SOUTH PORTLAND – The Westbrook boys basketball team (8-11) gave South Portland quite a battle on Tuesday night, but the Riots, who have had trouble finishing off opponents all season, came through in the end and pulled out a 40-32 win in front of a wild home crowd. The loss in the prelim round of […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: No. 7 South Portland outlasts No. 10 Westbrook in prelims
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Westbrook boys basketball team (8-11) gave South Portland quite a battle on Tuesday night, but the Riots, who have had trouble finishing off opponents all season, came through in the end and pulled out a 40-32 win in front of a wild home crowd. The loss in the prelim round of […]
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‘It feels fantastic’: Local Olympian running ski program for disabled veterans
NEW GLOUCESTER – On a recent winter day at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, a group of cross country skiers gathered at the Oak Hill trail to enjoy the cold morning by gliding across the fresh coat of snow that had fallen the night before. It’s not really that unusual of a scene, Pineland’s trails […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Bonny Eagle outlasts Westbrook
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook High School gym was packed on Tuesday night as the Bonny Eagle boys basketball team came to town for a big late-season matchup with the Blue Blazes. The fans certainly got their money’s worth as the No. 9 Blue Blazes (8-9) battled the No. 3 Scots (14-3) tooth-and-nail in a very […]
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Windham gets past Gorham
GORHAM – The Windham High School girls basketball team improved to 13-4 on the season after taking down the Gorham Rams (7-10) in Gorham on Tuesday night, 51-43. The Eagles were led by Meghan Gribbin, who scored a game-high 25 points, out dueling the Rams’ Kristin Ross, who added 23 of her own. Entering Tuesday […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Westbrook upsets Thornton Academy
SACO – The Westbrook boys basketball team has chosen the right time to hit an upswing. After suffering through a five-game losing streak in January, the Blazes have turned things around and have won their last three games in a row, with the latest win coming on Tuesday night as the Blazes went to Saco […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Westbrook upsets Thornton Academy
SACO – The Westbrook boys basketball team has chosen the right time to hit an upswing. After suffering through a five-game losing streak in January, the Blazes have turned things around and have won their last three games in a row, with the latest win coming on Tuesday night as the Blazes went to Saco […]
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Westbrook girls beat Thornton Academy, edge closer to home playoff
WESTBROOK – Points were at a premium when the Westbrook and Thornton Academy girls basketball teams squared off in Westbrook on Jan. 31. With neither team lighting up the scoreboard, it was evident that the game was going to come right down to the wire, and it did. Fortunately for the Blue Blazes, they were […]
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Super Bowl kindles local memories, predictions
WESTBROOK – Four years after the Patriots’ stunning Super Bowl loss to the Giants, Sunday’s rematch offers New England an opportunity for redemption, and a chance for local fans of both teams to revel in what it is now a bitter rivalry. As that rivalry plays out on the world’s biggest stage, the gut-wrenching memory […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Biddeford stuns Bonny Eagle
BIDDEFORD – Tuesday night was one to remember for Biddeford senior Bobby Cote. The Tigers’ (7-8) captain electrified the packed gymnasium as he scored a season-high 33 points in his team’s stunning 69-62 win over the Bonny Eagle Scots (12-3). CJ Autry scored 23 points for the Scots in the losing effort. There is a […]