TURNER — In years past, Leavitt’s starters have been used to getting their work in for a half, then watching the backups mop things up in the final 24 minutes. But the Hornets haven’t just been letting teams hang around so far this season. They’ve had some legitimate nail-biters, which is why they welcomed Saturday […]
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H.S. Soccer: Patriots edge Falcons
FREEPORT — Gray-New Gloucester’s Tyler St. Pierre made run after run as his teammates tried to send the speedy forward on a breakaway behind the Freeport defense. Three times, the plan — both in timing and execution — worked perfectly as St. Pierre’s hat trick lifted the Patriots to their first win, a 3-2 Western […]
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The Hot Corner: Patience with Patriots will be rewarded
For every action during the first month of the NFL season, there is an immediate, irrational overreaction. It hasn’t always been this way. That’s the price of a world in which Twitter, Facebook, fantasy football and Skip Bayless are allowed to exist. We used to recognize that five months are an eternity in this most […]
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H.S. Football: Falcons bend, don’t break to thwart Patriots
GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester had enough to overcome in its comeback bid Saturday night with Freeport’s bend-but-don’t-break defense. It didn’t need the clock working against it, too. But time did indeed run out on the Patriots when Ben MacMillan and David Schaedler tackled Sam Johnson at the Freeport 30 as time ran out to preserve […]
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In the Crease: This and that from around the world of sports
Ever have so much you want to talk about — or write about — that you can’t decide where to start? Happens to us here at the Sun Journal all the time. Instead of trying to narrow it down, let’s go through a handful of those items in brief: • The Patriots-Jets fiasco, and Thursday […]
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Awkward victory for Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — One picture-perfect pass started the New England Patriots toward an ugly win.Tom Brady threw a 39-yard touchdown to a wide-open Aaron Dobson on the game’s first series before both offenses played as sloppily as the second-half weather, and the Patriots got by the New York Jets 13-10 on Thursday night.Brady had […]
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Smith gets first taste of rivalry
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Geno Smith was 10 years old when Tom Brady played his first game against the Jets. On Thursday night, New York’s rookie quarterback makes his debut in the rivalry with the New England Patriots.He’s hoping for a better result than Brady had.In his second season, Brady replaced an injured Drew Bledsoe […]
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Huddle Up: To get to four, Patriots need these 3 to be factors
If you have tuned into this column looking for bold predictions for the 2013 New England Patriots, I apologize for only having one: Rob Gronkowski will play in the opener against the Buffalo Bills (Editor’s note: Whitehouse is 0-for-1. Gronk was downgraded to out on Saturday night). Sure, I could forecast yet another AFC East […]
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Preview 2013: Gray-New Gloucester field hockey
Coach: Corenna Dick (first year) Class: B Conference: WMC Last year: 0-14 Returning letter-winners: Senior — Jamie Boulos (F); Junior — Sarah Carder (F); Sophomore — Jenny Holmquist. Key losses: Emily Harlow, Olivia Rottari, Meghan Lafontaine. Promising newcomers: Freshman — Skye Conley (MF). Season outlook: A new coach takes over a team looking for its […]
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Ten down, 12 to go
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots released veteran tight ends Jake Ballard and Daniel Fells in the first batch of final cuts.Now comes the really hard part.The Patriots released 10 players on Friday and must reduce their roster by 12 more to get down to the NFL regular-season limit of 53 by Saturday.Tim […]