Portland shakes off the effects of a long trip to top Adirondack and remain unbeaten at home.
Paul Betit
Posted inSports
Hockey Beat: Spending time on the road to find a home in the NHL
Rookie center Luke Adam has spent the last 10 days on the road, splitting his time between the Portland Pirates and their NHL parent team, the Buffalo Sabres. “It’s been late nights with games and early mornings with planes,” Adam said. Adam’s odyssey began two days before the Pirates left last week on an eight-day, […]
advertisement
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Class B: Clippers, one more time
Yarmouth beats Falmouth for the third time this season, winning the regional title on an overtime goal.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer finals: Thornton, Falmouth adjust to road surfaces
The Thornton Academy and Falmouth High girls’ soccer teams may have to make some slight adjustments in their approach for today’s tournament games.
For the second time this season, second-seeded Thornton Academy will play on artificial turf when it travels to play top-seeded Scarborough for the Western Class A championship.
After playing all of its home games on its new turf field for the past month, fourth-seeded Falmouth will play on natural grass when it plays at No. 2 York for the Western Class B title.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Playoffs and payoffs: Tigers’ momentum produces first title
After knocking off Greely in the semifinals, Biddeford sweeps Falmouth to claim the Class A title.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Clippers handle a big challenge in semifinals
No. 1 Yarmouth has its hands full against fourth-seeded York but reaches the Western Class B final.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Warriors finally push through
Wells, the No. 2 seed in the Western B playoffs, needs to fight its way past York in a season finale.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Girls Soccer Notebook: With a merger on the way, Georges Valley girls’ soccer ends
An era ended Tuesday when Ella Millard scored an overtime goal to lift sixth-seeded Waynflete to a 1-0 victory against third-ranked Georges Valley in a Western Class C girls’ soccer quarterfinal at Thomaston. It was the last game for the Buccaneers. Next year, Georges Valley will merge with Rockland to form Oceanside High in Rockland. […]
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports
Pirates’ trip a chance to bond
After winning their first six games of the season at the Cumberland County Civic Center, the Portland Pirates are 6-2 and in first place in the AHL’s Atlantic Division. It seems like a good time to take the team on the road for a week to see what it’s all about. That’s why the Pirates’ […]
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer: Thornton uses defense to reach semis
The Trojans beat Windham 1-0 on Amanda Arnold’s heads-up goal and another shutout.