Some local teams took some tough L’s on Friday night. Others picked up nice W’s. Join Randy Whitehouse, Tony Blasi and Lee Horton as they talk about it.
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H.S. football: Bulldogs rough up Red Eddies
Portland’s Zachary Elowitch follows his blockers on his way to the end zone for Portland against Edward Little on Friday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Hard-nosed defense and an increasingly diverse offense have placed Portland High at the top of Class A North football. Friday evening at Fitzpatrick Stadium, the Bulldogs’ physical play […]
H.S. roundup: Courtney Larson's goal gives Edward Little field hockey win over Mt. Blue
AUBURN — Courtney Larson produced the lone goal at the 15:06 mark of the second half to lift Edward Little to a 1-0 triumph over Mt. Blue in field hockey action Thursday. The Cougars (6-2-1) outshot the Red Eddies (4-6) by a margin of 9-8 in the game. Brooke Bolduc made seven saves for Mt. […]
H.S. football: After long wait, Edward Little's Leighton Girardin doing his part as QB
Edward Little quarterback Leighton Girardin before practice at the high school recently. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — From the time he first buckled on a chin strap, Leighton Girardin wanted to play quarterback. As a sophomore, Girardin’s designs on being Edward Little’s varsity QB hit a very large road block in Grant Hartley, who was […]
H.S. football: Week 5 staff picks
LEE HORTON (38-7) Maranacook at Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale Mountain Valley at Oceanside Spruce Mountain at Poland Edward Little at Portland Oak Hill at Madison Dirigo at Freeport Mt. Blue at Brunswick Nokomis at Leavitt Lewiston at Bangor Lisbon at Wells Gray-New Gloucester at Lake Region Oxford Hills/Buckfield at Cheverus Old Orchard Beach at Telstar RANDY WHITEHOUSE (36-9) […]
Huddle Up: Whitehouse talking points, Week 5
As we enter the second half to the 2018 high school football season, some folks are going to start trying to project playoff seedings via whatever number of Heal point scenarios they can dream up. I am not one of those people. I gave up projecting Heals several years ago after failing on a few […]
Weekend Blitz and top 10: Season's midpoint could be its high point for competitive games
Edward Little (2-2) at Portland (3-1) Friday, 7 p.m. No better place for Red Eddies to stake a claim for Super Saturday reservations than Fitzpatrick Stadium against the favorites to represent A North. Lewiston (0-4) at Bangor (1-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils played perhaps their best game of the year against Portland last week, […]
Local roundup: Sevignys lift Mountain Valley field hockey over Lisbon in overtime
RUMFORD — Rylee Sevigny scored and then assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime for Mountain Valley as the Falcons defeated Lisbon 2-1 on Wednesday in a Class C South field hockey game. Sevigny’s first-half goal gave the Falcons (8-3) a 1-0 lead. Mountain Valley was held off the scoreboard in the second half while […]
Monday Morning QB: 'Janek can' for Oxford Hills
On a hold by Noah Oufiero, kicker Janek Luksza watches his extra point attempt. The kick was good against Bangor in Paris on Saturday. (Brewster Burns Photo) Oxford Hills lost senior slot Cam Slicer for the season with a broken right ankle suffered in practice before last week’s loss to Sanford. That means more work […]
Edward Little hopes success continues in the postseason
Edward Little High School golf coach, Chris Merrill, center, and his team are having a strong season. From left: Nate McBride, Colin Merritt, Aaron Perkins, Ethan Brown, Merrill, Nate Farnsworth, Ben Cassidy, Will Cassidy and Chris Frey. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The Edward Little golf team had some work to do after finishing in […]