Matchups for the Super Bowl between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in New Orleans: WHEN RAVENS HAVE THE BALL When QB Joe Flacco (5) looks out from behind center Matt Birk (77) on Super Bowl Sunday, he could be seeing two things: $$$$, and the fiercest defense he’s faced all season. […]

CHICAGO – A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Obama’s inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president’s hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a […]

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WINDHAM – Thornton Academy’s 37-36 win over Windham last Friday afternoon wasn’t exactly the prettiest or most attractive victory of the girls’ basketball season. But at the end of the day, beauty doesn’t much matter. Winning does. Despite scoring just eight points in the fourth quarter, turning the ball over numerous times and missing most […]

WINDHAM – To be a good team, you’ve got to beat a good team. Unfortunately for the Windham football team, that was the problem all year. 4-0 during the regular season against teams in the bottom half of Western Class A, the Eagles were 0-4 against fellow teams that finished ranked sixth or higher in […]

WINDHAM – They say saving a penalty kick is one of the most difficult things to do in sports. Fortunately for the Windham girls’ soccer team, Kate Kneeland made it look pretty easy Tuesday night. The goalkeeper stopped three Cheverus shots in penalty kicks to lift the top-ranked Eagles (14-0-1) past ninth-ranked Stags 2-1 in […]

SANFORD – Coming into last Friday’s critical late-season matchup with identical 3-3 records, both Windham and Sanford knew how big a win in the second-to-last week of the regular season would be. Thanks to Alex Shain, it was the Spartans who got it. The standout senior running back rushed for 278 yards on 25 carries […]

BIDDEFORD – For a team whose defense was supposed to be its strength, the Windham girls soccer team has been awfully offensive in the opening part of its season. The Eagles got two goals each from forwards Ciera Berthiaume and Jenna Soucy to beat Biddeford 5-0 Wednesday and improve to 4-0 on the season. The […]

WINDHAM – As the defending Class A state champions, the Windham Eagles know they’re going to get everyone’s best shot this fall. But that doesn’t mean they can’t dish out a little punishment of their own, too. That’s exactly what they did Tuesday night as Spencer Hodge scored just 26 seconds into the game and […]