All-Region Field Hockey Player of the Year: Winthrop’s Maddie Perkins
The senior midfielder racked up 33 goals and 22 assists and scored the game-winning goal that gave the Ramblers their second Class C state championship in her four seasons.
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Field Hockey
2021 Maine Field Hockey Association All-State and All-Academic selections
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Football
Oxford Hills’ Eli Soehren named Class A Player of the Year
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Football
Varsity Maine football poll: Oxford Hills remains second, Leavitt finishes seventh in final rankings
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Winthrop athletes ready to move on to winter season
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Girls' Hockey
2021-22 girls hockey preview capsules
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Sports
Despite the pandemic, Maine high school football made it to the finish line
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Football: Cape Elizabeth rolls to first state championship, 53-8
Oxford Hills’ Eli Soehren named Class A Player of the Year
H.S. football: Vikings junior also was picked as first-team quarterback and punter and second-team defensive back by the Class A coaches. His dad, Mark Soehren, is the Coach of the Year.
All-Region Field Hockey Player of the Year: Winthrop’s Maddie Perkins
The senior midfielder racked up 33 goals and 22 assists and scored the game-winning goal that gave the Ramblers their second Class C state championship in her four seasons.
Volleyball: Gardiner rolls past Gray-New Gloucester and into Class B semifinals
No. 2 Tigers make quick work of No. 7 Gray-New Gloucester in Class B quarterfinal match.
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H.S. football: The Vikings fall behind early but refuse to concede title game until the clock runs out.
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The Hawks come up with clutch plays in the fourth quarter – one of them on a daring call – to hold off the previously undefeated Eagles, 14-13.
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The Trojans win their fifth state championship since 2012 after building a three-score lead over the Vikings in the first half.
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A variety of reasons, including availability, retirements and dealing with an irascible atmosphere, explain why there is a lack of wrestling officials.
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H.S. football: Ponies score early in fourth quarter and then hold off Ramblers.
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H.S. football: The Vikings turned the ball over six times in a 31-23 loss on Oct. 15, while the Trojans struggled to get key parts of their game going.
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H.S. football: The championship-game drought has lasted longer than any of the players have been alive, but there are still some ties that have remain more than two decades later.
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H.S. football: The Vikings have more than earned their spot in Saturday's title game against Thornton Academy.
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Portland's Fitzpatrick Stadium will be the site of title games in Classes A, B and C, starting at 11 a.m.
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Sun Journal assistant sports editor Wil Kramlich joins Adam Robinson and Lee Horton to break down the Class A and D state championship football games.
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Sun Journal sports reporter Adam Robinson is back on the panel, which will be talking to Vikings coach Soehren as he prepares to face Thornton Academy in the Class A title game.
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The Maine Principals' Association releases its winter sports guidelines and strongly recommends vaccinations, wearing masks and pooled testing for all athletes.
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H.S. football: During the 2020 seven-on-seven season, the offensive and defensive lines on Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale turned to the weight room. The 2021 Ramblers, who will play for a Class D state title Friday, are reaping the benefits on both sides of the ball.
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H.S. football: Ramblers shake off past heartbreaks and season of twists and turns to meet Foxcroft for Class D championship.
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H.S. football: The Ramblers are hoping for a different outcome than their first meeting with Foxcroft, when they didn't capitalize on Foxcroft's mistakes in the first meeting and made some of their own.
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H.S. football: The Ramblers kept winning in 2021 despite a schedule that seemed to change on a weekly basis.
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Undefeated and top-seeded Foxcroft Academy takes on No. 2 Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale.
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The Vikings have shut out opponents four times in nine games this season and have allowed a total of 77 points all year.
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H.S. football: After a slow first few weeks, the senior running back amped up his physicality during the second half of the season.
