FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady passed for 333 yards and a touchdown for New England, and Stephen Gostkowski added four field goals as the Patriots top the San Diego Chargers, 21-13, on Sunday. It was the fourth straight victory for the Patriots (6-2). The loss snapped a threegame win streak for the Chargers. Los Angeles (3-5) […]

GARDINER The fifth-seeded Morse Shipbuilders traveled to Gardiner Friday as a much improved team than the No. 4 Tigers beat on opening night. A chance to avenge the 26- 6 September loss fell short as a pair of second-half touchdown runs by Nate Malinowski that lifted the Tigers to the 13- 8 win in Class […]

LISBON Winthrop/ Monmouth has been chasing Lisbon ever since a nightmarish last- minute loss to the Greyhounds in last year’s regional high school football championship game. In Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal rematch, the Ramblers made the Greyhounds chase them, and erased some demons because of it. No. 6 Winthrop/ Monmouth’s game plan wore down […]

NEWCASTLE Caitlin Kendrick scored the game-winning goal with 16:21 left in regulation as the top-seeded Richmond High School girls soccer team defeated No. 4 Rangeley, 2-0, in a Class D South semifinal at Lincoln Academy on Friday. The Bobcats (11-3-2) will host No. 2 Greenville (12-3-1) in the regional final Wednesday, while the Lakers finished […]

MEDFORD, Mass. The Bowdoin College field hockey team upset second-seeded Tufts, 2-1 in the NESCAC quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (10-6) are seeded seventh and faced a Jumbos team (11-5) that had pinned a 3-0 setback on Bowdoin just three days prior. Alexis Chauvette and Mary Travers earned a two-on-goal 26 minutes into […]

BRUNSWICK Bangor’s Eliza Jansujwicz’s first goal gave the Rams the momentum. Her second one took away Brunswick’s hopes. Jansujwicz had the first two goals in leading third-seeded Bangor to a 3-0 Class A North girls high school soccer semifinal win over No. 2 Brunswick on Saturday. The Rams (12-3-1) will face top-seeded and defending State […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. The San Francisco 49ers have reportedly acquired their quarterback of the future by trading for New England backup Jimmy Garoppolo. ESPN reported Monday that the Niners dealt a 2018 second-round pick to the Patriots for Garoppolo. San Francisco (0-8) had been expected to either draft a quarterback high in the first round […]