Winthrop High School’s Jillian Schmelzer, center, and Aaliiyah WilsonFalcone block Carrabec High School’s Melanie Clark during a basketball game on Wednesday in Winthrop.(Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — It was looking like the kind of game the Winthrop High School girls basketball team had lost before. Carrabec was pulling off a comeback, chopping a 15-point third-quarter […]
Winter Sports
Boys' hockey: Red Eddies edge undefeated Kings, 2-1
AUBURN — After battling for two periods in a scoreless game Edward Little found itself having to battle back early in the third. The Red Eddies did just that, answering early and then providing the final answer for a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Poland/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Gray-New Gloucester in a Class A North boys’ hockey game […]
Greely topples Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse in boys' hockey
BRUNSWICK — Trailing 3-1 early in the second period, the Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse boys high school hockey team had a golden chance to get back into the game after visiting Greely was whistled for a five-minute major. One game removed from battling talented Bangor to a 4-3 overtime defeat, Eagles coach A.J. Kavanaugh felt this was […]
Boys' hockey: Bangor shuts out St. Dom's, 3-0
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
H.S. roundup: Phoenix fire 14 treys to beat Cobras
JAY — Senior guard Mason Shink tossed a team-high 19 points in a balanced attack as Spruce Mountain routed Carrabec 79-37 in boys’ basketball action Friday afternoon. The Phoenix (7-0) notched a school record with 14 three-point field goals. Senior guard Brett Frey chipped in with 15 points. Senior guard Evan Holzwoth posted a game-high […]
Boys' Basketball: Bobcats rally past Greyhounds on Kendrick's buzzer-beater
LISBON — For three quarters, Lisbon’s Jonah Sautter kept the Richmond High School boys basketball team on its heels, trailing by as many as 14 points as Sautter rarely missed. Problem for the Greyhounds is a basketball game consists of four quarters, as Richmond rallied for a 57-55 Mountain Valley Conference win on Friday. Nate Kendrick […]