BATH — For the first time in their coaching careers, Tom Maines and son TJ Maines were on opposite benches for a high school basketball game. When all was said and done, the younger Maines’ squad showed why they’re competing for the top spot in Class A North. After missing their first eight shots, the Rams […]
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Boys Basketball: Freeport rolls past Wells, 67-35
FREEPORT — Freeport entered Tuesday’s Senior Night facing a fellow Class B South opponent fighting for playoff positioning. The Wells Warriors entered the game one spot behind the sixth-place Falcons. Freeport didn’t leave the spot up for grabs, jumping out to a 16-5 lead after one quarter and running away with a 67-35 Western Maine Conference boys […]
Boys Basketball: Red Eddies run past Brunswick Dragons
AUBURN — Edward Little star forward Wol Maiwen entered Tuesday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference game against Brunswick needing just nine points to reach 1,000 in his career. After scoring eight in the first half and nearly reaching the milestone on a fade-away jumper from the baseline at the halftime buzzer, Maiwen reached up and tipped an […]
Area Roundups: Brunswick Dragons pull out 50-39 win over EL
BRUNSWICK — Alexis Guptil scored a team-high 12 points, Charlotte MacMillan had 10 points, eight assists and four steals, and the Brunswick High School girls basketball team hit 11-of-13 at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 50-39 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Edward Little on Tuesday The Dragons improved […]
High School Roundup: Biddeford’s Edgerton scores career high in final home game
BIDDEFORD — Biddeford standout Carter Edgerton scored a career-high 24 points in his final home game and sophomore Ashton Crowell put up 25 as the Tigers picked up the 70-59 victory over Noble on Tuesday night. Edgerton was honored before the game for breaking a school record for most career varsity games played with 74. […]
Column: New England Patriots dynasty lives on
BRUNSWICK — The talk throughout the NFL season was offense. High-scoring contests were the rage, and heading into Super Bowl 53, most thought the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams were going to light up the scoreboard. Not so fast. Defense made a return, as the Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl in the Bill […]
Area Roundups: Bowdoin College men’s squash sixth
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College men’s squash team was eliminated from the main bracket and finished sixth overall at the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship this past weekend at Middlebury College. The Polar Bears (6-8) advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Williams, 8-1, on Saturday. Bowdoin rebounded to beat Tufts, 8-1, […]
Boys Basketball: Phoenix snap out of it, dismiss Greyhounds
JAY — Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey immediately recognized the signs that his Phoenix were suffering from some kind of hangover in a boys’ Mountain Valley Conference high school basketball game against Lisbon on Monday night. According to Bessey, his team appeared to be in a euphoric haze after beating Mountain Valley the other night, but […]
Retirement: Is Patriots tight end Gronk finished?
ATLANTA — Rob Gronkowski rumbled down the field, got past two defenders and hauled in the football to set up New England’s go-ahead touchdown. If this was the farewell performance for the Patriots tight end, he went out in playmaking style. Was it his biggest catch ever? “You tell me,” Gronkowski said after New England’s 13-3 […]
Spring Training Vibes: Red Sox equipment truck departs for Florida
BOSTON — On the same day the New England Patriots returned home from their sixth Super Bowl victory, the Boston Red Sox equipment truck departed for Florida for spring training. The truck left Fenway Park at about noon Monday for the 1,480-mile trip to the club’s spring training home on Fort Myers. Al Hartz, of Milford, […]
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