November 2016
KVAC hands out awards
BRUNSWICK The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference has announced its 2016 fall sport awards and academic honors. KVAC Class A golf honors went to Mt. Ararat’s Cade Charron, Caleb Manuel and Cam Cox, along with Brunswick’s Bronte Fontaine, Emma Park and Zach Grant. Mt. Ararat head coach Gerry Caron was named South Coach of the Year. […]
Patriots lead rankings
NEW YORK No surprises at the top of the AP Pro32 power rankings this week: New England and Dallas, at 7-1 owning the NFL’s best records, are 1-2. Moving up to the third spot for their highest ranking ever in the AP Pro32 are the Oakland Raiders. In voting by 12 media members who regularly […]
Mookie Betts wins first Gold Glove
NEW YORK Catch this: Buster Posey is the new Gold Glove backstop in the National League. The San Francisco Giants star unseated Yadier Molina behind the plate Tuesday when Rawlings announced its annual honors for fielding excellence. Posey was picked as the NL catcher, ending Molina’s eight-year reign with St. Louis. “I don’t know if […]
Byron scores late, Price, Canadiens beat Bruins 3-2
MONTREAL Golfer Jack Nicklaus stopped by the Montreal Canadiens dressing room Tuesday night and delivered a pre-game pep talk about being prepared and not trying to do too much. Carey Price responded with more of his usual excellence, and Montreal did just enough to beat the rival Boston Bruins. Price stopped 41 shots, Paul Byron […]
If Harvick wins Phoenix, there’s only 1 spot left
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Only an amateur would fill out a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship bracket and not mark Kevin Harvick down for a win at Phoenix. Harvick has proven he’s just about unbeatable in the desert, and when his playoff chances are on the line, he’s delivered time and again. Harvick has won six […]
Voting on new Chargers stadium appears to fail
SAN DIEGO A measure that would raise hotel occupancy taxes to help pay for a new stadium for the San Diego Chargers was failing by a resounding margin early Wednesday morning. Measure C, which was written by the Chargers without input from City Hall, the powerful tourism industry or other stakeholders, received only 41 percent […]
Far from par: Americans struggling to win on LPGA Tour
It was only two years ago that Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Tour player of the year and captured the money title. That same year, Lexi Thompson won the Kraft Nabisco at age 19, and Michelle Wie finally broke through with her first major at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2. This year, […]
Thompson Field
LISBON In Monday’s sports section of The Times Record, we ran an article that saw the Lisbon High School football team down Oak Hill, 42- 9, in a Class D South Regional semifinal on Saturday (Greyhounds get ‘Oak Hill monkey’ off their backs). In the article, the name of the field was mentioned as “Mynahan […]