GRAY Gray-New Gloucester knew the Freeport press was coming. The visiting Falcons’ plan worked for the first eight minutes of Tuesday night’s girls high school basketball game, but eventually, the half-court game took over. The Patriots used a dominant second quarter and lock-down defense to pull away and remain undefeated with a 64-33 Western Maine […]

LEWISTON Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference rivals Lewiston and Brunswick won’t get to play each other during the state basketball tournament in late February, with the Blue Devils classified in AA North and the Dragons slotted into Class A South. That’s a shame, but at least the two fan bases got to see the matchup at […]

BOOTHBAY Kyle Ames led three players in double figures as Boothbay held on for a 59-55 Mountain Valley Conference win over Wiscasset on Tuesday. The Wolverines fell to 5-3 and host Dirigo on Thursday at 7 p.m., while the Seahawks improved to 5-2. Boothbay jumped out to a 23-16 first-quarter lead and led 36-23 at […]

BATH — The Morse High School girls jayvee basketball squad improved its record to 2-4 with a 37-20 victory over Leavitt on Friday. The Shipbuilders, who led 10-5, 16-12 and 26-16 at the quarter breaks, were paced by Marija Mendenica, who scored a game-high 19 points. Dory Kulis notched seven, Abby Sreden four and Ali […]

SAN ANTONIO Kawhi Leonard had 25 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 and San Antonio held Toronto to its lowest score of the season in a 110- 82 victory on Tuesday. San Antonio dominated a matchup of teams with the second-best record in each conference, leading by as many as 34 points. Leonard and Aldridge combined […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio Cam Atkinson and William Karlsson scored power-play goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to 16 games — one away from the longest ever in the NHL. Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets, who can tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh […]

LAWRENCE, Kan. Svi Mykhailiuk went the length of the court and threw in a finger-tip layup as the buzzer sounded to give No. 3 Kansas a 90-88 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday night. Josh Jackson matched a career high with 22 points to go with nine rebounds and six assists, and Landen Lucas added […]