FREEPORT — The schedule facing the Gray-New Gloucester baseball team coming into the week was daunting, with Wells, York and Freeport on the slate. With the Patriots clinging to the 11th and final Class B South playoff spot, a tough week might have meant doom. Instead, Gray-NG put together two solid wins: a nip-and-tuck 4-3 […]
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H.S. baseball: Wildcats paste Patriots in B South contest
Gray New Gloucester’s Cooper Winslow tags out York’s Alex Neilson during the baseball game at Gray New Gloucester High School on Wednesday afternoon. Gray New Gloucester ‘s Eli Winchester awaits confirmation of the play. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester significantly bolstered its confidence, and its playoff prospects, with Tuesday’s 5-3 win over Wells, […]
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Patriots take field for OTA with no Brady, no Gronk
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Seven-on-seven drills. Playbook run-throughs. Pretending that everything is normal. It’s all part of the New England Patriots getting ready for the regular season. Three months after losing the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Patriots held their second organized team activity on Tuesday — without Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski. Coach […]
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H.S. softball: Martell, Gray-NG shut down Poland
Poland’s Ally Gagne gets safely into second base while Gray-New Gloucester shortstop Lydia Espling awaits the ball during the Patriots’ win in Gray on Monday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Pitching, hitting and defense were all working for Gray-New Gloucester in Monday’s game against Poland. Patriots senior pitcher Alie Martell flashed all three in just the […]
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H.S. softball: Greely rallies past Gray-New Gloucester, 4-3
Greely’s Kelsey Currier, left, beats out a throw to first as Gray-New Gloucester first baseman Jordan Grant reaches to catch the ball during a 4-3 Greely win in Gray on Friday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Kelsey Currier didn’t get to finish her at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, and it turned out to […]
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H.S. football: Brian Jahna tapped to turn around Gray-NG
Brian Jahna was hired to do for Gray-New Gloucester what he did at Lake Region – build a struggling high school football program to respectability. “The structure is really there in community throughout the levels and there’s just incredible excitement around football there,” Jahna said. “It’s just a matter of tapping into some of those […]
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B South Baseball Preview: Phoenix look to challenge Falcons in return to MVC
Spruce Mountain shortstop Nick Lombardi leaps to catch a high throw as Freeport’s Shea Wagner (7) slides safely into second base as second baseman Landon Brochu (22) watches that action during a playoff game in Livermore Falls last season. No one at Spruce Mountain is happier the school is back in the Mountain Valley Conference […]
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Post battles her way to girls indoor track and field athlete of the year
LEWISTON — Madison Post is a gamer. After suffering a hamstring injury in January at a meet at Harvard University, she battled through it during the month of February, a stretch during which she won a 55-meter dash and 200-meter dash on February 1. The following week, she won the 55-meter dash at the WMC […]
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Patriots’ Edelmen alerts police to school shooting threat
BOSTON — A social media message to New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman has led police to a teenager who posted a threat about shooting up his school. The New York Times reports Edelman received a message from a concerned Instagram follower late last month who told him about the threat to “shoot up” a […]
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Kraft downplays discord in Patriots organization
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Every marriage has its ups and downs. So New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft urged everyone not to read too much into any reported discord in his organization. Kraft praised Bill Belichick on Monday when asked about some of the unusual decisions the coach made in the Super Bowl loss to […]