ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton homered in his first two at-bats, his first homers since he belatedly began his major league season this week back with Texas, helping the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Friday night. Hamilton pulled both homers into the seats in right field off knuckleballer Steven Wright (2-2). […]
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Rangers edge Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Phil Klein allowed one run in his first major league start, Robinson Chirinos hit a solo homer and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Wednesday night. The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Elvis Andrus after singles by Adrian Beltre […]
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H.S. Softball: Gray-NG blanks Greely behind Martell’s 3-hitter
CUMBERLAND — Gray-New Gloucester pitcher Alison Martell and the rest of the Patriots did what no other team has managed to do all season against Greely on Wednesday: hold the Rangers scoreless. Facing a team averaging 9.5 runs per game, Martell tossed a complete-game three-hitter, striking out four and walking three as Gray-NG shut out Greely, […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Greely captures state crown with win over Presque Isle
PORTLAND — Seeing his team surrender the first five points of the Class B championship game, Greely coach Joel Rogers took a timeout to settle his squad down. Rogers told his team to be aggressive and to shoot. His team did just that. The Western Maine champion rattled off 33 of the next 38 points and […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Greely shoots past Gray-New Gloucester in Western B semis
The third-seeded Rangers shot the lights out from the 3-point line, especially in the first half, as they advanced to the Western B final with a 57-34 victory over No. 2 Gray-New Gloucester on Thursday. The Rangers will play Cape Elizabeth in the regional final. Greely finished 9-for-15 from behind the arc, making five of […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Monmouth bottles up Traip in prelim
MONMOUTH — Traip Academy’s scouting report on Monmouth Academy didn’t mention anything about a full-court press. Traip coach Scott Blake observed the Mustangs’ regular-season finale against Madison and didn’t see Monmouth press at any point. Monmouth’s full-court pressure undoubtedly caught the Rangers off guard as the Mustangs forced 25 turnovers in a 50-25 victory over […]
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Girls’ hockey: Strong effort propels Blue Devils to victory over Greely
LEWISTON – The Lewiston High School girls’ hockey team didn’t show any rust in its first game in nine days as the Blue Devils’ dispatched the Greely Rangers 7-2 Wednesday night. Lewiston coach Ron Dumont was pleased with the effort. “We had some days off and we didn’t come prepared to play,”Dumont said of a […]
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Lawmakers hear from Maine’s conservation commission on ranger restructure
AUGUSTA — Maine’s agriculture Commissioner Walter Whitcomb on Tuesday shared new details of a plan that would restructure the state’s Forest Service, including the elimination of between 12 and 13 forest ranger positions. Whitcomb told a joint meeting of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations and Agriculture committees that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation wanted […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Greely Rangers take down Poland Knights
CUMBERLAND — Greely High School finally found the aggressive-style of basketball it was looking for Tuesday night. Greely coach Travis Seaver made attacking the rim a point of emphasis prior to the opening tip against visiting Poland and the Rangers responded. After back-to-back single-digit losses to Yarmouth and Falmouth in which free throws made the […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill shuts out Traip Academy
WALES — It didn’t take long for Oak Hill High School’s senior day to become the Alex Mace show. Playing in his final regular season home game, Mace had arguably the best game of his high school career Saturday afternoon. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior running back/defensive back rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on […]