Biddeford’s Tracy Gouin (3) readies to throw to first base on the sacrifice bunt attempt by Bonny Eagle’s Lashawna Jackson, left, during the first inning of their SMAA”ˆsoftball game, Monday, at Doran Field in Biddeford. Jackson was out on the play and the Tigers won the game, 7-2. (CHRIS BROCKMAN/JOURNAL TRIBUNE)

BIDDEFORD — In an early-season litmus test, the Biddeford softball team passed with flying colors. Plagued by a slow first inning and a deficit for the first time in the young year, the Tigers posted five runs in the second — highlighted by Nikki Kimborowicz’s bases-clearing double — and chalked up a 7-2 victory over […]

KENNEBUNK — For six gritty innings, Kennebunk righthander Schulyer Donovan had pitched his heart out, pestering Biddeford with his repertoire of pitches while holding the Tigers to one lone run. Yet, it appeared Donovan might be subjected to an unjust fate, as his teammates were unable to back him up with even modest run support. […]

Kennebunk’s Pat Graydon, left, tags out Biddeford’s Travis Vigneault at third base during the sixth inning of their SMAA baseball season opening game, Saturday, in Kennebunk. The Rams won the game, 2-1. (CHRIS BROCKMAN/JOURNAL TRIBUNE)

PORTLAND — They’re out of wiggle room. And barring a win tonight by the Portland Pirates, they’ll be out of luck, too. The Pirates put themselves in desperate straits Thursday night by dropping a 2-1 heartbreaker to the Providence Bruins to fall behind three-games-to-one in their best-of-seven Atlantic Division seminifinal series. A win in Providence […]

PORTLAND — A key contributor will be back in the line up tonight when the Portland Pirates take the Civic Center ice for Game 4 of their Atlantic Division semifinal tilt with the Providence Bruins. Defenseman Mike Kostka, whose injured leg forced him to sit out the 5-1 hairball the Buccos coughed up in Sunday’s […]

Portland’s Mark Mancari, front, skates back to the Pirates’ bench after Providence’s game-tying goal in the second period of Game 4 of their AHL playoff series, Thursday, at the Cumblerland County Civic Center in Portland. The Bruins won the game, 2-1, to take a 3-1 series lead. The teams play Game 5, tonight, in Providence, […]

Portland’s Mathieu Darche (21) and the rest of the Pirates will look to get back in their best-of-seven game AHL playoff series with Providence, tonight, at the Cumberland County Civic Center. (CHRIS BROCKMAN/JOURNAL TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO)

PORTLAND — A key contributor will be back in the line up tonight when the Portland Pirates take the Civic Center ice for Game 4 of their Atlantic Division semifinal tilt with the Providence Bruins. Defenseman Mike Kostka, whose injured leg forced him to sit out the 5-1 hairball the Buccos coughed up in Sunday’s […]