Cape Elizabeth’s Tiernan Lathrop, middle, tries to dribble up the field past Gray New-Gloucester’s Nick McCann, left and Kyle Mercier, right. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)Cape Elizabeth’s John O’Connor, center splits the gap between Gray New-Gloucester’s Hunter Brown, left and Nick McCann, right. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)Gray New Gloucester goalie Brannon Gilbert punches the ball away on a […]
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Posted insj-web, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Poland girls win first conference track and field championship
NAPLES — Her arms may have failed Darcy Cochran, but never her legs. And depth didn’t fail the Poland girls, who won their first conference title. A sophomore from Cape Elizabeth, Cochran false-started before the 100-meter final of the Western Maine Conference track and field championships Saturday when she tipped forward from the blocks. “I […]
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Posted insj-web, Softball, Varsity Maine
H.S. softball: Martell, Gray-NG shut down Poland
Poland’s Ally Gagne gets safely into second base while Gray-New Gloucester shortstop Lydia Espling awaits the ball during the Patriots’ win in Gray on Monday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Pitching, hitting and defense were all working for Gray-New Gloucester in Monday’s game against Poland. Patriots senior pitcher Alie Martell flashed all three in just the […]
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H.S. softball: Greely rallies past Gray-New Gloucester, 4-3
Greely’s Kelsey Currier, left, beats out a throw to first as Gray-New Gloucester first baseman Jordan Grant reaches to catch the ball during a 4-3 Greely win in Gray on Friday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Kelsey Currier didn’t get to finish her at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, and it turned out to […]
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York boys, Greely girls win WMC indoor track titles; Post helps Gray-NG place third
Elizabeth Brown of Greely competes in the long jump at the Western Maine Conference track championships in Gorham on Friday. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) GORHAM — Members of the York High School boys’ indoor track team are always competing, each trying to surpass a teammate. “It’s always more fun with competition,” senior […]
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H.S. tennis: St. Dom’s managing a heavy schedule in May
Saint Dominic Academy girls’ tennis coach Andrew Girouard introduces his team to the Waynflete team prior to the start of Friday’s tennis match in Auburn. AUBURN — By Friday the St. Dominic Academy tennis teams will have played their entire schedule in the month of May. The season started on April 13. The boys’ team will have […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Gray-NG grinds out win over Yarmouth
GRAY — There was no running away Tuesday night, when Western Maine Conference rivals met on the hardwood. Gray-New Gloucester jumped out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter, but then went cold, allowing Yarmouth to catch all the way back up. From there it was neck-and-neck, but the Patriots made a slim third-quarter […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Yarmouth zones out Poland
POLAND — Yarmouth and Poland had similar game plans for their WMC Class B South girls’ basketball contest Friday night: play zone defense and force the other team to make shots. The visiting Clippers executed that game plan better early, then well enough late to hold on for a 48-40 victory over Poland. “They are, […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Sacopee Valley nips St. Dom’s
The see-saw battle never stopped, but it never swayed as far as those first few minutes. Sacopee Valley led at the end of every quarter, including the final one to finish off a 40-37 victory in a WMC girls’ basketball clash at Callahan Family Memorial Gymnasium. “I thought it would be a pretty good game,” […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Sacopee Valley rallies past St. Dom’s
Finally, it paid off. The Hawks used full-court pressure for nearly the full game, and it broke St. Dominic Academy at the end. The fourth quarter belonged to the Hawks, who only led once, but it was the only lead that mattered in a 35-34 WMC boys’ basketball victory at Callahan Family Memorial Gymnasium on […]