Local Sports Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

College roundup: Tufts’ teams sweep Bates and the Husson men and women down UMF

by Staff reports January 22, 2022January 22, 2022

The Jumbos score the final eight points to squeak past the Bobcats in the men’s game. Also, Lewiston grad Victoria Harris comes up big in USM’s win over Keene State.

Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports

Outdoors in Maine: Seeing the good in a spring bear hunt

by V. Paul Reynolds Outdoors Columnist January 22, 2022January 20, 2022

The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine supports a modified spring bear hunt that would target specific big woods areas that encompass major deer wintering areas, writes columnist V. Paul Reynolds

Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports

On Skiing: Why the wind chill panic?

by Dave Irons Ski Columnist January 22, 2022January 21, 2022

Naturally, we’re never told that the wind chill chart is a measure of wind and cold on raw flesh. On today’s skier, we don’t see much raw flesh, writes columnist Dave Irons.

Local Sports, Sports

Junior hockey roundup: Nordiques and Thunder both stumble

by Sun Journal Staff Reports January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

The Maine Nordiques can’t hold onto an early two-goal lead, while the Twin City Thunder are shut out at home.

Local Sports, Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

College roundup: Emily Strachan paces CMCC women to win

by Staff reports January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Former Lewiston standout scores team-high 15 for the Mustangs. Also: The CMCC men lose in OT, Husson sweeps UMF and the UMaine women’s hockey team downs Merrimack.

Boys Soccer, Local Sports, Sports, Varsity Maine

Former Lewiston soccer standout Zakariya Abdullahi in a coma in Saudi Arabia after accident

by Wil Kramlich January 21, 2022January 22, 2022

Abdullahi, a 2016 Lewiston High School graduate and a key defender on the 2015 state championship team, was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk during a religious trip with his mother and brother.