BATH It took all 48 minutes for this game to be decided, as Gardiner goalie Noah Keene stopped a Mason Savory shot as time expired to preserve a 7-6 win over Morse in a boys Class B high school lacrosse preliminary game at McMann Field on Wednesday. “That was right down to the end, we […]

LISBON Lisbon hadn’t dwelled on its predicament while clawing back from a 6-1 deficit in Wednesday’s Class C South high school softball quarterfinal, so Carly Drischler saw no point in dragging it out any longer once the Greyhounds had tied the game. Drischler ripped the first pitch she saw into center field for a two-out […]

AUGUSTA It was a tale of two halves Wednesday in a Class B girls lacrosse high school playoff preliminary between No. 8 Cony and No. 9 Brunswick. Check that. It was the tale of a half of a half. After quickly trailing 4-0, the Rams took a timeout, took a breath, and began to fight, […]

WATERVILLE The pressure mounted on Court 2 at Colby College on Wednesday in the girls high school tennis Class A North regional final. Brunswick No. 2 singles player Lea Scrapchansky and Lewiston’s Julia Svor were locked in a back-and-forth battle, neither willing to give an inch even as matches on both sides of them ended. […]

BATH Scoring goals wins games. Preventing them does as well. The Mt. Ararat High School boys lacrosse team played to its strength, using solid defense and ball control to come away with a 9-3 victory in a Class B preliminary game played at the McMann Field Complex. Seventh-seeded Mt. Ararat will travel to Brunswick on […]

PORTLAND Jayson Aquino allowed just two hits over six innings, and Luis Gonzalez was also effective on the mound, as the Bowie Baysox shut down the Portland Sea Dogs in a 7-1 Eastern League baseball win on Tuesday. Aquino (3-2) allowed one run while striking out six and walking two to pick up the win. […]

PORTLAND It’s almost showtime. The Varsity Maine Awards — the high-energy show celebrating the best in high school athletics from across the state — will be held June 26 at Hannaford Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s campus in Portland. And we are proud to announce the finalists in the award categories. They represent […]

FREEPORT Gray-New Gloucester High School senior baseball player Will Shufelt hoped that he might make a difference when his Patriots met sixth-seeded Freeport in a Class B South preliminary contest on a chilly Tuesday. The righty certainly did, igniting a five-run second inning with a leadoff double and closing down the Falcons offense with a […]