WALES — Xavior Michaud netted five goals as Oak Hill marched to a 19-4 victory over St. Dom’s in boys’ lacrosse action Saturday afternoon. Nate Marcotte contributed three goals for Oak Hill. Wil Fletcher was the leading scorer for the Saints with a pair of tallies in the losing effort. Bonny Eagle 12, Edward Little […]
Forest Hills
D South boys' quarterfinal: Seacoast Christian survives scrappy Forest Hills
AUGUSTA — The Forest Hills boys basketball team played the game the way it has all season. Scrappy. It was that scrappy play that helped it fight back from an 11-point deficit to tie Seacoast Christian with three minutes remaining in a Class D South quarterfinal showdown Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. Unfortunately for […]
#Tourney17: Vinalhaven jumps Forest Hills early, cruises to first D final since 1984
AUGUSTA — Forest Hills’ plan to limit Vinalhaven’s Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes opened up the perimeter for the Vikings’ other shooters early in Saturday’s Class D South girls’ basketball final. The Vikings used it as an opening to their first regional title in 33 years. For the first quarter-plus, Forest Hills had guard Demitria Giroux sag down […]
Boys' Basketball: Seacoast Christian sizes up Forest Hills in D South quarterfinal
AUGUSTA — Forest Hills’ quest to keep its streak of odd-year state championships alive ended just as soon as it started. The Tigers, Class D champs in 2013 and 2015, ran out of gas against Seacoast Christian, which pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 70-55 victory in quarterfinal action at Augusta Civic Center […]
Virginia K. Johnson
1927 – 2015 PORTLAND — Virginia K. Johnson, 87, of Rangeley and formerly of Yarmouth, Mass., died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness. She was born in Springfield, Ohio, to William White Kiefer and Virginia Paine Kiefer. As a child, she lived with her family in Forest Hills, […]
Class D boys’ basketball: Forest Hills achieves perfection in win over Fort Fairfield
BANGOR — It wasn’t the perfect game by Forest Hills. Just the perfect end to a perfect season. With its four senior starters each contributing at least one bucket down the stretch, the Jackman school took control early in the fourth quarter and put away Fort Fairfield, 51-45, for its second Class D championship in three […]
Boys’ Basketball: Forest Hills grabs Western D title over Hyde
AUGUSTA — During Forest Hills’ Western D regional final against Hyde, Tigers coach Anthony Amero told his team that as long as they were within 10 points heading into the fourth quarter, they were going to be regional champions. It was an odd thing for Amero to say, considering the top-seeded Tigers streamrolled through their regular-season […]
Class D boys’ quarterfinal roundup: Hyde handles early-morning Searsport challenge with ease
AUGUSTA — When we say the Hyde boys’ basketball team got off to a quick start Saturday morning against Searsport, we aren’t kidding. “We were up at 5 a.m.,” Hyde coach Corey Begly said. “We’ve been really focusing on that.” Having to play the 8:30 Class D west quarterfinal is never a treat, even for a […]
Class D West boys’ tournament preview: Forest Hills undefeated, seeking redemption
Players to watch: Forest Hills — Tanner Daigle (6-4 Sr. C), Matt Turner (6-1 Jr. G), Brandon Ouellette (5-7 Sr. G), Ryan Petrin (6-3 Sr. F); Valley — Cody Laweryson (6-2 Jr. F/G), Dillon Beane (5-11 Fr. F), Collin Miller (6-1 Jr C/F); Hyde — Antoine Montgomery (6-0 Jr. G), Kiefer Cundy (5-8 Sr. G), […]
West D final: Coro, Forest Hills stun Rangeley
AUGUSTA — For a fleeting moment, Kori Coro heard nothing. The Forest Hills senior guard was alone with her thoughts, watching the biggest shot of her life homing in on the basket. “Everything went silent,” Coro said. “I couldn’t hear anything. I couldn’t think. I was just hoping and praying it would go in.” The […]