UMaine basketball coaches support NCAA tourney expansion but unsure of its impact
Under the old format, there were four First Four games, and the winners moved on to the 64-team tournament field. With the new format, there will be 12 games involving 24 teams with six games after Selection Sunday.
High school sports
Brothers combine for 7 hits to lead Bangor High baseball past Oxford Hills
In a battle between the top two teams in the Heal Points standings in Class A North, Bangor improved to 8-1 while Oxford Hills fell to 6-1.
Southern Aroostook girls basketball’s 5-time state champion coach is stepping down
Cliff Urquhart’s teams earned 15 tournament berths in his 17 seasons on the bench.
Young tosses 3-hitter as Brewer softball upends Bangor
The Witches improved to 3-2 and earned their first home win in three games at Coffin Field.
College sports
UMaine to honor College World Series baseball teams before Saturday finale
The seven teams are from 1964, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986.
Endicott softball capitalizes on 2 errors in 7th-inning rally to upend Husson
Husson, now 36-5 after having its 15-game winning streak snapped, will face the loser of Thursday’s second game between Colby and MIT.
Former Nokomis softball standout has been Husson’s catalyst entering regional
It has been a memorable season for Husson University leadoff hitter Camryn King from Corinna.
Professional sports
Gorham’s Mackenzie Holmes begins second WNBA season this weekend
The 6-foot-3 former Indiana University two-time All-American went to Australia in the off-season and had a productive campaign with the Geelong Venom.
Former Patriot Stefon Diggs found not guilty of strangulation and assault
Stefon Diggs’ former live-in chef, Jamila “Mila” Adams, accused Diggs of choking and slapping her in his home on Dec. 2, 2025.
Cooper Flagg wanted to be his ‘best every single night’ during Rookie of the Year season
Flagg’s personal trainer, mentor and skills coach, said winning Rookie of the Year was one of the Newport native and Dallas Mavericks star’s goals for the season.
MORE SPORTS
Maine state tennis championships will move inside due to weather
A high chance of showers throughout the day on Thursday forced the move indoors.
Adrianna Smith, Brandon Holt cap UMaine careers with top student-athlete award
For their contributions, each received the “M” Club’s Dean Smith Award, which goes to UMaine’s top senior male and female student-athletes.
These will be the newest members of the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame
The class of 2026 was chosen by the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame committee and approved by Director of Athletics Jude Killy.
Husson softball and baseball facing Endicott in regional tournaments
Both Husson teams will take long winning streaks into the regionals.
UMaine baseball suffers 1st conference home sweep in 10 years
On Saturday, the Black Bears gifted the UMass Lowell River Hawks six unearned runs in a single inning.
No-hitter lifts Husson softball to 8th consecutive conference title
Searsport’s Ana Lang retired 15 of the 16 hitters for the nation’s 19th-ranked NCAA Division III school.
Husson baseball notches 7th straight conference title
Husson advances to the NCAA Division III Tournament and will learn where it is going on Monday.
Kaden Bedard looks forward to continuing UMaine legacy of his Hall-of-Fame father
His father, Andy, was a two-time All-America East first team point guard and second-team All-District 1 choice.
Albany ousts UMaine from America East softball tourney behind Kennebunk native’s 2-hitter
The fifth seed Black Bears concluded the season at 12-36 after losing their eighth straight contest.
Brewer High School names new indoor track coach
As a student, Kaitlin “KK” Helfen helped lead the Brewer High School indoor track team to the first of two consecutive Class B indoor track state championships in 2019.
Kaden Bedard, son of Maine basketball great Andy Bedard, commits to play at UMaine
Most recently, he starred for the Newman School in Boston.
Binghamton softball uses 9-run, 4th-inning rally to top UMaine in America East tourney
America East Player of the Year Rachel Carey and Megan Wolf each had two-run singles in the decisive uprising.
UMaine softball’s Kaelyn Larkin earns All-America East honors
The Medfield, Massachusetts, native took a team-leading .367 batting average heading into Wednesday’s America East tournament first round game against Binghamton.
Meet the only Aroostook tennis player to auto-qualify for the state singles tournament
For the entirety of her three-year high school career, Alice Korzekwa has been among the best tennis players in Aroostook County.
UMaine releases images of planned Alfond athletics village
The project will connect the school’s sports facilities with paths, and include new benches, signs, statues and other amenities.
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