WELLS — This time, underdog Oak Hill couldn’t hang around long enough to pull an upset. Undefeated Wells was too strong, as Payton MacKay and Tyler Bridge combined for nearly 400 rushing yards and seven touchdowns, after Oak Hill quarterback Gavin Rawstron suffered a game-ending wrist injury on the first play from scrimmage. The combination […]
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No Quarterback Controversy here: Dual threat for Dragons heading into regional final
BRUNSWICK — A recent run by the Brunswick High School football team, winners of five of its last six games, has the Dragons one win away from a chance to play for another state championship. Tonight, they look to get past the last obstacle to their destination as the Dragons host Lawrence at 7 p.m. in […]
Celtics Stunner: Irving, Celtics rally from 22 down to top Suns in OT
PHOENIX — When their shots finally started to fall, the Boston Celtics couldn’t be stopped. Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Boston rallied from a 22-point deficit for a 116-109 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Irving scored Boston’s first six points in the […]
Thursday Night NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers rip Panthers, 52-21
PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger’s first pass went for a touchdown. His last did the same. And in between the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and his red-hot team put together systematic 52-21 dismantling of Carolina on Thursday night that left little doubt about their depth and their talent regardless of whether Le’Veon Bell ever shows up for work […]
The Other Side: Vrabel gets 1st crack coaching against Belichick, Patriots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Vrabel won three Super Bowl rings over eight seasons with the New England Patriots. He even caught eight passes — all for touchdowns and all thrown by Tom Brady. Then Bill Belichick traded the linebacker away to Kansas City in 2009. “We didn’t talk for a couple months, maybe a year,” Vrabel […]
Trojans to face Red Storm with trip to state title game on the line
SACO — The Thornton Academy football team rolled to a 35-13 win over rival Scarborough last month, but the Golden Trojans know that game won’t mean anything when the two teams meet in Saturday’s Class A South championship game. “We know it’s going to be a heck of a football game. We’re very similar teams. […]
Warriors look to keep rolling in regional final
WELLS — After completing a perfect regular season and rolling past Poland (49-14) and Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale (41-22) in the opening rounds of the playoffs, the Wells Warriors are looking to keep it rolling when they host the Class D South regional final tonight. The No. 1 Wells football team is no stranger to regional championship games. […]
CBB Football: A chance at greatness for Bowdoin College football
BRUNSWICK — It was a long 24 games. For the Bowdoin College football team, a losing streak that began at the beginning of the 2016 season came to a halt on Saturday, and quite frankly it was at the perfect time. The Polar Bears downed rival Bates, 31-14, in the first night football game at the […]
Former Patriot: Tennessee Titans’ Butler struggling, now a target in pass defense
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans cornerback Malcolm Butler knows why he has struggled so much that opposing quarterbacks keep picking on him. “Just got to be more detailed and more disciplined on those little things,” Butler said Wednesday. “I threw that last eight weeks behind me, and I got a whole ‘nother eight weeks to try to […]
‘We made him proud’
I wasn’t able to make it to last weekend’s Class A field hockey state championship contest as I was covering a playoff football game, but I was following along closely as the Biddeford Tigers captured their first title since 1990. When I looked on Twitter and saw the final score flash across my phone, the […]
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