PORTLAND Strikeouts are overrated. Portland Sea Dogs left-hander Kyle Hart did not record a whiff, but turned in another gem in the Portland Sea Dogs’ 5-1 win over the Bowie Baysox Wednesday night at Hadlock Field. Hart allowed one run on five hits and a walk over seven innings. His ERA dropped to a team-leading […]

YORK Lilla Reinertson and Cassie Reinertson had six goals each to power York to an 18- 5 Class B quarterfinal girls high school lacrosse win over Morse on Wednesday. The 10th- seeded Shipbuilders finished 5- 8, while No. 7 York visits second-seeded Cape Elizabeth in the semifinals. Bailey Oliver added two goals in the win. […]

BATH It took all 48 minutes for this game to be decided, as Gardiner goalie Noah Keene stopped a Mason Savory shot as time expired to preserve a 7-6 win over Morse in a boys Class B high school lacrosse preliminary game at McMann Field on Wednesday. “That was right down to the end, we […]

LISBON Lisbon hadn’t dwelled on its predicament while clawing back from a 6-1 deficit in Wednesday’s Class C South high school softball quarterfinal, so Carly Drischler saw no point in dragging it out any longer once the Greyhounds had tied the game. Drischler ripped the first pitch she saw into center field for a two-out […]

AUGUSTA It was a tale of two halves Wednesday in a Class B girls lacrosse high school playoff preliminary between No. 8 Cony and No. 9 Brunswick. Check that. It was the tale of a half of a half. After quickly trailing 4-0, the Rams took a timeout, took a breath, and began to fight, […]

WATERVILLE The pressure mounted on Court 2 at Colby College on Wednesday in the girls high school tennis Class A North regional final. Brunswick No. 2 singles player Lea Scrapchansky and Lewiston’s Julia Svor were locked in a back-and-forth battle, neither willing to give an inch even as matches on both sides of them ended. […]

BATH Scoring goals wins games. Preventing them does as well. The Mt. Ararat High School boys lacrosse team played to its strength, using solid defense and ball control to come away with a 9-3 victory in a Class B preliminary game played at the McMann Field Complex. Seventh-seeded Mt. Ararat will travel to Brunswick on […]