Thornton Academy Wins Nailbiter 7-6 Over South Portland
Mike Verrier delivers a ninth inning opposite field smash to score John Larochelle and lift Thornton Academy past South Portland 7-6 after a late rally tied the game at 6-6. Jeff Skillings homered for South Portland to erase a 6-3 TA lead, but Larochelle and Verrier answered in the bottom of the ninth.
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Cote Sears
SO Cote
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WP Paquette
Tigers Break Out Of Slump Major League Leaders
Biddeford scored three runs in the third to lead 4-0 as Anton walked, Salva singled, Crowley advanced on a fielders choice, and Labonte drove in two with a base hit. Westbrook finally answered with a single run in the fourth, but Biideford held on for the win at Olstead Field in Telegram League play.
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Yearlings Triumph Over Memorial in Freshman Baseball
Thornton Academy freshmen defeated Memorial of South Portland 8-3 at the academy field. Memorial led off with a run in the second, then Thornton exploded for seven in the bottom half including key hits by Laskey Turene Munford Fogg and McNabb. Memorial added a sixth inning run on a fielder's choice.
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Laskey
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Fogg
McNabb
Beckwith
Don McGaffin
Hope Shot Beats Lakers in Knicks Win Championship Playoff Lead
New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-98 to take a 3-1 series lead at Madison Square Garden. Dave DeBusschere scored a playoff career high 33 points including a late hustle play and a crucial free throw after a wild scramble with Wilt Chamberlain. Will Reed added 21 and Walt Frazier 19 as the Knicks held off a late Lakers rally.
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Boston Garden chief Edward Powers dies at 66
Edward J Powers 66 president and general manager of Boston Garden Arena has died. Ralph Darwin Miller widely believed oldest living former major league baseball player died at age 100 in Cincinnati.
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Black Hawks win 8-7 in record shootout in Montreal
Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8-7 in a wide open Stanley Cup shootout to cut the series lead to 3-2. Stan Mikita scored twice with two assists as the game set Cup records with 15 goals and eight in a single period.
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