A WEEK-LONG baseball camp run by Mt. Ararat High School varsity baseball coach Brett Chase is underway on Crosby Field at the Foreside Recreational Facility in Topsham. Players are partaking in drills, skills, batting practice, game-like scenarios and gameplay to sharpen their baseball aptitude. Pictured from the right, clockwise; Drew Veillux rips a ball during […]

Portland Press Herald Nine boys’ lacrosse players from southern Maine have been named 2018 Maine Area US Lacrosse All-Americans. Falmouth senior defender Brendan Hickey is the lone repeat selection. He is joined on this year’s list by juniors Aiden Glover of Brunswick, Riley Reed of Falmouth, Cooper Mehlhorn of South Portland, C.J. LaBreck of Thornton […]

FREEPORT There are several key points Freeport co-coaches Bill Ridge and Peter Wagner want to get across to their Falcons’ Junior American Legion team, two being hustle and learn. For six innings in the team’s opener on Wednesday, the Falcons hung in against Tucker Ford of Yarmouth, trailing just 6-4, before an eight-run seventh for […]

BOWDOINHAM Thirsty Turf scored six runs in the first two innings and held on for an 11-8 victory over Topsham Post 202 in Junior American Legion baseball action Wednesday evening. Thirsty Turf, made up of primarily Cheverus High School players, took advantage of 12 Post 202 walks and three hit batsmen, collecting seven hits along […]

PORTLAND Ranger Suarez tossed a five-hit complete game and Austin Bossart hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the Reading Fightin Phils topped the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-1, in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. Suarez (3-3) allowed one run while striking out five and walking two to pick up […]

BOWDOINHAM As the official start of summer is right around the corner, Tuesday evening’s weather for a Senior American Legion baseball game between Post 86 United and Topsham Post 202 was almost perfect. It was so good, the teams decided to play extra innings, and the back-and-forth battle was even better, as the game remained […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick High School boys lacrosse program has a storied history, competing in a sport that has grown in Maine over the last 20 plus years. The Dragons have won some exciting games, lost some, and have even captured a few state titles along the way. The 2018 edition was no different. Following Saturday’s […]

BANGOR When the Richmond High School basketball program made the switch last season to competing in the tough Mountain Valley Conference, those in the know wondered if this was a good move. Was the smallish program that had played in the East- West Conference able to compete with the big teams of the MVC? Up […]