Maranacook Community High School’s Silas Mohlar, left, goes head-to-head with Traip Academy defenders during the Class C South boys’ soccer match Wednesday in Readfield. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) READFIELD — These Black Bears saved their best for last, both in terms of the season and the regional championship Wednesday. Top-seeded Maranacook set aside a helter-skelter first […]
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St. Dom’s edges Spruce Mountain for C South regional title
Saint Dominic Academy field hockey players head to the stands to celebrate with their fans after defeating Spruce Mountain in the regional finals in Saco Tuesday night. From left to right are: Callie Samson, Elizabeth Perkins and Hannah Trottier-Braun. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) SACO — Barely six minutes into the Class C South field hockey final, […]
Girls' soccer: Monmouth strikers form a triple scoring threat
Monmouth Academy’s trio of strikers from left to right: Alicen Burnham, Audrey Fletcher and Tia Day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Three is better than two. The Monmouth Academy girls’ soccer team already had two dynamic scorers in senior Tia Day and sophomore Audrey Fletcher, but when freshman Alicen Burnham got bumped up from the […]
Cross country: St. Dom's boys and girls, Monmouth girls reach Class C championships
CUMBERLAND — The Class C and B regionals had all the finishes and exciting aspects of a cross country race one could ask for. Saturday’s finishes at Twin Brook featured dominating teams, close and runaway finishes, insane kicks, and even freshmen winning the Class A and C girls’ races. In the first race of the […]
H.S. Football: Leavitt picks off Cape Elizabeth
Leavitt’sAllen Peabody gives Cape Elizabeth’s Matt Conley a stiff arm as he looks for extra yards during the first half of Friday night’s game against Cape Elizabeth in Turner. TURNER — Caleb Bowen’s biggest catch of the night wasn’t his 47-yard touchdown catch-and-run to open the scoring for Leavitt, nor his 49-yard reception to set […]
Girls' soccer: Monmouth hands Madison first loss
Monmouth’s Tia Day, left, dribbles past Madison’s Whitney Bess in a MVC girls’ soccer showdown Saturday at Monmouth Academy. MONMOUTH — It’s not how you finish, it’s how you start. At least that’s the way it was between Monmouth Academy and Madison on Saturday night. Madison tied the game up with two minutes left in […]
H.S. Football: Leavitt lights up scoreboard, beats Belfast 73-0
Leavitt’s Caleb Bowen runs the ball past Belfast’s defense during a blowout game in Leavitt on Friday night. TURNER — The Leavitt offense was running on all cylinders Friday night, with the horsepower of a sports car and the efficiency of a hybrid. The Hornets’ first six plays all went for touchdowns and they never […]
Field hockey: Winthrop puts away Dirigo
Winthrops’ Kinli Dibiase controls the ball past Dirigo’s Ashley Walker in the season opener field hockey game at Winthrop High School on Wednesday afternoon. WINTHROP — The way Winthrop was playing in its opener Wednesday, a late timeout to set up a potential game-winning goal shouldn’t have been necessary. Yet despite dominating in scoring chances […]
Fall preview 2017: Dirigo girls' soccer
Coach: Josh Shaw (second year) Conference: MVC Class: C South Last year’s record: 1-12-1 Returning players: Seniors — Kaitlin Ellis (F), Elizabeth Raheb (D); Juniors — Emilie Noyes (M), Audrey Cox (F), Lillie Williams (D), Mackenzie Ladd (M/F), Ana Bright (F/D), Felicity Boulanger, Gabby White (D), Victoria Averill (F); Sophomores — Katie Morse (G). Promising newcomers: Junior — Sonia Chow (D); Sophomore […]
Fall preview 2017: Lisbon girls' soccer
Coach: Jennifer Perron (first year) Conference: MVC Class: C South Last year’s record: 6-5-4, lost in regional quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Anna Willey (G), Sydney Douglass (D), Emma Houle (F), Zoe Feehan (D); Juniors — Emma DiGregorio (M), Sophie DiGregorio (F), Carly Drischler (D), Jordan Ott (D); Sophomores — Giana Russo (M/F), Siara Martin (M/G), Kiley Merrit […]