BRUNSWICK — Brunswick won its second game of the season as the Dragons defeated Lincoln Academy, 7-3, in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school softball game on Tuesday. Shea Sullivan went the distance for the victory, limiting the Eagles to three hits while striking out nine. Sullivan opened the scoring in the first inning as […]
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High school roundups: Lisbon pulls away for 6-2 baseball win
LISBON — Lisbon broke a 2-2 tie with Mountain Valley with four runs in the bottom of the six as the Greyhounds pulled away for a 6-2 victory in Mountain Valley Conference baseball action on Monday. Lucas Francis capped the scoring with a two-run double in the sixth, his second base hit of the game. The […]
High school baseball: Freeport Falcons take down Wells, 5-1
FREEPORT – When a coach watches the first three batters of the game reach via a walk, error and hit batsman, they are able to see what their starter is made up of, to see if the hurler can reach back, recompose himself and get back on track. That was the case Monday afternoon as […]
HS Softball: Lisbon rolls by Mountain Valley
LISBON – The Lisbon High School softball team waited a long time to get its first game in. For Greyhound junior Giana Russo, finally playing a varsity sport again was special and worth the wait. Lisbon jumped on Mountain Valley for 12 first-inning runs, started by a Russo RBI single, and the Greyhounds added five more […]
Area roundups: Falcons, ’Builders earn baseball wins
FREEPORT — Gabe Wagner had three hits and an RBI, Toby Holt hit a two-run double and Anthony Panciocco added an RBI single as the Freeport High School baseball team finally opened its Western Maine Conference season with an 11-5 victory over Lake Region on Thursday. Shea Wagner pitched five innings with six strikeouts and one […]
MPA membership approves 8-man football for this fall
ROCKPORT — Eight-man football will be introduced in Maine this fall after winning approval Thursday morning at the Maine Principals’ Association’s general membership meeting at the Samoset Resort. Thursday’s vote on high school football also reduces Class A, featuring the state’s largest schools, from 14 to eight teams. Six teams that previously played in Class A […]
Girls Lacrosse: Yarmouth Clippers drop Freeport Falcons, 14-7
YARMOUTH — Ehryn Groothoff, Annabelle Lowenstein and Abi Thornton each scored four goals as Yarmouth doubled up Freeport, 14-7, in girls high school lacrosse action on Tuesday. Anna Thornton had a goal and a pair of assists for Yarmouth, while Natalie Teare added a goal and an assist. Margaret Perrotta had three goals to lead the […]
Girls high school lacrosse: Freeport opens season with 15-3 win over Fryeburg
FREEPORT — April’s latest snow melted away by midday on Thursday, and before the afternoon sun set, Freeport opened its 2019 season with a dominating 15-3 victory over Fryeburg Academy in girls high school lacrosse action at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field. The Falcons received goals from 10 different scorers while outshooting the Raiders, 25-10 […]
Maine high school football: Only 8 teams in Class A football
The Maine Principals’ Association has changed course in its plans for high school football this fall by sharply reducing the number of teams in Class A. Only the eight largest schools in Maine, with enrollments over 950 students, will be categorized as Class A. There will not be separate geographic regions. In recent years, Class […]