Mountain Valley’s Brooke Carver looks for a teammate to pass the ball to while Oak Hill’s Desirae Dumais plays defense during Friday night’s game in Rumford. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — Oak Hill’s defense clamped down and its free throws went in as the Raiders defeated Mountain Valley, 39-27, in MVC girls’ basketball action Friday. […]
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Messalonskee girls too much for Mt. Blue
Mt. Blue High School’s Jacelyn Dagger (32) tries to split Messalonskee High School defenders Emily Parent (12) and Allyssa Turner (33) in Oakland on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Waterville Morning Sentinel) OAKLAND — Since dropping its first two games of the season, the Messalonskee High School girls basketball team has found its stride. That run of […]
Boys' hockey: Lewiston hangs on to defeat Falmouth
LEWISTON — The battle between Falmouth and Lewiston was expected to go down to the wire, but nobody expected the ending the game play out like it did. The Blue Devils nursed a two goal lead for 13 of the final 15 minutes, but held on to a 5-4 victory at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
Roundup: NYA edges Buckfield in boys' basketball
Oxford Hills’ Stephen Dailey eyes the referee as he signals a pin against Cony’s Isaiah Dodge. (Brewster Burns photo) BUCKFIELD — Te’Andre King found the net with two mintes left in regulation to give North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) a 43-41 boys’ baskball victory over Buckfield. King led NYA (2-5) with a game-high 21 points and […]
Basketball: Spruce Mountan pulls away from Hall-Dale
JAY — When Spruce Mountain started rebounding and made the usual second-half adjustments, everything fell into place in that critical fourth quarter at The Nest on Wednesday night. What they lacked in height, the Phoenix (4-3) made it up with their tenacious defense. When Spruce’s shots started falling, the Phoenix ended up choreographing a splendid […]
Boys' Basketball: Bulldogs roll over Phoenix, 58-40
FARMINGDALE — The numbers tell the story of why, but not how, Hall-Dale beat Spruce Mountain, 58-40, in a meeting of two Mountain Valley Conference unbeatens on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs shot 56 percent (22-for-39) from the floor and limited the Phoenix to just 3 3-pointers on 19 attempts for the game and six points […]
Girls hockey: Dumond's hat trick lifts the Blue Devils over Falmouth
LEWISTON — Lewiston/Oak Hill/Monmouth girls’ hockey coach Ron Dumont wasn’t sure what type of effort he was expecting after a big win over St. Dom’s in his teams’ previous outing. Instead of a big-game hangover, the Blue Devils powered through yet another opponent, responding with a 7-2 victory over Falmouth at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
Winthrop repels Carrabec in MVC girls' contest
Winthrop High School’s Jillian Schmelzer, center, and Aaliiyah WilsonFalcone block Carrabec High School’s Melanie Clark during a basketball game on Wednesday in Winthrop.(Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — It was looking like the kind of game the Winthrop High School girls basketball team had lost before. Carrabec was pulling off a comeback, chopping a 15-point third-quarter […]
Boys' hockey: Red Eddies edge undefeated Kings, 2-1
AUBURN — After battling for two periods in a scoreless game Edward Little found itself having to battle back early in the third. The Red Eddies did just that, answering early and then providing the final answer for a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Poland/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Gray-New Gloucester in a Class A North boys’ hockey game […]
Greely topples Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse in boys' hockey
BRUNSWICK — Trailing 3-1 early in the second period, the Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse boys high school hockey team had a golden chance to get back into the game after visiting Greely was whistled for a five-minute major. One game removed from battling talented Bangor to a 4-3 overtime defeat, Eagles coach A.J. Kavanaugh felt this was […]