When Class D South schedule was released last summer, football fans in Rumford, Mexico, Jay and Livermore Falls were left scratching their heads. How could the slate not include a meeting of two teams, merely separated by a half-hour drive, who have met eight times in six years, through two classes? The schools tried to […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Playoffs have arrived, and so has a new No. 1
No. 6 Portland (2-6) at No. 3 Oxford Hills (4-4) A North quarterfinal Friday, 7 p.m. Not sure how helpful the tape from the Vikings’ Week 1 20-14 win will be because both teams have become virtually unrecognizable in two months. No. 8 Yarmouth (2-6) at No. 1 Leavitt (7-1) C South quarterfinal Friday, 7 […]
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Head to head: Some not-so-bold playoff prediction
Randy: All right, time to put it all on the line and make some playoff predictions, Lee. In Class A, I’ve got Bonny Eagle and Edward Little. I am not comfortable with either pick. The Scots rolled through A South for seven weeks, then suffered a couple of key injuries and got rolled for big […]
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Hall-Dale holds off Lisbon in C South quarterfinal
WATERVILLE — Whether it was the artificial turf at Thomas College, or the rain coming down in hard spurts, a near two-minute stretch of the first half doomed the Lisbon High School boys soccer team in its Class C South quarterfinal game on Thursday against Hall-Dale. Goals by Josh Nadeau and Beaux Vachon 1:39 apart […]
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Buckfield comes from behind to stop Islesboro
BUCKFIELD — After an early Islesboro goal, Buckfield scored five unanswered to defeat the Eagles 5-3 on Thursday in the teams’ Class D South boys’ quarterfinal. Noah Wiley and Victor Verrill led the Bucks in scoring with two goals apiece, with Zach Grover also adding a goal. Buckfield put up 25 shots and Islesboro goalkeeper Xan […]
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Mountain Valley boys' soccer team forfeits playoff appearance
The Mountain Valley High School boys’ soccer team has forfeited its place in Class B South playoffs after discovering it had used an ineligible player this season. On Monday, coach JT Taylor learned that one of the team’s three exchange students, who school officials will not identify, had already graduated high school in his home […]
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Lewiston pushes past Brunswick in A North quarterfinal
Lewiston’s Yusuf Mohamed and Brunswick’s Sagar Dahal maneuver for control of the ball during the A North quarter final soccer game at Bates College on Garcelon field. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Two quick goals by Lewiston’s Bilal Hersi finally put Brunswick away in the Class A North boys’ soccer quarterfinal at Garcelon Field on […]
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Hajduks bring sister act to Saint Michael's field hockey
Micaela Hajduk (10) waves to the crowd during team introductions as her teammates, including sister Katriona Hajduk (8) cheer her on. Katriona Hajduk wanted to set out on her own path for college last year, and not just follow along in her sister Micaela’s footsteps. As it turned out, the younger Hajduk’s own path also […]
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Perkins OT winner lifts Winthrop past Dexter in C North final
Winthrop High School’s Kinli Dibiase-Patenaude (11) gets tripped up by Dexter High School’s Makayla Bigness (19) right and Rebecca Batron (21) back center, in the Class C Northern Championship game at Hampden Academy in Hampden on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) HAMPDEN — One go-ahead goal didn’t count. And neither did a […]
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York returns to state game with victory over Poland in B South final
Poland goalie Ashton Stutervant, right and teammate Madison Wante, center, can not stop York’s Barbara Conradt from redirecting a shot into the net for a goal during Tuesday afternoon’s ClassB Southern Maine Regional Field Hockey Finals. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) SACO — This new version of York is doing the same old York-like things. The Wildcats […]