PARIS — Sanford had the lead, but Oxford Hills had the ball and momentum in the third quarter when Sanford’s Chase Smith-Roberts made the play that put the game in his team’s permanent control. Smith-Roberts jumped a hot route, picked off a Brady LaFrance pass and returned it 23 yards to turn a 14-6 lead […]
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H.S. football: Capers cap Knights
POLAND — Three moments summed up the first half Friday night for Poland. The Knights’ football team found itself in a pretty tight battle with Cape Elizabeth, but a failed possession, a short punt and an injury all proved costly for Poland. Cape opened the early lead and then broke things open in the second […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Greyhounds blank Hawks for first win
SOUTH HIRAM — Jordon Torres scored three touchdowns and amassed more than 200 all-purpose yards Friday night, leading Lisbon to a 38-0 Western Class D football victory over Sacopee Valley. Torres had a 1-yard run, a 70-yard punt return and a 6-yard reception from Kyle Bourget for first-half scores. Quincy Thompson and Joe Philbrick combined […]
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Class C Football: Hornets clamp down in second half, weather Clippers
YARMOUTH — After the echo of the first five or six shoulder-to-collar hits subsided Friday evening, Leavitt recognized there wouldn’t be any shame if new conference rival Yarmouth pulled off the upset. Shame, no. Frustration, no doubt. “Playing on the road, you’re going to face adversity. Things aren’t always going to go your way,” Leavitt […]
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Friday night sports update
Here is an updated list of area activities and the status of each, if known: Boys’ soccer Mtn. Valley at Winthrop — Ppd., Sat. 1 p.m. Hall-Dale at Lisbon — Ppd., Sat., 11 a.m. Valley at Rangeley — Ppd., TBA Telstar at Mt. Abram — ?? Buckfield at Vinalhaven — ?? EL at Lewiston — […]
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HS Football: Cougars happy to call Caldwell home once again
FARMINGTON — Roger Staubach once said “There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” If he ever went to Kemp Field on game night, the Dallas Cowboys’ Hall-of-Fame quarterback would have retracted that statement. Getting out of the Mt. Blue Cougars’ temporary football home after a game was always an adventure. But the days […]
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Off the Clipboard: Injury career-ending for Spruce sub
First, the extremely good news. Spruce Mountain sophomore running back Zack Black is back on his feet and on the mend after a scary scene at the end of Saturday’s game with Freeport. The bad news is that Black’s career on the gridiron is likely over before it really got rolling. Black confirmed this week […]
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Weekend Blitz: A year later, Mt. Blue-Lawrence showdown finally here
Leavitt (1-0) at Yarmouth (1-0) Thursday, 6 p.m. Two programs with a recent championship pedigree, now conference rivals, should get the weekend off to a competitive start. Lawrence (1-0) at Mt. Blue (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Couldn’t get this game arranged a year ago, no matter how much fans (and sportswriters) begged. Faces have changed, […]
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Top 10: Stags back in familiar territory
1. Cheverus (1-0) Stop the presses, right? Preseason talk of this being the year the Stags forced to chase city rival Portland proven premature. 2. South Portland (1-0) How to go from unheralded and unranked to a heavyweight in one week: Beat the defending champion and consensus favorite to repeat on opening night. 3. Thornton […]
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The Hot Corner: The politics of dancing (how coaches tiptoe through blowouts)
Week 1 of high school football quickly showed me two things: A) Adding a fourth class didn’t dramatically reduce the number of blowouts. B) The politics of navigating those one-sided games, for both victorious and vanquished coaches, will never change. Coaches consistently proclaim that games of hammer-versus-nail “aren’t good for anybody,” and those gentlemen are […]