FAIRFIELD — Nia Irving scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Lawrence girls basketball team to the overtime 57-49 win over Mt. Blue in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game.
February 2013
BOYS BASKETBALL: Ramblers can’t catch Bulldogs
WINTHROP — The answer to Madison’s win against Win-throp on Friday night could quite possibly be found in the starting lineups. The Bulldogs started four seniors while the Ramblers opened with four sophomores.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Eagles too much for Rams
AUGUSTA — The Cony girls basketball team needed plenty to go right Friday night to upend Mt. Ararat in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Confer-ence Class A game.
NBA: Pierce, Garnett spark Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett each had a double-double, and the Boston Celtics responded to yet another blow to their lineup with a 97-84 win Friday night over the Orlando Magic, who lost their eighth straight game.
Hillary Cinton out, John Kerry in as secretary of state
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned Friday as America’s secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited. John Kerry was sworn in to replace her. In a letter sent to President Barack Obama shortly before she left the State Department for the last time […]
SUPER BOWL: Harbaughs would work together
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Working separately, John and Jim Harbaugh each guided their team to the Super Bowl. They will be on opposite sidelines Sunday, John as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim with the San Francisco 49ers.
GOLDEN GLOVES BOXING: Berry up for fight
Tonight, Brandon Berry will fight in the Northern New England Golden Gloves championships for the final time. His trainer, Ken “Skeet” Wyman, said the time is right for Berry to earn his first title.
LOCAL ROUNDUP: McGuire sparks Eagles upset of Vikings
SOUTH PARIS — Caleb McGuire scored 14 points to help Erskine defeat Oxford Hills 54-41 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A boys basketball game Friday night.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING REGIONALS: Indians tabbed favorite
Skowhegan will enter today’s Eastern Class A wrestling tournament, contested in the Indian’s home gymnasium, as the odds-on favorite to win the team title.
Kennebec Journal area police log, Feb. 1, 2013
At 4:51 p.m., a person was reported missing from the Bread of Life homeless shelter on Hospital Street.