CUMBERLAND — Conner Paine and Tom Higgins are both looking for their first big-time win. After Tuesday’s first round of the Maine State Golf Association Junior Championship, the recent high school graduates will get their chance. Paine, 18, of South China blistered the hot and dry 6,285-yard Val Halla Golf Course with a 4-under 68. Higgins, […]
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New Bowdoin football coach taking the first steps of a turnaround
BRUNSWICK — Like all of the college football coaches from Maine who spoke Tuesday at the 13th annual National Football Foundation Kick-Off Luncheon at Bowdoin College, B.J. Hammer likes what he’s seen of his players. With this caveat: “I haven’t coached them yet.” Hammer, 41, is the first-year head coach at Bowdoin. He’s looking to reverse […]
Ararat 10U wins Fitzherbert in Bath
THE KYLE FITZHERBERT 10U baseball tournament was held in Bath over the weekend. The team from Ararat captured the title, defeating Scarborough in consecutive games, 18-0 and 11-1. Pictured here, left to right, are Ararat team members Trevor Adams, Abel Lajoie, Manager Pete Fournier, Tyler Thibeault, Cody Fournier, David Edwards (behind Cody), Lachlan O’Banyel, […]
U.S. women’s soccer coach stepping down
With two Women’s World Cup titles in hand, U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis says it’s time to move on. Ellis announced Tuesday that she’s resigning, just more than three weeks after the United States raised a second consecutive World Cup trophy following a dominant and record-setting run. She said she started thinking about stepping […]
Dalbec leads Portland to 9-3 win over Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. — Bobby Dalbec had three hits and four RBI as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels 9-3 on Tuesday. Portland started the scoring with a big second inning, when it put up five runs, including two RBI each from Jarren Duran and Dalbec. Following the big inning, the Flying Squirrels cut […]
Big Papi Update: Ortiz says he’s glad to be home
BOSTON — In his first public comments since a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Monday that he is glad to be home from the hospital and told his fans: “Big Papi will be back soon.” Following an Instagram post with a statement issued through a Boston […]
Local gymnast manages time to train
DURHAM — Sam Maunsell wakes up each morning, looking ahead to what the day will bring, managing his time the best he can. And like most teens, he looks to balance his passion with school and everyday life. His passion is gymnastics, a sport not often in the limelight here in Maine, but something that takes a lot of time, effort and dedication to improve the […]
Patriots News: Bennett takes long route to 1st practice with Pats
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Michael Bennett took long-distance travel to a new level Sunday. The veteran defensive lineman disembarked a red-eye flight from Hawaii to Boston on Sunday morning and quickly made his way to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough to participate in his first full-pads training camp practice with the New England Patriots. Bennett said that taking […]
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