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BANGOR – Nick Ashey hit a three-run home run and Brendan Moore and Nick Leach added back-to-back doubles during a five-run first-inning rally Monday that propelled Bangor East to a 13-2 victory over Holbrook in a District 3 Little League Baseball ages 11-12 elimination game at Taylor Field. Read More
PORTLAND – Baseball fans wanting to see Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz during his rehabilitation assignment with the Portland Sea Dogs have snatched up all available tickets. Team officials say it took 20 minutes Monday for the ticket office to sell all 500 remaining… Read More
WINTERPORT – It took about 30 years, but Jimmy King finally got back behind the wheel of a race car. A former NHRA Top Fuel driver and car builder, King got behind the wheel of a front-engine classic dragster at Winterport Dragway Saturday as part… Read More
BANGOR – After having split all their previous American Legion baseball doubleheaders this season, the Bangor Comrades were hoping for a sweep Saturday evening. After stranding four runners in scoring position and missing a golden opportunity to score the tying run in the last at-bat… Read More
WINDHAM, N.Y. – Exeter native Adam Craig tuned up for the U.S. Mountain Bike Championships with a second-place effort Saturday in the men’s elite cross country race at the East Coast Nationals at Windham Mountain. Craig, who will represent the United States at the Summer… Read More
BREWER – Eli Beauchamp earned the pitching win and helped his own cause with a two-run single in the second inning as Bangor East defeated Hampden 10-5 for the title in the District 3 Little League All-Star baseball tourney for ages 10-11 Sunday. Bangor East… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Bill Bissell hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning Sunday to help push Brewer to a 9-4 Zone 1 American Legion baseball victory over Penquis. Chase Daniels had two singles and three RBIs for the first-place Falcons. Chris Maguire added two… Read More
CALAIS – Jasmine Ross tossed a two-hitter to help lead Calais to a 7-4 victory over Ellsworth during a Little League softball all-star game for ages 11-12 Saturday. Bridgett Hunnewell posted two singles and a home run for Calais. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
WISCASSET – West Bath’s Steve Reno led all 30 laps en route to winning the Late Model Sportsman feature Saturday at Wiscasset Raceway. Bill Pinkham of Wiscasset finished second followed by T.J. Watson of Harpswell, Woolwich’s Adam Chadbourne and Will Collins of Appleton. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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Editor’s note: Josh Allen, a 15-year-old freshman at Presque Isle High School, enjoyed a weeklong trip to Europe with the Dutch Soccer Academy in April and has written a story about the trip. My trip to Europe with the Dutch Soccer Academy was amazing as… Read More
While deciding to leave the familiarity and comfort of the Maine harness racing circuit this year, Jason Bartlett had an idea what a worthwhile first season as a driver outside the Pine Tree State would entail. The 27-year-old Windsor native decided to try his luck… Read More
The Maine Tide and Maine Sting play their last home doubleheader today when the Boston Aztecs send their Women’s Premier Soccer League and National Premier Soccer League (men’s) teams to Boucher Field on the Husson College campus in Bangor. The men’s game between the 0-4-4… Read More
Jovan Belcher, a senior defensive end at the University of Maine, has been named a first-team Preseason All-American by Phil Steele’s 2008 College Football Preview Magazine. Belcher, who was chosen as a second-team Preseason All-American last month by Lindy’s Publications, was an All-Colonial Athletic Association… Read More
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BANGOR – Hampden erased a 7-2 deficit with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Old Town 9-7 in the championship game of the District 3 Junior League All-Star softball ball tourney Friday. Hampden topped Old Town 6-5 in an earlier… Read More
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The Castine Yacht Club, in cooperation with the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass., and yacht designers Sparkman & Stephens, will sponsor the inaugural Marblehead to Castine Race on July 27 and the ninth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden on July 31. These… Read More
There are a couple of reasons Harris Golf Co. has rolled out a new promotion for Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono, and both involve introductions of a sort. “Part of what we want to do, during reconstruction, is to try to give the public… Read More
SACO – Seventeen-year-old Ryan Gay of Pittston plays golf with 13-time Maine Amateur Golf Championship winner Mark Plummer of Manchester about a dozen times a year. In addition to the usual banter, Plummer said they talk about more specific golf subjects. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR – The opportunistic Brewer Falcons were unfazed after spotting Bangor a quick 1-0, first-inning lead during Thursday night’s American Legion Zone 1 baseball game at Mansfield Stadium. In fact, Brewer righthander Chase Daniels not only held the Comrades scoreless the rest of the way,… Read More
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DOVER-FOXCROFT – Scott Kelley’s three-run double highlighted a six-run fourth inning that carried Penquis to a 7-5 American Legion baseball victory over Motor City Thursday. Kelley also poked two singles for the winners, and winning pitcher A.J. McGowen hit two doubles and a single with… Read More
