2019 – Page 2909 – The Portland Press Herald

HS baseball: Vachon sharp as Bobcats top Bereans, 15-1

by Travis Barrett / Kennebec Journal May 8, 2019November 20, 2019

RICHMOND — Justin Vachon had trouble remembering if he had struck out seven consecutive batters before Tuesday. Then again, there’s been a lot of things this spring nobody’s experienced before. Backed by Richmond’s highest-scoring output of the young season, the junior Vachon pitched a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts and the Bobcats cruised to a 15-1 win […]

HS girls lacrosse: Falcons subdue Seahawks, 19-9

by The Times Record May 8, 2019November 20, 2019

BOOTHBAY — Molly Whelan, Meredith Feller and Margaret Perrotta had three goals apiece to power Freeport to a 19-9 victory over Boothbay on Monday in girls high school lacrosse action. Whelan dished out two assists, with Paige Rinaldi, Savannah Tracy and Allison Greuel pitching in two goals each. Picking up one goal each were Maggie Ryan, […]

Times Record, Times Record Sports

Area briefs: Bath Middle school baseball wins, Bowdoin tennis teams to host regionals

May 8, 2019May 14, 2019

Pierce receives LEC track honor GORHAM — The Little East Conference announced its final set of weekly men’s track and field honors Monday afternoon with University of Southern Maine sophomore Zach Hoyle being selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, and the Huskies’ 4 x 400-meter relay squad being picked as the Relay of […]

Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Falmouth planners give councilors ‘discretion’ on zoning fix

by Kate Irish Collins May 8, 2019July 1, 2019

FALMOUTH — The Planning Board showed a preference Tuesday for a complete rollback of dimensional standards to pre-2016 requirements in the Residential A zone. But the board also recommended the Town Council consider a proposal by the Long Range Planning Advisory Committee to increase lot sizes in RA, while keeping some of the changes allowed by […]

Times Record, Times Record Sports

Moreland homers, has 3 RBIs, Sox beat O’s, 8-5

by DAVID GINSBURG / The Associated Press May 8, 2019November 20, 2019

BALTIMORE — J.D. Martinez got back to into a long-ball groove with a milestone homer that set the tone for Boston’s potent offense. Martinez hit his 200th career home run, Xander Bogaerts added a solo shot and Mitch Moreland capped the power surge with a three-run drive that carried the Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles […]

Times Record, Times Record Sports

Commentary: End appears near for Irving, Celtics

by BY KEVIN MCNAMARA / The Providence Journal May 8, 2019November 20, 2019

BOSTON — Did Boston Celtics fans just witness the final home game for Kyrie Irving in a Boston uniform? That’s looking more likely by the day, if not the hour. After putting forth all sorts of effort but precious little execution, Irving and the Celtics fell short against the confident Milwaukee Bucks for the third straight […]