Yarmouth’s Ashlyn Feeley drives the ball up field Saturday during the Class B state championship against Presque Isle. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Once the Yarmouth High girls’ soccer team showed it had beaten the competition, it started competing to top itself. Then it made history. The Clippers rolled to a championship finish of their […]
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Class B boys' soccer state final: Yarmouth challenged, but holds off Winslow again
The Yarmouth boys’ soccer team celebrates with their classmates after winning the Class B State Championship 2-1 against Winslow at Deering High School on Saturday. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — It was the same two teams as last year dueling for the Class B boys’ soccer state championship, but the rematch was much more […]
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Laverdiere ties record as state cross country titles handed out
CUMBERLAND — Luke Laverdiere knew he was close to setting the state meet record at Twin Brook. As he lunged to the line at the end of the Class B boys’ cross country state championship race Saturday, Laverdiere fixed his gaze on the clock. “I didn’t know where I’d be at the end,” Laverdiere said. […]
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Leavitt cruises past Yarmouth in C South quarterfinal
TURNER — After Tim Albert’s interception on the second play of the game, the Leavitt Hornets went on to score on their next five possessions en route to a 48-7 win over the Yarmouth Clippers on Friday. A big part of Leavitt’s attack was its run-heavy, no-huddle offense that racked up 494 rushing yards, 269 […]
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Car crashes into Yarmouth pizzeria
Police say a cleaning woman crashed through the front of Romeo’s Pizza in Yarmouth on Monday morning. YARMOUTH (WGME) — Police say a car crashed into Romeo’s Pizza about 7 a.m. Monday. Police say the cleaning lady for Romeo’s Pizza hit the gas instead of the brake and slammed into the window. No one was […]
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Yarmouth hosts annual clam festival this weekend
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tens of thousands are expected to flood a coastal community for an annual celebration of the clam. The annual Yarmouth Clam Festival is set to take place this weekend through Sunday. The festivities include a clam-shucking contest, diaper derby and appearances by festival mascot Steamer the Clam. In recent weeks, residents […]
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Yarmouth Clam Festival: Parade rope lines don't sit well with 'lawn chair brigade'
The traditional early July scene along Main Street in Yarmouth: Lawn chairs reserving places to watch the annual Clam Festival parade. YARMOUTH — The annual Clam Festival is a summertime tradition that both bonds and celebrates the community, and invites visitors from all over the country to enjoy music and arts, events, competitions, and of course, […]
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Class B boys’ lacrosse championship: Cape Elizabeth holds off Yarmouth
PORTLAND — Cape Elizabeth claimed its fourth state title in five years by beating Yarmouth 16-7 in the Class B boys’ lacrosse championship game Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Yarmouth whittled down Cape Elizabeth’s big lead to 8-5 by the end of the third quarter. Then, Finnegan Raymond waded through a mass of defenders to score […]
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Yarmouth holds on to advance to class B state title game
STANDISH — The ninth-seeded Yarmouth Clippers continued their run through the Class B South playoffs Tuesday, holding on to defeat second-seeded York, 5-3, in the regional final at Larry Mahaney Diamond on the campus of St. Joseph’s College. The Clippers have defeated No. 8 Leavitt, No. 1 Bridgeway, and No. 3 Cape Elizabeth in addition […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Hilaire, Blue Devils surprise Clippers
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester girls high school ice hockey team had it all in Tuesday’s game against Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill — possession, shots and defense. By the end of the third period, the Clippers had launched 52 shots at the Blue Devils, but didn’t have the goals to show for it. Those came from Lewiston, […]