Hall-Dale High School’s Jett Boyer slides under Monmouth Academy’s Carlos Garcia at second during a baseball game on Tuesday in Monmouth. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — It’s never too early for a grudge match. For some on the Hall-Dale baseball team, an early May showdown with a Monmouth team that got the best of it […]
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Monmouth softball cruises to win over Hall-Dale
MONMOUTH — It’s not the team senior Emily Chasse or her coaches envisioned, but it appears the Monmouth softball will be just fine this season in its current configuration. Tuesday, Chasse and the Mustangs downed Hall-Dale 10-3 behind a 12-hit attack and some strong plays in the field. Monmouth is 2-1 in Mountain Valley Conference […]
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Boys' lacrosse: Portland dominates second half, beats Edward Little
Edward Little High School’s Spencer Frahn, left, muscles his way through Portland High School’s Max Cheever during their game at Walton Field in Auburn on Saturday. (Lee Horton/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little’s nice start to the season continued through the first half of Saturday’s game against Portland. But the Bulldogs stuffed all of the […]
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Notre Dame beats Mississippi St. on last-second shot for NCAA women’s title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale hit the shot of her life — again. Ogunbowale floated in a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.1 seconds left, lifting Notre Dame to its second women’s basketball title with a thrilling 61-58 comeback victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA championship game on Sunday night. It was the […]
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Hall-Dale uses quickness to dethrone Winthrop in C South boys' title game
The Winthrop bench and fans watch dejectedly as at the end of the Class C South championship Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Replicating game speed in practice is difficult enough. Replicating the speed and intensity with which Hall-Dale plays defense is virtually impossible. In Winthrop’s case, even playing the […]
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Boothbay escapes Madison in C South semifinal
AUGUSTA — Loosely translated from Spanish, ‘ganas’ refers to the desire to move forward. Appropriately, a sign with that very word adorns a bulletin board in the Boothbay girls basketball team’s locker room, and they took its inspiration to heart Thursday afternoon. Racked by team-wide illness this week and without their best player for most […]
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Eddies paint Portland maroon and white in AA North semis
Edward Little’s Piper Norcross goes for a basket while being pressured for behind by Portland’s Callie Watson during the Class AA North girls’ basketball semifinals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Staying in the paint for too long isn’t allowed in basketball, but going to it early […]
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No. 4 Madison takes charge, downs No. 12 Mt. Abram
Madison Area Memorial High School’s Kathryn Worthen blocks Mt. Abram High School’s Ashlyn Sorel on Tuesday during their Class C quarterfinal game in Augusta. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Madison’s defense was so constricting and fast that it took the Mt. Abram Roadrunners out of their offense for most this Class C South girls’ basketball […]
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Windham stuns, ousts defending champion Portland
Nazari Henderson celebrates after Windham beat Portland 55-53 in a Class AA North boys’ basketball semifinal at the Cross Insurance Arena on Tuesday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — There will be a new state champion in Class AA boys’ basketball. Windham’s senior backcourt of Mike Gilman and Nick Curtis combined to shoot down two-time […]
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Hall-Dale boys survive test from Traip
Hall-Dale High School’s Ashtyn Abbott, right, runs into Traip High School’s Charlie Driscoll during their Class C South quarterfinal Saturday in Augusta. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The Hall-Dale boys basketball team was in trouble. Or at least the scoreboard said as much. The Bulldogs themselves never fretted. “If you’ve watched us, you know that […]