NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Vesey scored two first-period goals 29 seconds apart, Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Pavel Buchnevich and Rick Nash also scored for the resurgent Rangers, who improved to 8-7-2 despite losing seven of […]
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No. 2 Monmouth falls to No. 7 Traip in C South boys' quarterfinal
The Traip Academy Rangers celebrate tying the game at one with Monmouth Academy in second half of a rain soaked game in Readfield onThursday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) KENTS HILL — If you’re going to travel 110 miles to play soccer in the rain, you might as well go home wet and happy. That was the […]
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Poland rallies past Greely in B South field hockey quarterfinal
Desiree Wante, far left, and her Poland Regional High School teammates celebrate after Autumn Willis’ goal put the Knights up 1-0 against Greely in Poland on Wednesday. POLAND — Coming into the season, Poland coach Kayla Royer told her team there would be a time when she would hand the corner play calling duties to […]
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HS Baseball: Opportunistic Saints swamp Rangers
Traip Academy’s Teddy Driscoll can’t find the ball in a cloud of dust and sand as Saint Dominic Academy’s Hunter Hughes slides in with a stolen base during Saturday afternoon’s game in Auburn. AUBURN — Long known for its opportunism on offense, St. Dom’s has to be even more aggressive this season because, with a […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Dom’s edges Greely in Auburn to remain unbeaten
Since a six-goal St. Dominic Academy win on Nov. 26, neither the Saints nor the Greely Rangers had tasted defeat. Thursday’s rematch lived up to the heavyweight expectations, and after hard fought periods, the Saints remained unbeaten with a 3-2 victory at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. Two first-period goals helped the Saints to their […]
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And One: Don’t count out the Dirigo boys
The Heal points earned in wins against the likes of Oak Hill, Lisbon and Boothbay have the Dirigo Cougars solidly in the Class C South playoff hunt despite a 4-11 record. “I think we’re going to be a tough team if we get in,” Dirigo coach Travis Magnusson said. Much of the rest of Class […]
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Girls’ basketball: Greely surges past Gray-New Gloucester
“We were talking before the game (about how) the worst thing that could happen to either team would be kind of a blowout situation, because we need close games,” Flaherty said. “I’m glad we gave them one and we came out on top.” Gray-NG gave Greely all it could handle for nearly 20 minutes before […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Greely trips up EL/Leavitt/Poland
The Rangers (10-1) put a shot on target in the opening seconds on the initial rush. It took the Red Hornets (8-3-1) another three minutes before they were able to do the same. Greely finished with a 12-3 advantage in shots on goal in the first period, and the Rangers had the best scoring opportunity […]
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Girls’ basketball: Greely gasses past Poland
But even just keeping pace with sophomore sensation Anna DeWolfe proved to be a difficult task for Poland, which couldn’t keep up during a 61-21 loss in a WMC contest Friday night. The Rangers (7-1) jumped ahead 9-3 without DeWolfe scoring a point, but the Knights’ (5-3) own standout player, junior Nathalie Theriault, poured in […]
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Maine rangers say people still need to be wary of thin ice
TOWNSHIP 6, RANGE 11 (AP) — Maine officials are warning that there’s still thin ice in many locations, even as a winter storm dumps heavy snow across most of the state. Rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway say the ice is still spotty in late December: They found only 1 to 3 inches on Chamberlain […]