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Area roundups: Falcons, ’Builders earn baseball wins
FREEPORT — Gabe Wagner had three hits and an RBI, Toby Holt hit a two-run double and Anthony Panciocco added an RBI single as the Freeport High School baseball team finally opened its Western Maine Conference season with an 11-5 victory over Lake Region on Thursday. Shea Wagner pitched five innings with six strikeouts and one […]
MPA membership approves 8-man football for this fall
ROCKPORT — Eight-man football will be introduced in Maine this fall after winning approval Thursday morning at the Maine Principals’ Association’s general membership meeting at the Samoset Resort. Thursday’s vote on high school football also reduces Class A, featuring the state’s largest schools, from 14 to eight teams. Six teams that previously played in Class A […]
‘Havlicek stole the ball!’ Boston Celtics great passes at 79
BOSTON – John Havlicek’s legacy was built over 16 years with the Boston Celtics, eight of them as NBA champions, making him among the best to ever play the game. One play immortalized him forever. “Havlicek stole the ball! “Havlicek stole the ball!” Celtics radio announcer Johnny Most screamed, a moment that remains among the famous […]
HS Baseball: Oxford Hills Vikings power past Mt. Ararat Eagles
LEWISTON – Thursday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school baseball game between a pair of unbeaten teams was in the bottom of the first inning, with Mt. Ararat looking to break through in a scoreless game. With Eagles leadoff hitter JD Dionne on with a leadoff walk against Vikings hurler Colton Carson, Mt. Ararat’s Austin Damon […]
Red Sox, Porcello, beat Tigers, 7-3
BOSTON — Six solid innings by Rick Porcello were plenty with Boston’s suddenly resurgent offense hitting more like last year’s World Series champions. Porcello got his first win of the season and the Red Sox continued to climb back from a dreadful start with a 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night. “It’s been […]
Area Roundup: Dragons fall in baseball action
LEWISTON — Hunter Landry drove in two runs with a double and a triple and also was the winning pitcher as Lewiston (3-1) defeated Brunswick (0-3), 8-2, in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school baseball action. Landry took a one-hitter into the seventh inning as he earned his second win of the year. Jack LeBlond and […]
High school boys lacrosse: Brunswick cruises to win over Lewiston, 14-5
LEWISTON — Brunswick’s boys’ lacrosse squad has been hunkered down inside its gym going on four weeks now, only venturing outside for a single practice and its opening win over Gardiner. On Wednesday, the Dragons (2-0) were finally able to get out and run on Lewiston High School’s new turf field and dominated the Blue Devils […]
High school boys lacrosse: Vikings hold off Shipbuilders, 11-7
BATH — The Oxford Hills High School boys’ lacrosse team raced out to an eight-goal lead at the half and held off an energized effort by Morse to come away with its first victory of the season, 11-7, at McMann Field on Wednesday. Both Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference schools are now 1-1. “We’ve come a long […]
High School Softball: Brunswick rally comes up short
LEWISTON – Brunswick trailed Lewiston by seven runs in the fifth inning, and 10 straight Dragons had been retired by Blue Devils starting pitcher Isabelle Cormier. It seemed like Lewiston was going to easily walk off with its first Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school softball win of the season. The Blue Devils did win to […]