BATAVIA, N.Y. and PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Mat Anderson’s going DI. In his time playing high school lacrosse for Gorham – he graduated in 2017 – Anderson made a name for himself as one of the best defenders in the state. And for the past two years, he’s been plying his trade – and earning further […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Patriots exit bracketing on loss to Hawks
GRAY—The last play doesn’t always matter. It did, though, when Gray-New Gloucester welcomed Maranacook/Winthrop/Spruce Mountain on Wednesday, Jun 12 – in fact, it mattered a lot. Down 5-4, the Patriots needed to score to force OT; in possession with time running low, they planned and pulled off a pretty Scott-Lynch-to-Travis-Caron-to-Kyle Mercier pass series. Mercier took […]
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Girls Lacrosse: Lakers’ extend magical run vs. NYA, come up short against St. Dom
YARMOUTH—Lake Region assembled a fantastic run at the end of their regular season, allowing them to sneak into the bracketing in the last available slot: ninth. They then rode their newfound fire all the way to the State Final, a contest they won last year. Alas, this time around, the Lakers would come up a […]
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Baseball: GNCBL expands, season picks up steam
SOUTHERN MAINE—The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League celebrated its opening day at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach on June 2. The GNCBL was founded in 2017 to provide college baseball players from Northern New England with a competitive summer option, though at this point, players are coming from as far afield as (for example) […]
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Track: Local standouts tackle New Englands, Nationals
SACO, MAINE and GREENSBORO, N.C.—Thornton Academy hosted this year’s New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Saturday, June 8, and a number a of local athletes plied their skills at the event. A week later, an elite cadre of local runners ventured even further abroad – all the way to New Balance Nationals at […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Waynflete skewers Lakers in playoff quarterfinals
PORTLAND—The Lake Region boys lax squad has been up-and-coming, these past few years. This, for instance, was the program’s first-ever five-win season – and their first ever six-win season, for that matter: They entered the playoffs having split their regular schedule into half a dozen triumphs and half a dozen defeats, an even .500. But […]
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Softball: Bonny Eagle falls to Scarborough, exits postseason
SCARBOROUGH—The Scots gave up a big first inning at mighty Scarborough on Thursday, June 6, and it cost them in the end: The Red Storm came out swinging big bats and racked up a 6-0 advantage they rode to a 9-2 victory. “There’s a reason Scarborough is 16-0,” Bonny Eagle head coach Jan Corliss said. […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Westbrook starts hot vs. Portland, but falls in the end
WESTBROOK—Westbrook briefly led – the Blazes went up 3-1 on a Josh Cavallaro goal late in the first – vs. visiting Portland on Wednesday evening, May 29. But the Bulldogs are No. 2 in A North for good reason, and needed little time to come from behind, overtake and ultimately defeat their hosts 12-5. “We […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Windham gets the better of Bonny Eagle
WINDHAM—Tommy Lekousi led the Eagles in outpacing the visiting Scots on Thursday night, May 30: Lekousi hashed five goals en route to the 16-8 result, though he got plenty of help from a battery of teammates, including Ty Woolston with four, Matty Babb with three and Liam McCusker and Travis Brown with two apiece. “Bonny […]
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Girls Lacrosse: Blue Blazes smoke Red Eddies
WESTBROOK—Blaze Michaela Russell led her girls in walloping visiting Edward Little on Wednesday evening, May 29: Russell put up five of Westbrook’s dozen goals in the 12-6 triumph. Russell also led the team’s shooting, recording eight. Meanwhile, Katie Champagne and Kaitlyn Talbot put up a hat trick (three goals) apiece, each while hashing five shots. […]