LISBON — Lisbon broke a 2-2 tie with Mountain Valley with four runs in the bottom of the six as the Greyhounds pulled away for a 6-2 victory in Mountain Valley Conference baseball action on Monday. Lucas Francis capped the scoring with a two-run double in the sixth, his second base hit of the game. The […]
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High school baseball: Freeport Falcons take down Wells, 5-1
FREEPORT – When a coach watches the first three batters of the game reach via a walk, error and hit batsman, they are able to see what their starter is made up of, to see if the hurler can reach back, recompose himself and get back on track. That was the case Monday afternoon as […]
HS Softball: Lisbon rolls by Mountain Valley
LISBON – The Lisbon High School softball team waited a long time to get its first game in. For Greyhound junior Giana Russo, finally playing a varsity sport again was special and worth the wait. Lisbon jumped on Mountain Valley for 12 first-inning runs, started by a Russo RBI single, and the Greyhounds added five more […]
Area high school roundups: Greely runs past ’Builders in girls’ lacrosse
CUMBERLAND — The Greely High School girls’ lacrosse team darted out to an early lead and downed Morse, 16-4, on Saturday. The Rangers led 10-3 at the half. Brooke Clement tallied four goals and three assists in the win, while Sam Goldburg picked up three goals and an assist. Adding two goals each were Elsa Dean-Muncie, […]
Bogaerts’ double highlights 6-run rally; Red Sox beat A’s
BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts found a way to neutralize Oakland’s dynamic center fielder. Bogaerts hit a tying two-run double that sailed over the head of Ramón Laureano, who made a bad read during a six-run third inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 9-4 on Monday night. When Oakland took three of four from […]
Pedroia could start rehab assignment Thursday in Portland
BOSTON — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will likely begin an injury rehabilitation assignment Thursday at Double-A Portland to test his balky, surgically-repaired left knee that caused him to miss all but three games last season. The 35-year-old started this season on the injured list and played in just six games before leaving an […]
Celtics roll past Bucks in opener, 112-90
MILWAUKEE — Al Horford stood his ground as Giannis Antetokounmpo charged his way. Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks’ MVP candidate, desperately wanted to provide a spark and cut into a second-half lead against Horford’s Boston Celtics in the opener of a second-round playoff series on Sunday. He drove hard into the lane, quickly switched directions and tried […]
HS Baseball: Lisbon rolls past Boothbay
KENTS HILL – The early spring weather has not been kind to high school sports teams so far. The Lisbon High School baseball team managed to get in its second Mountain Valley Conference game out of four scheduled on Saturday, but had to travel an hour north to Kents Hill to play its home opener against […]
Sale drops to 0-5 as Rays beat Sox, 5-2
BOSTON _ Chris Sale is still searching for answers — and a victory, too. The Boston Red Sox ace remained winless in six starts this season, giving up Daniel Robertson’s two-run homer in the first inning and Yandy Diaz’s two-run triple in the second during a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. “I […]