BIDDEFORD – Biddeford senior Paige Laverriere spent Friday night at Waterhouse Field commemorating high school graduation with her classmates. Saturday, Laverriere set a Biddeford girls’ lacrosse single-game scoring record with eight goals and celebrated the first playoff win in program history with her teammates on the same field. No. 4 Biddeford (11-2) defeated No. 5 […]
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Another Triple Crown surprise: Sir Winston takes Belmont
NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Winston provided a perfect finish to a crazy Triple Crown. After a disqualification in the Kentucky Derby and a runaway horse in the Preakness, of course the Belmont Stakes goes to a 10-1 long shot. Sir Winston captured the $1.5 million race Saturday, holding off favored Tacitus by a length. […]
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Price solid, Red Sox split with Rays
BOSTON — David Price had a milestone night and Marco Hernández completed his long journey back to the big leagues. Hernández hit a key two-run double in his first major league start in over two years, Price pitched six solid innings in his 300th career start and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay […]
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Yarbrough, d’Arnaud, Rays top Red Sox 9-2 to open twinbill
BOSTON — Ryan Yarbrough watched an impressive outing from teammate Yonny Chirinos a night earlier and felt it was his turn to follow up with something good. Yarbrough held Boston to an unearned run into the eighth inning, Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 9-2 in […]
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Chirinos throws 8 scoreless innings, Rays beat Red Sox 5-1
Facing four games in three days at Fenway Park, the Tampa Bay Rays were looking to Yonny Chirinos to be solid for as long as possible. Chirinos exceeded all expectations, delivering eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball as Tampa Bay beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Friday night. “That was about as impressive as […]
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Sanford pitching combines for three-hit shutout to lead Mainers to a home opening win over Valley
SANFORD — After a tough season opening loss to North Adams Wednesday night, Sanford starter Darren Williams wanted to make sure the Mainers left that baseball game behind Friday night at Goodall Park. Williams did that and more as the right-hander pitched 6 ⅔ scoreless innings, striking out four, as the Mainers combined for a […]
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Softball: Thornton Academy silences Windham’s upset bid
SACO – When Windham opened the door, Thornton Academy didn’t need an invitation to walk through. The Golden Trojans took advantage of four errors and used a five-run third inning to win a Class A South softball quarterfinal 8-2 over the Eagles on Friday at Thornton Academy. “We’re a very dangerous team,” said Thornton junior […]
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Baseball: Falmouth’s late blast dooms Thornton Academy
SACO — With two outs in the top of the seventh of a tie game, Falmouth High junior Ike Kiely knew he needed to get something going. Did he ever. Kiely turned on an inside fastball from Thornton Academy freshman reliever Cody Bowker and drove it over the left-field fence for a solo home run. […]
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Chara, Dunn join playing through pain
BOSTON — Barry Melrose strapped on a fiberglass contraption that made him look like Hannibal Lecter. Rick Tocchet figured he looked more like Darth Vader. Zdeno Chara resembled Batman villain Bane with his full face shield when he played Thursday night, 48 hours after the Boston captain took a puck square to the face. The […]
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BASEBALL WORLD: It’s time we honor Sultan of Swat
George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. was born Feb. 6, 1895, in Baltimore Maryland, a short walk from the train yards where Camden Yard is located today. At the age of 7, his parents had him declared incorrigible and he was committed to the St. Mary’s Industrial School on the outskirts of Baltimore where he spent […]