LISBON — The Class C South championship (6:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. Joseph’s College) will begin before dusk but could go deep into the night based on history and pitching depth. Top-seeded Lisbon (18-0) and No. 6 Sacopee Valley (12-6) will, in some way, add to their own playoff history, which has involved some recent nail-biters. “We don’t […]
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Concern about Ortiz clouds Boston’s 4-3 loss to Rangers in 11
BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora started to feel it, with his ballclub loading the bases in the 10th inning after rallying to tie it in the ninth. “This is kind of what David used to do,” Cora said on a night when the game seemed secondary to his concern over former teammate David […]
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Women’s World Cup: U.S., Thailand, last to kick off Cup
REIMS, France — Thailand can dream. It just might not do any good against the U.S. national team. Thailand kicks off the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday with a daunting challenge against the defending champion United States. The top-ranked Americans are seeking their fourth overall World Cup title, and Thailand coach Nuengruethai Sathongwien said the team […]
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Thornton Academy boys’ lacrosse focuses on self before rematch with Cape
SACO – Thornton Academy used an early-season, overtime loss at the hands of Cape Elizabeth to reflect inward on some facets of their game that needed to improve if the Golden Trojans were to defend their Class A state boys’ lacrosse title. Some players played too selfishly, said Thornton coach Ryan Hersey, while others didn’t […]
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Softball: Thornton Academy advances to regional championship in thriller over Noble
SACO – In a matchup between two of the premier softball pitchers in the state, it was the ace who relied on a wild card who got the best of her counterpart. Thornton Academy overcame a three-run deficit in the sixth and starter Olivia Howe used a devastating changeup to escape a seventh-inning rally […]
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Track and field: Flaker, Snyder win New England titles
SACO — Coming down the homestretch of the 200 meters at Thornton Academy’s Hill Stadium, Jarett Flaker of Scarborough thought back to what his coach, Derek Veilleux, had said so many times at practice to the standout junior sprinter. “Put my feet down, don’t lengthen my stride, keep staying smooth.” Flaker did just that as […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Biddeford earns 1st playoff win in program history
BIDDEFORD – Biddeford senior Paige Laverriere spent Friday night at Waterhouse Field commemorating high school graduation with her classmates. Saturday, Laverriere set a Biddeford girls’ lacrosse single-game scoring record with eight goals and celebrated the first playoff win in program history with her teammates on the same field. No. 4 Biddeford (11-2) defeated No. 5 […]
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Lowe’s 2 HRs, Snell’s start carries Rays past Red Sox, 6-1
BOSTON (AP) — Brandon Lowe hardly looks like he has the build of someone that hit two balls as deep as he did in Fenway Park. He even surprised his own team. Lowe hit a pair of solo homers into the center-field bleachers that totaled 890 feet, Blake Snell baffled Boston’s lineup and the Tampa […]
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David Ortiz shot in bar, hospitalized
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo […]
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Class C girls lacrosse: NYA wins OT thriller in Freeport, 17-16
FREEPORT — If you were looking for offense with neither team holding more than a two-goal lead at any point, Saturday’s Class C girls lacrosse quarterfinal between North Yarmouth Academy and Freeport at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field was the place to be. Natalie Farrell took a pass from Helen Hamblett and scored the winning goal […]