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H.S. Basketball: MPA announces agreement for tourney webcasts

The Maine Principals’ Association announced on Tuesday that the streaming rights to the North and South regional high school basketball semifinals and finals has been awarded to the Northeast Sports Network, Inc. (NSN) of Lyndonville, Vt. All 60 games from Bangor, Augusta, and Portland will be provided free to the viewer via internet, Northeast Sports […]

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NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament: Bates battles back but bows to Trinity, 79-62

WELLESLEY, Mass. — Thirty-three percent shooting proficiency didn’t get it done for Bates against Trinity during the regular season. Twenty-nine percent surely wasn’t enough to boost the Bobcats past the Bantams in the third round of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament. Thrown for a loop by an 11-minute, 36-second field goal drought Friday evening, […]

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Men’s basketball: Bates’ road to Final Four goes through Boston

LEWISTON — It is uncharted territory, but Bates men’s basketball won’t be dealing with unknown quantities in the NCAA Division III sectional round this weekend. The Bobcats collide with NESCAC rival Trinity (Conn.) at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Staake Gymnasium on the campus of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Bates and Trinity have met 44 […]

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Wrestling wrapup: Area athletes come up short

Maine wrestlers put on quite a show at the 51st annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championship in North Andover, Mass. Mount Anthony of Vermont (122.5 points) won for the third-straight year. Marshwood (fourth, 55 points) was the highest ranking Maine team for the second-straight year. The Hawks earned three medals, including finalist Bradley Beaulieu who […]

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Selectmen greenlight New England Pond Hockey Tournament

RANGELEY — In a unanimous vote Monday, selectmen approved the permit for the ninth annual New England Pond Hockey Tournament, to be held on Haley Pond starting Saturday, Jan. 31. Tournament organizer Linda Sikes said the festival is expanding its television advertising leading up to a big celebration for the event’s 10th anniversary in 2016. […]

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Legion Baseball: Beauchesne bolsters Bessey into final day with 4-3 walkoff win

BANGOR — Three columns comprise the report card on every baseball scoreboard. Each conveyed a bizarre reality at the end of Saturday’s American Legion state tournament elimination game. And the relentless Bessey Motors middle infield of Nick Attaliades-Ryan and Matt Beauchesne played a pivotal role in every step of the trifecta. Beauchesne laced a walkoff […]

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Legion Baseball: Post 51 of Oakland eliminates Pastime Club

BANGOR — Errors, both the variety that are posted on the far, right end of the scoreboard and the less tangible type, plagued Pastime Club again Friday afternoon. This time it hastened the journey’s end in the American Legion baseball state tournament, a 6-2 loss to Post 51 of Oakland at Winkin Complex. Jake Dexter […]

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Legion Baseball: Bangor, Hillier blank Pastime

Of course, since most youth baseball in Maine is conducted under natural daylight, sometimes trying to locate a white, spinning ball and its blurry laces beneath that unfamiliar glare can be a curse. Two relatively routine fly balls gave two different Pastime Club right fielders trouble Thursday night at Winkin Complex. They fell in for […]