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Wells took a 27-23 halftime lead and survived a close second half to defeat Marshwood 46-45 in a girls basketball game Wednesday at South Berwick.
Maren Maxson led Wells (4-0) with 20 points. Peyton Maxson pitched 11 innings.
Isabel Theis led Marshwood (0-4) with 17 points, and Piper Catanese chipped in with nine points.
Women’s Hockey: Marina Bassett scored four goals as Portland/Cape/Deering/South Portland/Waynefleet (5-1) defeated Biddeford/Thornton/Wells/Kennebunk (0-4) at Trube Ice Arena in Portland. ) won 7-2.
Jane Flynn added one goal and three assists to reach 100 career points. Beacons goaltender Erin Winship made 27 saves.
For Biddeford Cooperative, Charlotte Lewis and Corinne Rumo scored and Maria Villandry stopped 21 shots.
Boys hockey: Connor Boulay and Hunter Bussiere scored in the second period, Will Keach added in the third and Leavitt/GNG/Poland/Oak Hill defeated Cape Elizabeth 3-0 at Norwegian Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. Completed with.
Elijah Gosselin assisted on two goals, and Keach and Luke Gladu each had one assist. Kings goaltender Cade Knight made eight saves.
Cape Elizabeth’s Nathan Hanisko stopped 25 shots.
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NBA: Ben Simmons won’t return to the Brooklyn Nets until at least January due to a pinched nerve in his lower back.
Simmons, who injured his back on Nov. 6, has shown consistent improvement in his back strength over the past two weeks, the Nets said. However, he added that he is still only conducting personal court business and that his status will be updated again in about two weeks.
Simmons appeared in six games before getting injured and has already missed 20 games this season after the past two seasons were cut short due to back issues.
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England: Curtis Jones scored twice and Dominik Szoboszlai, Kodi Gakpo and Mohamed Salah each added one goal as Liverpool advanced to the League Cup semi-finals with a 5-1 home victory over West Ham.
Liverpool will play Fulham in the two semi-finals, while Middlesbrough will face Chelsea.
MLS: Los Angeles FC has signed head coach Steve Cerundolo to a multi-year contract extension after leading the club to two MLS Cup finals and one championship in his first two seasons.
Cerundolo, 44, has enjoyed great success since replacing Bob Bradley before the 2022 season. He has a record of 35-19-14 in the MLS regular season and 6-1-1 in the playoffs.
France: Sixteen-year-old midfielder Ethan Mbappé made his league debut for the French champions after watching his older brother Kylian Mbappé score for Paris Saint-Germain.
The young Mbappe, who turns 17 on December 29, came on for Manuel Ugarte in stoppage time in the 3-1 home win against Metz.
Kylian Mbappe scored two goals on his 25th birthday, taking his lead in the league to 18 goals.
Spain: Barcelona won a fierce battle against bottom-place Almeria 3-2, ending a three-game winless streak and returning to third place in the Spanish league.
Barcelona trails leaders Girona by six points, with Sergi Roberto scoring two goals and Rafinha scoring one.
Germany: Bayer Leverkusen beat Bochum 4-0 to maintain an unbeaten record and consolidate their place at the top of the table, with Patrik Schick celebrating his first Bundesliga season with a hat-trick.
Leverkusen extended their unbeaten start to the season to 25 games in all competitions, breaking the German record of 24 games unbeaten, set by Hamburger SV at the start of the 1982-83 season.
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Major League: The New York Mets acquired right-handed pitcher Adrian Hauser and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor league pitcher Coleman Crowe.
Hauser, 30, appeared in 129 games with the Brewers from 2015 to 2023, making 97 starts and posting a 31-34 record with a 4.00 ERA.
Taylor, 29, batted .239 with a .294 on-base percentage, 41 home runs and 136 RBIs for the Brewers from 2019 to 2023.
• Catcher Eric Haas and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year contract.
Haas, 31, appeared in 89 games with the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians last season, batting .201 with a .247 on-base percentage, four home runs and 26 RBIs. He hit 22 home runs with the Tigers in 2021 and 14 in 2022.
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