Greely’s Courtney Sullivan, center, celebrates a goal during Saturday night’s playoff game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — There will be a new girls’ state hockey champion in 2018. The Greely/Gray New Gloucester Rangers knocked off the two-time defending state champion St. Dominc Academy Saints 7-2 in a […]
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York boys, Greely girls win WMC indoor track titles; Post helps Gray-NG place third
Elizabeth Brown of Greely competes in the long jump at the Western Maine Conference track championships in Gorham on Friday. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) GORHAM — Members of the York High School boys’ indoor track team are always competing, each trying to surpass a teammate. “It’s always more fun with competition,” senior […]
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Boys' Basketball: Martin, Patriots survive Falcons
FREEPORT — With a bye to the quarterfinals at stake, Gray-New Gloucester and Freeport played a game worthy of the tournament-like atmosphere on Senior Night at Freeport High School. John Martin’s three-point play with 2:42 left gave the Patriots the lead for good in what had been a see-saw battle to that point, and they […]
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Gray-NG girls lock down top seed, topple Freeport
Gray-New Gloucester’s Brianna Jordan left, grabs a loose ball before Freeport’s Catriona Gould, right, can get to it during the first half of Thursday’s game. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester locked down the top seed in Class B South, but Freeport made the Patriots earn it. The Patriots outlasted the Falcons in a […]
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Lions hire Matt Patricia as coach
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions hired Matt Patricia on Monday, doubling down on the franchise’s hope it can copy the New England Patriots’ formula for success. The expected hiring of the defensive coordinator came a day after the Patriots lost to Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. “This position comes with great responsibility, and I […]
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Belichick isn’t saying why he benched Butler in Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was no more forthcoming on Monday about his surprise benching of one-time Super Bowl star Malcolm Butler. Speaking on a conference call the day after the Patriots blew their chance at a sixth NFL title with a 41-33 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Belichick said […]
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Girls' basketball: Success a team thing for Gray-New Gloucester's Bri Jordan
Gray-New Gloucester’s Brianna Jordan muscles her way past Lake Region’s Chandler True, left, and Shauna Hancock, right, as she heads to the basket for a layup during the first half of a game last month. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball coach Mike Andreasen expects the world of junior guard Bri Jordan. “We ask […]
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Huddle Up: If it's the end of an era, all is not lost
Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles and to their fans for getting their revenge for Super Bowl XXXIX and their first Lombardi Trophy. The better team won. It probably shouldn’t have been a one-score game at the end. For all of the coincidences that would have made a Patriots’ win Sunday night the perfect bookend to […]
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Super Bowl parties about more than the game
In celebration of Super Bowl LII, an epic match between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, fans planned parties built on good food, beverages, good company and a good or great game. But every party is a little different, and everyone has his or her opinion about what makes a perfect Super Bowl […]
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Geraldine Margaret Ricker
LEWISTON — Geraldine (Gerry) M. Ricker, 87, died unexpectedly Jan. 30 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Gerry was born Oct. 30, 1930, in Lewiston, the youngest daughter of Bernard and Margaret Murphy Ricker. Gerry graduated from Lewiston High School in 1948 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in education from St. Joseph’s College in 1953 […]