Portland softball opens with impressive win over Biddeford

PORTLAND—Portland’s softball team has high hopes this spring and is there a better way to validate the hype than to get the best of a longtime nemesis in the season opener? Thursday afternoon at Payson Park, the Bulldogs welcomed Biddeford and in senior standout Sadie Armstrong’s long-awaited return to the mound, they rolled to an impressive and decisive victory. The Tigers struck first with a run in the top of the second inning, but Portland answered with a six-spot of its own to seize control. Armstrong held Biddeford at bay...