2021 Fall Previews
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Field Hockey
2021 field hockey preview: Jessica Merrill embraces change and challenges at Gray-New Gloucester
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Boys' Soccer
2021 boys soccer preview: Another final run together for Mt. Abram’s Allen family
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Girls' Soccer
2021 girls soccer preview: Edward Little staying in the present moment
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Football
2021 11-man football preview: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale gears up for new season
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Football
2021 eight-man football preview: Gray-New Gloucester excited to get back to eight-man
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Cross Country
2021 cross country preview: Poland’s LiSha Powell ready to build off short 2020 season
2021 SPRING ALL-REGION
All-Region Softball Player of the Year: Lewiston’s Gemma Landry
Blue Devils senior shortstop proved hard to get out at the plate and her leadership helped Lewiston earn a playoff victory.
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All-Region Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year: Gray-New Gloucester’s Zoe Barnes
Senior took a laid-back approach this spring and still managed to win a pair of state championships.
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All-Region Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year: Oak Hill’s Tiger Hopkins
Junior scored 61 goals and tallied 44 assists and led Oak Hill/Lisbon/Monmouth to the Class C state championship game this season.
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Track & Field
All-Region Boys Track Athlete of the Year: Winthrop’s James Cognata
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Baseball
All-Region Baseball Player of the Year: Oak Hill’s Gavin Rawstron
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Girls' Lacrosse
All-Region Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year: Lewiston’s Charlotte Gastonguay
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Tennis
All-Region Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Lewiston’s Julia Svor
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Tennis
All-Region Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Winthrop’s Josh Deanda-Whaley
2020 Fall All-Region
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Cross Country
All-Region Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year: Edward Little’s Payton Bell
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Cross Country
All-Region Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year: St. Dom’s Liam Levasseur
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Field Hockey
All-Region Field Hockey Player of the Year: Mountain Valley’s Rylee Sevigny
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Girls' Soccer
All-Region Girls Soccer Player of the Year: Leavitt’s Leah Maheux
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Boys' Soccer
All-Region Boys Soccer Player of the Year: Monmouth’s Hayden Fletcher
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Golf
All-Region Golfer of the Year: Leavitt’s Ruby Haylock
2020 Varsity Maine Awards
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Varsity Maine Awards — Boys Team of the Year: Lewiston hockey
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Varsity Maine Awards — Girls Team of the Year: Oxford Hills basketball
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Varsity Maine Awards — Male Athlete of the Year: Zach Maturo, Bonny Eagle
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Varsity Maine Awards — Girls Game of the Year: Hockey state final
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Varsity Maine Awards — Female Athlete of the Year: Kristina Kelly, Camden Hills
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Varsity Maine Awards — Boys Game of the Year: Class B basketball state final
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KVAC All-Conference and All-Academic Teams
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High school football state championship matchups set after a wild Saturday
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Gallery: Maine Soccer Coaches Annual Senior Bowl
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Mt. Blue High School winter sports meeting set for Nov. 16
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Football
Foxcroft blanks Oak Hill to set up Class D title game showdown with Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale
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Football: Dexter wins Eight-Man Small School title on wild final play
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Football
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale shakes free from Freeport in Class D semifinal
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Football
Cape Elizabeth scores on final play to beat Leavitt in C South final
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Football
Oxford Hills beats Bonny Eagle, earns spot in Class A title game
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Cross country: Orono’s Ruth White wins New England title
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Football: Windham ousts Lawrence in OT to win B North championship
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Football: Cheverus rolls to Eight-Man Large School title
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Football
Leavitt playoff game postponed to Saturday
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Football: Waterville, Maranacook follow different routes to eight-man title games
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Eight-man football state championship previews
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Varsity Maine Live: Cape Elizabeth girls soccer duo joins the show
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Football
Leavitt’s Hunter Hayes and Noah Carpenter thrive together at quarterback
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Football: Cape Elizabeth ready to put its high-powered offense to the test
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Football
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale and Freeport ready for Class D semifinal showdown
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Field Hockey
Varsity Maine field hockey poll: Leavitt, Winthrop and Oxford Hills land spots in final rankings
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Football
Varsity Maine football poll: Oxford Hills still second, Leavitt moves up to fourth
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Football
Game of the Week: Oxford Hills confident and prepared — but cautious — heading into Bonny Eagle rematch
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Football
Head to head: Four rematches this week — will the results be different?
