FREEPORT It was the first game of the season and it was very evident at Freeport High School on Friday night. Both the Freeport girls basketball team and visiting Poland struggled mightily out of the gates, combining on just five points in the first seven minutes of play. By halftime both sides were in desperate […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team rolled to a 38-10 season-opening win over Lewiston on Wednesday. The Eagles sprinted out to an 18-4 first-quarter lead and never looked back as nine players scored, led by Emily Bontatibus’ eight points. Lillie Singleton and Lauren Johnson chipped in six points apiece […]

BATH — The Brunswick Junior High School seventh grade boys basketball team went on the road and knocked off Bath, 42-30 recently. Trailing by seven (17-10) at the halftime break, the Huskies reeled off an 18-6 run in the third quarter to take the lead and didn’t look back. Leading the way were Connor Manson […]

BRUNSWICK — Morgan Foster led a balanced attack as the Brunswick Junior High School girls seventh-grade basketball team earned a 32-31 win over Tripp on Friday. Foster had nine points, Abby Sharpe seven, and Logan Brown and Kelsey Sullivan six each to pace the Huskies. Emma Chaison had seven points for Tripp.

YARMOUTH If anyone deserved to lose Saturday afternoon’s game between the Brunswick High School and Yarmouth boys hockey teams, it certainly wasn’t the goalkeepers. Riley Kirk and Dan Latham battled for almost an hour at Travis Roy Arena, making big save after big save and eventually sending their teams to overtime. The Dragons and Jacob […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. With a no-huddle offense and no-fooling-around defense, the New York Giants snapped the Cowboys’ 11-game winning streak with a 10-7 victory Sunday night, preventing Dallas from clinching the NFC East. Dallas (11-2) hadn’t lost since the season opener against the Giants (9-4), who solidified their position in the NFC playoff chase as […]

BRUNSWICK Julie Dachille scored a power-play goal with under five minutes remaining in regulation to lift the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team to a 2- 1 win against the University of New England on Friday night. After 26 minutes of scoreless hockey, Bowdoin broke through at 6:21 in the second period. Tala Glass fired […]

BALTIMORE There once was a time when Ray Lewis served as the centerpiece of the best defense in the NFL. That role is now being played by Zachary Orr, the Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker and leading tackler on a unit ranked No. 1 in the league. Though the names have changed, the philosophy behind the […]

RICHMOND The first drought was bad. The second one was worse. The Rangeley High School girls basketball team scored only once in the first 16 minutes of its season-opening 43-18 East-West Conference loss to Richmond on Friday. It took a bit over five minutes for the Lakers to score their first bucket of the season, […]