WALES — No mystery, when you’re combining football programs from two neighboring schools, that the first true test of your togetherness is the day fate furnishes a half-dozen chances to fall apart. Winthrop/Monmouth could have folded Saturday when star running back Zach Glazier’s injured ankle buckled again on his first carry. Or when a fake […]
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H.S. Football: Hornets show air power against Knights
TURNER — The Leavitt Hornets have been so good at lighting up the scoreboard the past two weeks that even when they run the wrong play, they score. Tyler Chicoine threw for 190 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as the Hornets dropped Poland, 62-0, at Libby Field Friday night. Leavitt (4-0) […]
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H.S. Football: Cougars find right blend, blank Rebels
DIXFIELD — Although things haven’t gone the Cougars’ way lately, they weren;t about to let that stand in their way. Dirigo put its best foot forward and solid execution paid off in a Class D Campbell Conference football game at Harlow Park as sophomore quarterback Riley Robinson passed for two touchdowns and also ran for […]
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Class C Football: Spruce Mountain Ring-s up Cape Elizabeth
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was like the moment in the action movie when the cop and his understudy make eye contact because they both notice the smoking-gun clue at the same time. Backed almost to their own goal line and facing third-and-long, Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky and quarterback Peter Theriault distracted Cape Elizabeth by […]
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Pats wary of Falcons’ runners
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Vince Wilfork’s job might be easier without Steven Jackson charging at him.That doesn’t mean the Patriots defensive tackle wants the Falcons running back to miss Sunday night’s game.Wilfork figures if New England beats a team that’s at full strength, no one can question the victory.“I always want to play the best […]
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Techno Bowl: High school football teams using technology to gain advantage
PARIS — Forget Eli and Peyton Manning. The Oxford Hills Vikings had this football on your phone thing figured out a while ago. “I was at a Red Sox game on ‘Maine Day’ last year,” Vikings coach Mark Soehren said. “Three of my players happened to be sitting right behind me at the game, and […]
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The Hot Corner: Schools can cure blowout epidemic
Maine high school football’s return to four classifications is less than a month old. The rush to judgment is staggering. It’s the planet we’re on now. Peyton Manning gets fitted for a second Super Bowl ring after carving up the mighty Raiders secondary. And on the opposite end of the overreaction spectrum, after a smattering […]
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Weekend Blitz: Class C, D showdowns highlight slate
Oxford Hills (1-2) at Edward Little (0-3) Friday, 7 p.m. After a couple of rough weeks in the new Class A jungle, getting to pick on an old rival should bring out the best in Vikings, Eddies. Lewiston (0-3) at Biddeford (2-1) Friday, 7 p.m. If the Devils who played third quarter against Oxford Hills […]
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Top Ten: Stags pad their advantage
1. Cheverus (3-0) Combined score the past two weeks: 121-8. And this was the season the Stags were maybe, possibly, looking vulnerable, right? 2. Brunswick (3-0) Week 3 fallout advanced the Dragons from darkhorse to clear favorite in Eastern B. 3. Bonny Eagle (3-0) Scots have surpassed 2012 win total and look like the same […]
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Sun Journal Football Top Performer
Matt Vigue, Spruce Mountain The explosive, all-purpose junior scored on a 61-yard run, a 58-yard reception, an 80-yard kick return and a 1-yard rush in a 45-8 rout of Mountain Valley. Vigue has nine touchdowns through three games, eight of them from 20 yards or more.