The Greely football team huddles up during practice last month. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Greely High School’s football team has been celebrated for doing a lot with a little. But next year’s varsity roster is expected to be even smaller than this year’s band of 22 Rangers. Administrators, coaches and booster members in Cumberland […]
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B South girls' soccer quarterfinal: Greely gets going in second, beats Oak Hill
Logan Pray of Greeley High School rolls over Oak Hill goalkeeper Paige Gonya after Gonya made a second half save in Wales on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) WALES — Greely turned the tide of Thursday’s Class B South girls’ soccer quarterfinal in a hurry to start the second half, scoring two goals in the first […]
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Boys' soccer B South quarters: Greely corners Gray-NG, wins 3-0
CUMBERLAND — Greely held most of the possession in the first half of its quarterfinal matchup with Gray-New Gloucester to the tune of 10 corner kicks in the first 40 minutes alone. On the Rangers’ fourth and fifth corners, just 123 seconds apart, Chase Cornwall put in two balls at the near post to give […]
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Girls' soccer B South prelim: Greely finishes off Spruce Mountain
JAY — Julia Martel and Kaci O’Grady scored two goals apiece, including a pair exactly two minutes apart midway through the first half, to pace No. 10 Greely to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Spruce Mountain in a Class B South girls’ soccer preliminary round game Saturday at Taglienti Field. Despite being the host […]
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High School Roundup: Falcons pull away in 2nd half, eliminate Rangers
RUMFORD — Rylee Sevigny scored two goals and Leigha Carrier tallied what proved to be the winning goal as top-seeded Mountain Valley dominated the second half to defeat No. 8 Traip Academy, 5-1, in a Class C South field hockey quarterfinal on Wednesday. The two teams battled to a 1-1 tie at halftime on goals […]
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H.S. golf: Greely’s Smith takes home girls’ title; Leavitt has strong finishes
VASSALBORO — Greely’s Rachel Smith signaled the start of play as she took a rules official’s offer to blow the starting horn for the shotgun start for the MPA Individual State Championships. Then she had one of the closing putts of the day as she captured the girls’ individual state championship with a 6-over 78. Smith […]
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Bruins trade defenseman Adam McQuaid to Rangers; team heading to China for exhibitions
BOSTON — The New York Rangers have acquired defenseman Adam McQuaid from the Boston Bruins for defenseman Steven Kampfer and two draft picks. The teams announced the trade Tuesday before the Bruins flew to China for two exhibition games. Boston gets a 2019 fourth-round pick and a conditional seventh-rounder in a move that clears space […]
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Eight Maine forest rangers, firefighters help battle deadly California wildfire
Every morning, as Maine Forest Ranger Wesley Hatch and thousands of other firefighters leave their makeshift campground to battle a deadly wildfire in northern California, the little boy is waiting for them. The boy watches the trucks drive past his house, which might need to be evacuated if the flames spread farther. “He stands out […]
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Sale helps Red Sox win 9th straight, 4-2 over Texas
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Sale struck out 12 in seven innings of shutout ball in his final start before the All-Star Game, and major league batting leader Mookie Betts had two more hits on Wednesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to their ninth straight victory, 4-2 over the Texas Rangers. Sale (10-4) allowed […]
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Red Sox beat Rangers 8-4 for 8th straight win
BOSTON (AP) — Andrew Benintendi bolstered his All-Star credentials with a pair of doubles and two RBIs in his final game before fan votes are tallied, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to eight games. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a pair of RBI […]