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Football
H.S. football: Week 11 staff predictions
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Football
Weekend Blitz: Four area teams playing for spots in state title games
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Football: Cheverus carved path to state title game with defense
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Central Maine student-athletes make it official on National Signing Day
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Football notebook: Portland, Marshwood ready for Class B South showdown
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Varsity Maine soccer polls: Lewiston boys finish among state’s best
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Big day for Wells High athletes on National Signing Day
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Atticus Soehren commits to throw javelin at Penn
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Amid criticism, officials reconsider vaccine mandate for Maine high school wrestlers
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Girls' Hockey
Area girls hockey teams look forward to playing a full season again
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Winthrop, Maranacook make up for lost opportunities in 2020 with state championships
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Field Hockey
Championship hug worth nine-year wait for Leavitt’s Keriah Marston and her mom
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Football: Times are finalized for Maranacook, Waterville eight-man state title games
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2021 Mountain Valley Conference All-Stars
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Football
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale shakes off Bucksport in Class D quarterfinal
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Football
Oak Hill holds off Lisbon in Class D quarterfinal
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Field Hockey
Maddie Perkins’ late goal gives Winthrop Class C state title
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Field Hockey
‘We are state champions. It’s awesome’: Leavitt wins Class B title
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Football
Video: Breaking down the playoff action of Week 10 of the football season
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Football
Maranacook dismisses Dirigo in Eight-man Small School South final
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Football
Freeport finishes off Poland in Class D football quarterfinal
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Football
Leavitt wallops Wells in C South semifinal
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Field Hockey
Winthrop freshman Madeline Wagner’s fast start to high school career reaches state title game
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Field Hockey
Leavitt’s Maddie Morin goes from swing player to starter on regional championship squad
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No criminal charges to come following alleged Brunswick High hazing incident
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Field hockey: State championship previews
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Sportscast
Sun Journal Sportscast, Episode 9: Leavitt field hockey
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Football
Seniors Chase Versey and Mason Booker help lead young Lisbon squad into playoffs
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Field Hockey
Varsity Maine field hockey poll: Leavitt, Winthrop, Oxford Hills all in after regional finals
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Varsity Maine soccer polls: Lewiston boys fall after playoff exit
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Varsity Maine Live: Skowhegan field hockey coach Paula Doughty joins the show
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Football
Varsity Maine football poll: Oxford Hills and Leavitt maintain their spots in state-wide rankings
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Football
H.S. football: Week 10 staff predictions
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Football
Head to head: The road to a title gets rough from here
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Football
Weekend Blitz: Postseason is in full force in all classifications
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Football
Game of the Week: Dirigo and Maranacook meet in eight-man Small School South final
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Field Hockey
Winthrop captures Class C South title in win over Lisbon
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Field Hockey
Skowhegan slips past Oxford Hills for 20th straight Class A North title
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Field Hockey
Stout defense gives Leavitt a Class B South title in win over Cape Elizabeth
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Boys' Soccer
Waynflete denies Mt. Abram in C South boys soccer final
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Field Hockey
Experience and focus help Leavitt reach B South final
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Field Hockey
Oxford Hills hoping to derail undefeated Skowhegan’s race to the title
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Girls' Soccer
NYA shuts out Rangeley to win to Class D South girls soccer title
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Field Hockey
Lisbon’s Haley Tuplin returning to form after hip injury
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Football
Exciting matchups in first round of Class D football playoffs
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Field Hockey
Leavitt stuns top-ranked York to advance to Class B South field hockey final
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Girls' Soccer
All work and all play makes Rangeley a stronger team
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Boys' Soccer
Mt. Abram has accomplished most of its goals — except for one
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In tight labor market, some teens wrestle with choosing jobs or sports
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Football
