MANCHESTER — Mack Duke, an Alabama pro who has spent a lot of time in Maine, led an assault on par in the first round of the Maine Open on Monday at the Augusta Country Club.

MANCHESTER — Measuring around 6,300 yards from the tips, the Augusta Country Club appears defenseless against a field of long hitters at this year’s Charlie’s Maine Open Championship .

Windham defeated Madison 12-4 in a play-in game for a spot in Wednesday’s state tournament. Zone 3 runner-up Windham (16-6) will face Zone 4 champion Westbrook in its opener Wednesday in Augusta while Zone 2 runner-up Madison finishes at 14-9.

Ed “Poochie” Pickett is among nine men who will be inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame this Sunday. Included in the group are his former high school coach Jeff Trundy and Maine teammate Kevin Bernier.

David Grody likes a challenge now and then, but he had no idea what lay in his future when he decided to enter the Blackburn Challenge, a 20-mile rowing race around Cape Ann in Gloucester, Mass.

The Central Maine Babe Ruth 14-year-old all-star team opens play in the New England tournament Friday on familiar ground in Westfield, Mass.

You can call him Zac, or Zach, or Zack. Zack Lachance has seen all three spellings of his name during his athletic career at Cony High School and he’s not that picky about it. “It doesn’t really make any difference to me,” he said. “I guess Z-a-c-k is all right.” Any way you spell his […]

Winthrop High School baseball coach Marc Fortin will tell you he’s the same coach today that he was five years ago, or even 10. This year was his 18th with the Ramblers and the game remains the same.

AUGUSTA — When Ray Fecteau visited France three years ago, he returned with a new hobby, one he’s since shared with his fellow Augusta residents.

If not for the twinge Sonja Morse felt in her right shoulder during warmups for a tournament game this spring, she and her Cony High School teammates may have won their second straight Class A state softball championship. It came as she prepared to pitch a quarterfinal game against Bangor.