After leading Lewiston to a long-awaited Class A boys’ hockey state title as a junior, there was only thing left for Jeromey Rancourt to accomplish during his senior season. Rancourt won the Travis Roy Award, given to the top senior player in Class A, and along the way tied for the team lead in points […]
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Girls’ Hockey Player of the Year: Kristina Cornelio was sparkplug for St. Dom’s
St. Dominic Academy’s Kristina Cornelio fires the puck into the net past Greely goalie Nica Todd during their game in Auburn on Thursday. Not only did the St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team not lose a game on the way to a second straight state title, the Saints also never trailed at any point in […]
Lewiston topples Edward Little in boys’ lacrosse
Edward Little’s Justin Theriault, right, tries to contain Lewiston’s Alex Rivet, during the first half of Thursday’s game in Lewiston. LEWISTON — The Lewiston Blue Devils got scoring from seven different players Thursday en route to 16-7 victory over rival Edward Little in boys’ lacrosse action. Lewiston exploded for nine second-half goals in the victory […]
Local roundup: Eddies fall to Witches in 10 innings
AUGUSTA — Koby Rogerson belted an RBI single in the 10th inning that plated Josiah Cyr and gave Brewer a 2-1 victory over Edward Little in an early-season baseball matchup Wednesday. Rogerson led the Witches (1-0) with a pair of hits and the winning RBI, while Josh Pellegrino and Jon Wheaton also belted out two […]
High school softball: Edward Little tops Brewer in opener
BREWER — It took Edward Little High School of Auburn only two pitches to take a two-run lead in a season-opening slugfest at Brewer High School’s Coffin Field on Wednesday. Edward Little and Brewer wound up combining for 23 hits but it was two defensive gems by Red Eddies junior right fielder Maddie Thistlewaite that […]
High school baseball: Lisbon opens with win
LISBON — Three years from now, Lisbon High School freshman baseball player Jack Tibbetts probably won’t remember his first varsity at-bat. In blustery, cold conditions on Wednesday, Tibbetts’ teammates were praising the young left fielder, whose memorable sacrifice bunt keyed a two-run uprising, leading the Greyhounds to a 2-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Madison/Carrabec. […]
High school softball: Gardiner shuts down Leavitt
GARDINER — The Gardiner Tigers plated fives runs behind timely hitting and some defensive miscues by Leavitt en route to a 5-0 victory in the teams’ KVAC softball season opener Wednesday afternoon. Despite spending no time on a field thus far this spring, both teams battled the cool temperatures and played a solid game both […]
HS Baseball: Telstar wins wild MVC opener over Dirigo on walk-off sacrifice bunt
READFIELD — If ever a baseball game called for a walk-off “sacrifice” bunt by the winning team’s cleanup hitter, Wednesday’s Mountain Valley Conference season-opener between Telstar and Dirigo was it. Boston Ludden scored the winning run from second on Josh Eliot’s bunt in the bottom of the seventh, the result of a fittingly-wild finish to […]
H.S. Softball: Lewiston evades Lawrence, 6-1
Lewiston’s Danielle Cyr connects on a pitch while her teammates in the dugout look on during a 6-1 win over Lawrence in Lewiston on Wednesday. LEWISTON — A pitchers’ duel looked to be headed in the wrong direction for Lewiston in its season opener at home on Wednesday. With momentum still within reach, Lexi Poulin […]
Boys’ lacrosse: Eddies rise from slow start to stuff Eagles, 12-6
Edward Little High School’s Ganan Mancini, left, turns the corner on Mt. Ararat’s Sean Roberts during their game in Auburn on Tuesday. AUBURN — Edward Little started Tuesday’s boys’ lacrosse game with Mt. Ararat with the requisite opening day jitters. If anything could snap the Red Eddies out of the stomach butterflies effect, it was […]