LISBON Brittany Norman ripped two long triples on Wednesday during a key Mountain Valley Conference high school softball game for her Lisbon Greyhounds. But, it was her lightest hit ball of the game that produced her team’s biggest run, with a sacrifice fly ball off the Lisbon leadoff hitter’s bat scoring teammate Ivy Norris with […]
May 2018
Bowdoin men fall to Panthers in title match
CLAREMONT, Calif. The Bowdoin College men’s tennis team mounted a dramatic rally, but came up just short in a 5-3 loss to Middlebury in the NCAA Division III Championship match on Wednesday afternoon. The Polar Bears finished a phenomenal season with a record of 23-2 as the Panthers were able to get revenge for a […]
Falcons down Flyers
FREEPORT For the Freeport High School girls lacrosse team, the goal all year has been consistent play. The Falcons were able to weather a slow stretch in the first half of Wednesday’s matchup with the Waynflete Flyers to earn a 9-7 Western Maine Conference win. Freeport improved to 6-3 and currently sits in fourth place […]
Celtics stay perfect at home
BOSTON LeBron James is tired. The young Boston Celtics seem to be getting stronger. Rookie Jayson Tatum scored 24 points — his ninth 20-point game of the postseason — and Boston beat Cleveland 96-83 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics held James to two fourth-quarter […]
Brunswick 8th baseball wins
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School baseball team picked up an 11-6 victory over Tripp on Tuesday. The Huskies received a two-run single in the second inning from Kalob Thompson, scoring Declan Lay and Sam Cassidy, who singled. Brunswick broke open a close game with four runs in the fifth and sixth frames. In […]
Brunswick Cal Ripken teams up with ’Dogs
BRUNSWICK — U.S. Cellular recently teamed up with the Portland Sea Dogs to host a Little League Takeover for Brunswick Cal Ripken. U.S. Cellular associates and Sea Dog employees welcomed participants of the Brunswick Cal Ripken organization for a fun minor league baseball experience, including Slugger the Sea Dog and in-game promotions. The event began […]
Small Town Fisheries picks up 2 victories
BATH — Small Point Fisheries went 2-1 in recent Bath Cal Ripken baseball action. A 6-5 loss to Lisbon featured a solid back-and-forth contest. For SPF, Caleb Sommers and Wyatt Rowe led the offense with a double and two singles each. Chase Roth-Wells added two singles. Caleb Mitchell and Gabe Morrison also singled. SPF held […]
Brunswick 8th softball stuns Tripp
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School eighth-grade softball team upset Tripp, 17-9, on Tuesday. Down three, Mia DeSantis entered as relief pitcher in the first inning and went the rest of the way to earn the win. Morgan Foster got the Brunswick offense started with a first-up hit followed by a Kelsey Sullivan triple. […]
’Builders roll past Tigers
GARDINER Morse jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, and pitcher Dory Kulis made the advantage hold up with six shutout innings as the Shipbuilders picked up a 5-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school softball win over Gardiner on Wednesday. Morse improved to 10-4 with its sixth straight win and visits […]
Caps whip Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. Alex Ovechkin lifted the Prince of Wales Trophy, spun around and set it back down on a table. The rest of the Capitals joined him for a team photo after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-0, on Wednesday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, a victory that sent Washington to […]