AUBURN — Olivia Chase converted a pass from Callie Samson in the second half to give St. Dom’s a 2-1 victory over Winthrop in an MVC field hockey tilt Friday. Hannah Braun gave the Saints (5-2) a 1-0 advantage in the first frame with an assist from Samson. Katie Perkins tallied for the Ramblers (5-2) […]
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Field hockey: Poland nabs first win over Freeport
FREEPORT — The Poland High School field hockey team had just two shots on goal in the game. But one of them was the overtime game-winner that earned a 1-0 victory over Freeport on Thursday. The Western Maine Conference matchup between the Knights and the Falcons went down to the wire, with Poland’s Carly King […]
Field hockey: Messalonskee outguns Edward Little in battle of unbeatens
Messalonskee outslugged Edward Little in the first half of their Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference showdown at Sherwood Heights on Thursday, and the Eagles outran the Red Eddies in the second half, earning an impressive 8-0 win in the battle of the last two remaining unbeaten teams in the conference. “We really didn’t know what to […]
Field hockey: Oxford Hills, Mt. Blue settle for 1-1 tie
Under siege for most of the second half and first overtime session, the Oxford Hills junior keeper stopped 15 of the 16 shots she faced — including a penalty stroke — while Mt. Blue sophomore Erika MacArthur matched her in limited activity as the teams battled to a 1-1 tie in a KVAC showdown at […]
Field hockey: Gray-New Gloucester startles Poland in road win
Monday, Alie Martell swept the ball into the cage with a half-second remaining in the first half for the game-winner as the Patriots vanquished rival Poland 3-2 in a Western Maine Conference showdown. The win is the fourth in a row for the Patriots, helping the team far surpass its total from the previous two […]
Field hockey: Messalonskee comes alive in second half, topples Oxford Hills
“I gave every girl a personal goal that they needed to accomplish that second half,” Messalonskee coach Katie McLaughlin said. With their adjustments in mind, the Eagles rattled off a pair of goals 1:32 apart in the first seven minutes of the second half and added another later in the frame to pull away from […]
Field hockey: Oak Hill edges Lisbon
Naturally, the Raiders turned to a veteran … defender? “The defenders are just absolutely relentless,” Oak Hill coach Betsy Gilbert said. “They will get that ball, they are not afraid to come up the field, bring it up strong.” Brooke Surette won’t appear in the game’s box score. But the senior’s ability to tap dance […]
Girls’ high school roundup: Vikings ground Eagles in field hockey action
TOPSHAM — Lexi Caron led a group of four players to record goals Tuesday as Oxford Hills hustled to a 4-0 victory over Mt. Ararat in a MVC field hockey tilt. Bailey Wood, Ashlei Moss and Haley Wakefield also tallied for the Vikings (2-1) to complete the scoring. Anna Huff made six shots for Oxford […]
Field hockey: Edward Little vanquishes Lewiston
Lever popped a pair of rebound goals into the cage, one in each half, to lead Edward Little to a 3-0 road win over rival Lewiston at the Franklin Athletic Complex. “It’s her job, really, to get the ball inside,” EL coach Greg Perkins said. “Today we made a couple changes because of where the […]
H.S. Field Hockey: Ashley Mathieu, Kaitlyn Leclerc collect two goals each as Leavitt rolls
Or maybe all the credit goes to young, fearless Maranacook for being eager to break a sweat, but Leavitt didn’t look like itself in the first half of Tuesday’s KVAC field hockey game. “We’re usually a second-half team. Today we weren’t expecting them to be as strong as they were,” Leavitt senior Ashley Mathieu said. […]