Bangor High School goalie Jacob Henry watches the puck bounce off him in front of teammate Jacob Munroe, right, and St. Dom’s Hunter Hughes during their game in Auburn on Wednesday. Bangor won, 3-0. (Justin Pelletier) AUBURN — St. Dom’s was missing two key players. Bangor had two Jacobs in the lineup, and both made […]
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H.S. basketball roundup: Mountain Valley girls shoot past Richmond
RUMFORD — Brooke Carver hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points as Mountain Valley pulled away in the second half to defeat Richmond 59-44 in a girls’ basketball matchup Tuesday. Rylee Sevigny scored 21 for Mountain Valley, while her sister Avery added 13. Richmond received a team-high 18 from Sydney Tilton. The loss brings Richmond […]
Girls' basketball: Oxford Hills presses down Bangor
Oxford Hills’ Cassidy Dumont brings the ball up court during the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game against Bangor. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Bangor had the opportunity to take the last shot of the first half, but it didn’t happen the way the Rams originally planned. Oxford Hills sophomore guard Julia Colby stole the ball […]
H.S. Basketball: Witches fly past Cougars
FARMINGTON — Brewer overcame a 10-point first-half deficit by outscoring Mt. Blue, 22-5, in the third quarter, then held off the Cougars in the fourth for a 59-52 victory in KVAC girls’ basketball action Monday. MacKenzie Dorr scored 18 points and Cassidy Smith 11 to lead the Witches (2-4), who made 15 of 21 free […]
Girls' hockey: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill breaks through against St. Dom's
LEWISTON — Payton Winslow was able to stop Sara Robert’s razzle dazzle, but Robert went at the St. Dominic Academy goalie again three minutes later. A simple shot from the right circle with the seconds ticking down in the second period proved to be the back-breaker, and Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill downed rival St. Dom’s 5-0 in […]
Boys' hockey: Lewiston survives rival St. Dom's
LEWISTON — Sam Frechette said he didn’t see anything on his game-winning goal Monday. More importantly, neither did St. Dominic Academy goalie Gaston Fuksa. Frechette stood in the way of Ryan Bossie’s shot from the right point, and in the process stood in the way of Fuksa’s view of the shot. The re-direct changed the […]
H.S. roundup: Lewiston boys beats Biddeford in OT
BIDDEFORD — Evan Cox netted a pair of goals, including the game-winner in overtime, as Lewiston defeated Biddeford 5-4 in boys’ ice hockey action Saturday evening. Cam Dionne, Dustin Larochelle and Alex Robert also scored goals for the Blue Devils. Goalie Conrad Albert earned the win in net for Lewiston. Kennebunk 6, Marancook/Winthrop/Madison 0 KENNEBUNK […]
Girls' basketball: Lisbon makes Richmond work for win
RICHMOND — When Lisbon High School girls’ basketball coach Julie Petrie discussed her team’s 40-30 Mountain Valley Conference loss to newcomer Richmond Saturday night, there was no disappointment in her voice. Instead, she praised the Greyhounds, who stood toe-to-toe with the Bobcats in a defensive battle, with neither team giving an inch in a physical […]
Girls' hockey: Sullivan's dominant third period helps Rangers wear down Red Hornets
Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s Camilla Lattanzi shoots the puck past Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland’s Brianna Doucette during Saturday night’s hockey game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s game plan was to grind away at the Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland Red Hornets on Saturday night. The Rangers executed it to perfection in a 8-2 […]
The Sun Journal Top 10: Looking back on a banner-raising year in sports
To grasp the greatness of the sports year in the tri-county, take a look at what didn’t make the list of the area’s top 10 sports stories of 2017. For instance, the biggest schools finally made some noise in football. Edward Little, Lewiston and Oxford Hills beat out the Portland-area schools for the top three […]