Lisbon takes away Poland’s comeback attempt
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Field hockey: Winthrop keeps rolling with C South semifinal victory over Hall-Dale
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Cross Country
Girls cross country: Bonny Eagle extends reign of excellence
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Football
Maranacook runs through Telstar to advance to 8-man Small School South final
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Cross Country
Monmouth’s Brosnan Comeau wins Class C boys cross country state title
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Field Hockey
Haley Tuplin’s blast sends Lisbon past St. Dom’s and into the Class C South final
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Field Hockey
Oxford Hills topples Mt. Ararat in overtime, advances to A North field hockey final
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Field Hockey
MCI rolls to Class C North semifinal win over Mountain Valley
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Football
Video: Reviewing Week 9 of the high school football season
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Football
‘Make one more play than them’: Dirigo defeats Mountain Valley in 8-man playoffs
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Football
Lewiston holds off Edward Little to earn Battle of the Bridge rivalry win
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Football: Mt. Ararat edges Spruce Mountain to reach eight-man large South final
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Area roundup: Mt. Abram ditches Monmouth in double overtime
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Boys' Soccer
Brunswick’s composure leads to a victory over Lewiston in Class A North soccer semifinal
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Sportscast
Sun Journal Sportscast: Episode 8: Edward Little-Lewiston historian Bim Gibson
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Area roundup: Leavitt cuts Fryeburg loose in field hockey quarterfinal
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Varsity Maine Live: Wil Kramlich joins the crew to talk to Leavitt’s Mike Hathaway
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Field Hockey
Emily Andrews tricks St. Dom’s past Telstar in Class C South quarterfinal
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Football
Lewiston’s Donovan Jackson brings leadership to QB spot
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Field Hockey
Varsity Maine field hockey poll: Undefeated Winthrop representing Class C among the state’s top teams
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Football
Varsity Maine football poll: Oxford Hills, Leavitt still solidly in top 10
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Football
H.S. football: Week 9 staff predictions
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Football
Weekend Blitz: Twin City showdown for pride, and more classes join playoff fray
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Football
Game of the Week: Edward Little, Lewiston ready for showdown on Friday
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Football
Head to head: The Battle of the Bridge lives on as area rivalries dwindle
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Varsity Maine soccer polls: Lewiston boys lead the way as playoffs knock out some top teams
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Football: Parity, rematches themes as Class B North playoffs begin this week
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Field Hockey
Lisbon scores six unanswered goals to upend NYA/Waynflete in C South field hockey quarterfinals
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Cross country teams gear up for state championships in Belfast
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Eight-man football teams prepping for regional semifinals
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Area roundup: Mt. Abram dodges Mararancook in a Class C South quarterfinal
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Field Hockey
Dirigo finishes off Piscataquis in Class C North quarterfinal
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Girls soccer: Maranacook blanks Spruce Mountain in Class C South quarterfinals
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Field Hockey
Field hockey: Late surge propels Mt. Ararat past Mt. Blue and into A North semifinals
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Field Hockey
Oxford Hills treats itself to a victory over the Brewer Witches
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Field Hockey
Winthrop pulls away from Maranacook in a Class C South quarterfinal
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Cross Country
Area runners gear up for state meet after stellar regional results
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Girls' Soccer
Top-seeded NYA rolls past St. Dom’s in Class D South quarterfinals
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Golf
MVC Golf All-Star teams
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Field Hockey
Messalonskee advances past Lewiston on penalty corners
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Local Sports
Area roundup: Autumn Freeman sends Mountain Valley past Orono in field hockey playoffs
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Boys' Soccer
Top-seeded Lewiston blanks Messalonskee in Class A North boys soccer quarterfinal
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Volleyball: Gardiner rolls past Gray-New Gloucester and into Class B semifinals
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Girls' Soccer
St. Dom’s overpowers Pine Tree in a Class D girls soccer playoff opener
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Football
Freeport trounces Oak Hill in Monday night matchup
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Boys' Soccer
Monmouth edges Hall-Dale to earn elusive postseason victory
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Local Sports
Area roundup: Old Orchard Beach beats Mountain Valley in girls soccer prelim
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Cross Country
Leavitt’s Logan Ouellette, Monmouth’s Brosnan Comeau win Southern Maine boys XC regional titles
