FALMOUTH — On a night that offense was plentiful, it was an embattled goalie who swung a pivotal late-season girls’ hockey game Thursday night at Family Ice Center. Payton Winslow, protecting a two-goal lead, stopped a clean breakaway by Courtney Sullivan, a career 100-goal scorer, late in the game and St. Dominic held on for […]
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Boys' basketball: Hall-Dale avenges loss to Dirigo
Hall-Dales’ Jett Boyer, left, and Dirigo’s Luke Lueders battle for a rebound during a game in the Penny Memorial Gym on Thursday at Hall-Dale High in Farmingdale. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Hall-Dale took lessons learned from its only loss of the season, mixed in home-court advantage and a tournament-like atmosphere and had the perfect […]
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Edward Little girls, Oxford Hills boys move into latest high school basketball polls
The top 10 basketball teams in Maine, based on voting from Pressherald.com, Centralmaine.com and Sunjournal.com staff, with first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points: BOYS 1. Greely (3) 56 2. Portland (2) 55 3. Hampden Academy (1) 48 4. Scarborough 42 5. Edward Little 28 6. Hermon 26 7. South Portland 20 8. Biddeford […]
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Lisbon girls' clip Falcons
LISBON — The Lisbon Greyhounds jumped out to a 12-point lead after one quarter and held off a late rally from Mountain Valley to edge the Falcons, 39-36, in girls’ high school basketball action. The Falcons (10-6) never led, but tied the score with 20 seconds remaining on a Kierstyn Lyons trey. Lisbon retook the […]
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Boys’ basketball: Tall and lanky Gardiner sidesteps feisty Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Whenever Mt. Blue looked up, the colossal Gardiner Tigers were looming over the Cougars with outstretched arms. Dealing with Gardiner’s intimidating height was a challenge for the Cougars (1-13), but when they got into early foul trouble, they allowed the towering Tigers (7-8) to dribble away with a 70-50 victory in a boys’ […]
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Roundup: Lewiston girls post big win over Windham
LEWISTON — Senior forward Victoria Harris tossed in a team-high 16 points as Lewiston toppled Windham 54-47 in girls’ basketball action Wednesday evening. The Blue Devils (7-9) were slow to start, trailing 24-19 at the half, but, Lewiston turned up the tempo in the fourth quarter with a 23-12 run. Maddy Foster and Emily Strachan […]
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Boys' hockey: Edward Little tips St. Dom's in OT, 3-2
Edward Little goalie Gavin Toussaint slides into position to make a save as teammate Cam Audette, center, scrambles to get a stick on the puck before Saint Dominic Academy’s Jeremy Phelan, left, can get a shot off during Wednesday’s game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. Academy’s (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The first time […]
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Boys' Basketball: Balanced Oxford Hills' spoils Fleming's return, 51-43
Oxford Hills’s Colton Carson attempts to get to the basket defended by Bangor’s Matt Fleming during their game in Paris on Wednesday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Oxford Hills fans gave former Viking a loud round of applause when he was introduced with Bangor’s starters before Wednesday’s KVAC basketball matinee. Things got a lot more […]
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Girls' hockey: St. Dom's takes care of business, beats Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland 9-0
AUBURN — Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland needed no extra motivation fro Wednesday’s game, but the Red Hornets’ opponent, rival St. Dominic Academy, could have been excused for not having that same level of energy for the contest. The Saints have two games against Greely/Gray-New Gloucester coming in the next two days, and a first-round bye in the […]
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Girls' Basketball: Energized Vikings pull away from Stags in second half
PARIS — Oxford Hills and Cheverus are both struggling with the flu bug right now. Only adding to their fatigue on Wednesday was a quick turnaround for both teams, which were coming off of road victories the night before. The Vikings sensed that the Stags were running on fumes and turned up the defensive pressure […]