NEW YORK Lamar Jackson was trying to remember the last time he cried. He was pretty sure it involved losing a little league football game. On Saturday night, Louisville’s spectacular sophomore quarterback found out winning can get a guy choked up, too. Jackson became the first Louisville player to win the Heisman Trophy, beating out […]
December 2016
Eagle boys open with a win, 38-30; Wolverines roll
TOPSHAM Cole Guerin scored 14 points to power the Mt. Ararat High School boys basketball team to a 38-30 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Leavitt on Friday in season-opening action. Jack Sylvester had 13 points to pace the Hornets (0-1). Eagle Ryan Mello added 13 points as Mt. Ararat opened with the victory and […]
Westbrook leads Thunder over Celtics
OKLAHOMA CITY Russell Westbrook’s triple-double streak ended at seven games, but he finished the night with two things that meant more to him — a win and his long-lost shooting stroke. Westbrook scored 23 of his 37 points in the second half to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Boston Celtics 99-96 on Sunday. […]
Sounders win MLS cup in shootout
TORONTO As homecomings go, the MLS Cup final is going to be hard to beat for Seattle’s Stefan Frei. Frei made critical saves in regulation and then again in the penalty-kick shootout to help the Sounders win their first championship with a 5-4 victory in the tiebreaker against Toronto FC on Saturday night. The Swiss […]
Eagles earn big road win over EL, 10-6
AUBURN The Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/ Morse boys high school hockey team gave up three powerplay goals to go down 3-1 in the first period in season-opening action against Edward Little at Norway Savings Bank Arena. But, the Eagles refused to go away, scoring four goals in the second frame and five more in the third en […]
Matt Kuchar, Harris English win shootout
NAPLES, Fla. Harris English and Matt Kuchar won the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Saturday, holding off Wisconsin friends Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly by a stroke at Tiburon. English and Kuchar also won in 2013 in their first start together and finished second the last two years. “It’s a thrilling event to come out with […]
‘It’s tradition’
WELLS — Big smiles, loud sirens, fire engines and a band or two. There were the Gym Dandies on unicycles, the scouts and a lone bagpiper. There were horses, the winning Wells Warriors football team, and the big guy himself — Santa — arriving on a fire truck. It was the 31st annual Wells Christmas […]
Mobile home fracas lands man in jail
PARSONSFIELD — A 50- year-old local man, apparently upset with his 27-yearold son over rent payments on a mobile home, allegedly used a construction-grade front end loader to pick up the mobile home and drop it on the ground — at least three times, according to York County Sheriff Bill King. King said witnesses told […]
Spreading Christmas joy
WATERBORO — As the Christmas spirit makes its way through York County and across Maine, folks are stepping up to make the holiday season merry and bright — not only for their own families, but for others as well. Whether they’re decorating with brightly colored lights to cheer the nighttime, plunking a toy in a […]
Wells enterprise fund changes put on hold
WELLS — Talks of combining fees from Wells Harbor Community Park activity with the town’s beach enterprise fund have been put on hold, at least until the town’s budget process begins. The beach enterprise fund currently covers payments for beach and restroom cleaners, lifeguards, parking areas, and a fund for beach erosion, among other beach […]