New Mt. Ararat High School girls basketball coach Julie Petrie held a girls youth basketball camp inside the high school gymnasium last week, with several SAD-75 players participating. In the photos, clockwise from the top left, Sylvia Keller shows her dribbling skills; Kamryn Chase gets low during a drill; and Amia Kennedy keeps her eyes up.
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Fading Red Sox swept by Yankees
NEW YORK — A couple of things have remained constant for the New York Yankees all season: They keep getting hurt and they keep winning games. Aaron Judge and Gio Urshela homered early as a makeshift Yankees lineup pounded David Price in a 7-4 victory Sunday night that sent the defending World Series champion Boston Red […]
Lisbon and Mt. Ararat’s Petrie has a full slate
TOPSHAM — On Aug. 19, the familiar whistle and vocal leader of the Lisbon High School field hockey team, Julie Petrie, will be heard as she runs her Greyhounds through their paces on the opening day of fall practice. However, come late November, Petrie will be patrolling a different court when the girls’ basketball season kicks […]
Rays sweep Red Sox at Fenway again
BOSTON — The Red Sox stood pat during Wednesday’s trade deadline, and then the Tampa Bay Rays gave Boston perhaps its most crushing loss yet during a disappointing World Series defense. Rookie left-hander Brendan McKay struck out seven, Mike Zunino and Austin Meadows homered, and the Rays beat the Red Sox 9-4 Thursday night to complete […]
Memberships to Brunswick Golf Club go to pair of Junior golfers
BRUNSWICK — In memory of longtime Brunswick Golf Club Rick Page, who passed away this past spring, a junior golf fund was started by Page’s family. Recently, two junior golf memberships to BGC for the 2020 season were awarded at the conclusion of the club’s annual Junior Golf Camp. Asa Paul, 13, of Topsham and […]
With division out of reach, Red Sox sit out trade deadline
BOSTON — The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox are setting their sights on an AL wild-card berth, and they’re doing it with the players they already have. Red Sox baseball boss Dave Dombrowski conceded on Wednesday that the ballclub doesn’t have a “realistic” hope for a fourth straight AL East title, and said he […]
Netzer, Chatham lead Portland to 4-2 win over Flying Squirrels
RICHMOND, Va. — Brett Netzer hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and C.J. Chatham was a home run short of the cycle as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 4-2, on Wednesday. The home run by Netzer scored Marcus Wilson to give the Sea Dogs a 2-0 lead. After the teams […]
Red Sox drop third straight, fall to Rays, 8-5
BOSTON — Kevin Kiermaier felt he had something to prove to the Charlotte Stone Crabs, where he played in two games while working his way back from a left thumb sprain. It took him all of one pitch. “I’m sure they’re thinking, ‘Man, where was this a couple days ago?’” Kiermaier said, smiling, after homering on […]
Consistent Paine wins Maine Junior Championship, Manuel second, Charron tied for third
CUMBERLAND — With a one-shot lead over Thomas Higgins and four over Caleb Manuel, Conner Paine knew he had to get a lift somewhere, somehow in the blistering heat to hold off the talented golfers behind him. The 18-year old from South China found that jolt, eagling the fourth hole, followed by a birdie on the […]
Astros ‘ace’ Greinke deal, two dozen trades on deadline day
Out of nowhere, the Houston Astros got a huge head start on October. On a dizzying day that featured two dozen trades, the Astros pulled off the biggest and most startling deal, adding ace Zack Greinke to an imposing rotation already loaded with All-Stars Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole. Plenty of familiar names were on […]