LISBON – Lisbon’s Noah Austin had exhausted his pitch count and was close to exhausting his right arm when he reached a 1-2 count against Hall-Dale’s Patrick Rush with the tying run standing at second base in the top of the sixth inning of Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference high school baseball showdown. Austin still had enough […]
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Boys’ lacrosse: Biddeford falls short against Marshwood on Senior Night
BIDDEFORD — The second matchup of the season between the Marshwood and Biddeford boys’ lacrosse teams started out eerily similar to its predecessor on Senior Night Thursday at Waterhouse Field. In the first meeting, the Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter but fell 11-9 in a nip-and-tuck affair on April […]
Biddeford standout Mills ‘just has to run’ at Class A championship
BIDDEFORD — When Biddeford outdoor track and field coach Chris Quint took over the program in the winter of 2017, he saw eagerness in distance standout Sam Mills. Mills, who was a sophomore at the time, showed so much fervor that Quint often had to reign in Mills’ training in fear that his runner might […]
Red Sox stop skid with 8-5 win over Yanks
NEW YORK — David Price picked an excellent time to erase his Boston zero in the Bronx. The left-hander finally won at Yankee Stadium for the first time with the Red Sox, backed by early homers from J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts in an 8-5 victory over New York on Sunday night . “It was […]
HS baseball regular season finale: St. Dom’s needs extras to slip by Richmond, 5-4
RICHMOND — With this year’s high school baseball season played under abnormal cool and wet conditions throughout the entire spring, the warm temperatures and bright sun were a welcomed sight on Friday afternoon, even if it was the last game of the regular season. Both St. Dom’s and Richmond liked it enough, they decided to play nine […]
NBA Final: Warriors beat Raptors, 109-104, to even series
TORONTO — The Golden State Warriors relied on a champion’s heart to overcome their weary bodies. Klay Thompson scored 25 points before leaving with a hamstring injury, Stephen Curry had 23 and the Warriors ran off the first 18 points of the second half on the way to a 109-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors on […]
Area roundups: Ridley earns 200th win in Lisbon’s victory
WINTHROP — DJ Douglass pitched five solid innings, and the Lisbon High School baseball team pounded out 14 hits as the Greyhounds rolled to a 10-2 Mountain Valley Conference win over Winthrop on Thursday. The victory gave Lisbon coach Randy Ridley his 200th coaching win and lifted the Greyhounds to a 15-0 mark, with Hall-Dale set […]
HS tennis: Dragons, Eagles fall in tennis quarterfinals
FARMINGTON — Senior Mick Gurney’s remarkable progression over the regular season and gutsy performances by Mt. Blue’s doubles teams came in handy during a Class A North high school tennis quarterfinal Thursday. Gurney prevailed in his singles match, and the doubles teams cashed in on a pair of victories to lead the No. 4 Cougars (9-4) […]
HS softball: ’Hounds pick up big win
WINTHROP — The first batter of the game Thursday, Lisbon’s Giana Russo, roped a hard-hit single into center field. The top four in the Greyhounds’ order then proceeded to go 0 for their next 12, letting the bottom half of the lineup provide any production it could get against Winthrop senior pitcher Layne Audet. But with […]
HS baseball: Mt. Ararat doubles up Dragons, 6-3
Heading into Thursday’s regular season finale against “Battle of the Bridge” foe Mt. Ararat, the Brunswick High School baseball team already had a successful season with seven wins after a combined 3-45 over the previous three seasons. But these Dragons wanted more. With a 7-8 record and hovering around the final playoff berth in the Class A North […]