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Live Updates: UMaine baseball vs. Binghamton in America East championship
LOWELL, Mass. — Click here for regular play-by-play updates from Thursday night’s America East Baseball Championship second-round game against Binghamton at LeLacheur Park. A.J. Bazdanes gets the start for UMaine, while Jack Rogalla is the pitcher for the Bearcats.
Penobscot Valley Conference championships on busy slate of track title meets Friday, Saturday
The intensity will pick up across the state this week — weather permitting — as runners, jumpers and throwers compete for their conference championships. The Penobscot Valley Conference Small School Championship initiates the action Friday afternoon at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft. Then the PVC Large School Championship is scheduled for ...
Brewer’s Eric White having breakout season with UMaine baseball team
LOWELL, Mass. — As early as last fall, coach Steve Trimper had witnessed the transformation. After two seasons as a utility infielder and relief pitcher, Eric White was ready to break into the starting lineup. White earned the job at third base during the fall season and has been instrumental ...
Tommy Lawrence pitches UMaine baseball to victory in first America East tournament game
LOWELL, Mass. — The last time Tommy Lawrence pitched in the postseason, things didn’t go so well. And last weekend, he took a loss with a one-inning relief stint. On Wednesday, the University of Maine’s junior right-hander showed why he was named the America East Pitcher of the Year. Lawrence ...
UMaine’s Fransoso healthy after injury, using sunglasses at America East tourney
LOWELL, Mass. — Mike Fransoso of the University of Maine may be facing a dilemma Thursday night when the Black Bears play in the second round of the America East Baseball Championship at LeLacheur Park. The senior shortstop said Wednesday he was seeing well eight days after being hit in ...
Live updates: UMaine baseball vs. Stony Brook at America East Championship
LOWELL, Mass. — Click here for live updates of the University of Maine’s first-round game against Stony Brook in the America East Baseball Championship at LeLacheur Park, home of the Lowell Spinners, Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox: FINAL SCORE: Maine 7, Stony Brook 0 Top ninth Krause ...
UMaine’s Fransoso named America East baseball MVP; Lawrence, Trimper also honored
LOWELL, Mass. — The University of Maine baseball team claimed three of the top awards and placed seven players on the America East baseball all-conference teams announced Tuesday. Shortstop Mike Fransoso was named the Len Harlow Player of the Year, Tommy Lawrence was tabbed the Pitcher of the Year and ...
UMaine’s Fransoso overcomes injuries, turns passion for baseball into stellar career
ORONO, Maine — As a kid, Mike Fransoso eagerly waited until his dad, Rick, returned home from his job with the U.S. Postal Service to play baseball. “He’d get home from work around 5 o’clock and the first thing I’d say is, ‘Hey, can we go to the field?’” Mike ...
Sixth-inning rally carries Bangor baseball past Lawrence
BANGOR, Maine — The Lawrence Bulldogs held a 2-1 lead over the Bangor Rams going into the bottom of the sixth inning Monday afternoon, but Bangor scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning en route to an 8-2 Class A baseball victory at Mansfield Stadium. Lawrence pitcher Cody ...
UMBC edges UMaine baseball; No. 1 Black Bears face Stony Brook next
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine baseball team will go into the America East Baseball Championship as the conference regular-season champion and the tournament’s No. 1 seed. The Black Bears also will be coming off a loss. The University of Maryland Baltimore County ended a 21-game losing streak against ...
Gomes’ sacrifice fly in 10th lifts Red Sox past Twins
By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange on May 18, 2013, at 5:55 a.m.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Boston Red Sox came to Target Field on Friday night looking to avenge a series loss to the Minnesota Twins last week at home and won the series opener 3-2 in a tightly contested 10-inning game. With the score tied in the 10th, the Red Sox manufactured ...
UMaine baseball seniors Fransoso, Bazdanes set for final home games
ORONO, Maine — New Hampshire natives Mike Fransoso and A.J. Bazdanes have enjoyed some shining moments as members of the University of Maine baseball team. This week, they will play on their home turf at Mahaney Diamond for the final time as the Black Bears close out the regular season ...
Fransoso hit in eye by pitch; UMaine baseball team beats Boston College
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Mike Fransoso realizes his baseball career could have ended Tuesday afternoon. The University of Maine senior is counting his blessings after he was hit in the right eye by a pitch during the first inning of the Black Bears’ game against Boston College. The left-handed hitting ...
UMaine baseball team tours Fenway Park; plays at Boston College on Tuesday
BOSTON — With the spring semester in the books, the University of Maine baseball team is taking advantage of some other baseball-related activities as it concludes its regular season. On Monday, the Black Bears visited Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. UMaine coach Steve Trimper said the UMaine ...
Penobscot Valley Softball 2 at Katahdin 1
By Terry Duffy on May 13, 2013, at 4 p.m.
At Stacyville, Kayla Dube of Penobscot Valley pitched a four-hitter and struck out 13 to outduel Katahdin’s Ashley Randall (7 strikeouts) in a pitchers’ duel. Meghan Howie, Shaelyn Jones, Molly McGinn and Kasha Sereyko stroked a single apiece for the Howlers from Howland. Ashley Randall had a double and single ...
UMaine’s Labreck headed to NCAAs in heptathlon; Conner to compete in 10K
ORONO, Maine — It’s not official yet, but it appears as though Jesse Labreck of the University of Maine will be competing in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships next month. Labreck broke her own school record in the heptathlon at last weekend’s ECAC Championships, scoring 5,551 ...
UMaine track star shooting for elusive spot in NCAA championships
ORONO, Maine — Jesse Labreck has one more chance to qualify for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. On Friday, the fifth-year senior from Oakland begins the most important competition of her career during the first day of the heptathlon at the ECAC Track and Field Championships ...
Southern Maine baseball team wins league tourney opener
GORHAM, Maine — Senior Tucker White belted a home run and two singles with four runs scored and two RBIs Wednesday as the top-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the sixth-seeded Western Connecticut State University Colonials 13-2 in the opening game of the 2013 Little East Conference Baseball Tournament ...
UMaine baseball team setting up for run at America East title
ORONO, Maine — There are two weekends of regular-season play remaining for the University of Maine baseball team, but the Black Bears are already starting to plan ahead for the postseason. With six games to play, including this weekend’s three-game series at Binghamton, UMaine is in 1st place in the ...
Community support enables Old Town High School to begin building new track as part of proposed $1.5 million athletic facilities project
OLD TOWN, Maine — As members of the Old Town High School track team ran laps on the asphalt driveway behind the school Monday afternoon, a crew from Sargent Corporation was digging up the earth around Victory Field, some 250 yards away. By next fall, coach Rod White’s track and ...
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LePage tells legislative leaders he’s moving out of State House because of “censorship”
Lincoln’s Coffee Pot Cafe shuts its doors
Maine Sports Hall of Fame member, DJ Dana Wilson convicted of child pornography possession
Anonymous investor puts $3 million into MOOMilk
Guest Post: “I’m about ready to name my daughter Revolution.”
Rep. Diane Russell’s fool’s errand
Help Maine charter schools succeed before adding more
Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach
Tommy Lawrence pitches UMaine baseball to victory in first America East tournament game
Garcia sorry after ‘stupid’ Woods fried chicken jibe
Live updates: UMaine baseball vs. Stony Brook at America East Championship
Martin, Gardner pitch Hampden baseball team past Brewer
Maine School of Science and Mathematics alumni drawn to give back to magnet school
Federal agencies eye return to restored historic Custom House in Portland
It’s hard to keep secrets from a friend who is clairvoyant
New York City rumble showcases Maine’s lobster roll dominance