FREEPORT — Freeport and Poland High Schools played to a 5-5 tie in five innings in Western Maine Conference softball on Monday before a brief heavy rainstorm left the field at Hunter Road Fields unplayable and the game was called. “Look at the fields, we can’t continue to play on that, the umpires called it,” Freeport coach Jason Daniel […]
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Golden State beats Blazers, 119-117, in OT for 4-game series sweep
PORTLAND, Ore. – Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors, even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they’ve been through too much to ever think they’re out. “We just really understand what we’re capable of on both sides of the basketball,” Draymond Green said. “We’re never […]
Reading sweeps Sea Dogs
READING, Pa. — Mickey Moniak scored on a groundout in the first inning, leading the Reading Fightin Phils to a 5-4 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Sunday. With the victory, the Fightin’ Phils swept the four-game series. Moniak scored on the play to give the Fightin Phils a 1-0 lead after he reached base […]
Polar Bears fall in NCAA women’s lacrosse tourney
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team saw its season come to an end in an 18-9 loss to Middlebury in the third round of the NCAA Division III Championship Saturday afternoon. The 14th-ranked Polar Bears closed a fantastic season with a record of 10-8. The third-ranked Panthers (19-1) extended the nation’s longest winning […]
Koepka wins PGA Championship
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — His place in PGA Championship history finally secure, Brooks Koepka draped both arms around the top of the Wanamaker Trophy and let out a deep sigh. The stress was more than he wanted. The satisfaction was more than he imagined. Koepka lost all but one shot of his record seven-shot lead Sunday. Then […]
Red Sox snap Astros’ 10-game win streak
BOSTON — Michael Chavis pointed to a young boy in the press box, letting him know how impressed he was that a 5-year-old announced his name so well. Boston’s rookie sparkplug then stepped to the plate and gave the kid something extra to be excited about. Chavis homered on the next pitch after acknowledging the boy, […]
High school boys lacrosse: Oak Hill pulls away from Shipbuilders
WALES — Just when it looked like Morse might get back in the game, the “well-greased machine” that Shipbuilders coach Jay Paulus called Oak Hill/Monmouth/Lisbon pulled away in a big way. The Raiders ended the first half with five straight goals, started the second half with the next four and ran away with a 19-6 boys […]
Area roundups: Taylor pitches Dragons to win
FARMINGTON — Coenradt Taylor tossed a complete game to lead the Brunswick High School baseball team to an 8-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Mt. Blue on Saturday. The Dragons improved to 4-8 and host Messalonskee on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Taylor allowed just one earned run, struck out six, walked five and permitted seven […]
HS baseball: Oak Hill blanks Wiscasset, 10-0
WISCASSET- The Oak Hill High School baseball team traveled to Wiscasset Saturday for a 9 a.m. game, looking to re-gain its winning ways after a set-back to Monmouth a day earlier. The Raiders did just that, scoring runs in five of six innings en route to a 10-0 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Wiscasset. Oak Hill improved […]
Boys Lacrosse Milestone: Glover reaches 300 wins at Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Family, sportsmanship and victory are the cornerstones of the Brunswick High School boys’ lacrosse program, and Friday night on the Bowdoin College turf, the Dragons’ family celebrated a milestone. And earned a critical interclass win. Brunswick overcame a slow start and rode a 7-1 surge to defeat Falmouth, 12-9, giving longtime coach Don Glover […]