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Girls’ Hockey: Sullivan, Greely bury St. Dominic Academy

Just as in the first meeting, the Rangers (17-0) struck first less than a minute into the game. St. Dom’s goalie Payton Winslow stopped Ellie Schad 11 seconds in, but couldn’t do the same 10 seconds later against Danita Storey, who cleaned up a loose puck near the left post for a goal. “We scored […]

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Rangers too Fast for Bruins

NEW YORK (AP) — Jesper Fast scored on a deflection in front with 1:42 to play and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Monday night. Derick Brassard also scored in the third period and Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, including a highlight-reel stop on Max Talbot, as the Rangers […]

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H.S. Girls’ Hockey: Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland makes Greely work for win

AUBURN — Greely had a relatively easy time playing its first six girls’ hockey games of the season, out-scoring its opponents 44-4 amidst an undefeated start. One of those wins came against Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland, but the rematch was far from easy skating for the Rangers. The Red Hornets showed improvement the second time around, pushing […]

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Greely routs Hermon for Class B girls’ soccer crown

PORTLAND — For the first 29 minutes of Saturday’s Class B girls’ soccer state championship game, Greely couldn’t buy a goal, missing on its first eight shots on goal, and four more that were off target. Once the Rangers did get one to go in, Hermon had trouble stopping them, and Greely ran away with […]

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Field Hockey: Timeout sparks Oak Hill to victory

LITCHFIELD — Oak Hill field hockey coach Betsy Gilbert saw her players losing in edge midway through the second half of their Class C South semifinal game against Traip Academy in a scoreless game. She quickly called time, gathered them into a huddle and gave an impassioned speech. Her team heard her loud and clear. […]

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Field Hockey: No. 7 Traip ends No. 2 St. Dom’s season

“We didn’t have as many girls as we usually do,” Sullivan said. “I wasn’t even standing in the right position. Usually, we have three girls stacked up and then one behind them, and I just came to the side instead.” Her swing-and-miss wasn’t her first of the afternoon, either. “I did that when we first […]

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High school football: Dirigo trounces Traip

KITTERY — Quarterback Riley Robinson threw for touchdown and ran for two touchdowns as the Cougars reached in to their bag of tricks en route to a 28-8 triumph against Traip Academy in a Class D football game at Memorial Field on Saturday afternoon The long trek down I-95 was certainly worth it. Dirigo (4-2), […]

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Class B baseball, Greely uses no-hitter, offense to wallop Camden Hills

STANDISH — The Greely Rangers probably couldn’t have scripted Saturday to go any better. Sophomore Ryan Twitchell fashioned a no-hitter and was backed by a 12-hit onslaught as Greely High of Cumberland Center cruised to a 10-0, five-inning victory over Camden Hills at Saint Joseph College’s Mahaney Diamond. Coach Derek Soule’s Rangers (15-5), who had […]

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Rangers shake off Red Sox

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton had a pinch-hit, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday. Hamilton lined a double into the left-center field gap on a 1-1 splitter off Koji Uehara (2-2). Hanser Alberto led off the […]