FREEPORT — April’s latest snow melted away by midday on Thursday, and before the afternoon sun set, Freeport opened its 2019 season with a dominating 15-3 victory over Fryeburg Academy in girls high school lacrosse action at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field. The Falcons received goals from 10 different scorers while outshooting the Raiders, 25-10 […]
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Devers’ walk-off hit in 9th lifts Red Sox over Jays,7-6
BOSTON — Rafael Devers’ game-winning hit in the ninth inning that gave the Boston Red Sox their first home victory of the season was never in doubt. The same can’t be said of Ted Williams’ claim to the longest homer in Fenway Park history. Devers hit an high-bouncing RBI single with one out in the ninth […]
Golf’s First Major: Koepka, DeChambeau share Masters lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. — No need to wait until Sunday for the Masters to come to life. Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson delivered enough excitement over the final two hours Thursday for quite an opening act at Augusta National. Koepka, a winner in two of the last three majors, ran off four straight birdies in […]
Mt. Ararat High School continues to play home games in the community
TOPSHAM — Despite the wet white stuff falling over the region in recent days, the high school spring sports season is scheduled to get underway this week. Most of the action this week involves play on local tennis courts, but soon hereafter, teams will hit the fields in baseball, softball, lacrosse and track. As construction began […]
Maine high school football: Only 8 teams in Class A football
The Maine Principals’ Association has changed course in its plans for high school football this fall by sharply reducing the number of teams in Class A. Only the eight largest schools in Maine, with enrollments over 950 students, will be categorized as Class A. There will not be separate geographic regions. In recent years, Class […]
Bowdoin Roundup: Polar Bears roll past Colby, 12-7, in women’s lacrosse
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team jumped to an early lead and never looked back in a comfortable 12-7 win over Colby on Wednesday evening at Ryan Field. The 14th-ranked Polar Bears continued to roll, winning their fifth straight game and improving to 7-4 (4-3 NESCAC). Three of those five wins have come against […]
Spieth hopeful Masters memories can help him end slump at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods is a winner again, making him even more appealing at the Masters. “I’ve worked my way back into one of the players that can win events,” he said. Rory McIlroy is the betting favorite — perhaps even the sentimental favorite. Facing a fifth chance at completing the career Grand Slam at […]
Biddeford’s McSorley earns MVP nod
BIDDEFORD – After seven years of coming up short of their goal, the Biddeford boys hockey team reached the Class A State Championship two seasons ago. The Tigers made their second straight championship appearance last year. In the middle of it all? The Journal Tribune’s boys hockey Most Valuable Player, rising junior Nick McSorley. “It […]
Celtics top Wizards in finale, 116-110
WASHINGTON Bradley Beal’s Washington Wizards were irrelevant long ago this season. He still had some personal business to take care of. Beal became the first player in Wizards franchise history to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists, while appearing in all 82 games for the second consecutive season, and Washington picked […]
Ceremony downer for Red Sox
BOSTON The Boston Red Sox blanketed Fenway Park with pieces of the city’s championship past to welcome the newest members of their World Series title club. It wasn’t enough to ward off another setback for a team yet to resemble the one that hoisted the trophy last year. Chris Sale let a Toronto runner steal […]
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