As we enter the second half to the 2018 high school football season, some folks are going to start trying to project playoff seedings via whatever number of Heal point scenarios they can dream up. I am not one of those people. I gave up projecting Heals several years ago after failing on a few […]
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Weekend Blitz and top 10: Season's midpoint could be its high point for competitive games
Edward Little (2-2) at Portland (3-1) Friday, 7 p.m. No better place for Red Eddies to stake a claim for Super Saturday reservations than Fitzpatrick Stadium against the favorites to represent A North. Lewiston (0-4) at Bangor (1-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils played perhaps their best game of the year against Portland last week, […]
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Game of the Week: Greyhounds are latest foe trying to expose Wells' weakness
Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis rolls out on a quarterback keeper while pursued by Wells defender Matt Tufts (44) during last year’s game. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Week in and week out for the last two high school football seasons, teams and fans have been hoping for some kind of a sign that Wells is […]
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H.S. football: Confident Lajoie standing out on both sides of ball for Ramblers
Dylan Lajoie during Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale football practice Wednesday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — Poland’s Zach Cote had just made another catch near the Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale sideline when Ramblers coach Dave St. Hilaire heard a voice laced with urgency, directed at him through the post-play din of grunts and whistles. It was from […]
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Monday Morning QB: 'Janek can' for Oxford Hills
On a hold by Noah Oufiero, kicker Janek Luksza watches his extra point attempt. The kick was good against Bangor in Paris on Saturday. (Brewster Burns Photo) Oxford Hills lost senior slot Cam Slicer for the season with a broken right ankle suffered in practice before last week’s loss to Sanford. That means more work […]
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H.S. football: Calder, Leavitt jet past York
Leavitt’s Mark Herman charges down the field, escaping York’s Nat Grader and Riley Lynn, during Saturday night’s football game in Turner. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) TURNER — Leavitt junior Damion Calder had a first quarter many high school football players would like to call a season, perhaps even a career, during Saturday night’s 50-7 homecoming win […]
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H.S. football: Wells pulls away from Oak Hill — WITH PHOTOS
Wells’ Devin Chace, left, tries to avoid Oak Hill’s Gabe Bergeron during a game Saturday at Oak Hill High in Wales. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WALES — What began as a close game Saturday at Oak Hill turned into a rout, thanks in large part to Wells senior Tyler Bridge. A heavy underdog against the two-time […]
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H.S. football: Oxford Hills bounces back big against Bangor
Oxford Hills’ Marcus Stone, left, and Ty LeBlond stuff Bangor’s Eli Bradford on a kickoff return during Saturday’s game at Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Homecoming was the perfect prescription for an Oxford Hills team coming off a week of illness, injury and its first loss of the season. The […]
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WATCH: Week 4 high school football Friday night recap
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale won a thriller against Poland, Mountain Valley beat Spruce Mountain on the road and Edward Little came back before falling short against Sanford. That, and much more will be talked about by Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Adam Robinson.
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H.S. football: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale wins thriller with Poland
WINTHROP — Keegan Choate’s fourth-down touchdown pass to Jevin Smith with 2:32 remaining was the difference in Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s 33-29 victory over Poland in a Class D South football game Friday night at Maxwell Field. The back-and-forth contest lasted more than three hours due to an early injury delay for an ambulance to take Poland’s Ben […]