BANGOR – Ashley Danforth hit a two-run home run, her third homer of the contest, to snap a fifth-inning tie lift Hampden to a 9-7 victory over Glenburn in a District 3 Junior League softball all-star game on Thursday. Danforth also belted a two-run homer… Read More
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HAMPDEN – Brad Moscone hit two singles, drove in three runs and earned the pitching win Wednesday to lift the Millinocket 11-12 all-stars to a 7-4 District 3 baseball victory over Hampden. Seth Brown singled twice for Millinocket and Jordan Morrow hit a single and… Read More
SACO – Ryan Gay of Pittston found out Wednesday how difficult it is to hang onto a lead, but he’s not discouraged in his bid to win the 89th Maine Amateur Golf Championship. The 17-year-old Gay finished with a 2-over-par 73 at Biddeford-Saco Country Club… Read More
For track and field fans, taking in a meet as prestigious as the Olympic trials can be equivalent to catching a World Series game at Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium, or a USC-Notre Dame football game in South Bend, Ind. Former Brewer High School and… Read More
YARMOUTH – Yarmouth High School will host the 19th annual Betty Blakeman Memorial, the largest event sanctioned by the Maine Tennis Association, July 18-20. Competition will be offered in men’s and women’s open singles and doubles, mixed doubles, and men’s ages 55-over classes. Players of… Read More
HERMON – Cecile Seekins of Stockton Springs added her name to the family roster of winners Wednesday night as she won the Ladies Division feature during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Seekins, the mother of 2007 Ladies Division champion Lindsey Seekins and wife of… Read More
BREWER – Lincoln Lumber handed the Brewer Falcons their first loss of the season in the first game of a Wednesday Zone 1 American Legion baseball doubleheader, but Brewer came back with a vengeance in the second game. Lincoln downed Brewer 11-7 behind two key… Read More
The Eastern Maine Eagles traveling baseball team for 9- and 10-year-olds is designed to supplement local Little Leagues. The program is helping players further develop baseball-related skills and serves a local need. “Although travel baseball is played in many other parts of the United States… Read More
Former University of Maine track and field standout Viktoriya Rybalko has qualified to represent her native Ukraine in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rybalko, who won UMaine’s Dean Smith Award in 2003, qualified with a mark of 22 feet, 6 inches in the long… Read More
WATERVILLE – Area youngsters will have a chance to receive some football instruction and tips from a pair of Super Bowl champion players and a former New England Patriots player and coach this weekend. Patriots linebackers Eric Alexander and Pierre Woods will join Ray Hamilton… Read More
SACO – Mark Plummer of Manchester has been a legendary player in Maine golf circles, winning the Maine Amateur Golf Championship 13 times starting with his first one in 1973. He’s in the running for another one after firing a 1-under-par 70 at Biddeford-Saco Country… Read More
BREWER – Billy Bissell cranked two, three-run home runs to power the Brewer Falcons to a 13-2 American Legion baseball victory over the Trenton Acadians Tuesday night. Bissell sparked Brewer’s five-run first inning with his first homer and its four-run fourth inning with his second… Read More
HAMPDEN – Zach Violette led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a single, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored the winning run on an error to give Brewer a 5-4 extra-inning victory over Holbrook in Tuesday’s District 3 Junior League baseball… Read More
Christina Bush has been involved with cheerleading ever since she was in the third grade, and now has received an opportunity to continue coaching the sport she loves. The 2003 Brewer High School graduate, who competed in varsity cheering for the Witches all four years… Read More
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The school year ended nearly two months ago for Jesse Speirs of Bangor, but he still feels like he is in learning mode as he makes his golf rounds this summer. “I try to learn something every time,” said Speirs, who just finished his junior… Read More
The subject is bats. Oh no, not the ones that live in the neighborhood belfry. These bats are the ones which are swung by major league baseball players in the big leagues. Problem is, lots of them are breaking – especially the ones made from… Read More
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SEARSPORT – Josh Nickerson hit a two-run home run in the third inning and Nate Adams follow with a solo homer to help lift Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County to a 10-2 American Legion baseball win over Trenton Monday. Miles Davee doubled and singled with… Read More
HAMPDEN – Mikey Gerrish had two singles, including the game-winner in the eighth that scored two runs, to lead Lincoln past the Orrington All-Stars 18-16 in a District 3 Junior League game Monday at Bordick Park. Chase Vicaire added three singles for Lincoln and Timmy… Read More
BANGOR – The Motor City American Legion baseball team featured nearly every aspect of the game – pitching, defense, plate discipline and timely hitting – in Saturday’s Zone 1 doubleheader with Lincoln. The hosts erupted for 13 runs and nine hits in a 13-5 romp… Read More
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HAMPDEN – Josh Tardiff hit a sixth-inning grand slam to give Hampden a 5-1 American Legion baseball victory over Lincoln Sunday at Bordick Park. Shawn Smith allowed one run on four hits and no walks while striking out six for the Riverdogs. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pinch-hit specialist Mark Sweeney on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, which had been bothering him for several weeks. The Dodgers also transferred infielder Rafael Furcal to the 60-day disabled list a day after undergoing surgery on… Read More
