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AFC Title Game: New England Patriots back to the big dance

by BARRY WILNER The Associated Press January 21, 2019November 20, 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s the dead of winter, meaning the weather in New England can be brutal. And that the Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl. It took them overtime and more of Tom Brady’s brilliance to get there — for the third straight year. While the folks back home dealt with a frigid […]

Area Weekend Roundups: Bobcats keep rolling, with 4th straight in girls hoops

by The Times Record January 21, 2019November 20, 2019

NORTH ANSON — Caitlin Kendrick scored 15 points to power the Richmond High School girls basketball team to a 35-25 Mountain Valley Conference win over Carrabec on Friday. The Bobcats have won six of their last seven games to improve to 6-7, while the Cobras fell to 3-10. Richmond led 11-8 after a quarter, 15-13 at […]

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NFC Championship: Zuerlein’s 57-yard FG sends LA Rams to Super Bowl

by Paul Newberry / The Associated Press January 21, 2019January 25, 2019

NEW ORLEANS — A big comeback. A blown call. And, finally, a booming kick that sent the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl. After rallying from an early 13-0 deficit, the Rams stunned the New Orleans Saints with Greg Zuerlein’s 57-yard field goal in overtime for a 26-23 victory in the NFC championship game Sunday […]

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Plante earns 200th win as OOB girls basketball coach

by PAT McDONALD January 19, 2019November 9, 2019

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — It wasn’t pretty, but the Old Orchard Beach girls basketball team picked up a 30-25 win over visiting St. Dominic Academy on Saturday afternoon — and the Lady Gulls would help their coach reach a big milestone in the process. Longtime OOB coach Dean Plante recorded his 200th career victory thanks […]

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‘Battle of the Bridge’ in the Pool: Dragons, Eagles swim on Senior Night

by BY ERIC MAXIM / THE TIMES RECORD January 19, 2019November 20, 2019

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick and Mt. Ararat high school swim teams jumped into the pool Friday night. When looking at the program before the meet, you see two teams competing in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet. But as it became more and more evident throughout the event, it was two rosters full of swimmers that […]

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Girls Basketball: Smith’s 35 leads Freeport to win over Yarmouth

by BY BOB CONN / THE TIMES RECORD January 19, 2019November 20, 2019

FREEPORT — Caroline Smith had just watched her Freeport High School girls basketball team play perhaps its worst four minutes of basketball this season in the third quarter of Friday’s Western Maine Conference game against rival Yarmouth. An 11-point halftime lead had been reduced to a single point, with the Falcons committing 10 turnovers. This is […]

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Boys Basketball: Yarmouth rallies past Freeport in hoops action

by Michael Hoffer The Forecaster January 19, 2019November 20, 2019

FREEPORT — Yarmouth’s boys high school basketball team was in dire need of a victory Friday evening when it traveled to Freeport, and what better way for the Clippers to get back on track than to rally and defeat their rival. The Clippers allowed just two fourth-quarter points to the Falcons and rallied from a six-point […]

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New MPA football proposal puts Tigers behind the 8-ball

by PAT McDONALD January 19, 2019November 9, 2019

BIDDEFORD — Most of the talk coming out of the Maine Principals’ Association football committee meeting on Tuesday was about the possible creation of two divisions for 8-man football starting next fall — but that wasn’t the only proposal that could drastically change the landscape of football in the state. If there are two 8-man […]

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MVC Boys Basketball: Richmond Bobcats snarl Wiscasset Wolverines

by BY ERIC MAXIM / THE TIMES RECORD January 18, 2019November 20, 2019

WISCASSET — Entering the 2018/19 boys high school basketball season, Richmond coach Phil Houdlette knew it was going to be difficult replacing the points that graduated with his seniors from a year ago, most notably Zach Small and Matt Rines. Through the first 11 games, the Bobcats have not been able to find that one consistent […]

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Battle of Eagles: Mt. Ararat rolls to 68-40 boys basketball win over Lincoln Academy

by BY CHRIS QUATTRUCCI / Times Record Staff January 18, 2019January 25, 2019

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Eagles were looking to bounce back at home after a tough road loss to Freeport. Mt. Ararat saw a six-point lead slip away in the fourth quarter against the Falcons, falling 49-44. Mt. Ararat got back on track Thursday against Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference opponent Lincoln Academy, finding an offensive rhythm […]