Nobody who has watched St. Dom’s baseball go to 11 Class C West championship games under coach Bob Blackman had any doubt what the Saints were going to do. Madison even knew, and it was destined to work, anyway. “I really wanted to score first,” Blackman said. “I felt that we could play better from […]
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H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Capsule previews of each region
Eastern Class A Local players to watch: Edward Little — Lew Jensen P/IF, Elijah Roe 1B, Jarod Norcross-Plourde P/IF, Brandon Varney C, Drew Lashua 2B, Austin Cox SS, Damien St. Pierre P; Oxford Hills — Blake Slicer P/OF, Brady LaFrance CF, Bailey West P/OF, Matt Smith C, Jake Spinhirn SS, Aiden Heikkinen OF; Mt. Blue — Colton Lawrence […]
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Celtics on a roll heading into the playoffs
MILWAUKEE — Gigi Datome scored 22 points, including two key buckets in the final 3 minutes, and the Boston Celtics ended the regular season with their sixth straight win following a 105-100 victory Wednesday night over the Milwaukee Bucks. Kelly Olynyk added 16 for the Celtics, who are locked into the seventh seed in the […]
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Panthers damage Bruins playoff chances
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Roberto Luongo earned his 401st career win and Jaromir Jagr got his 1,800th career point Thursday night, helping the Florida Panthers beat Boston 4-2, damaging the Bruins’ playoff hopes. The Bruins have lost two straight after winning their previous five games. They trail Ottawa by two points and Pittsburgh by one […]
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Vermont shakes off Maine in overtime, 3-2
Junior center Jonathan Turk’s goal with 3:55 remaining in the first overtime gave the University of Vermont a 3-2 victory over the University of Maine on Sunday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., sending the Catamounts to the Hockey East quarterfinals. Seventh seed Vermont is now 20-13-4, while the 10th seeded Black Bears wound […]
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Class C West Championship: Explosive offenses from Leavitt and Wells collide in Turner
TURNER — This fall’s first football encounter between Leavitt and Wells came down to two streaky offenses, two opportunistic defenses, one intentionally allowing the other to score, and the other team fighting furiously not to let the other return the favor. Leavitt held on for a 26-19 road victory Oct. 17, the biggest speed bump […]
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H.S. Football Weekend Blitz: Five local teams chase regional berths
No. 3 Wells (7-2) at No. 2 Spruce Mountain (8-1) Class C West semifinal Friday, 7 p.m. It’s the fourth meeting between the two teams in just over 400 days. Wells won the 2013 regular-season clash before Spruce achieved revenge in the playoffs. The Phoenix won by a deceptive 27-6 margin in the most recent […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Class A jumble could start to shake out
1. Thornton 7-1 (Last week: 1) Trojans face Scarborough, which beat South Portland, which beat Bonny Eagle, which … didn’t beat Thornton, so we’re comfortable casting this vote again. 2. Windham 7-1 (2) In a theme that’s shared elsewhere with Brunswick and Falmouth, Windham must avenge only loss (Portland) to reach Class A East final. […]
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In rebuttal, G. Ferguson: A credit to the Telstar community
I am a Lisbon High School graduate and a former football player for four years. Not a very good one, I’ll admit, as blocking was my greatest asset. In my day, Coach Woodhead got a scrimmage with Lewiston’s three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense of Norm Parent. Riding on the bus to face “the big guys,” to say we […]
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Western B Baseball Playoffs: Knights’ balance could make difference
Local players to watch: Gray-New Gloucester — Justin McKenna (Sr. 2B/SS/P), Tyler St. Pierre (Jr. SS/P); Oak Hill — Parker Asselin (Sr. P/3B), Brady Dion (Sr. 2B), Jacob Martin (Sr. P/1B); Poland — Kaleb Bridgham (Sr. OF/P), Lukas Johnson (Sr. P/OF), Jake Simard (Sr. P/1B). Favorites: Not only did Lincoln Academy (12-4) make a late […]