FARMINGTON — Brewer’s defense was a nuisance all afternoon, but it didn’t help that Mt. Blue’s offense was tentative and missing its trademark ferocity in a Class A North field hockey quarterfinal at Caldwell Field on Wednesday. The No. 8 Witches defense packed it in around their net whenever the No. 1 Cougars threatened to […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Collier’s goals lift Lisbon to win over North Yarmouth in Class C quarterfinals
LISBON — Chase Collier’s two quick goals gave the Lisbon Greyhounds some breathing room and lifted them to a 3-1 victory over the North Yarmouth Academy Panthers in a Class C South field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday. “She has a knack for the ball,” Lisbon coach Julie Petrie said. “Very unselfish kid, but she wants to […]
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Field hockey: Leavitt moves on with win over Spruce Mountain
TURNER — Leavitt and Spruce Mountain see each other a lot when the field hockey playoffs roll around. Wednesday marked the teams’ third consecutive playoff season during which the rivals met, this time in the Class B South quarterfinals. This year, it’s the Hornets who are moving on with a 3-0 victory at home. The […]
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Field Hockey: Winthrop whacks Mount View for playoff win
Mount View (7-8) goalie Alexis Bowman made a couple of kick saves on a Winthrop (12-2-1) penalty corner just over 10 minutes into the first half. She didn’t get a chance to stop a shot on another corner six minutes later. Moriah Hajduk got solid contact on her hit from just inside the circle. The […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Cony edges Edward Little, 2-1, in A North quarterfinals
AUGUSTA — A well-executed penalty corner by Cony early in the second half of Tuesday’s Class A North field hockey quarterfinal with Edward Little nearly resulted in a tie-breaking goal. “It just went wide, and one of the girls on the sideline (said), “Aw, that was perfect,’” Cony coach Holly Daigle said. “I was, like, […]
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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 […]
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Field hockey: Strong goalies lead to strong playoff chances
“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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Field hockey: No. 7 Poland holds off No. 10 Greely in OT
“I saw my sister pass the ball to me, and the goalie was on her left side,” Nawass said. “I pulled it up so I could shoot it.” On the only penalty corner try in overtime, on Poland’s only shot in the extra frame, Hwida Nawass corralled a pass from sister Higera, faked left, turned […]
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Field hockey: St. Joe’s hands UMF first loss at home
FARMINGTON — Any time the University of Maine at Farmington tried to score, and there were plenty of opportunities, St. Joseph College’s defense got in the way during a field hockey game Wednesday afternoon. The sun was strong and the weather was warm — and that could also be said of the Monks on offense […]