Spruce Mountain’s Brett Frey shoots at the basket past Gray-New Gloucester’s Ryan Lachance during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo.(Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — It seemed that any time Gray-New Gloucester took a shot, the ball found its way through the net at the Portland Expo on Saturday afternoon. The No. […]
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Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski is back in the playoffs, where he's unstoppable
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is tackled by Tennessee Titans safety Kevin Byard, rear, after catching a pass during an NFL divisional playoff game earlier this month in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Late last Saturday night, Rob Gronkowski paced across the New England locker room, dressed in all black, decked in a […]
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Patriots won’t bite on Jaguars’ trash talk
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As they normally do when the opposition says something you might post on a bulletin board, the New England Patriots reacted diplomatically Monday to Jacksonville’s Jalen Ramsey guaranteeing his team is “going to the Super Bowl and we gonna win that b—-.” “Man, that guy’s really good,” said a smiling Pro Bowl […]
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Questions emerging as Tom Brady ages
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates after scoring a 1-yard touchdown during the AFC Championship game against the Baltimore Ravens, in Foxborough, Mass, in Jan. 2012. The Patriots’ 40-year-old quarterback will try to lead his team to a place in its seventh straight conference title game when it hosts the Titans. (AP Photo/Stephan […]
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Portland upends Lewiston in Class A North football playoffs
Portland’s Vincent Pasquali looks to the referee after making the first touchdown of the evening as teammate Benjamin Stasium comes in to congratulate him during Friday night’s Class A North semi final on Garcelon Field at Bates College. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — In the first half, nothing happened. In the second half, Terion Moss […]
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Leavitt, Gardiner football rivalry rekindled this season
Gardiner players tried everything to stop Leavitt’s Jake Ouellette, including yanking his jersey off, during the Eastern Class B championship football game in Nov. 2010. Leavitt beat Gardiner to advance to the state championship game against Mountain Valley. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Tyler Salley graduated Gardiner Area High School in 2011. And every once in a […]
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Field hockey state championship preview
Class A Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Skowhegan Indians are in the Class A state field hockey final. What you may not have heard recently — nay, never in the past 37 years — is that Westbrook is there, too. It’s a study in contrast in the Class A final, with the […]
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Rangeley girls topple Vinalhaven
Rangeley 3, Vinalhaven 0 RANGLEY — Sydney Royce had a shutout in net for Rangeley as the Lakers shut out Vinalhaven 3-0 on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Lakers received goals from Hannah Macmillan, Olivia Pye and Emily Eastlack, who also tallied an assist. Vinalhaven goalkeeper Gilley Oakes had 17 saves. Rangeley will face top-seeded Richmond on […]
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Field hockey: Spruce Mountain shakes feisty Oak Hill again
Spruce Mountain’s Emily Goding (14) battles for the ball with Oak Hill’s Alexis Faucher (3) as Spruce’s Emily Castonguay (30) looks in a Class C South field hockey quarterfinal in Jay on Wednesday night. The Phoenix won, 3-1. JAY — Spruce Mountain and Oak Hill stalked and hounded each other for 60 minutes of nail-biting […]
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Pastime Club edges Augusta in Zone 2 American Legion baseball semifinal
Pastime’s Hunter Landry slides into second base as Augusta’s Justin Rodrigue leaps over him during the game at Pettingill Park in Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon. The second inning has been a charm for Pastime in the Zone 2 playoffs so far. Pastime scored twelve runs in the second inning of its first playoff game against […]