Lee Horton

Lewiston

Sports Editor at Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME)

Varsity Maine editor. Via @sunjournal /Maine Trust for Local News/@the_ntln. Utahn. Heart like John Starks. Alum: @UUtah, @NSJCatIU, @SportsCapJour.

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Central Maine boys lacrosse players to watch in 2025

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Lee Horton

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2025 Central Maine Spring Sports Preview

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Lee Horton

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2025 Sun Journal Spring Sports Preview

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

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Hearts of Pine’s new midfielder travels the extra mile

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Lee Horton

Masashi Wada had already had a wild week in his life as a professional soccer player. First, he took a flight from Japan to the United States on Tuesday, eventually making his way to Portland. He was introduced to his new Portland Hearts of Pine teammates — and then 3,000 of the club’s fans — on Wednesday. Then came another flight back across the country to the Spokane, Washington, on Thursday.
Dylan Blue’s big week helps Maine Gladiators win national championship

2 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

With his brother sitting in the penalty box, Dylan Blue made the opposition pay for not converting on the power play. Blue’s breakaway goal gave the Auburn-based Maine Gladiators a 5-4 overtime victory over the Idaho Jr. Steelheads and the USA Hockey 18U Tier II 1A national championship Sunday in Utica, New York.
Dylan Blue’s big week helps Maine Gladiators win national championship

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Lee Horton

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Torpedo bats are the buzz in baseball. Sea Dogs players eager to try them out

2 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

The home run derby the New York Yankees put on against the Milwaukee Brewers last Saturday attracted attention from all corners of baseball, including in the Portland Sea Dogs clubhouse. It wasn’t that the Yankees, whose home ballpark, Yankee Stadium, is known as one of the best hitting parks in the Major Leagues, bashed a lot of balls out of the park. It was how they did it, using a new style of bat that has hitters at all levels of baseball thinking of the long ball.
Maine Gladiators, Casco Bay youth hockey teams victorious again at nationals

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

Dylan Blue remained red hot, and the Maine Gladiators 18U boys hockey team won again at the USA Hockey Tier II 18U national tournament. A day after scoring two goals against the Alabama Thunder, Blue recorded a hat trick for the Auburn-based Gladiators in their 3-2 victory over Team South Dakota on Thursday in Utica, New York. Breck Langevin and Andrew Clements had assists on Blue’s goals. Gladiators goalie Tristan Bourassa made 41 saves.
Oxford Hills girls basketball’s Ella Pelletier named Gatorade Player of the Year

1 month ago | pressherald.com | Lee Horton

Oxford Hills senior Ella Pelletier was announced Thursday as the recipient of the 2024-25 Gatorade Maine Girls Basketball Player of the Year award. Pelletier, a 5-foot-11 guard who has committed to play at Stonehill University, averaged 23.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game this season. She led the Vikings to a 17-3 record and their ninth consecutive appearance in the Class AA North final.
Alpine skiing state champions crowned in slalom, giant slalom

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

Ian Christie’s first-place finish in the slalom paced the Falmouth boys into the lead after the first day of the Class A Alpine ski championships at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington. Leavitt’s Sophie Simard won the girls Class A slalom title, and Yarmouth’s Logan MacLeod and Maranacook’s Thatcher Riley earned Class B giant slalom titles a Saddleback in Rangeley. Christie finished his two slalom runs with a combined time of 1 minute, 14.08 seconds.