SCARBOROUGH — On opening day of fall tryouts, Arianna Kahler watched her teammates complete a timed run. She spent her time flicking balls into an empty cage, practicing skills that involved little movement. A leg injury prevented the expected leader of a young Lisbon front line from doing any more. And it killed her. Thursday, […]
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Western C field hockey final: Kahler’s goal in second OT lifts Lisbon past Oak Hill
“I just sprinted in there. It happened it was coming to me. I looked up and I saw (Arianna Kahler), and she yelled for a through, and I just hit it right to her,” Lawrence said. Kahler redirected the ball to Chase Collier, who returned the favor on a perfect give-and-go and Kahler buried a […]
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High school field hockey: Lisbon overwhelms Yarmouth in West C semifinal
YARMOUTH — When Yarmouth coach Mandy Lewis called a timeout with 16 minutes left in the first half, the coach hoped to focus her Clippers as visiting Lisbon began to take over the flow of the Western C field hockey semifinal on Tuesday. Instead, it was the Greyhounds who benefited from the stoppage, and that […]
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Field hockey playoffs: Spruce Mountain stymies Leavitt in West B semifinal
TURNER — When Spruce Mountain made the decision to leave the Class C-dominated MVC for the Class A- and Class B-heavy KVAC, one of the hopes was that its teams would be better prepared for their annual foray into the Western Class B playoff bracket into which they are customarily thrown. That the Phoenix justified […]
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Field hockey: No. 1 Oak Hill handles No. 8 Mountain Valley in West C quarterfinal
Three different players found the back of the net on the heels of penalty corner tries and Brooke Surette led a stifling defense that allowed only one shot on goal as the top-seeded Raiders blanked No. 8 Mountain Valley 3-0 in their Western Class C quarterfinal contest. “Defensively, Brooke really led the way and they […]
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Field hockey: Marshall tops list of Mountain Valley Conference all-stars
WALES — The Oak Hill field hockey team knew it had something special when camp opened in August. The Raiders set lofty goals, and have chipped away at achieving them. A byproduct of the team’s success — or perhaps it’s the other way around — Hayley Marshall also had a season to remember. Fifteen times […]
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Field hockey playoffs: No. 3 Spruce Mountain turns back No. 6 Poland in penalty corners
JAY — Nicole Hamblin’s stare was nearly enough to draw a card. Involved in a physical battle near midfield, the Spruce Mountain sniper echoed her team’s sentiments of frustration. Quickly, the coaching staff noticed it, and pulled her onto the sideline for a breather and a pep talk. About an hour later, Hamblin was the […]
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Class B West Field Hockey Quarterfinals: Leavitt flies past Freeport
TURNER — If Ashley Mathieu took the time to glance over her shoulder before swatting the ball into the cage for Leavitt’s third goal Tuesday afternoon, it wouldn’t have counted. The scoreboard at the opposite end of the field, dealing only in whole numbers, read all zeroes. But a referee’s stopwatch confirmed that Mathieu beat […]
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Field Hockey Playoffs: Switcheroo sparks Allison, Falcons past Warriors
RUMFORD — Scoring the game-winning goal in a field hockey playoff game has plenty to do with skill, of course. There’s also an enhanced value at this time of year to being in the right place at the right time, however. Or in Chelsea Allison’s case, the left. Being relocated from one wing to the […]
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Sports postponements: Weather forces games to be moved
Several area schools have begun postponing Thursday’s activities because of the threat of heavy rain and poor conditions in the afternoon. Here is a list of games scheduled for today. Confirmed postponements are in italics, with the makeup date in parentheses. The list will be updated as more are confirmed. Scheduled games (new date/time, if […]