The Twin City Thunder are getting hot at the right time. They extended their regular-season win streak to five Friday night against the South Shore Kings, and are currently 16-14-2 with a month left in the USPHL regular season. The Thunder holding the sixth and final playoff spot in the New England division and have […]
January 2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local Sports
Joey Gamache recovering from random attack in New York
A 2004 Sun Journal file photo of Ryan Gamache, right, before he made his professional boxing debut at the Multi-Purpose Center in Lewiston. His uncle Joey Gamache Jr., middle, promoted the fight. Joe Gamache Sr., left, began the Gamache Boxing Club in the basement of the Lewiston Armory nearly 40 years ago. (Sun Journal file […]
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Numbers, quality of play on the rise in Unified basketball
Winthrop’s Samantha Neumann (11) holds hands with teammate Lukas Thompson (32) as they run back on defense against Massabesic at the Unified basketball tournament at Thomas College on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) WATERVILLE — Zack Meko was an eighth-grader when he watched the Massabesic Unified basketball team play its games last […]
Posted inFranklin
Livermore Falls couple weds on ice
LIVERMORE — As the temperature dipped to 14 degrees on Long Pond on Saturday, Rory Young and Elizabeth Richardson exchanged vows. It was their dream wedding. “Winter is my favorite time of year,” Young said. “I don’t like the heat. I’d much rather be out here ice fishing. I told her the only way […]
Posted inFootball, Local Sports, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Coaches’ group supports eight-man, flag football options
Former Maine head football coach Jack Cosgrove watches the action during a game against New Hampshire at Alfond Stadium in Orono in Nov. 2014. (AP file photo) An organization of prominent football coaches in Maine has thrown its support behind eight-man high school football. “To our group, eight-man football is better than no-man football, and […]
Posted inBoys Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Monmouth wears out Madison
Mustangs scores game’s first 22 points on way to blow out.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Traffic streaks down Main Street in Lewiston
Car lights are a blur in this 6-second exposure as traffic flows down Main Street in Lewiston. People were preparing for a major snowstorm Saturday night. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham)
Posted inBoys Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Edward Little rallies past Oxford Hills late
Red Eddies trail majority of game but come through down the stretch.
Posted inNation / World
Donald Trump offers DACA protection for $5.7 billion in border wall funding
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protections for some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in border wall funding. Trump’s proposal is designed to ramp up pressure on Democrats by offering a reprieve on his attempts to […]
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Mainers stock up before snowstorm moves in
The National Weather Service predicts 12 to 18 inches will fall in Portland and coastal southern Maine, and 18 to 24 inches in the north.