THE SUMMER MT. ARARAT BASEBALL CAMP sponsored by the Topsham Parks and Recreation Department held its week-long event at Crosby Field at Foreside Recreational Facility in Topsham.
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Brunswick falls in 11U regional final
WATERVILLE — The Brunswick 11U Cal Ripken team was hoping its storybook run would have a fitting finish. Instead, Chelmsford, Massachusetts wrote a special ending of its own. Chelmsford took the New England title, its first, at Purnell Wrigley Field Thursday with an 11-1 victory over Brunswick in five innings. “It’s awesome. We have a special […]
Red Sox pound Yankees, 19-3
BOSTON — Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts had some special guests in town to see Boston open a critical series against the AL East-leading New York Yankees. They got to the park too late to see his three-run homer in the first inning. So Bogaerts hit another — a solo shot in the eighth to give […]
Celtics purchase Maine Red Claws
PORTLAND — The Boston Celtics announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement to purchase the Maine Red Claws, reflecting a trend that has seen NBA teams buy their minor league affiliates. The teams have been affiliated since the Red Claws’ inaugural season in 2009-10. In 2012, the Celtics became the team’s sole affiliate, assuming control […]
11U Regional Baseball: Brunswick outlasts Andy Valley
WATERVILLE — First, Nate Eggerling kept the Brunswick 11U team’s chances alive with his arm. Then he helped win the game with his bat. Eggerling tripled in the top of the ninth and scored on a groundout by Liam Scholl, then pitched a clean bottom of the ninth to lift Brunswick to a 6-5 victory over […]
Wooden Bat Baseball: Cockburns no-hit Falmouth
FREEPORT — One of the scariest things for a baseball hitter is when a pitch comes up and in near the head. Many things, most bad, often happen. An up-and-in pitch to Freeport’s Heath Cockburn did damage earlier in the CM Mortgage Wooden Bat League season, with Cockburn struck in the face, requiring him to miss […]
Maine Women’s Amateur Golf: Laplume pulls away to win title
KENNEBUNK — It didn’t take long for Jordan Laplume to realize Wednesday was going to be a good day. The second hole, actually. Coming off an opening bogey, Laplume sank a 30-foot putt for a birdie, jump-starting her to a runaway victory at the 2019 Maine Women’s Amateur at Webhannet Golf Club. Laplume, an 18-year-old from […]
Red Sox-Rays Finale: Tampa slips past Boston, 3-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A marquee pitching matchup between Charlie Morton and David Price was overshadowed by the MLB rulebook. Morton struck out 11 over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating Price and Boston 3-2 in a game that the Red Sox protested on Wednesday. Confusion reigned in the […]
Eastern League Baseball: Frustrating loss for ’Dogs
PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs pounded 13 hits but went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position in a 3-2 Eastern League baseball loss to the Hartford Yard Goats at Hadlock Field on Wednesday afternoon. Twelve of the hits were singles, with Joey Curletta’s leadoff double in the sixth inning the lone extra-base hit for the […]
Patriots move on: Life without ‘Gronk’
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are back at work, and things are already a lot quieter. Rob Gronkowski has retired, and the locker room is a more serious place without the fun-loving tight end who once declared himself the life of the party — in garbled Spanish, no less. “There’s only […]
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