WINTHROP — Madison stepped up and outgunned Winthrop 55-43 in a late-season boys’ basketball tilt Thursday. The Ramblers (12-4) were paced by Cam Wood with a solid 15-point performance, while Sam Figueroa chipped in nine. Sean Whalen led the Bulldogs (9-8) with a game-high 21 points, while Matt Oliver tallied eight and Matt Shibley added […]
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Roundup: Lewiston girls post big win over Windham
LEWISTON — Senior forward Victoria Harris tossed in a team-high 16 points as Lewiston toppled Windham 54-47 in girls’ basketball action Wednesday evening. The Blue Devils (7-9) were slow to start, trailing 24-19 at the half, but, Lewiston turned up the tempo in the fourth quarter with a 23-12 run. Maddy Foster and Emily Strachan […]
H.S. roundup: Gray-New Gloucester sweeps Fryeburg
GRAY — Oliver Grant ignited a 22-8 run in the fourth quarter that allowed Gray-New Gloucester to secure a 64-48 victory over Fryeburg in a late-season boys’ basketball tilt. Grant scored all 12 of his point tally in that key fourth frame. John Martin led the Patriots (9-6) with 13 points, including three shots from […]
H.S. roundup: Lutrzykowski scores 100th in Saints' win
AUBURN — Avery Lutrzykowski’s third goal of the game was a memorable one, the 100th goal of her high school career, in St. Dom’s 9-0 victory over the Yarmouth Clippers in a girls’ hockey contest Saturday. Lutrzykowski recorded a natural hat trick as she scored the Saints’ fifth, sixth and seventh goals of the first […]
Boys' basketball: Short-handed Ramblers rebound for big win over Phoenix
Andrew Shaw of Spruce Mountain High School gets a piece of Cam Wood of Winthrop while trying to block Shaw’s shot during the first half in Jay on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) JAY — The Winthrop Ramblers were shorthanded and coming off a tough loss to Boothbay when they entered the hostile Spruce Mountain gym […]
Girls' basketball: Mt. Abram survives Winthrop comeback
Mt. Abram High School’s Kaylee Knight (14) battles for a rebound with Winthrop High School’s Layne Audet (22) and Kena Souza (23), right, as teammate Ashlyn Sorel (30) helps in the first half at Mt. Abram High School in Strong on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) SALEM — A 16-point lead had disappeared, and in […]
Local roundup: Lewiston girls clutch in win over Bangor
BANGOR — Senior forward Victoria Harris registered nine points and 10 rebounds as Lewiston edged Bangor 36-34 in girls’ basketball action Thursday evening. The contest was evenly matched right down to the wire. Freshman guard Jamyah Nicolas hit a 3-pointer with two seconds remaining in regulation for the Blue Devils (5-8). Freshman forward Maggie Cowperwaite […]
Winter Nature Day Camp sessions on Winthrop pond
WINTHROP — The Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed’s annual Winter Nature Day Camp will be held during February school vacation week at Camp Mechuwana on Lower Narrows Pond. Two two-day camp sessions will be offered Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 20 and 21, and Thursday and Friday, 22 and 23. Both sessions, open to children in […]
Winthrop man pleads guilty to federal firearms charges
A Winthrop man who authorities say overdosed on heroin last summer while free on bail pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal firearms charge. Damion Sidelinger Hanson, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to make false statements to a federal firearms dealer. Court documents say Hanson, a “straw man” purchaser, was provided $600 […]
Son of RSU 16 athletic director dies in Route 202 crash
WINTHROP — The son of the athletic director for Regional School Unit 16 in Poland was killed in a crash on Route 202 on Wednesday, police said. Police said Connor King, 24, died after a truck driven by his father, Donald King, 51, collided with a flatbed wrecker shortly before noon. Donald King was flown […]