LISBON — When Lisbon opened its Mountain Valley Conference regular season at Telstar last Thursday, the Greyhounds came out flat and paid the price in a 4-0 loss to the Rebels. Lisbon, opening its home MVC slate on Tuesday, didn’t have that problem against Wiscasset, scoring three goals in the first nine minutes en route to a […]
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Dragons soccer sweep ‘Battle of the Bridge’
TOPSHAM — In a high school varsity soccer double header Tuesday, Brunswick came to town and took a pair from the Mt. Ararat soccer teams with a 2-0 victory in the boys game, and a 3-1 triumph in the girls game at Riverside Field. It was the first game of the season for both Mt. Ararat teams, while the Brunswick boys improve to […]
Bowdoin College roundup — Bears-Mules all tied up in women’s soccer
BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin College women’s soccer team played 110 minutes of shutout soccer en route to a 0-0 double overtime tie with Colby on Tuesday evening. The Polar Bears are 0-1-1 (0-1-1 NESCAC), while the Mules are 1-1-1 (0-1-1 NESCAC). The two teams tied 1-1 last season. The first serious scoring chance for either team […]
Toronto ends 7-game losing streak
TORONTO — Rowdy Tellez snapped the Toronto Blue Jays out of their longest losing streak of the season with another big home run against Boston. Tellez hit a two-run homer, Cavan Biggio and Reese McGuire added solo shots and the Blue Jays snapped a seven-game slide with a 4-3 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday […]
High School Roundup: Bonny Eagle boys’ soccer slips past Sanford
BOYS’ SOCCER SCARBOROUGH 5, BIDDEFORD 0: Danny Travers scored two goals, and Nate Needle, Zander Haskell and Thomas Donahue also scored as the Red Storm (1-0-1) cruised past the Tigers (0-2) at Scarborough. Evan Kelleher, Peter O’Brien and Kevin Woods each had an assist for the Red Storm, who led 4-1 at halftime. BONNY EAGLE […]
Field Hockey: Lovejoy’s hat trick lifts Biddeford over Cheverus as time expires
BIDDEFORD – Defending Class A state champion Biddeford has emphasized mental toughness throughout the early portion of the high school field hockey season. The Tigers’ focus paid off when it mattered most Tuesday. Carley Lovejoy recorded a hat trick, including the game-winner off a corner play with no time left on the clock, and Biddeford […]
Football: Rare play call leads to wanted result for Biddeford
BIDDEFORD – Leading by six points late in the fourth quarter of its season opener at Massabesic on Friday, Biddeford ran a play that’s not often seen at any level of football. The Tigers faced a 4th and 21 at their own 14-yard line as they clung to a 27-21 lead with 1:57 on the […]
H.S. roundups — Mt. Ararat field hockey slips by Bangor, 2-1
BANGOR — Holly Temple and Belle Hemond scored to lift the Mt. Ararat High School field team to a 2-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Bangor on Monday. The Eagles improved to 1-1 and visits Edward Little today at 4 p.m. The Rams are 0-2. Brea Holtet set up Temple’s goal, while Temple found the […]
H.S. field hockey — Dirigo Cougars blank ’Hounds, 1-0
LISBON — Kailey Hackett weaved through the defense inside the circle, firing a shot to the back of the cage early in the second half for the only score as Dirigo held off a feisty Lisbon surge for a 1-0 Mountain Valley Conference high school field hockey victory on Monday. Goals have been hard to come by in this young season for […]
New York ends Boston’s 3-year run atop AL East
BOSTON — The music blared in the clubhouse behind the door to manager Aaron Boone’s office — “New York, New York” was playing through the speakers, and a few voices could be heard joining in on the lyrics. The New York Yankees had an extra reason to be happy after ending their longtime rivals’ run atop […]