lacrosse team defeat the Salem State University Vikings, 10-7, in Little East Conference action Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field. The win was the second straight for the Huskies, who improved to 5-2 overall. The Huskies also snapped […]

TOPSHAM — The Ararat Babe Ruth Baseball season is coming up. Tryouts will be held on April 26 at Mt. Ararat Middle School at 5 p.m. Players must have been born prior to May 2002 and after 1999. Applications are available in the main offices of both Mt. Ararat High School and Middle School. For […]

DURHAM, N.H. — The Bates College women’s track and field team began its season in windy conditions Saturday at the University of New Hampshire, with the Bobcats holding up well against four Division I teams. Dartmouth won the team scoring with 158 points, followed by New Hampshire (150.5), Maine (147), Bates (98) and Holy Cross […]

LEWISTON — Elizabeth Erbafina and Elena Mandzhukova won in No. 1 doubles, but the Bates women’s tennis team fell to No. 19 Tufts University, 8-1, Saturday afternoon in New England Small College Athletic Conference action. Bobcat Maisie Silverman of Brunswick teamed with Kelsey Pearson in an 8-3 loss at No. 2 doubles. In singles play, […]

LEWISTON — Junior Moriah Greenstein scored four goals and senior Emma Getsinger added three more as the Bates College women’s lacrosse team downed Connecticut College, 15-8 Saturday afternoon in NESCAC action at Garcelon Field. Four players scored multiple goals for Bates (6-7, 2-6 NESCAC), while Connecticut College (2-8, 0-6 NESCAC) was led by Lacey Hale, […]