Portland Pirates

According to WCSH, hockey will be returning to Portland. They are reporting that a former Portland Pirates player and GM, Brad Church and former owner, Godfrey Wood are planning to bring an ECHL team to Portland.

According to numerous reports, the Portland Pirates are leaving Maine and will relocate to Springfield, Massachusetts.

High School Sports: Girls Basketball Rangeley 42, Richmond 40 Temple 48, Kents Hill 36 Oxford Hills 68, Mountain Valley 32 Lincoln 44, Spruce Mountain 27

High School Sports: KVAC Cheering Championships Class A: Lewiston Class B: Medomak

High School Sports: NE Patriots: will play in Denver Sunday afternoon for the AFC Championship. It will be 17th time Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have battled. On the line is a trip to Super Bowl 50!

High School Sports: Boys Hockey Gardiner 4, York 2 Boys Basketball Messalonskee 65, Cony 49 Winslow 76, Skowhegan 65 win. Waterville 50, Erskine 32

High School Sports: Boys Hockey Waterville 9, Old Town/Orono 1 Girls Hockey Leavitt/EL/Poland 3, Brunswick 3 (OT) St. Dom's 7, Mt. Ararat/Morse 0

High School Sports: Boys Basketball Cony 60, Gardiner 59 Messalonskee 60, Lawrence 51 Temple 44, Forest Hills 43 MCI 66, Waterville 47 Mt. Ararat 51, Lewiston 49 Skowhegan 54, Nokomis 39

High School Sports: Girls Basketball Monmouth 42, Boothbay 41 Dirigo 51, Madison 34 Winthrop 37, Telstar 27 Mountain Valley 70, Hall-Dale 36 Oak Hill 46, St. Doms 30 Carrabec 43, Mt. Abram 20

High School Sports: NE Patriots: will play Kansas City @ Gillette, Sat. afternoon. --The Cleveland Browns have interviewed New England defensive coordinator Matt Patricia for their head coaching job.

High School Sports: Boys Hockey Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth 10, Maranacook/Winthrop 0 John Bapst 5, Camden Hills 3

High School Sports: Boys Hockey Waterville 6, Messalonskee 5 Winslow 4, Lawrence/Skowhegan 0 Brunswick 4, Mt. Ararat 2 Edward Little 4, Windham/Westbrook 0

High School Sports: Girls Basketball Gardiner 57, Leavitt 50 Waterville 43, Erskine 32 Hall-Dale 40, Winthrop 35 Lawrence 62, Winslow 32 Gardiner 57, Leavitt 50

High School Sports: Boys Hockey Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse 5, Poland/G-NG/Oak Hill 2 Boys Basketball Dirigo 58, Wiscasset 52 Valley 64, Seacoast Christian 48 Searsport 47, Richmond 39

High School Sports: NE Patriots: lost in Miami, 20-10 -- The Pats are the 2 seed in the AFC heading into the playoffs and have a bye next weekend and will host a game in the second round. Denver, in beating San Diego 27-20, has the AFC top seed.