WINTHROP — The Winthrop-Monmouth football team Rambled on Friday night. After a perfect regular season, the top-ranked team in Western D continued its winning ways with a convincing win to open the playoffs. The Ramblers scored five times in the first half en route to a 40-0 win over Telstar. Winthrop-Monmouth has now outscored opponents […]
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Western Class C Football Quarterfinal: Spruce Mountain speeds past Freeport
LIVERMORE FALLS — As a rule of thumb — or ankle, or knee, or hamstring — every team is banged up at this advanced stage of the football season. The teams that polish off new playmakers while the tried-and-true headliners miss a play here and a series there are the ones who generally survive. No. […]
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H.S. Football: Backs bring Devils to the forefront
LEWISTON — Balancing its offense has helped the Lewiston football team balance its won-lost record. Riddled by injury and winless through four games, the Blue Devils have turned to Quintarian Brown’s shiftiness and speed, Stone Colby’s toughness and Eddie Emerson’s arm strength. Suddenly they’re keeping the blood flowing in the scoreboard operator’s fingers with the […]
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Sun Journal. H.S. Football Top 10: A week’s rest for some, busy weekend for others
1. Cheverus (8-0) Stags’ potential semifinal opponents, Lewiston and Bangor, present contrasting styles. Wonder which they would prefer to prepare for Portland? 2. Portland (7-1) Week 1 loss to Cheverus showed Bulldogs they would have to be more physical to beat Stags, and their opponents have the bumps and bruises to prove that they learned […]
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Weekend Blitz: Playoffs kick off with intriguing rematches
Eastern A No. 5 Lewiston (3-5) at No. 4 Bangor (4-4) Saturday, 2 p.m. Based on history, including the Blue Devils’ thrilling 31-29 win three weeks ago, this is the weekend’s best candidate a pulse-pounding finish. No. 6 Edward Little (3-5) at No. 3 Windham (4-4) Saturday, 6 p.m. Moved from Friday night due to […]
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Huddle Up: Previewing the playoffs, A-D
The playoffs are underway throughout high school sports, except football. The tension, excitement, surprises and survival stories of sudden death tournaments don’t reach the gridiron until tomorrow, when the quarterfinals begin. In six of the eight regions (all but Western B and D), the top two teams have the week off. We’ll argue about the […]
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Black Bears keep rising in football polls
ORONO — The University of Maine football team continues its climb up the national polls. Following its 37-35 road win over Villanova on Saturday, the Black Bears have climbed to No. 10 in The Sports Network FCS poll and into eleventh spot in the coaches’ poll. Maine is 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Colonial […]
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Winning half the battle for Pats
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. They gave fans plenty to cheer about with their best third quarter of the season. Trailing 17-3 after gaining just 59 yards, the Patriots quickly turned the game around after intermission […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce wins coin flip for No. 3 seed
After seeing its five-game winning streak come to an abrupt end against undefeated Leavitt, Spruce Mountain caught a little bit of a break Saturday from the football gods. Spruce Mountain won a coin flip with Yarmouth and earned the No. 3 seed in the six-team Western Class C playoffs. Yarmouth will go in at No. […]
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College football: Colby hands Bates third consecutive loss
Colby shut down Bates’ top-ranked running game and picked off three passes to take the first game in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin rivalry, 21-3, on Saturday at Harold Alfond Stadium. Bates, whose CBB title last year included with a 31-6 win over Colby, has now lost three in a row and drops to 2-4 overall. Ryan Curit […]