Sports

Cityside Events win city softball crown

Cityside Events (Portland North Little League) beat Play It Again (Bayside) 10-6 for the City Of Portland Little League softball Championship Saturday. LeeAnn Downs pitched a complete game victory with five strikeouts. Delaney Coyne led the team with three hits and Margret Rigney scored four runs. R...

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Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:20 am
Portland Sports Roundup

Pasini Miller runs at Lake Placid

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Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:20 am
Deering baseball wins third-straight Class A state championship; Rams hold off Cony, 2-1

ORONO— In the end, they were simply the best. For the last three state championship-winning seasons, Deering's generation-next played the game of baseball with no fear and without peer. Five sophomores started the state championship game two years ago and walked away as seniors l...

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Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:20 am
Perfect Clippers repeat as Class B boys' lacrosse champions, 12-9 over Cape Elizabeth

PORTLAND— Prior to Saturday afternoon, the Yarmouth boys' lacrosse juggernaut had accomplished just about everything imaginable, but had never won two straight state titles and had never climbed the pinnacle in an odd-numbered season. Now, the Clippers have done it all. ...

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Monday, June 22, 2009
Greely baseball wins second Class B title in three seasons, 2-0 over Gardiner

STANDISH— It was a battle of Class B's best, and both brought their aces to the table Saturday afternoon in the baseball state final at St. Joseph's College. However, it didn't take long to see who was more dominant. The Greely Rangers, led by masterful and nearly no-hit pitchin...

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Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Portland boys' lacrosse reaches the pinnacle; Bulldogs down Brunswick, 9-3, to win first-ever Class A championship

PORTLAND— At 11:35 Saturday morning, the Portland boys' lacrosse team finally reached the mountaintop and became a team for the ages. The Bulldogs led throughout the Class A Final, avenged a painful loss in the same game to the same team from two years prior and became state champ... 1

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Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 8:20 am
Flyers are fabulous once more, beat NYA 9-5 for Class B girls' lacrosse title

PORTLAND— In the end, there was just one word to describe the 2009 Waynflete girls' lacrosse team: Perfect. The Flyers capped a 15-0 season, the third unblemished campaign in program history, with a hard-fought 9-5 victory over North Yarmouth Academy in the Class B st...

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Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 7:40 am
Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough boys' lax reach regional final; SP ousted in semifinals

Forecaster Country boys' lacrosse teams went one-for-two in the regional finals Wednesday night. In Western B, top-ranked Cape Elizabeth answered No. 2 Falmouth's challenge and won 11-7 to earn a rematch with Yarmouth in Saturday afternoon's state game. In Western A, No....

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Friday, June 19, 2009
Cape girls' lacrosse loses in regional final; Scarborough loses to Kennebunk

Cape Elizabeth's girls' lacrosse team traveled to powerhouse defending state champion Waynflete for its first regional final of the MPA-sanctioned era Wednesday afternoon. While the Capers fought the Flyers tooth and nail, they didn't quite have enough in going down to

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Friday, June 19, 2009
Scarborough baseball makes history with regional final berth; Cape Elizabeth, SP eliminated in semifinals

Entering the 2009 postseason, the Scarborough baseball team had never won a Class A playoff game. This time around, the Red Storm have captured two and counting as they advanced to a date with two-time defending state champion Deering in the Western A Final Wednesday afternoon.

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Friday, June 19, 2009