Lisbon High School racewalker Sydney Douglass (9) cuts to the front of the field during arace at Lisbon High School earlier this season. Sydney Douglass does these nifty flip throw-ins for the Lisbon girls’ soccer team in the fall. In winter, Douglass does flips and tricks for the Greyhounds’ state–champion cheerleading team. In the spring, […]
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Track and field: Dirigo’s White can’t help but love ‘terrible’ 400-meter
Dirigo senior Hunter White knows how to give them what they want but also leave them wanting more. “I started track in seventh grade,” he said last week, “and I wanted to do the 400 just because I wanted people to see me for a long time but not too long. “The 100’s too short, […]
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High school hockey: Former Lewiston standout to coach Scarborough
After seven years coaching alongside his former high school coach and helping Scarborough High School reach four regional finals — with two wins there and a state crown in 2015 — Jake Brown will step to the fore as the Red Storm’s new head ice hockey coach next season. “Scarborough’s been great to me,” Brown […]
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Roundup: Oxford Hills teams earn valuable wins in season finales
TOPSHAM — A three-run top of the eighth inning paced Oxford Hills to a 4-1 victory over Mt. Ararat. Cam Slicer led the inning off with a walk and Janek Lukska drove him in. Troy Johnson brought home Lukska, and Johnson later scored when Emery Chickering hit brought him home. The Eagles (8-8) tied the […]
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Nate Quirion named Mt. Blue football coach
Nate Quirion has always had his eye on the Mt. Blue football program — like a defensive lineman who won’t let a scrambling quarterback out of his sight. When the head coaching job opened after Jim Aylward resigned, Quirion, 36, threw his resume on the top of a pile of qualified applicants and emerged with […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston girls’ lacrosse roughs up Mt. Ararat
TOPSHAM — Christine Chasse, Morgan Eliasen and Rachel Ouellette each had a hat trick in Lewiston’s 14-5 victory over Mt. Ararat in girls’ lacrosse action Wednesday. The win clinches a spot for the Blue Devils (8-4) in the KVAC championship game against Messalonskee at Thomas College on Saturday. Eliasen also added an assist. Shaima Naji and Dacia Bail each had […]
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H.S. baseball: Knights outlast Patriots, 4-1
Poland’s Noah Salmons slides into home to score before the ball reaches Gray-New Gloucester catcher Nick McCann during Wednesday’s game. GRAY — Although their own tournament hopes were already extinguished, the Poland Knights had more than enough incentive treat their season finale against rival Gray-New Gloucester as if it was the most important game of […]
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H.S. softball: Martell loses no-hitter, but Gray-NG still beats Poland
Gray New Gloucester pitcher Alie Martel winds up for a pitch in the fist inning of Wednesday’s game agaisnt Poland. She had a no-hitter with 2 outs in the 7th GRAY — Alie Martell was one strike away from throwing a no-hitter against rival Poland, then Sarah Walton laced an 0-2 pitch into right-center for […]
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H.S. baseball: Cape Elizabeth keeps St. Dom’s in check, win 5-2
Cape Elizabeth baserunner Marshall Peterson holds on to second base as St. Dominic Academy shortstop Mack Pelletier holds the ball up for umpire John White, who called Peterson safe on the play. AUBURN — Cape Elizabeth took advantage of four St. Dom’s errors, scoring three unearned runs en route to a 5-2 victory in WMC […]
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H.S. baseball: Lisbon squeezes past Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Lisbon’s Nick Austin stood at the plate, already having fouled off a pitch on an attempted suicide squeeze play with the Greyhounds trailing 6-5. The next pitch from Trevor Flanagan came toward Austin, with Monmouth Academy second baseman Nic Foulke coming in at full speed toward the plate. It didn’t matter. Austin executed […]