The emotion in the eyes of St. Dom’s junior pitcher Mike Bryant was hard to miss Saturday after he struck out 11 and delivered two bases-loaded walks at the plate in an 8-4 Class C West semifinal win over Dirigo at Harlow Park in Dixfield. It’s easy to understand why. Without his heroics, the third-seeded […]
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Class B East Boys’ Lacrosse Quarterfinal: Maranacook/Winthrop stays unbeaten, ousts NYA
READFIELD — For the relatively short history of Maine high school lacrosse, players from outside Cumberland County might have been willing to sign away their future first-born child or cut a deal with the netherworld for a chance to beat North Yarmouth Academy. Now, the undefeated cooperative program from Maranacook/Winthrop has done it twice in […]
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Class C West Baseball Preliminary: Red-hot Ramblers rout ‘Gulls
WINTHROP — Every tournament, in every sport, at every level has the red-hot, lower-seeded team that no favorite in its right mind wants to face. In this year’s Class C West baseball playoff, there’s no doubt the unsung foe invoking fear is No. 6 Winthrop, which ousted No. 11 Old Orchard Beach, 9-0, from the […]
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Iginla nets game-winner for B’s in OT
DETROIT (AP) — Jarome Iginla scored with 6:28 left in overtime, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night in Game 4 of their first-round series. The Presidents’ Trophy winners and defending Eastern Conference champions can advance with a win against Detroit on Saturday at home. Detroit […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: Bangor outlasts Brunswick
LEWISTON — It was tougher and rougher than the top-seeded team in Class A East hockey expected, but Bangor earned a return trip to Androscoggin Bank Colisee later this week. Trevor DeLaite had a hat trick and Sam Kenny contributed two goals and two assists Saturday night in a 5-1 semifinal victory over Brunswick. No. […]
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Class A West Hockey Semifinal: Red Storm trounce Trojans
LEWISTON —The Scarborough Red Storm controlled the game from start to finish Saturday in the 7-1 victory over the Thornton Academy Golden Trojans in the Western Class A hockey semifinals. “One of my assistants has been here for 15 years, and he said he has never seen a Scarborough team play all three zones like […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: St. Dom’s bounces Lewiston
LEWISTON — There’s a reason rivals at higher levels of hockey play best-of-seven series. Emotions swing violently. Confidence spikes and wanes accordingly. And the pipes and sticks that provide friendly bounces one night break your heart the next. The third time was a convincing charm for Saint Dominic Academy, which saved its first victory of […]
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Girls’ Hockey Eastern Final: Lewiston shuts out Leavitt Little
It’s the law of averages, and in concert with another dynamite defensive effort, it steered Lewiston into the state championship game. Paige Fontaine made 25 saves for her second playoff shutout Wednesday night, and Lewiston advanced to its third girls’ hockey state championship game and its first since 2010 by shutting out rival Leavitt/Edward Little, […]
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Girls’ Hockey, East Semifinal: Lewiston blanks two-time champ Greely
AUBURN — Greely might not bear much resemblance to the team that won back-to-back girls’ hockey state championships, but to call the Rangers a “tough out” in the Eastern Maine tournament is so overly simplistic, it’s laughable. Lewiston knew it would take a tireless effort, and yes, a friendly bounce or two to survive Saturday […]
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Girls’ Hockey East Semifinal: Red Hornets share wealth, return to title game
One, hope that the Red Hornets’ freshmen — seven of them, each seeing significant ice time — get rattled by the environment. Or two, stay glued to Taylor Landry at every turn and force somebody else to beat you. Neither approach stayed on the rails Saturday afternoon at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Six different players […]