ROCKLAND — The Brunswick High School girls’ lacrosse team closed out its regular season with a solid 15-4 victory over Oceanside on Tuesday. Emily Cloutier led the way for the Dragons with five goals, with Lila Solberg adding four goals and Mackenzie Dorr two. Rian Sachs, Amanda Cloutier, Gia Guernelli and Charlotte MacMillan pitched in a […]
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HS boys lacrosse: South Portland Red Riots roll past Dragons, 21-8
BRUNSWICK — David Fiorini was happy to play in the rain Tuesday afternoon. So happy in fact, that he went out and produced the game of his life. Fiorini, a University of Massachusetts-Lowell commit, scored nine goals, six in the second quarter, to lead South Portland to a surprisingly decisive and Heal points-rich 21-8 boys’ lacrosse […]
Buckner was forgiven in later years by Red Sox fans
Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder, too. But a little grounder forever changed his legacy. Buckner, who made one of the biggest blunders in baseball history when he let Mookie Wilson’s trickler roll through his legs in the 1986 World Series, […]
Sea Dogs doubled up by Yard Goats, 4-2
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tyler Nevin hit a run-scoring single in the third inning, leading the Hartford Yard Goats to a 4-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday. The single by Nevin, part of a three-run inning, gave the Yard Goats a 2-0 lead before Colton Welker hit an RBI single later in […]
Indians rally for five in 9th, beat Red Sox, 7-5
BOSTON – The Cleveland Indians had plenty to celebrate despite the late hour. Zach Plesac delivered a solid start in his major league debut and the bottom of Cleveland’s lineup led a wild ninth-inning rally as the Indians scored five and beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night. “I was proud of the whole […]
Area Roundup: Mt. Ararat tops Hampden in softball action
TOPSHAM — Amanda O’Neill, Ema Hawkes, Bella West and Jaden Lohr each singled in a run during a four-run second inning as the Mt. Ararat High School softball team hustled to a 7-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Hampden Academy on Monday. The Eagles are 2-13 and visit Brunswick today at 4 p.m. Megan Reed, […]
KVAC, WMC Track Championships held
BATH — Once again, the race for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls title was a tight one. And once again, Cony had the finishing touch to take home the title. Cony, led by two wins and a runner-up finish from Anna Reny, repeated as conference champion Saturday at McMann Field in Bath, […]
Brunswick takes down Mt. Ararat in girls lacrosse, 9-2
BRUNSWICK — After scoring 24 goals in the last two games, including a 15-goal output in Wednesday’s win against Morse, the Brunswick girls’ lacrosse team was looking for more of that offensive prowess against Mt. Ararat on Friday. However, the Eagles were coming off a one-goal victory over Boothbay on Thursday and were carrying a little […]
HS Baseball: Sharpe leads ‘grand’ win for Dragons
BATH — As the high school baseball regular season nears its conclusion, the games seem to get bigger, with playoff lives often on the line. Such was the case for Brunswick, which visited rival Morse on Friday riding a three-game winning streak and holding down the eighth and final playoff spot in the Class A North Heal […]
HS Baseball: Greyhounds ramble on, down Winthrop
LISBON – Hunter Brissette has relished the role he has been given by Lisbon High School baseball coach Randy Ridley. Brissette serves as Ridley’s leadoff hitter, the man who sets the table for the big bats that follow. On Saturday in a key Mountain Valley Conference matchup with Winthrop, Brissette set the table for a big […]