The Oxford Hills girls and Dirigo boys each win another goal ball, while the Spruce Mountain girls blaze a trail and earn their school’s regional title.
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Lewiston grad Isaiah Harris gives back to the Blue Devils track team
Harris, now a professional runner for the Brooks Beasts, inspires and hands out sneakers to the Lewiston High School track team.
Top sports stories of 2023: No. 9 — New athletic facilities at Edward Little and Winthrop
Two schools’ fall sports teams played on new artificial turf fields in 2023.
Top sports stories of 2023: No. 10 — Jade Haylock emerges as one of Maine’s top golfers
The Leavitt Area High School junior won her third straight Class B girls individual state golf championship and placed third — and was the top high school finisher — at the Maine Women’s Amateur.
The Sun Journal’s top sports stories of 2023
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Junior hockey: Matthew Lewis helps Maine Nordiques sweep the Philadelphia Rebels
Lewis scores twice and Carter Richardson makes 29 saves for the shutout.
Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques earn a win on a special evening
Maine gets multiple lines involved in the scoring, with four different players finding the back of the net on a night that former Nordiques player Kyle Secor, who was injured in the Lewiston mass shooting, was emotionally honored.
Junior hockey: Utica Jr. Comets hold off Twin City Thunder comeback attempt
Thunder score twice late in the third but not enough to overcome Utica’s second period outburst.