The Lewiston Evening Journal loved the lively new sport when it arrived at Bates College soon after its invention.
175th anniversary
News and information about the 17th anniversary of the Sun Journal.
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Lewiston claims four straight boys hockey championships
Always state contenders, the Blue Devils didn’t win more than two state titles in a row until their four-year run in the mid-1970s.
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Before radio and television, crowds gathered at the newspaper for big sports news
Before radio or television arrived in Lewiston, sports fans occasionally gathered in front of the Lewiston Evening Journal’s office on Park Street to follow the news as it arrived on the newspaper’s teletype machine from the Associated Press. Take, for instance, the July 4, 1919, boxing bout in Toledo, Ohio, in which Jack Dempsey pounded […]
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In 1884, the ‘very interesting’ sport of hockey arrived in Lewiston
Hockey arrived in Lewiston on March 4, 1884, a Tuesday night, when the Portland Polo Club came to town to take on the newly organized Lewiston club at City Hall as part of a Polo League tournament that also involved teams from Saco, Bath, Biddeford and Brunswick. The Lewiston Evening Journal explained to readers that […]
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Gray-New Gloucester boys dominate Maine soccer in the late ’70s and early ’80s
The team took three state titles over a five-year period starting in 1979.
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Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
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Edward Little girls overcome powerhouse to earn tennis championship glory
The Red Eddies won a team, singles and doubles state title during a four-year span in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
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Featherweight Maurice ‘Lefty’ Lachance added punch to Lewiston’s boxing history
The Lisbon-born pugilist spent 15 years in the ring and was one fight away from getting a shot at a world title.
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Rumford boys basketball’s three titles in four years were a group effort
Many players took on big roles over the four-year run by the Panthers, culminating in a New England championship and three Class A titles.
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Dirigo field hockey turned an upset win into a three-year run of dominance
Only one other school has joined Dirigo as winners of three consecutive Class C titles in field hockey — Dexter, which won four straight from 2000-03.