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Spring Preview: Freeport Falcons

Freeport's spring teams are looking for improvement this season. Baseball is hoping to win a game for the first time since 2007. Softball has a chance to be a contender. Boys' lacrosse welcomes a new coach this spring and boasts some talent. The girls' lacrosse squad is also under new stewardsh...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Spring Preview: South Portland Red Riots

New coaches and excitement are the theme for South Portland spring sports. Three varsity teams welcome new coaches. Softball has been a strong contender in recent years and should be right there again. Girls' lacrosse says hello to a familiar face as it makes a run for the playoffs. Boys' tenni...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Spring Preview: Greely Rangers

Greely is well-equipped for a strong spring season. Baseball is still smarting after its early ouster last year and hopes to get back to its 2007 championship form. Softball is also capable of contending in Western B. Both lacrosse teams reached the regional final a year ago. The boys were the ...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Spring Preview: North Yarmouth Academy Panthers

NYA has two new coaches, is one sport smaller and has plenty of reason for optimism as the 2009 spring season commences. Baseball has one of the new head men. That squad has hinted that it could be a contender in early action. Boys' lacrosse also has a new coach and looks to build on last year'...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Spring Preview: Yarmouth Clippers

Yarmouth is defending one state championship and looking to win a few more this spring. Boys' lacrosse has established itself as the state's flagship program over the past five seasons, but has yet to win a state title in an odd-numbered year. That aberration could soon change. The girls' lacro...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
North Sports Roundup

Greely girls' lacrosse clinic

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Portland Sports Roundup

Women's basketball league taking registration The Hancock Lumber Women's Summer Basketball League, hosted by Southern Maine Community college, is taking registration for the 2009 season. Games will be held Tuesday and Thursday nights from June 2 through July 9. Registration d...

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Monday, April 20, 2009
Middle school track standout enjoys perfect season

Memorial Middle School captain Danica Gleason culminated a perfect season at last month's Middle School Festival Meet at the Portland Expo. It's believed to be the first time in at least two decades that such a feat had occurred. Gleason scored 67.5 points on the year, the highest possible. She rank...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 1:31 pm
South Sports Roundup

Women's basketball league taking registration

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Midcoast Sports Roundup

Rowing club looking for members A rowing club is starting in mid-May at Bowdoin College Boathouse on the New Meadows River at Sawyer Park. There will be both sweeping and sculling, 8's, 4's, singles, etc. The group will row in the morning for an hour with a coach on the water...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009