SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland football team got two big touchdowns from Logan Gaddar and a strong rushing performance from Joey DIBiase to top Sanford 33-13 in a Class A West quarterfinal game in South Portland on Saturday. The win moves the Red Riots into the semifinals where they will take on Thornton Academy […]
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FOOTBALL: Scarborough falls to undefeated Cheverus
PORTLAND- In the opening round of Class A football playoffs on Saturday, the Scarborough Red Storm ran up against a rock solid Cheverus team and lost 35-7. With Spencer Cooke sidelined with a broken foot, junior running back Donald Goodrich stepped up and carried a load of the Cheverus running game. Connor McCann caught a […]
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Cape Elizabeth beats Greely, 21-9
The Cape Elizabeth Capers advanced in the Western Class B football playoffs with a quarterfinal win over Greely, 21-9, at home Friday night. All of Cape’s touchdowns were scored by their oversized running back, senior Andrew Lavallee, who powered up the middle and into the end zone on runs of four, six and five yards. […]
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Local high school playoff updates
Boys soccer Wednesday’s results Greely 0 @ Scarborough 1 South Portland 0 @ Gorham 2 Scarborough advances to Class A semifinals to face No. 4 Gorham on Saturday at Scarborough High School at 3 p.m. Cape Elizabeth 0 @ Windham 5 Windham advances to the Class A semifinals to face No. 6 Cheverus on Saturday […]
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Five vie for two new Cumberland County commissioner seats
With the proposed renovations to the Cumberland County Civic Center getting most of the county voter’s attention this election cycle, residents will need to pay attention to another countywide ballot issue: the election of two new commissioners. Operating with three commissioners for decades, the board of commissioners is increasing representation to five representatives starting in […]
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Three vie for new Cumberland County district seat
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – The Cumberland County ballot is a busy one this November. In addition to the proposed renovations to the Cumberland County Civic Center, voters will also elect county commissioners in two newly created districts. After operating with three commissioners for decades, the board of commissioners is increasing to five representatives starting in January. […]
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FOOTBALL: Riots begin title quest
SOUTH PORTLAND – It’s go time. With the regular season finally completed, the South Portland Red Riots (6-2) cruise into the Class A football playoffs as the third overall seed in the West, securing that spot with a big 20-7 win over rival Portland on Friday night. In the latest installment of the “Battle of […]
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Capers to take on Rangers in Class B football quarterfinals
CAPE ELIZABETH – The No. 3 Cape Elizabeth football team (6-2) will open the Class B West playoffs by hosting No. 6 Greely (5-3) at Hannaford Field this Friday night at 7 p.m. The Capers enter the playoffs limping both figuratively and literally. In the regular season finale, the Capers dropped a 20-14 decision to […]
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Etched in stone
SOUTH PORTLAND – Beneath a brilliant, blue sky, with bagpipes and a full Color Guard to lead the way, 40 South Portland firefighters marched into the Forest City Cemetery this past Sunday. The firefighters, each in full dress, stopped and saluted in unison before a small, simple stone. A handful of retirees nearby stood at […]
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LOOKING BACK – Oct. 25, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Oct. 25, 2001 Scarborough’s police and fire departments have dealt with several suspicious packages in town, and though they have not yet encountered anthrax spores, they […]