FREEPORT — It’s not often that a brother and sister can compete in a high school team sport together. Such is the case with Molly and T.J. Whelan of Freeport High School. The siblings play together on the golf team, which will compete for the State Class B championship on Saturday at Natanis Golf Course in […]
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AL Wildcard: Diaz, Morton lead Rays past Athletics, 5-1
OAKLAND, Calif. — When he got to second base, Yandy Diaz stole a glance back toward the dugout and saw all his teammates going crazy. He gleefully kept running. Out for two months, no matter. Diaz slugged baseball’s lowest spender into a playoff matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, […]
Area Roundups: Page’s first goals lifts Bowdoin past Endicott
BRUNSWICK — Katherine Page scored a pair of second-half goals to lead the Bowdoin College women’s soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Endicott on Tuesday afternoon. The Polar Bears extended their winning streak to four games and improved to 4-4-1 while Endicott fell to 6-4. After the opening five minutes, Bowdoin controlled the pace of […]
KVAC Golf Qualifier: Mt. Ararat’s Manuel sets record at KVAC qualifier, Eagles repeat
VASSALBORO — Nothing was going to stop Mt. Ararat High School senior Caleb Manuel. Not even a little rain. Manuel shot a 63 to lead all golfers Tuesday at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference golf qualifier at Natanis Golf Course. The mark not only beat the cut to qualify for the individual state championships Oct. 12 […]
Boys high school soccer — NYA silences Richmond, 1-0
RICHMOND — Freshman Rogers Crowley headed in a goal in the ninth minute of the second half and it stood as the game’s only score as North Yarmouth Academy slipped past Richmond, 1-0, in Class D boys high school soccer action on Tuesday. Richmond suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 5-1. NYA improved to 2-5-2 with […]
Boys Soccer: Eagles defend hard in 2-1 loss to Lewiston
TOPSHAM — Some might say packing in the defense and simply clearing the ball out of danger is a boring brand of soccer. For more than 40 minutes, Mt. Ararat’s defensive efforts against two-time defending State Class A boys high school soccer champion Lewiston was nearly perfect and far from boring for the Eagles. But the talented Blue Devils […]
WNBA Championship: Jones helps Sun even series as Delle Donne exits for Mystics
WASHINGTON — The Connecticut Sun know they’ll get to play two games at home. The Washington Mystics hope to have Elena Delle Donne back for both of them. Jonquel Jones scored 32 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and the Sun took advantage of Delle Donne’s early injury exit to beat the Mystics 99-87 in Game 2 […]
NL Baseball Wildcard: Nationals rally past Brewers, 4-3
WASHINGTON — After all the heartache and close calls, all the early exits, maybe it makes sense that a 20-year-old kid who never had been to the postseason, Juan Soto, would help the Washington Nationals finally advance. And maybe, just maybe, it makes sense that it would be this particular edition of the Nationals, a club […]
A year after World Series win, Red Sox looking forward
BOSTON — Getting under baseball’s luxury tax threshold next year “is a goal, but not a hard-and-fast mandate,” Boston Red Sox team president Sam Kennedy said Monday, a day after the defending World Series champions finished the season out of the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Three days after owner John Henry said “we […]
HS roundups — Fitzpatrick goal lifts Eagles past Vikings
SOUTH PARIS – Wyley Fitzpatrick scored early in the second half to lift the Mt. Ararat High School field hockey team to a 1-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Oxford Hills on Monday. Hannah Huston and Brea Holtet made key passes leading to the game-winning goal off a penalty corner. Goaltender Emma Lapreziosa had 12 […]
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