Wrestling Preview: History drives Noble forward

Noble Coach Kip DeVoll insists each year’s team must not try to measure up to past teams.

Pirates grab third straight road victory

Derek Whitmore scores two power-play goals to lift Portland to a 4-2 victory over the Monarchs.

Telegram All-State Girls’ SoccerLane made a choice and, yes, it all worked out

Emily Lane thought of leaving Sacopee Valley, stayed, won a state title, and is going to Vermont.

Boys’ basketball: Trojans outlast Bulldogs in final seconds

Three free throws in the final 21 seconds push Thornton Academy past Portland, 57-53.

Sharks 4, Pirates 2: Pirates short on players, and wins

Portland loses its top scorer to the NHL, and falls to third with a sixth loss in seven games.

Portland Pirates Today

WHO: Worcester Sharks (12-7-1-4, 3rd in AHL’s Atlantic Division) at Portland (14-7-1-1, 2nd in Atlantic Division) WHEN: 6:30 p.m. today RADIO: WLOB-FM (95.5) PIRATES NOTES: While winning five of the last six games, opposing teams have outscored the Pirates by a 24-15 margin. Leading scorer Mark Mancari (12 goals, 14 assists) has scored five goals […]

Pirates let win slip from their grasp

Portland can’t hold on to an early three-goal lead and falls to Norfolk in a shootout, 4-3.

Jones setting pace for his team

Scarborough’s Eddie Jones made a move to midfield, and now Bowdoin is a contender.

Hockey Beat: It’s the time for giving

Tuesday was a big day in the community for the Portland Pirates.

Early in the afternoon, captain Matt Ellis and forward Alex Gongalsky, who joined the team just last weekend, decorated a 9-foot Christmas tree at Gary’s House in Portland.

Later in the afternoon, Derek Whitmore, a forward in his third season with the Pirates, spoke to about 130 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at the Helen Thompson Elementary School in West Gardiner as part of the Pirates’ Goals For Success Program.

Pirates get a jump on the big feast

For most of the Portland Pirates, Thanksgiving is just another day at the rink. The team is scheduled for a full practice this morning at the Cumberland County Civic Center to prepare for the weekend’s three games in three nights. The players instead held a holiday gathering Wednesday night at right wing Mark Parrish’s home […]