The senior forward delivered a chip to the right side of the cage to secure for Sacopee Valley a 1-0 playoff win over St. Dom’s. Goforth’s kick made it 4-2 in the first round of five penalty kicks and delivered the Hawks the Class C South quarterfinal victory. “Throughout the season, I missed a few […]
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Boys Soccer: Buckfield runs past Rangeley, into semifinals
BUCKFIELD — Rangeley head coach Danielle Ellis said her players did a good job of keeping their heads up after Buckfield scored one minute into Wednesday’s playoff game. Unfortunately for Ellis and the Lakers, the Bucks were a head above them — literally. Top-ranked Buckfield scored three goals off corner kicks, including two early in […]
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Boys’ soccer: Lewiston blanks Edward Little, 5-0
LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team’s amazing regular season — the top-seeding, the perfect record, the unbeaten streak and the astounding number of goals — meant little Tuesday night for the start of the postseason. Lewiston’s run last year took it all the way to a regional championship and the Class A […]
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Maslah Hassan finds home on Lewiston soccer fields
LEWISTON — Maslah Hassan is at home on the soccer field. The field is where he finds happiness. It’s his comfort zone. It’s a place of escape from the noise of the world. “When I’m really sad sometimes, I just get a ball and get my cleats and just forget about what’s going on in […]
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Lewiston boys’ soccer team climbs national rankings
Also read: Maslah Hassan finds home on Lewiston soccer fields LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team turned heads earlier this season when, as the Sun Journal first reported in September, the Blue Devils cracked USA Today’s top 25 national boys’ soccer poll. The team has done nothing but improve against tougher competition since […]
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Boys’ soccer: Traip stuns Lisbon with late goal
LISBON — It was an impressive start, but a heartbreaking finish for the Lisbon boys’ soccer team Saturday. The Greyhounds came out hard, played aggressive and created an abundance of chances early in their Class C South preliminary with Traip. Lisbon did everything it wanted to do but still failed to accomplish what it hoped […]
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Boys’ soccer: Gray-New Gloucester survives Lincoln Academy in penalty kicks
GRAY — There’s finishing when you want to, and finishing when you have to. The Gray-New Gloucester boys’ soccer team was hoping for the former Saturday, but settled for the latter. The Patriots had numerous opportunities early but couldn’t bury their chances, allowing a game, 12th-ranked Lincoln Academy team to hang in and force overtime […]
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Boys’ soccer: Edward Little outlasts Mt. Ararat
That the game ended just 6:19 into the first 15-minute overtime might have come as a surprise, considering that in the first 170 minutes of soccer this season between the teams, each team had produced one goal and seemed destined to play longer. The eighth-seeded Red Eddies secured the 2-1 win and a trip to […]
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High School soccer: Buckfield, Lewiston earn top tourney seeds
RICHMOND — The only traveling the Buckfield boys’ soccer team wants to be doing this tournament season is on a trek to Presque Isle. The Bucks have earned the top seed in the Class D South standings with a 13-1 record, meaning they will host all their regional playoff games. If they have the good […]
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Boys’ soccer: Buckfield blanks Richmond, secures top seed
RICHMOND — Just in case. That’s why Buckfield’s Sidney Jackson kept coming and didn’t give up on the ball. Just in case. “What kept me going was because I wanted it,” Jackson said. “I always do it. It’s something you need to do, crash on net.” So even though it looked as though Richmond keeper […]