BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College junior Grant Urken has won the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis singles championship, becoming the first Polar Bear tennis player to win an individual national championship in school history. Urken accomplished the feat with an impressive straight-set 6-3, 6-2 win over Jack Katzman of Claremont- Mudd-Scripps in the finals of the tournament […]
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Patriots edge Freeport, 4-3
FREEPORT The schedule facing the Gray-New Gloucester High School baseball team coming into the week was daunting, with Wells, York and Freeport on the slate. With the Patriots clinging to the 11th and final Class B South playoff spot, a tough week might have meant doom. Instead, Gray-NG put together two solid wins, a 5-3 […]
Dragons top Mt. Ararat
BRUNSWICK The Mt. Ararat High School girls lacrosse team had just come off a pair of victories heading into Friday’s game with Brunswick, while the Dragons were on a two-game skid themselves. None of that mattered in the latest “Battle of the Bridge” match between the two rivals. It took extra time to decide the […]
Eagles place third in KVAC track meets
TOPSHAM The wet conditions at Saturday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships may have not been ideal, but that didn’t stop hundreds of athletes from showing off their skills with their peers from around the conference. After hosting meets for 45 years, the meet marked the last to be held at the current […]
GOLDEN GRACE
PORTLAND — Indoor tennis in late May always carries with it an antiseptic air, absent sun and wind and noise from passing traffic. On Monday afternoon inside the Racket & Fitness Center, yet another element was missing: partisanship. Both girls and boys championship matches of the Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament pitted teammates against […]
Thornton Academy captures SMAA track titles
SACO — When the Thornton Academy girls’ track and field team trailed by 17 points heading into the last few events of the SMAA championships Saturday, coach Lisa Huntress wasn’t worried. “For us, it’s always that way,” Huntress said. “But we know we’re going to pack a punch at the end.” The Trojans’ depth in […]
Strong showing for Warriors at WMC meet
NAPLES — The Wells High School track and field teams put together a strong showing on Saturday at the Western Maine Conference Division II championships. The Wells boys finished in third place behind champion York and second-place Sacopee Valley, while the WHS girls were second behind champion Poland. The Old Orchard Beach boys were 13th […]
Trojans hand Mustangs another 1-run loss
SACO — If it wasn’t for bad luck, the Massabesic baseball team would have no luck at all. The Mustangs’ tough-luck season continued on Saturday morning as they dropped their eighth one-run game — this time a 5-4 loss to host Thornton Academy in eight innings. “This is our third game in a row […]
Mustangs rally on Senior Night
WATERBORO — Gorham senior pitcher Grace McGouldrick has been known to take over a softball game — both with her arm and with a bat in her hands. On Friday afternoon it would be another senior pitcher that would steal the show. Massabesic’s Cayleigh Morris allowed just six hits in the circle and would drive […]
Locals still alive in state tennis tourney
PORTLAND — The Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament kicked off on Friday at Deering Oaks Park in Portland and three local players are still alive heading into the second day. Kennebunk/Wells’ Rosemary Campanella and Grace Campanella are the top two seeds in the girls tournament and both standouts dominated their only match on Friday. […]
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