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 […]
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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 […]
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Track and Field: Athletic Douglass a perfect fit for racewalk
Lisbon High School racewalker Sydney Douglass (9) cuts to the front of the field during arace at Lisbon High School earlier this season. Sydney Douglass does these nifty flip throw-ins for the Lisbon girls’ soccer team in the fall. In winter, Douglass does flips and tricks for the Greyhounds’ state–champion cheerleading team. In the spring, […]
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Track and field: Dirigo’s White can’t help but love ‘terrible’ 400-meter
Dirigo senior Hunter White knows how to give them what they want but also leave them wanting more. “I started track in seventh grade,” he said last week, “and I wanted to do the 400 just because I wanted people to see me for a long time but not too long. “The 100’s too short, […]
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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth hands Boothbay first loss
The Mustangs’ biggest stretch was a 14-2 scoring run that spanned most of the second quarter. It broke a 9-9 tie and gave Monmouth a lead it never relinquished. In that second period, the Mustangs held the previously unbeaten Seahawks to only four points. “We played pretty solid,” Monmouth coach Scott Wing said. “We played […]
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H.S. Football: Wells runs all over MDI to claim Class C crown
The closest competition of the game was between Dempsey and Whitten regarding who would have the most yards. Whitten finished with 219 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries, and Dempsey racked up 151 and one score on 21 carries. “We’ve always competed for yards,” Whitten said. “In eighth grade, we would do hitting drills, […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Class A state championship North No. 1 PORTLAND (9-1) vs. South No. 1 BONNY EAGLE (10-0) Saturday, 11:06 a.m. This title game will be played at the home of the Bulldogs, and a place that Bonny Eagle coach Kevin Cooper has made feel like home, winning five titles in five tries. Both time like to […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Orono blanks Waynflete in Class C state championship game
HAMPDEN — The Orono High School girls’ soccer team won its first state championship a year ago, and senior goalie Katelyn Richards said they had an intense desire to repeat Saturday to “prove it wasn’t a one-time thing.” The Red Riots did just that. Richards turned in a superb six-save performance to help Orono beat […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Mustangs use the second half to pull away from Wiscasset
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth girls’ soccer team scored 73 goals in 14 regular season games — a stunning 5.21 goals-per-game clip. At halftime of the Mustangs’ Class C South quarterfinal contest against the Wiscasset on Wednesday, they were below their average. But in the second half, they more than made up for it, wearing down […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: St. Dom’s holds off Sacopee Valley in Class C South quarterfinal
AUBURN — Shots and scoring chances didn’t tell whole story Tuesday. If they did, the Class C South quarterfinal field hockey game between St. Dom’s and Sacopee Valley would have been an one-sided affair for the Saints. St. Dom’s outshot Sacopee 34-5, had a 24-4 advantage in penalty corners. But the Saints struggled to put […]