Wells’ Devin Chace, left, tries to avoid Oak Hill’s Gabe Bergeron during a game Saturday at Oak Hill High in Wales. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WALES — What began as a close game Saturday at Oak Hill turned into a rout, thanks in large part to Wells senior Tyler Bridge. A heavy underdog against the two-time […]
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H.S. football: Oxford Hills bounces back big against Bangor
Oxford Hills’ Marcus Stone, left, and Ty LeBlond stuff Bangor’s Eli Bradford on a kickoff return during Saturday’s game at Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Homecoming was the perfect prescription for an Oxford Hills team coming off a week of illness, injury and its first loss of the season. The […]
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WATCH: Week 4 high school football Friday night recap
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale won a thriller against Poland, Mountain Valley beat Spruce Mountain on the road and Edward Little came back before falling short against Sanford. That, and much more will be talked about by Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Adam Robinson.
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H.S. football: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale wins thriller with Poland
WINTHROP — Keegan Choate’s fourth-down touchdown pass to Jevin Smith with 2:32 remaining was the difference in Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s 33-29 victory over Poland in a Class D South football game Friday night at Maxwell Field. The back-and-forth contest lasted more than three hours due to an early injury delay for an ambulance to take Poland’s Ben […]
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H.S. football: Defense rallies Falcons past Phoenix
Mountain Valley’s Dylan Desroches looks for a way through Spruce Mountain’s Jack Bryant, as Avery Pingree tries to make a hole during Friday night’s football game in Livermore Falls. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE FALLS — Mountain Valley senior defensive end Draven Finnegan hopes he got a glimpse of the future in the Falcons’ second-half performance […]
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H.S. football: Sanford holds on after Edward Little comeback
Edward Little’s Ricky Cote, left and Sam Lemay, right, break up a pass intended for Sanford’s Leighton Bickford during Friday night’s football game against Sanford at Walton Field in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Leighton Girardin converted on fourth down late in the third quarter before running for a touchdown, then threw a 17-yard […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston football fights back, falls to Portland
LEWISTON — Ben Stasium returned a punt for a touchdown and Zach Elowitch rushed for three TDs as the Bulldogs defeated the Blue Devils 28-14 in Class A North football Friday night. Stasium put Portland (3-1) ahead in the second quarter, and Elowitch’s first touchdown made it 14-0 at halftime. Elowitch extended the lead to 28-0 […]
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H.S. football: Freeport pounds the rock against Telstar
FREEPORT — Freeport took advantage of its speed and athleticism, racing out to a big first-quarter lead then cruising to a 43-14 victory over Telstar in a Class E football matchup Friday. The Falcons used eight different rushers and amassed over 250 yards on the ground en route to earning their third win of the […]
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H.S. roundup: Gray-New Gloucester, Mt. Abram earn close boys' soccer wins
GRAY — Drew LaCerda had a goal and an assist as the Patriots (1-4-1) came from behind to erase a 2-1 deficit and edge the Raiders (2-4) in a boys’ soccer matchup Thursday. Keegan Brooks had the winner with 13 minutes remaining, as LaCerda chipped in a direct kick to the far post that Brooks […]
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Inside the line(s): Evaluating linemen so they get proper due
Cole Melanson, left, works with Brent Grant on a seven-second offensive drill at Leavitt Area High School on Thursday afternoon. Working on the drill behind them are Tom Casey and Caleb Lafrance. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) TURNER — Maybe it’s the low-profile nature of the position, but an offensive lineman usually knows whether he’s had a […]