LEWISTON — Fourth-ranked Middlebury scored the first seven goals of the contest and never looked back, defeating the Bates women’s lacrosse team 12-5 to open their season on Saturday. Panthers goalie Julia Keith made nine saves, while Georgia Carroll paced the Panther attack with three goals and four assists. Emma Johns and Casey O’Neill caused […]
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College Hockey: Lacroix leads Maine past UNH
ORONO — Cedric Lacroix had two third-period goals as the Maine Black Bears scored three times in the period en route to a 4-1 victory over the University of New Hampshire. The Black Bears take a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-three in the first round of the Hockey East tournament. Liam Blackburn gave the Wildcats […]
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UMaine athletic director leaving for post in Denver
University of Maine Director of Athletics Karlton Creech will leave Orono to become the vice chancellor for athletics and recreation at the University of Denver, UMaine announced Monday. Creech has been the AD at Maine since February 2014. He served previously in athletic administrations at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State. “I’d […]
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Edward Little's Hartley headed to UMaine football as preferred walk-on
Edward Little’s Grant Hartley takes off from Lewiston’s Garrett Poussard during Friday night’s Battle of the Bridge football game at Garcelon Field at Bates College. Grant Hartley had several other options, but the opportunity to play football at the University of Maine was too good to pass up. On social media Sunday night during the […]
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Maranacook Nordic ski team enjoys itself on and off the snow
Parker Tinkham of the Maranacook Nordic Ski Team received a snowflake award for competing in her first high school Nordic race. Head coach Steve DeAngelis hands the awards out after each athlete competes in the first race. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) READFIELD — As the rain poured outside, melting away the snow that had been groomed […]
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Women's College Hockey: Hebron alum Leech key to Black Bears' soaring start
BOSTON — Maine women’s hockey is off to a soaring start. With a 13-6-3 record, the Black Bears have been strong especially in conference play. The early success is a good learning experience for freshman Taylor Leech of Bowdoinham. “We’ve been coming together,” she said. “Our communication has been big the past two weeks. Our […]
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College roundup: Black Bears edge Engineers, 3-2
TROY, N.Y. — Nolan Vesey had a pair of goals in first three plus minutes of the game to pace the Black Bears past the Engineers 3-2 in a non-conference contest. He also had an assist in the contest. Vesey’s first goal came 62 seconds into the game assisted by Patrick Shea. His next goal, […]
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Winslow girls pull away from Maranacook
Maranacook Community High School’s Grace Despres, left, and Amanda Goucher attempt to block a pass by Winslow High School’s Weslee Littlefield during a game on in Readfield on Tuesday. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) READFIELD — Maranacook girls basketball coach Jeannine Paradis warned her team at halftime that it was coming. And even after a third quarter […]
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Maranacook boys trounce Poland
READFIELD — The Black Bears may have come up short of their intended goal on Friday night, but they’ll be able to live with the result. Maranacook remained unbeaten on the young season with a 90-44 win over Poland in a Class B South boys basketball contest featuring two teams trying to form their own […]
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Black Bears come back to defeat Quinnipiac
HAMDEN, CT — A third period scoring burst from the University of Maine men’s hockey team led the Black Bears to a 7-4 victory over Quinnipiac in a non-conference contest. Freshman Eduards Tralmaks had two goals in the third period to pace the Black Bears. Sophomore defenseman Patrick Holway, a sixth-round draft pick of the Detroit […]