KENNEBUNK — Kennebunk High football coach Joe Rafferty has been around the game a long time and knows that a team can sometimes suffer a letdown the week after a big victory like the Rams had last week against rival Marshwood. The No. 1 Rams proved to their coach early on in Friday night’s Class […]
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Levine leads Sanford over Deering
SANFORD — A strong second quarter led the No. 4 Sanford football team to a 42-21 victory over No. 5 Deering during a Class A South quarterfinal contest at Alumni Stadium on Friday night. “We knew that Deering was going to come here ready to play football. They were probably a little bit readier than […]
Greely stuns Biddeford
CUMBERLAND — Will Schumacher intercepted a pass with about 20 seconds to play and returned it 35 yards for the winning touchdown as Greely pulled out a 22-14 win against Biddeford in a Class B South quarterfinal Friday night. No. 4 Greely (5-4), which also eliminated Biddeford last year’s quarterfinals, advances to play No. 1 […]
Girls Soccer Semifinal: Richmond Bobcats bounce Buckfield Bucks, 2-1
RICHMOND — The Buckfield girls soccer team was buzzing, and had just turned its dominance of the first few minutes of its D South semifinal into a one-goal lead. The score had a galvanizing effect, but for the other side. The Bucks’ opponent, top-seeded Richmond, knew it had to get to work. “We had to get […]
Massabesic, TA runners ready for state meet
BELFAST — The Maine Principals’ Association cross country state meet will be held on Saturday — and three local schools will send their entire boys team to the event in Belfast. Kennebunk, Massabesic and Thornton Academy all qualified for the meet by finishing in the top 9 of last week’s Southern Maine Class A regional. […]
Cross Country: Brunswick boys XC have sights set on State Championship
Brunswick — After finishing in last place as a team in the 2017 State Class A Cross Country meet in Cumberland, the Brunswick High School boys team put together a mindset to return in 2018 with a state title in mind. “Towards the end of last year after the kids lost, we talked about it,” Dragons […]
Postseason HS FootbalL: Area teams set for football playoffs
BATH — The high school football season has reached the postseason, and all five area teams are hoping for success. Here is a look at the exciting regular season and the upcoming playoffs, with the goal to raise a championship trophy in mid-November: Brunswick The Dragons enter Class B North postseason play with a 5-3 record, […]
NBA Update: Boston Celtics rally to best Oklahoma City Thunder, 101-95
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kyrie Irving was overthinking how to fit in. He missed last season’s playoffs after left knee surgery, and because the Boston Celtics reached the Eastern Conference finals without him, he was cautious when he returned this season. Once he relaxed and started having fun, everything flowed. Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Irving had […]
Red Sox News: Martinez powers Red Sox postseason with more than home runs
LOS ANGELES — It is fitting that one of the storylines before a World Series game at Dodger Stadium would revolve around the health of a top-hitting outfielder, and the intrigue about whether he’d be able to play. Only this time, unlike many years ago, it doesn’t involve a Dodgers player. The Boston Red Sox might […]
Football Friday: BHS captains blazed a path
Biddeford captains Carter Edgerton and Marty Martel will lead the Tigers into a Class B South quarterfinal game at Greely tonight, but the senior standouts are also hoping to set the program up for success in the future. “I think it’s a goal that every captain should have — to not only leave behind a […]
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