OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide has announced the signing of St. Joseph’s College teammates Nick Whittaker and Nick Lops. Whittaker will be joining the Tide for the second straight summer and is currently a junior at St. Joseph’s. The 6-foot-4 righthanded pitcher and Yarmouth native made 10 appearances and six […]
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Gaelic group introduces Irish sport in South Portland, Westbrook
SOUTH PORTLAND – Irish eyes are smiling on South Portland and Westbrook, where the local recreation departments are offering an activity that may look familiar yet altogether different. The two communities have been partnering with the Maine Gaelic Sports Alliance (MGSA) to put kids on the pitch playing Gaelic football, a hybrid of soccer and […]
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Gaelic group introduces Irish sport in South Portland, Westbrook
SOUTH PORTLAND – Irish eyes are smiling on South Portland and Westbrook, where the local recreation departments are offering an activity that may look familiar yet altogether different. The two communities have been partnering with the Maine Gaelic Sports Alliance (MGSA) to put kids on the pitch playing Gaelic football, a hybrid of soccer and […]
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Class A boys’ basketball: Hampden dashes Red Riots’ dream
South Portland’s late rally falls short as Hampden Academy caps a perfect season.
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BOYS HOCKEY: Gorham advances with win over Portland
GORHAM – The third-ranked Gorham boys hockey team hosted the No. 6 Portland in a close Western Class A quarterfinal contest Tuesday that saw the Rams edge ahead, then struggle to maintain its lead against a resurgent Portland offense. The game charged ahead scorelessly until deep in the second, when Rams junior Jared Wood finally […]
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BOYS HOCKEY: Gorham advances with win over Portland
GORHAM – The third-ranked Gorham boys hockey team hosted the No. 6 Portland in a close Western Class A quarterfinal contest Tuesday that saw the Rams edge ahead, then struggle to maintain its lead against a resurgent Portland offense. The game charged ahead scorelessly until deep in the second, when Rams junior Jared Wood finally […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: South Portland beats Bonny Eagle for 'city championship'
PORTLAND – Bonny Eagle deadeye Dustin Cole and South Portland quickdraw Tanner Hyland met Saturday night for a shoot-out at the Civic Center Corral. Their teammates arrayed around them, they charged up and down the court, shooting – and draining – threes and twos and free throws like their lives, or at least their basketball […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Cole, Bonny Eagle top Thornton Academy
PORTLAND – The Western Maine Class A tournament is careening toward a spectacular conclusion, if Wednesday night’s semifinal matchups are any indication. No.3 Bonny Eagle met No. 7 Thornton Academy in the early bout, a 54-38 victory for the well-oiled Scots. The Trojans finish their season 13-8, while Bonny Eagle improves to 18-3. They advance […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Bonny Eagle takes down Scarborough
PORTLAND – Tournament week continued Saturday night at the Portland Expo, where No. 3 Bonny Eagle hosted sixth-seeded Scarborough a quarterfinal bout. After a low-scoring first quarter, during which Scarborough built a narrow, one-point lead, Bonny Eagle found a rhythm the Red Storm couldn’t match. In the next 24 minutes, the Scots turned that one-point […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Portland advances past Westbrook
PORTLAND – Tournament time is upon us, and all the mania that comes with it. The Portland Expo boiled over with noise Friday night as the No. 4 Portland Bulldog boys (14-4) hosted the No. 5 Westbrook Blue Blazes in the Western Maine Class A quarterfinals. The last time these two teams met, on Jan. […]