ATLANTA — Super Bowl Media Night is the NFL’s version of a rock concert, with player interviews rather than music. It’s a Mardi Gras party, complete with the costumes. It’s a slow-motion stampede conducted mostly by quasi-media members or outright impostors. Some Los Angeles Rams players and coach Sean McVay sat at podiums Monday night, […]
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History made: Wells’ Tyler Bridge becomes first Class D player to win prestigious Fitzpatrick Trophy
Tyler Bridge had the best stats of any of the three finalists for the prestigious Fitzpatrick Trophy, but the Wells High School senior also knew he had two decades of history working against him. “I knew I had a decent chance at it, but with two Class A kids going up against me, I was […]
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Wells rolls to win over Lake Region
WELLS — Leading by six at the half, the Wells boys basketball team would pour it on down the stretch and top Lake Region 71-53 on Monday night. Gavyn Leighton put on a show for Wells, putting up 13 points in the third quarter, including three 3-pointers, and 20 overall to help capture the victory […]
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Boys Basketball: Panthers rally to stun Dragons in overtime
BRUNSWICK — Friday night’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference boys high school basketball game was a matchup of two teams in similar, but at the same time, different positions. Medomak Valley entered with a 9-4 record, while Brunswick sat at 7-5. The home-standing Dragons are trying to avoid slipping down into a preliminary round game, entering in […]
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Bowdoin Weekend Wrap: Polar Bears take down Hamilton, 85-51, in women’s basketball
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team had four players in double figures in a 85-51 win over Hamilton on Friday night at Morrell Gymnasium. Bowdoin never trailed, but the teams traded early baskets until an 11-0 Polar Bear run, capped by a layup from Samantha Roy, gave the hosts an 18-6 edge. The Polar […]
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Polar Bear Stunner: A Bowdoin rally to remember
BRUNSWICK — Through all the emotion, with two powers tussling for every basket before a boisterous capacity crowd, one fact was clear Saturday — Bowdoin is still the one. The top-ranked Polar Bears rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat third-ranked Amherst, 65-56, before 1,400 at Morrell Gymnasium. Abby Kelly led Bowdoin with 17 points. […]
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Area Roundups: Brunswick Dragons earn pair of hoop wins
BRUNSWICK — Marley Groat scored a career-high 23 points to power the Brunswick High School girls basketball team to a 66-37 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Messalonskee on Saturday. The Dragons swept a pair of weekend games, rolling to a 45-22 KVAC win over Medomak Valley on Friday, ending with a 14-1 record. Brunswick visits […]
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Wells’ Tyler Bridge wins Fitzpatrick Trophy
Tyler Bridge’s dominant season was too hard to overlook. The senior from Wells High beat out Class A standouts Anthony Bracamonte of Thornton Academy and Zack Elowitch of Portland to become the first player from a Class D school to win the Fitzpatrick Trophy, given annually to the top senior in Maine high school football. […]
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Thornton Academy’s Tommy Palmer wins Gaziano Award
AUGUSTA — Even before he was named a Frank Gaziano Award finalist, Tommy Palmer of Thornton Academy had his sights set on the trophy. “A lot of the guys that won in the past, I’ve looked up to them,” he said. “It’s been a dream of mine since my junior year.” On Saturday at the […]
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Shorthanded Tigers pick up key Class A South victory
BIDDEFORD — The stage was set at the Biddeford Ice Arena for Scarborough to pick up a game on the No. 1 team in the Class A South boys hockey standings. Unfortunately for the Red Storm, the first-place Biddeford Tigers weren’t going to let some adversity slow them down on Saturday afternoon. Biddeford was missing […]