“The confidence has just grown in her,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-MacLean said after that game. “Even if she’s not having a great day for her, she’s still confident and she gives her teammates that feeling of, ‘Yeah, we have a great goalie back there.’” DeMascio is not alone. The tri-county area boasts a handful of […]
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Field hockey: Playoff preview
The field is set, the preliminary rounds have been played, and there is no more room for error as the 2016 field hockey playoffs are ready to begin in earnest. Here is a look at what to expect in each class. Class A It’s been so automatic to hand the tag of “favorite” to Skowhegan […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Local teams looking to finish strong
Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette lamented his team’s second-half struggles after Friday night’s game against Dirigo. The Raiders fortunately left Dixfield with a victory, but they haven’t always been so lucky. All six Oak Hill contests contain traces of struggles after halftime. Even when the Raiders were outscoring opponents or holding them even after half, […]
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Cross country: Winthrop’s Hickey, Monmouth girls win at MVC championships
AUGUSTA — Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey brought along an accessory to push himself at the MVC cross country championships. A pair of sisters paced each other and paced the Monmouth girls to the conference title, and an Oak Hill sophomore came out of essentially nowhere to finish second in the girls’ race. “I started running with […]
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Football: Oak Hill holds off Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Dirigo came all the way back to tie Oak Hill in the second half of Friday night’s game, only for the Raiders to make one big offensive play and seal the win. Matt Strout and Steve Gilbert hooked up for their second long touchdown pass of the game early in the fourth quarter […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Spruce Mountain 34, Leavitt 20 Mountain Valley 35, Poland 12 Edward Little 22, Deering 14 Windham 27, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 20 Oak Hill 26, Dirigo 22 Wells 63, Gray-New Gloucester 0 Lewiston 28, Massabesic 12 Brunswick 48, Mt. Blue 12 Lisbon 34, Old Orchard Beach 14
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. This is the Ramblers’ last regular season game before a season-ending bye week. The lowly Black Bears are unfortunately the opponent that Winthrop/Monmouth will look to end the season strong against. At least the home fans should leave the game happy. LEAVITT (1-5) AT SPRUCE MOUNTAIN (4-2) Friday, 7 p.m. The Hornets […]
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Field hockey: Oak Hill holds off Dirigo
DIXFIELD — The ability to pressure the ball and score quickly has been Oak Hill field hockey’s bread and butter, and it served the team well again Tuesday afternoon in the Raiders’ Mountain Valley Conference regular-season finale against Dirigo. Maegan Sheehy and Hayden Spencer scored goals in a 63-second span early in the second half […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Teams running at peak performance
Lisbon didn’t complete a down-and-distance pass on Saturday. It didn’t matter for the Greyhounds, who ran the ball and ran it well. They won. Greely used a similar run-heavy offense Friday night. The Rangers won as well, beating Leavitt in Turner. The calendar has flipped to October and some teams are figuring out that if […]
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H.S. Roundup: Telstar boys’ soccer holds off Lisbon, 2-1
LISBON — Kellen True scored the game-winning goal as Telstar grabbed a 2-1 victory over Lisbon in MVC boys’ soccer action Saturday. The Rebels (5-5-1) scored two goals early in the second half. The Greyhounds (7-2-2) held an advantage in possession but just couldn’t finish. Senior forward Ryley Austin cut the deficit in half on […]