SACO — The No. 7 Thornton Academy girls tennis team cruised to an opening round win over No. 10 Marshwood as the Golden Trojans picked up a 5-0 sweep over the Hawks in the Class A South playoffs on Tuesday. Emma Nassif, Cordelia Perry and Brianna Paul all earned singles wins for Thornton Academy, which […]
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Mt. Ararat’s Mao falls in tennis semis
PORTLAND Mt. Ararat High School senior Peter Mao spent the last three seasons watching former Eagles tennis teammate Nick Mathieu advance to the Maine Principals Association Schoolboys tennis title match. This year, the Cornell University bound Mao had his chance and he ran with it, moving through the talented field and into Monday’s semifinal at […]
’Hounds roll past Rebels
LISBON Mallory Fairbanks drove in five runs to power the Lisbon High School softball team to a 17-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Telstar on Friday. The Greyhounds scored early and often, putting four runs in the first, seven in the second, four more in the third and two in the fourth to bring on […]
Lisbon slips by Winthrop
LISBON A lot of times in the game of baseball, it’s all about making the most of your opportunities. Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference clash between Lisbon and Winthrop was no different. The Greyhounds took advantage of three first inning walks and stole an unearned run in the fourth to slip past the Ramblers, 2-1 in […]
Bowdoin’s Urken wins national title
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 […]
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 […]