GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Jorge Abiague of the Portland Boxing Club won the National Golden Gloves championship with a unanimous 5-0 decision over Daniel Lozano of Tampa, Fla.Abiague is the club’s second national champion, joining Lisa Kuronya.On his way to the title, Abiague scored a second-round knockout over Henry Clay, then avenged a previous loss […]

PORTLAND – The Maine Junior Black Bear U16 travel baseball program, based out of Frozen Ropes, is in need of additional players to fill out the roster. The season runs from early June to the end of July and does not interfere with high school season.There are 36 games scheduled with an additional 22 practices. […]

AUBURN – The father-son tandem of David and Dave Ricker notched a pair of big hits to boost the Winthrop Red Sox to a 12-5 win over the Auburn White Sox in a Tuesday night Maine Senior Baseball League clash under the lights at Auburn Suburban.The elder Ricker drove in two runs in the top […]

NORWAY – It is said that a Sensei (teacher) is made from 1 of every 10,000 students who train in the martial arts. Liesha Petrovich, co-founder of Maine Kyokushin Karate, beat those odds and was recently promoted to the rank of Sandan (third degree black belt) and now has earned the title of Sensei.Liesha is […]

AUBURN – Dillingham and Son posted a 6-2 win over Hudson Bus, running its Auburn Suburban Little Leagie Minor Baseball record to 3-1. Kodi Berube and Patrick Ivers both went 3-for-3 for Dillingham.

TURNER – Golfers of all ability levels are invited to sign up for the Auburn Public Library Golf Classic, scheduled for Monday, June 30 at Turner Highlands.The tournament will benefit the library’s children and teen programs. Format is a scramble with a cost of $95 per golfer or $380 for a foursome. Fee includes dinner […]

LEWISTON – Bates College again will host football camps this summer.The Bobcat Big Men’s Camp will be held in Merrill Gym on Saturday, June 21.This camp is designed specifically for offensive and defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers.The camp will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is for players entering grades 9-12.Central Maine […]

AUBURN – Evan Raymond belted a two-run double with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, rallying HRH Insurance to a 5-4 win over Auburn Firefighters in Auburn Suburban Little League action.Brian Crane and Bryce Gibson combined on the mound for HRH, Brooks Layman and Nick Mitri pitched a well in a losing […]

LEWISTON – Richard Dewitt of Bridgeport, Conn., won the $300 top prize for the third year in a row at the Maine Table Tennis League Spring Open.Dewitt topped Sonu Bhatia, the league and state champion, with Ralph Bockoven third and Babak Pajoohi fourth.More than 50 players from all six New England states participated in the […]

AUBURN – Great Falls Outlaws rallied for five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to escape Pettingill Park with an 8-7 win over Goody’s Guys of Newport.The Outlaws benefited from four free passes and two errors in the decisive ninth. Scott Berube ripped a ground ball that was mishandled at second base […]