SACO – Thornton Academy used an early-season, overtime loss at the hands of Cape Elizabeth to reflect inward on some facets of their game that needed to improve if the Golden Trojans were to defend their Class A state boys’ lacrosse title. Some players played too selfishly, said Thornton coach Ryan Hersey, while others didn’t […]
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Softball: Thornton Academy advances to regional championship in thriller over Noble
SACO – In a matchup between two of the premier softball pitchers in the state, it was the ace who relied on a wild card who got the best of her counterpart. Thornton Academy overcame a three-run deficit in the sixth and starter Olivia Howe used a devastating changeup to escape a seventh-inning rally […]
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Track and field: Flaker, Snyder win New England titles
SACO — Coming down the homestretch of the 200 meters at Thornton Academy’s Hill Stadium, Jarett Flaker of Scarborough thought back to what his coach, Derek Veilleux, had said so many times at practice to the standout junior sprinter. “Put my feet down, don’t lengthen my stride, keep staying smooth.” Flaker did just that as […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Biddeford earns 1st playoff win in program history
BIDDEFORD – Biddeford senior Paige Laverriere spent Friday night at Waterhouse Field commemorating high school graduation with her classmates. Saturday, Laverriere set a Biddeford girls’ lacrosse single-game scoring record with eight goals and celebrated the first playoff win in program history with her teammates on the same field. No. 4 Biddeford (11-2) defeated No. 5 […]
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Lowe’s 2 HRs, Snell’s start carries Rays past Red Sox, 6-1
BOSTON (AP) — Brandon Lowe hardly looks like he has the build of someone that hit two balls as deep as he did in Fenway Park. He even surprised his own team. Lowe hit a pair of solo homers into the center-field bleachers that totaled 890 feet, Blake Snell baffled Boston’s lineup and the Tampa […]
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David Ortiz shot in bar, hospitalized
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo […]
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Class C girls lacrosse: NYA wins OT thriller in Freeport, 17-16
FREEPORT — If you were looking for offense with neither team holding more than a two-goal lead at any point, Saturday’s Class C girls lacrosse quarterfinal between North Yarmouth Academy and Freeport at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field was the place to be. Natalie Farrell took a pass from Helen Hamblett and scored the winning goal […]
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Class B South Softball Quarterfinal: Kulis paces ’Builders
WALES — The stress on Dory Kulis’ face was replaced with a wide smile when the winning pitcher’s Morse High School teammates rushed the circle to congratulate her. Kulis, who crushed a two-run homer in the first inning, notched her eighth strikeout to fend off Oak Hill in the bottom of the seventh inning. Her performance […]
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Class D South Baseball Semifinal: Richmond routs Buckfield to return to D South final
RICHMOND — This wasn’t the same Buckfield squad the Richmond High School baseball team had played three times this season. The Bucks that took the field Friday for the Class D South semifinals struggled with the strike zone, made mistakes in the field and gave Richmond chance after chance to put the game out of reach. […]
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Class C Baseball Semifinal: ’Hounds blow past Mustangs
LISBON — The Monmouth Academy baseball team was on a roll, winners of nine straight contests heading into Saturday’s Class C South semifinal against top-seeded and undefeated Lisbon. The loss for the Mustangs was an 8-3 setback to the Greyhounds May 13, with Monmouth looking for retribution. Instead, it was Lisbon that just kept rolling, earning […]