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EUGENE, Ore. – Another Mainer is going to the Summer Olympics in China. Anna Willard set an American record in winning the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9 minutes, 27.58 seconds at Thursday night’s Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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Today we celebrate America’s Declaration of Independence, the document adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that declared the original 13 colonies as “free and independent states.” Included in that most cherished of documents are truths that are held to be self-evident,… Read More
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Swift-skating offensive defenseman Kevin Gagne has become the third University of Maine recruit to renege on his verbal commitment in favor of playing Major Junior hockey. Gagne, a native of Edmunston, New Brunswick, recently signed a five-year deal with the Saint John Sea Dogs of… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Tiger Stewart, who coached the Bucksport baseball team to the 2006 Eastern Maine Class B championship and a 43-14 record over three seasons on the job, has resigned from that post. Stewart, 31, formally informed new Bucksport athletic administrator Jon Perry of his… Read More
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The first two entries in the 2008 Senior League World Series have been determined. Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Philippines both emerged victorious in regional qualifying tournaments Wednesday, and have earned trips to Bangor to compete in the world championship baseball tournament for 14- through 16-year-olds… Read More
MACHIAS – Tanner Bickford hit two doubles, drove in two runs and scored twice to spark the Acadian I 9-10 All-Stars to a 17-5 win over Machias in District 1 baseball play Thursday. Thomas Pado hit two singles while Ryan Bender hit a double and… Read More
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BREWER – To say that the Hershey’s Track and Field program is popular in Aroostook County is an understatement. Northern Maine was well-represented at Wednesday’s state championship meet at Brewer’s Pendleton Street Field, with County individuals or relay teams taking home first-place finishes in 22… Read More
PORTLAND – Three Portland Sea Dogs have been selected to participate in the 2008 Eastern League All-Star Game, scheduled for July 16 at Manchester, N.H. Outfielders Bubba Bell and Jeff Corsaletti and pitcher Michael Bowden will represent the Sea Dogs in the midsummer classic. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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SEARSPORT – Chris Maguire hit a three-run home run in the first inning and added a single while scoring three runs overall as the Brewer Falcons remained unbeaten with a 7-3 American Legion Zone 1 baseball victory over Steamboat Petroleum on Wednesday. The game was… Read More
OLD TOWN – Adam Boucher hit an RBI fielder’s choice tie it at 4-4 in the third inning and scored the winning run on a passed ball to lead the Old Town 11-12 All-Stars to a 5-4 District 3 baseball win over Lincoln Wednesday. Old… Read More
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HERMON – Orrington’s Dan Grover Jr. maneuvered past pole-sitter Darren Durrell of Newburgh on the sixth lap in the Little Enduro feature and went on to gain his third victory of the year during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Eddington’s Don Blanchard was third followed by Orrington’s… Read More
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BANGOR – Jordan Clarke’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove home Ian Edwards to give the Bangor Comrades a come-from-behind 10-9 American Legion Zone 1 baseball victory over previously undefeated Trenton at Mansfield Stadium on Tuesday night. “I was just looking… Read More
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HERMON – With car counts and fan turnouts both down at Speedway 95, co-owners Del Merritt and Alice Baker have decided to hire their safety director, Carmel native Wayne Elston, to act as the track’s promoter/sales director. The 56-year-old Elston, who raced for 26 years… Read More
HAMPDEN – Ryan Shaw has stepped down after five seasons as the boys varsity soccer coach at Hampden Academy – for a couple of good reasons. Not only are he and his wife the proud parents of a 10-week-old daughter, Hannah, but the commute just… Read More
ORONO – Trevor Singer has been hired as an assistant coach for the University of Maine men’s soccer team, head coach Pat Laughlin announced Tuesday. Singer comes to the Black Bears via UMass where he was part of a team last season that finished as… Read More
LINCOLN – Nick Emery hit two-run homers in the third and fifth innings to lift Penquis past Lincoln 6-2 in an American Legion baseball game Tuesday night. Scott Kelly hit two singles for the Navigators and Danny Kane doubled. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
GLENBURN – Katie Kivler drove in Emily Stocker on a fielder’s choice to spark a five-run sixth inning to lead Hermon past Bangor 8-3 en route to the District 3 title in Little League softball all-star action for ages 11-12 Tuesday. Shannon Graves hit two… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Coastal Thunder of Brunswick battled Lower Merion Velez to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime before the Pennsylvania team prevailed in a series of penalty kicks to capture the title in the ages under-16 boys division of the US Youth Soccer Region I Championship at… Read More