MONMOUTH — It was a bittersweet victory on Monday afternoon for the Monmouth Academy boys’ soccer team. They defeated rival Lisbon 2-0 to finish the regular season with a 12-0-2 record and look to be a top seed in the Class C South playoffs. When they take the pitch next week for their quarterfinal contest, […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Recovery is Hornets' goal after first loss
Leavitt’s Caleb Bowen leaps over Gardiner’s Collin Foye during Saturday night’s football game in Turner. The Leavitt Hornets went into the start of last week aware they would be without several key contributors for Friday night’s game against the top team in Class C North, Mount Desert Island. “We knew we were going to be […]
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Field hockey playoffs, at a glance
Class A There shouldn’t be much in the way of surprises as you glance through the Class A docket this playoff season. Skowhegan and Messalonskee split games in the regular season and are atop the Class A North standings, while Scarborough with one loss and Massabesic with two stand atop the Class A South bracket. […]
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Seniors have led Poland field hockey to best-ever playoff seeding
Poland Regional High School field hockey captains, from left, Desiree Menard, Higera Nawass and Morgan Brousseau have helped the Knights to a No. 3 seed in the Class B South playoffs. POLAND — Led by its captains, the Poland Regional High School field hockey team turned a pair of laps around the pitch behind the […]
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Lisbon field hockey edges Traip in preliminary round
LISBON — Coach Julie Petrie was angry with her team. After her Lisbon High School field hockey squad practiced hard over the past couple days, the Greyhounds went out against a short-handed Traip Academy team and played a bit lost in the first half. Trailing 1-0 at the half, Petrie fired her team up, then […]
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Local roundup: Mt. Abram boys edge Carrabec
SALEM — Tyson Hill and Dillan Wells scored a goal apiece as Mt. Abram notched its’ ninth win of the season with a 2-0 tilt over Carrabec in boys’ soccer action Saturday afternoon. Denny Marble and Dylan Starbird added assists for Mt. Abram. The Roadrunners played a tough defensive game where the Cobras could only […]
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Golf championships: Lacognata starts strong, holds on to win the girls' individual title
Elizabeth Lacognata of Scarborough, right, is congratulated by Rachel Smith after winning the girls’ division title. VASSALBORO — It was a tale of two rounds for Scarborough senior Elizabeth Lacognata. Either of them would have been stellar by most standards, but one was nearly record-shattering. Lacognata had spectators and fellow competitors at Natanis Golf Course […]
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H.S. Football: Treadwell's interception in final seconds gives Raiders big win over Ramblers
Winthrop/Monmouth’s Cameron Gaghan, right, stiff-arms Gavin Rawstron of Oak Hill (9) as he tries to turn the corner during their game in Wales on Saturday. WALES — When the final Heal points are tallied one week from now, Oak Hill could find itself in the playoffs, and the Raiders will have Caleb Treadwell to thank […]
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Maranacook breezes to KVAC cross country title
Mt. Blue’s Kahryn Cullenberg (572) and Messalonskee’s Charlotte Wentworth (539) were among early leaders during the KVAC cross country championship on Saturday Oct. 14, 2017 at Cony High School in Augusta. AUGUSTA — On a day when unseasonably warm temperatures affected many runners at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference cross country championships, the Maranacook girls […]
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Boys' soccer: Leavitt's last line of defense is first-rate
Bryce Pelletier, Alex Tedesco, Julian Clement and Josh Peterson are the starting defensive unit for the Leavitt boys’ soccer team. TURNER — Leavitt boys’ soccer coach Zac Conlogue doesn’t have to think much about his defense during games. And now that the regular season is over and only one playoff game guaranteed, he doesn’t have […]