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Girls Basketball: Freeport Falcons hold off Yarmouth Clippers, 39-30

YARMOUTH — In years past, when shots weren’t falling, the Freeport High School girls basketball team might have struggled. But after breaking through and making a run to the regional final last winter, the Falcons have learned how to weather the storm, and Tuesday evening, at rival Yarmouth, little went right for much of the game, […]

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Area High School Roundups: Smith’s 21 points powers Freeport Falcons to girls hoops victory

FREEPORT — Caroline Smith scored 21 points to power the Freeport High School girls basketball team to a 45-24 Western Maine Conference win over Sacopee Valley on Friday. The 1-0 Falcons, who visit Yarmouth on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., led 13-4, 21-8 and 35-15 at the quarter breaks. Rachel Wall chipped in 10 points in the […]

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Preview: Girls hoops season … Here we go

BRUNSWICK — The 2017/18 girls high school basketball season provided plenty of excitement for fans of area teams. Brunswick and Freeport made deep postseason runs, Morse lost a close preliminary game, while Richmond once again made the trip to Augusta. Mt. Ararat, Lisbon and Wiscasset each had seasons where each team improved and will look to […]

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High School Hockey: Girls hockey opens this weekend for area teams

BRUNSWICK — As most Maine high school athletic teams opened practices for its winter sports teams around snowflakes this week, girls hockey squads have been practicing for a couple of weeks now. After early morning practices and a rather quick preseason, the 2018/19 season opens this weekend with Brunswick, Mt. Ararat/Morse and Yarmouth/Freeport all hitting the ice. Here’s a […]

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Times Record Column: Believing in the Brunswick Dragons football team

BRUNSWICK — The fall high school sports season is winding down. In fact, just one team, one game for our area teams, is left to be played. On Saturday, Brunswick will take on Marshwood in the State Class B football championship at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland (time to be announced). Let’s put this out there right […]

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Class E Champions: Freeport football takes the crown with 28-13 win over Dirigo

FREEPORT — The Freeport High School football team capped off a season of Class E football with a state title, defeating the Dirigo Cougars, 28-13, on Saturday for the state title. Falcons running back Caden Benedict paced the offense with a pair of momentum shifting touchdown runs of 80 and 48 yards, respectively. Freeport finished the […]

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High School Football: Freeport Falcons football running to title game

Freeport — Heading into Saturday’s State Class E championship game, Freeport looks to make the most of its visit to the regions. After making the high school Class C South playoffs with a 4-4 record in 2016, Freeport found its program graduating seniors and dwindling in numbers over after the next two years, finishing 1-7 in […]

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Short Football Numbers: Greely ponders its high school football future

CUMBERLAND — Greely High School’s football team has been celebrated for doing a lot with a little. But next year’s varsity roster is expected to be even smaller than this year’s band of 22 Rangers. Administrators, coaches and booster members in Cumberland said they have to start looking at options — including joining forces with another […]

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Freeport Excitement: Falcon pride shining through at Freeport

FREEPORT — Last Spring, the completion of the $4.2 million Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field brought a tsunami of enthusiasm and school spirit for Freeport/Pownal/Durham communities. The wave of excitement and school pride continues to surge as the district’s football program (second grade through high school)) reached new heights not only on the scoreboard, but also in […]

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State Class B boys soccer championship: Fall classic, Freeport falls in second overtime to Presque Isle, 3-2

HAMPDEN – It took over 100 minutes of soccer for the State Class B boys high school soccer championship to be decided. With Presque Isle and Freeport deadlocked at two goals apiece in the second overtime, Drew Cameron picked up a loose ball at the top of the box and knocked it to the back […]