Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg gets a foot on a loose ball ahead of Monmouth Academy’s Shane Kenniston during a 2-2 tie in Monmouth last month. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) The prevailing thought is that games only get tougher in the playoffs. For Mountain Valley and Leavitt, that might be even more true. After facing respective conference […]
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Girls' soccer: Monmouth strikers form a triple scoring threat
Monmouth Academy’s trio of strikers from left to right: Alicen Burnham, Audrey Fletcher and Tia Day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Three is better than two. The Monmouth Academy girls’ soccer team already had two dynamic scorers in senior Tia Day and sophomore Audrey Fletcher, but when freshman Alicen Burnham got bumped up from the […]
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Girls' soccer playoffs, at a glance
Class A Being second has been a good thing in A North recenlty. The No. 2 seeded team has advanced to the state final each of the past three years, and if that holds again Brunswick can expect to book a trip to Hampden Academy. The Dragons might not need the past on their side. […]
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Boys' soccer playoffs, at a glance
Class A Bangor’s follow-up to last year’s state championship included an unbeaten run through the KVAC, with a tie against Camden Hills the only blemish. Slotted behind the top-seeded Rams are Lewiston and Edward Little, who could potentially meet in the North regional semifinals. Getting to that matchup won’t be easy for either team, however. […]
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Beaudet’s goal enough to lift Edward Little to A North girls’ soccer semis
Messalonskee’s Caitlin Parks and Edward Little’s Grace Beaudet appear to have ball stuck between them during a Class A North quarterfinal game Monday. (David Leaming/Kennebec Journal) WATERVILLE — Edward Little girls soccer coach Craig Latuscha insisted that the playoffs are a different animal, a different type of game than the one played during the regular […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Top seeds guarantee nothing for Eddies, Hornets
If recent history is any indication, Edward Little and Leavitt have an 75 percent chance of reaching their state championship game. Since Maine went to four-class football in 2013, six of the eight No. 1 seeds have reached the state championship game each year. Edward Little and Leavitt will certainly take those odds, but it […]
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Boys' soccer: Leavitt outlasts Gray-New Gloucester in PKs in prelim
TURNER — After two unfamiliar teams played to a stalemate for 110 minutes, Leavitt senior goalie Ben Hutchins found himself in an unfamiliar position. The first-year goalie was tasked with trying to stave off game-deciding penalty kicks in order to keep his high-school career going for at least one more game. Hutchins stepped up, making […]
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Junior hockey: Audette leads Nordiques past Roc City
L/A Nordiques’ Colby Audette and Roc City Royals Jacob Leblanc play the puck in Saturday night’s game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. LEWISTON — On Saturday night, the L/A Nordiques showed their scoring depth in their contest against Roc City. Led by relative newcomer Colby Audette, who had a hat trick, six players found the […]
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H.S. Football: Greyhounds overcome penalties, grind to 20-14 win over Raiders
Lisbon’s Isaiah Thompson soars through the air towards the end zone to score a touchdown against Oak Hill. LISBON — Perhaps Lisbon was feeling charitable Saturday. That would explain why it needed to overcome 15 penalties to rally past Oak Hill, 20-14. Officials were throwing pink flags to raise awareness for breast cancer, and the […]
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College football: Middlebury roughs up Bates
LEWISTON — Bates again allowed 500 yards and again found itself on the losing end of a NESCAC football game Saturday at Garcelon Field. Middlebury lost starting quarterback Jared Lebowitz in the second quarter, but still racked up 530 yards of offense en route to a 43-14 win. It’s the third straight game the Bobcats’s […]