Boston — After averaging 14 points through the first six games, Kyrie Irving knew he was due to start hitting some shots. Irving broke through Tuesday night with a season-high 31 points and led a third-quarter surge that put Boston in command of a 108-105 win over Detroit, handing the Pistons back-to-back losses after a 4-0 […]
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Strong showing for local runners at state meet
BELFAST — The Maine state cross country championships were held last weekend in Belfast and three local runners punched their ticket to the New England meet. Kennebunk’s Ethan Eickmann and Wells’ Griffin Allaire both qualified on the boys’ side and Kennebunk’s Hannah D’Orso earned a trip to New Englands on the girls’ side of things. […]
World Series Champs: Cora-nation! Rookie manager leads Red Sox to championship
LOS ANGELES — Hard to believe now, all these wins later, but the Alex Cora Era in Boston began with a loss. A brutal one, in fact. Opening day at Tropicana Field in late March, none of his late moves worked out as the bullpen blew a big lead in a 6-4 setback. No fan in […]
Polar Bear Weekend: Bowdoin College volleyball earns top seed
BRUNSWICK — In a meeting between the top two teams in the NESCAC, Bowdoin defeated Wesleyan, 3-1, on Friday evening to earn the top seed for the upcoming conference championship. The Polar Bears survived the tight match, which featured 19 lead changes and 44 ties. Wesleyan (15-4, 8-1) lost its first conference game of the season. […]
Monday Night Football: McCourty leads New England Patriots past Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Devin McCourty was pleased that the New England Patriots defense didn’t have to play second fiddle to Tom Brady and Co. for once. With the Patriots leaning more on Stephen Gostkowski’s leg than Brady’s arm against the Buffalo Bills on Monday night, McCourty stepped up and returned an interception 84 yards to […]
Seagulls’ season comes to an end in quarters
ROCKPORT — The No. 5 Old Orchard Beach football team’s first Class E season came to an end as they fell to No. 4 Camden Hills 22-0 during a cold, drizzly quarterfinal showdown on Monday afternoon. “We were pretty strong defensively in the first half. We just gave them short fields. They got the ball […]
HS Football Quarterfinal: Oak Hill Raiders earn sloppy upset of Lisbon
Lisbon — Oak Hill spent nearly the entire first 48 minutes of Saturday’s Class D South high school football quarterfinal backed up in its own end. The seventh-seeded Raiders needed overtime to finally make No. 2 Lisbon’s defense protect its goal line. But that was all they needed. Sophomore quarterback Gavin Rawstron wasted little time in […]
Boys Soccer Semifinal: Freeport keeps rolling, knocks off Greely, 3-1
FREEPORT — In a close soccer match, where two teams battle tooth and nail, a game could be decided with a bad bounce or an unfortunate call. In Friday’s Class B South semifinal game, there was no concern for that. Freeport proved to be the better team as the Falcons beat Greely, 3-1, in boys high […]
High School Soccer: Mt. Ararat Eagles put away Bangor, 3-2, in boys soccer semifinal
BATH — There were few secrets heading into Friday night’s Class A North boys high school soccer matchup between third-seeded Bangor and No. 2 Mt. Ararat at McMann Field. In an early season encounter in Topsham, it took a Travis Nadeau double-overtime goal to lift the Eagles to a 1-0 win, and through 40 minutes of […]
Class B Cross Country: York boys end 70-year drought
Belfast — A while back, Ted Hutch came across some microfilm of this newspaper that included a story about York High winning a state championship in cross country. Alfie Walker of Fryeburg Academy was eighth in the Class B South regional and hadn’t beaten any of the top contenders for the cross country state title. That […]
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