ORONO — The Long Reach Swim Club earned its 29th consecutive YMCA state title and 36th overall since 1965 over the weekend at the University of Maine. Swimming out of the Bath Area Family YMCA, LRSC accumulated 2,735.50 points to outdistance runner-up Kennebec Valley (2,210), third-place Mt. Desert Island YMCA Sharks (2,198.50) and fourth-place Bangor YMCA […]
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Mustangs bring home hardware from New England wrestling tourney
PROVIDENCE — It had been a long 10 years, but the Massabesic High School wrestling program finally returned to the podium at the New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships on Saturday evening. Massabesic, which last had a wrestler medal in the prestigious tournament in 2009, would get a pair of standouts on the podium as both […]
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Portland/Deering stuns No. 1 Thornton Academy
LEWISTON — Down 1-0 through two periods, the underdogs from Portland/Deering figured they were just getting started against top-seeded Thornton Academy. “We got more and more chances. We realized we could play with them,” sophomore forward Dante Tocci said. Tocci scored the tying goal and Whitfield Steel wristed in the winner as the fifth-seeded Bulldogs […]
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Larnerd, Ouellette send Tigers to Class A South title game
LEWISTON — Biddeford goaltender Justin Larnerd seemed to have everything in control in Saturday’s Class A South boys high school hockey semifinal against South Portland/Freeport/Waynflete at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. With Red Riots forward Bradley McMains closing in on the keeper during a second-period penalty shot, Larnerd kept his eye on the puck, eventually poking […]
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Class A South Boys Hockey Semifinal: Tigers edge Red Riots, 3-1
LEWISTON — Biddeford goaltender Justin Larnerd seemed to have everything in control in Saturday’s Class A South boys high school hockey semifinal against South Portland/Freeport/Waynflete at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. With Red Riots forward Bradley McMains closing in on the keeper during a second-period penalty shot, Larnerd kept his eye on the puck, eventually poking it […]
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D-III women’s basketball: Bowdoin uses strong fourth quarter to roll past Smith, 87-78
BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team appeared to be on the ropes heading to the final quarter Saturday night, not having a lead since the second and trailing Smith College by eight points. But a 12-0 run to open the frame and a lights out performance from Taylor Choate vaulted the Polar Bears to […]
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Class B South Boys Hockey: Capers edge Dragons in semifinal
LEWISTON — The Dragons kept coming. Down 3-1 after the first period, the Brunswick High School boys’ hockey team tied the game in the second. Trailing 4-3 in the third frame, the Dragons, who rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the quarterfinals at third-seeded York for a 6-4 win, again tied No. 2 Cape Elizabeth when […]
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PGA Update: Mitchell wins first PGA title, takes Honda Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Keith Mitchell’s first and until now only win as a professional was three years ago, on something called the G Pro Tour. As is the case with minitour life, hardly anybody was watching and hardly anybody noticed. He earned $5,600. Those days are long gone. After 97 tries on the PGA […]
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Boys’ basketball: Caribou wins first title in 50 years, in double OT
A story 50 years in the making took eight extra minutes to produce the finish desired by generations of Caribou High basketball fans. Caribou’s boys’ basketball team won its first state championship since 1969, beating Cape Elizabeth, 49-47 in double overtime in the Class B final Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena. Caribou’s only previous state […]
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Maine sends eight into New England quarterfinals
PROVIDENCE — Eight of the best wrestlers in Maine will head to the quarterfinals of the New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships after impressive performances on Friday night in Providence. Oxford Hills leads the way for Maine as both Cole Dunham (182 pounds) and Jeffrey Worster (220 pounds) advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinal round. Joining the two […]