Maine Sports
 Leland, Estes pace Old Town win Friday, May 09, 2008 OLD TOWN, Maine - A rough loss at Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln on Tuesday resulted in a rough practice a day later. But with those travails behind them, the Old Town baseball team made life rough for Hermon on Thursday. |
Freshman helps Bapst edge Bucks Friday, May 09, 2008 BUCKSPORT, Maine - In a softball game like this, one key break - or mistake, depending on your point of view - usually determines the winner. |
Spud adding wrinkles Friday, May 09, 2008 A five-race series for Sportsman cars, a concession building, a rest room facility and more space for cars in the pit area are among the new wrinkles at Caribou’s Spud Speedway, which opens its season on May 18. |
 Chapman holds Orono in checkThursday, May 08, 2008 ORONO, Maine - The Orono softball team came into Wednesday's game against Dexter ranked atop the Class C Heal Point standings, so this was a pivotal game for the Tigers. |
Pelkey pitches Minutemen past Howlers Thursday, May 08, 2008 HOWLAND, Maine - Justin Pelkey makes life uncomfortable for most opposing batters — and that gives his teammates plenty of comfort. |
Pitchers Arsenault, Nason pace Husson Thursday, May 08, 2008 BREWER, Maine - One of them is from Maine's largest city, Portland. The other is from the rural setting of Glenburn. |
Beavers' Leib retires Thursday, May 08, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Bob Leib is much too modest to refer to it in such lofty terms, but his retirement marks the passing of an era and the end of an institution at the University of Maine-Farmington. |
 Flotsam more plentiful than salmon, anglers on PenobscotThursday, May 08, 2008 The bright green flags are flapping on both sides of the Penobscot River , signifying that Atlantic salmon season is officially open. |
Bears' outlook brighter after dramatic win Thursday, May 08, 2008 The outlook is a bit more optimistic this week for the University of Maine baseball team. |
Maxim to make the most of running a road race Thursday, May 08, 2008 Later this month, Old Town High School distance ace Hilary Maxim will compete in the Penobscot Valley Conference track and field championships in Presque Isle, hoping for another strong performance in what has been a memorable senior year of running. |
 Fort Fairfield erupts in sixth, tops CAHSThursday, May 08, 2008 FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine - Fort Fairfield erased a three-run deficit with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday to rally for a 7-3 high school baseball victory over Central Aroostook of Mars Hill. |
May 8: Sports scores and highlights Thursday, May 08, 2008 Did you miss tonight's game? Check here for sports scores and highlights from around the region! |
MDI boys seek to defend tennis title Wednesday, May 07, 2008 The Mount Desert Island boys tennis team is the two-time defending Eastern Maine Class B champion, and has high hopes of competing for that honor again this spring. |
 Changes in full swing at PVCCWednesday, May 07, 2008 ORONO, Maine - Change was promised and change is being delivered at Penobscot Valley Country Club. Groundwork at the formerly private club began April 18 and already a significant number of bunkers and tee boxes have been dug. |
Carlisle sparks Broncs Wednesday, May 07, 2008 HAMPDEN, Maine - As strong as the Hampden Academy softball team's pitching has been this spring, the Broncos had been struggling at the plate going into Tuesday's home game against Nokomis of Newport. |
 Camden Hills tips Lions for 1st winWednesday, May 07, 2008 ROCKPORT, Maine - The savvy that comes through experience and the unflappability of a varsity newcomer facing adversity for the first time played equal roles in helping Camden Hills of Rockport earn its first win of the baseball season Tuesday. |
Larry Mahoney: Being nice to people is always best Wednesday, May 07, 2008 When I had the good fortune to play on a state championship baseball team, my father gave me a valuable piece of advice. |
May 7: Sports scores and highlights Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Did you miss tonight's game? Check here for sports scores and highlights from around the region! |
May 6: Sports scores and highlights Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Did you miss tonight's game? Check here for sports scores and highlights from around the region! |
Ron Brown: Lawton's legacy as parent, official is one of integrity Tuesday, May 06, 2008 I had the good fortune as a high school basketball coach to spend time with recently retired Bangor Daily News advertising executive Wayne Lawton. |
Fairchild getting back into the swing of things Tuesday, May 06, 2008 It has taken 362 days of surgery, rehabilitation, and training, but Thomas "Tip" Fairchild is officially back in the game. |
Kelley-less Hawks undefeated Tuesday, May 06, 2008 You would think losing an ace pitcher with the caliber of Ashley Kelley would be decimating to a softball team. |
John Holyoke: Members of salmon clubs see tide turn Tuesday, May 06, 2008 For nearly a decade, Bangor-area salmon clubs have marked the traditional opening of fishing season symbolically, even though their home river was officially closed to angling for the species. |
 Lynx nip Bucks for fourth straight winTuesday, May 06, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - With the way Bucksport High School's Keely Sullivan was pitching, the Mattanawcook Academy softball team was in dire need of a clutch hit. |
 Burnett's pitching fuels LesleyMonday, May 05, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Lesley University softball coach Jennifer Benway decided she would ride the right arm of Alicia Burnett throughout the North Atlantic Conference tournament. |
Bears settle for split as room for error narrows Monday, May 05, 2008 ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine baseball team needs victories to keep its America East postseason hopes alive. |
Howatt AE's top performer Monday, May 05, 2008 ORONO, Maine - Two of the finest distance runners to come out of Maine not only achieved personal-record times at the America East Track and Field championships at the University of Maine over the weekend, but they qualified for the NCAA East Regionals and ECAC Championships. |
Frosh Arsenault pitches Husson into title round Monday, May 05, 2008 CHICOPEE, Mass. — Freshman Ryan Arsenault pitched an 11-inning six-hitter Saturday to lift the Husson College Eagles to a 2-1 victory over the Thomas College Terriers in the North Atlantic Conference baseball playoffs. |
McKeage wins PASS Sportsman race at '95' Monday, May 05, 2008 HERMON, Maine — He had cough drops in his radio box "so I could breathe under the cautions." |