WATERVILLE — Running laps and wind sprints practice after chilly practice this season at St. Dominic Academy helped condition freshman Bethany Hammond for Saturday’s marathon day of tennis at the MPA singles championships. Three matches and three wins later, Hammond is on her way to the Maine Principals’ Association state singles tournament semifinal round in […]
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Pushard, Eddies put Broncos on hold
HAMPDEN — After losing his first pitching start this spring, Edward Little of Auburn’s Nate Pushard thought the simple approach would be best as he faced a youthful Hampden Academy club Saturday afternoon. The senior right-hander couldn’t have been more correct in that thinking, as he pitched a five-hit shutout to lift the Red Eddies […]
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H.S. Baseball: Emerson’s 2-hit gem leads Lewiston past Hampden, 1-0
If Eddie Emerson exhibits the same control and velocity his left arm wielded Wednesday at Deschenes Field, however, Lewiston will be a nightmare every fourth day in May and June, too. Emerson tossed a two-hit, 11-strikeout, 80-minute masterpiece in a 1-0 season-opening KVAC triumph over Hampden. “I felt pretty good in the bullpen,” Emerson said. […]
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‘He just took off going the wrong way at a high rate of speed’
RICHMOND — Police have released the identity of one of the men killed in a wrong-way head-on collision that claimed the lives of two men. The name of the man driving the pickup truck hit by the SUV was released Monday. He is James Curtis, 39, of Knox. His relatives were notified Sunday night, Stephen McCausland, […]
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Two dead in head-on collision on I-95 in Hampden
HAMPDEN — An SUV going the wrong way on Interstate 95 on Sunday slammed into a pickup truck, killing both drivers, state police said. The incident occurred on I-95?s southbound side between Carmel and Newburgh at about 7 p.m. It forced state police to close the highway in that area and reroute traffic at the […]
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H.S. boys’ basketball: Bulldogs bite Broncos
PORTLAND — Portland High School snapped Hampden Academy’s win streak in boys’ basketball Saturday night as the Bulldogs beat the Broncos 54-40 in the Class A state championship game at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Hampden (21-1) had won 43 consecutive games, including last year’s thrilling come-from-behind state title win over South Portland. The Broncos […]
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East A boys’ semifinal: Hampden overwhelms Edward Little
AUGUSTA — Edward Little faced a tough, uphill climb from the beginning of Wednesday’s night’s Eastern Class A quarterfinal as it faced top-seeded and defending Class A champion Hampden Academy. As if that wasn’t tough enough, the Broncos jumped out to a quick lead as EL stumbled out of the gate, building an early, double-digit […]
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Class A East Boys’ Quarterfinal: Hampden express steamrolls Lewiston
AUGUSTA — Tim Farrar was too busy coaching to look at the scoreboard Monday afternoon at Augusta Civic Center. Without any official numbers to guide him, the Lewiston boys’ basketball coach thought things were going reasonably well for his Blue Devils. Then the halftime horn sounded, and Farrar allowed himself another peek toward the rafters. […]
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Hampden man killed in single-car crash on I-95
HERMON — A 47-year-old Hampden man was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95. Thomas Ellingwood was the only person in the vehicle, a silver 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, Trooper Michael Johnston of the Maine State Police said in a news release issued Monday evening. According to Johnston, the accident happened about […]
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H.S. soccer: Scarborough repeats in A states
BATH — Scarborough rallied with a goal late in regulation and then won in the first overtime to beat Hampden Academy 2-1 in the Class A boys’ state soccer final Saturday at McMann Field. It is the second straight state title for the Red Storm and fourth in the past six years. Hampden was shooting […]