Bonny Eagle defensive lineman Arlo Pike won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) Bonny Eagle offensive lineman Zachary Klein won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Thanks to seniors such as […]
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Cheering: Lisbon repeats as C South champion; Sacopee Valley edges Monmouth for 2nd
The Lisbon High School Cheering squad, performing the routine that won then the the Class C South regional title at Augusta Civic Center on Saturday morning. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — The Lisbon cheering team has one goal for every time it performs its routine: be clean. Perfect is a pipe dream, but clean is […]
Local roundup: Rangeley girls rally to beat Kents Hill
Eventual winner Curtis Gauvin of Mountain Valley cuts his way across the course at the top of the head wall at Black Mountain on Friday. (Brewster Burns photo) RANGELEY — Down 12 points in the fourth quarter, the Rangeley Lakers went on a 22-5 run in the fourth quarter to defeat Kents Hill 50-43 in […]
Girls' hockey: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill pushes back against Greely/Gray-NG
Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s Anna Dodge and Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill’s’s Brooke Clement battle for control of the puck during the hockey game at the Colisee in Lewiston on Friday night. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Ron Dumont did not like the start his team got off to Friday night against Greely/Gray-New Gloucester. The response his team showed, however, […]
Boys' basketball: Short-handed Ramblers rebound for big win over Phoenix
Andrew Shaw of Spruce Mountain High School gets a piece of Cam Wood of Winthrop while trying to block Shaw’s shot during the first half in Jay on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) JAY — The Winthrop Ramblers were shorthanded and coming off a tough loss to Boothbay when they entered the hostile Spruce Mountain gym […]
Boys' hockey: Lewiston back on track, pelts Bangor
Bangor’s Anthony Caccese and Lewiston’s Alex Robert struggle for control of the puck during Friday night’s hockey game at the Colisee in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The Blue Devils found their shot again. After an uncharacteristically low shot total through two periods of its loss Wednesday, Lewiston kept the momentum going from that […]
Girls' basketball: Poland shakes off York
Julia Babcock of York goes up for a layup in traffic against Poland’s Nathalie Theriault (11) and Alyssa Gagne (12). POLAND — Friday night’s girls’ basketball matchup between York and Poland felt a lot like it was being played in the Augusta Civic Center. The up-tempo contest was either team’s game in the first half, but […]
Girls' basketball: Mt. Abram survives Winthrop comeback
Mt. Abram High School’s Kaylee Knight (14) battles for a rebound with Winthrop High School’s Layne Audet (22) and Kena Souza (23), right, as teammate Ashlyn Sorel (30) helps in the first half at Mt. Abram High School in Strong on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) SALEM — A 16-point lead had disappeared, and in […]
High school basketball polls
The top 10 basketball teams in Maine, through games of Jan. 24, 2018, based on voting from Pressherald.com, Centralmaine.com and Sunjournal.com staff, with first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points: BOYS Greely (3) 54 Portland (1) 51 Hampden Academy (1) 46 Scarborough (1) 44 South Portland 34 Hermon 27 Edward Little 23 Biddeford 12 […]