(Winners in bold) RANDY WHITEHOUSE (26-7) Mountain Valley at Spruce Mountain Poland at Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale Mt. Blue at Brewer Dirigo at Old Orchard Beach Sanford at Edward Little Lisbon at Madison/Carrabec Telstar at Freeport Morse at Gray-New Gloucester Portland at Lewiston York at Leavitt Bangor at Oxford Hills/Buckfield Wells at Oak Hill WIL KRAMLICH (26-7) Mountain […]
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Game of the Week: Poland, Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale find footing before key Class D battle
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s Ian Steele carries the ball past Oak Hill’s Colin French, left, earlier this month in Winthrop. (Sun Journal file photo) Poland quarterback Brady Downing passes against Gray-New Gloucester in Poland in 2016. (Sun Journal file photo) Poland and Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale find themselves tied with Oak Hill in the middle of the Class D South Heal […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Important homecoming contests for Vikings, Hornets
Portland (2-1) at Lewiston (0-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils made gains on both sides of the ball last week, but three turnovers kept them out of the win column. Sanford (1-2) at Edward Little (2-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Red Eddies made their fair share of mistakes in 41-21 win over Windham but also made […]
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Huddle Up: Whitehouse Talking Points for Week 4
This week’s edition of Whitehouse Talking Points is dedicated to Larry King’s old USA Today column. The man essentially invented tweeting. He had his finger on the pulse of everything back then (back then being when people still read USA Today) and shared what he knew in 140 characters or less. And readers hung on […]
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Monday Morning QB: Running Rawstron helped Raiders move the chains
While Gavin Rawstron’s biggest contribution to the scoreboard was a 35-yard touchdown pass for Oak Hill, the Raiders’ sophomore quarterback also did plenty of damage to the Mountain Valley defense with his legs. Rawstron ran the ball a team-high 21 times for 67 yards — also a team high. And while that rushing total might […]
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H.S. football: Stags bounce Blue Devils
A football bounces in funny ways, and Saturday afternoon at Boulos Stadium, it bounced in favor of Cheverus. While hosting Lewiston in a battle of teams looking to keep pace in Class A North, the Stags forced three turnovers and caught a huge break in the first half when an apparent Blue Devils touchdown instead […]
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H.S. Football: Greyhounds survive Phoenix in overtime
Lisbon’s Seth Leeman, left, breaks up a pass intended for Spruce Mountain’s Brandon Coates during Saturday’s football game in Lisbon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — Undefeated Class D South high school football teams Spruce Mountain and Lisbon met on Saturday, both looking to go 3-0 and gain an edge in obtaining a home advantage come […]
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WATCH: Week 3 high school football Friday night recap
‘Twas another fun night of high school football on Friday. For starters, Leavitt had a big win and Mt. Blue’s Randy Barker had a big game. So sit right back and listen to Randy Whitehouse, Adam Robinson and Lee Horton talk about it.
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H.S. football: Red Eddies ground Eagles
WINDHAM — Edward Little and Windham gave fans plenty of action on first, second and third downs during Friday night’s Class A North game, but it was fourth down when they really had them on the edge of their seats. Edward Little took advantage of a pair of Windham mistakes from punt formation to overcome […]
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H.S. football: Barker, Mt. Blue run over Hampden
Mt. Blue’s Dakota Mumma celebrates with Randy Barker after Randy scored a touchdown Friday night in Farmington. (Jennifer Bechard photo) FARMINGTON — How do you keep a brand new pair of white shoes sparkling clean on the football field? You don’t get touched. Mt. Blue senior back Randy Barker provided a master class in the […]