Oak Hill’s Gavin Rawstron is driven out of bounds by Yarmouth’s Noah Eckersley-Ray during Saturday afternoon’s game at Oak Hill High School. WALES — Like a boxer staggering his opponent with a left-right combination, Oak Hill set Yarmouth back on its heels early Saturday with a big defensive stop followed almost immediately by a big […]
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Class B girls’ lacrosse: Kennebunk edges Yarmouth
Kennebunk players celebrate after winning the Class B state lacrosse championship at Fotzpatrick Stadium in Portland on Saturday. PORTLAND — The momentum firmly in its favor, Yarmouth had one more chance to tie the game with less than 30 seconds on the clock — and a full timeout to think about it. Instead of putting […]
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H.S. Baseball: Yarmouth downs Old Town for first Class B state title
STANDISH — The matchup on paper for the Class B baseball state championship looked to be heavily in Old Town’s favor. The Coyotes were not only the No. 1 seed coming out of the North region, but they were also the defending state champions. Yarmouth, meanwhile, was the No. 9 seed from the South and […]
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H.S. Baseball: Title games have familiar feel
Familiarity is the theme of three of the four state championship baseball games being played Saturday, whether it’s familiar opponents or familiar storylines. The one game that doesn’t come close to a been there, done that feel is the Class C championship (2 p.m., Mansfield Stadium in Bangor) pitting Lisbon (15-4) against Orono (13-6). In […]
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Yarmouth holds on to advance to class B state title game
STANDISH — The ninth-seeded Yarmouth Clippers continued their run through the Class B South playoffs Tuesday, holding on to defeat second-seeded York, 5-3, in the regional final at Larry Mahaney Diamond on the campus of St. Joseph’s College. The Clippers have defeated No. 8 Leavitt, No. 1 Bridgeway, and No. 3 Cape Elizabeth in addition […]
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Yarmouth ousts Leavitt in Class B preliminary round contest
TURNER — Gibson Harnett gave up just two hits while fanning nine Hornets as No. 9 Yarmouth defeated No. 8 Leavitt, 8-1, in a Class B preliminary baseball matchup Tuesday afternoon. Harnett got stronger as they game progressed, allowing just an unearned run in the first while surrendering a pair of Lucas Perry singles before retiring […]
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H.S. baseball: Big fourth gives Yarmouth win over Poland
YARMOUTH — A three-run bottom of the fourth helped Yarmouth to a 4-2 victory over Poland in a WMC baseball contest on Monday. The Clippers manufactured their runs to break a 1-1 tie heading into the fourth. The first run came frome a squeeze. Then John Thoma singled home the second run. The third came […]
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H.S. softball: Yarmouth jumps Poland to stay undefeated
YARMOUTH — Falling behind 2-0 before even getting a turn to bat didn’t put a damper on Yarmouth on Monday. The Clippers evened the score after one inning, then kept the momentum going long enough to hold off Poland, 5-3, in a WMC Class B South softball clash at Michael Brown Field. “The last two […]
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Top-seeded Celtics headline trio of elimination games
Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley (0) lines up a dunk over Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) during the fourth quarter of a first-round NBA playoff basketball game in Boston on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Bradley scored 24 as the Celtics defeated the Bulls 108-97. SALT LAKE CITY — The top-seeded Boston Celtics are back […]
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Class B South: York manhandles Yarmouth to clinch a berth in the regional final
LEWISTON — The second-seeded York Wildcats were gracious “hosts” for their Class B South semifinal game against the No. 6 Yarmouth Clippers at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday night. The Clippers fired the first shot on goal in each period, but after that, the Wildcats weren’t as gracious, running up eight goals in an […]