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National Semifinal Glance: Polar Bears off to ‘Final Four’ in women’s basketball

BRUNSWICK — The NCAA Division III “Final Four” is upon us, and for the second straight season the Bowdoin College Polar Bears are among those last four survivors. After a pair of two-game home weekends, Adrienne Shibles’ squad heads to Salem, Virginia, to face the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies in the opening game, slated […]

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Unified Semifinal: Shipbuilders zone out Greyhounds, 49-28

LISBON — There are nights in basketball when the ball just will not go through the netting. On Tuesday, the Lisbon High School Unified team tried to score against eighth-seeded Morse in a South semifinal matchup, with shot after shot hitting the rim and bounding away, even circling the full 360 degrees of the circular iron […]

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Polar Bear Honors: Bowdoin women’s hoops earn awards

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team has been recognized in regional awards handed out on Monday. Headlining the awards for the Polar Bears were Abby Kelly, who was named Northeast Region Player of the Year by D3hoops.com, and head coach Adrienne Shibles, who was named D3hoops.com Regional Coach of the Year and New England […]

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Red Sox want more: Third baseman Devers is maturing, hoping for increased production

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — After a bad day at the plate last Wednesday, Rafael Devers found J.D. Martinez in the Boston Red Sox locker room. “What did you see?” Devers said after an ugly 0-for-2 day against the Pirates. “Same guy,” Martinez answered. “Swinging at everything.” The door is always open to access Martinez’s wealth of […]

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Marshwood will stay in Class B for football

Defending champion Marshwood High is staying in Class B football after all. The Maine Principals’ Association classification committee changed the enrollment breaks for football at its meeting Monday. In late January, the Class A cutoff was set at 780 students by the MPA football committee. That resulted in Marshwood, Gorham, Noble and Skowhegan moving up […]

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Tigers drop title game

LEWISTON — All season long the Biddeford Tigers were able to overcome a lack of depth with their talented top line and a strong defense — and, of course, their ability to play through fatigue. The shorthanded Tigers’ biggest test would come in Saturday’s Class A boys’ hockey state final as St. Dominic Academy would […]

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Bowdoin rolls on: Back to the Final Four for the Polar Bears

BRUNSWICK — The goal was simple for the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team on Saturday in the Division III “Elite 8” contest inside Morrell Gymnasium. Just two weeks earlier, the Polar Bears watched rival Tufts cut down the nets on their home floor after winning the NESCAC championship. Frankly, according to Bowdoin seniors Abby Kelly and […]