BRUNSWICK Morse High School baseball player Tom Warren admitted that he has had a tough season at the plate. However, it sure didn’t seem like it on Thursday as Warren reached base in all four of his at-bats against Brunswick, stole five bases and scored the winning run in the Shipbuilders’ 4-3 eight-inning victory over […]
May 2018
Indy 500 Sunday
INDIANAPOLIS Ed Carpenter made a major contribution to this year’s Indianapolis 500 when he ensured Danica Patrick would have a car for her farewell race. Now Carpenter looks like a threat to steal the show himself — and what a story that would be. Carpenter is making his presence felt at Indy this year as […]
Wiscasset Speedway beats the rain with full night of action
WISCASSET There was little doubt that rain was going to arrive in Maine late Saturday afternoon. But that didn’t shake the determination of race teams and track officials to get in their scheduled race program. Following their regular practice rounds, the race teams gathered for a meeting and made the decision to skip the qualifying […]
Lisbon boys win 13th straight MVC title
LISBON Lauren Sterling of Mountain Valley woke up on her birthday — Thursday — at 4 a.m. Race days always get her excited, but her seasonlong chase of the Mountain Valley Conference 100-meter hurdle record of 15.94 was coming to an end and the MVC championships was her second-to-last chance to break it. “On the […]
Snell shuts down Red Sox, 6-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Blake Snell had another strong outing against Boston — something that is becoming a regular occurrence for the Tampa Bay lefty. Snell threw six scoreless innings, Wilson Ramos drove in two runs, and the Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Red Sox 6-3 on Thursday night. Snell (6-3) allowed three […]
Kevin Na chips to lead
FORT WORTH, Texas Kevin Na stood over his ball after taking a drop in the rough beside the ninth green following two wayward shots, on his final hole of the day and with a share of the lead in the Fort Worth Invitational at Colonial. As Na looked toward the hole more than 90 feet […]
Club pro shares lead
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. Nevada club professional Stuart Smith admitted sleeping on the lead of the biggest tournament available to him might be a problem. Smith closed his morning round with a double bogey on the par-4 18th, and Scott McCarron, Tim Petrovic, Wes Short Jr., Barry Lane and Peter Lonard matched the 66 in the […]
Lewiston edges Huskies softball
BRUNSWICK — The Lewiston Middle School eighth-grade softball team slipped past Brunswick, 7-6, on Thursday. The Huskies got on the board with a one-run first inning and a three-pitch, three-out defensive start. The next two innings were also three-up, three-down for Brunswick’s defense. Hits by Abby Sharpe, Bri Campbell, Kelsey Sullivan, Blake Austin and Mia […]
Mt. Ararat JV lax falls to Witches
TOPSHAM — Visiting Brewer scored a 7-4 win over Mt. Ararat in a high school jayvee boys lacrosse game on Wednesday. The Eagles (2-7-1) were led by Eli Schoenberg and Noah Blessington with two goals each. Tristan Burch and Brewster Chard had one assist apiece. Playing well for Mt. Ararat were Alister Lopez, Mason Hultman, […]
Strong start powers Morse past Dragons
BRUNSWICK Morse opened up a fourrun lead in the first inning and hung on late for a 7-3 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school softball win over Brunswick on Thursday. The Shipbuilders improved to 11-4 with their seventh straight win and will look for eight in a row on Tuesday at home against Lincoln Academy […]