Spruce Mountain and Winthrop will have to wait another week to face off in their biggest game of the season. The forecast for heavy rain Saturday has forced the postponement of the state field hockey championship games for a week. The Class A, B and C title games will now be played on Nov. 3. […]
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Cross country South regionals: Area girls qualify for state meet
CUMBERLAND — The most notorious aspect of the hill-filled cross country course at Twin Brook Recreation Area is known as the Pain Cave. It’s a short but steep climb that comes late in the final mile, and that, ironically, is where Bonny Eagle senior Kayla Raymond felt refreshed. She surged past three runners and went […]
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Cross country South regionals: Area boys qualify for state meet
CUMBERLAND — The Class B race was supposed to come down to defending state champion Lincoln Academy and challenger Cape Elizabeth. Instead, for the second weekend in a row, the York boys took the championship plaque. “It’s a really young team and they’ve just been getting better,” York Coach Ted Hutch said. “They grow like […]
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Cross country: Edward Little's Richardson, Mt. Blue's Cullenberg finish 1-2 at regionals
Mt. Blue High School’s Kahryn Cullenberg (217) and Edward Little High School’s Jillian Richardson (169) lead the pack in the Class A North regional championships in Belfast on Saturday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) BELFAST — Lisandro Berry-Gaviria was disappointed with his time. But the Mt. Ararat High School senior was not disappointed with the result. […]
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Lisbon's Schlotterbeck, Monmouth girls race to MVC cross country titles
AUGUSTA — Prospects for a third straight Mountain Valley Conference championship appeared distant when the Monmouth Academy girls cross country team opened the season this fall. But the Mustangs came together quickly, integrating five new runners into their top seven. They won all their MVC meets this season and Saturday at the University of Maine […]
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Cross Country: EL's Richardson, Maranacook take KVAC girls' titles
AUGUSTA — Maranacook coach Jay Nutting knew the outlook was good for his girls cross country team going into the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships. But he also knew that that was far from a guarantee. “We were going into it cautiously optimistic,” he said. “I try to remind the kids that it’s important not […]
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Cross Country: Edward Little’s Jillian Richardson, Maranacook take KVAC girls’ titles
AUGUSTA — Maranacook coach Jay Nutting knew the outlook was good for his girls cross country team going into the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships. But he also knew that that was far from a guarantee. “We were going into it cautiously optimistic,” he said. “I try to remind the kids that it’s important not […]
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Winthrop's Hickey regains running form at UNE
Winthrop native Jacob Hickey is competing for the University of New England cross country team this fall. (Submitted Photo/UNE Athletics) Whatever you want to call Jacob Hickey’s success in this first season running for the University of New England cross country team, do not call it beginner’s luck. Yes, Hickey stepped away from competitive running […]
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Looking Back: Ben Fletcher was born to run
Ben Fletcher crosses the finish line. (Submitted Photo) Sprinting down the final stretch of the Foot Locker Northeast Regional Cross Country Championship race, Auburn’s Ben Fletcher appeared in the sight of his coach and former Edward Little cross country and track coach Dan Campbell. In fifth place at the time, Campbell knew that Fletcher would […]
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Festival of Champions: Edward Little's Richardson picks up pace, takes second
Edward Little’s Jillian Richardson runs the course on her way to finishing in second with a time of 18:29.87 at the Festival of Champions on Saturday in Belfast. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) BELFAST — The story of the girls’ race at the Festival of Champions cross country meet Saturday was who was going to challenge Sofie […]