LEWISTON — Nina Davenport has been a scorer since she stepped on the Bates College campus. Once she finally made it to campus. When Davenport left Freeport in 2014 for the University of Maine in Orono, she was leaving basketball behind. Everything was fine. Until that first college basketball season started. “I saw all of […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Party over here, tears over there
Two distinctly different emotions erupt in the moments immediately after the conclusions of an overtime playoff football game. One, obviously, is euphoria, especially when it comes from a program that hadn’t won a playoff game in 16 years (before some players on the team were born) and hadn’t won a home playoff game in 22 […]
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H. S. Football: Spruce Mountain dismisses feisty Freeport
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Freeport Falcons might have thought they had the Spruce Mountain Phoenix spooked at halftime on this Halloween weekend. The No. 5 Falcons took advantage of two turnovers and tied the game heading into the second half in the teams’ Class C South quarterfinal a Griffin Field on a cold, rainy and […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Wil and Lee
Horton: Well, that was a fun regular season. I saw eight of the 13 high school football teams in our coverage area. Out of those 13 teams, Mt. Blue and Gray-New Gloucester are the only ones that aren’t advancing to the postseason. So let’s look at those two teams. Gray-NG had a tough season. The Patriots […]
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H.S. Football: Mountain Valley grounds and pounds Freeport
With limited numbers, injuries and inexperience, the last thing the Falcons needed was a deceptive, time-consuming offense such as Mountain Valley’s. Saturday afternoon’s Class C South clash was frustrating for Freeport, which struggled to keep the visitors off the field. Ultimately, Mountain Valley ran away with a 42-7 win in the Falcons-vs.-Falcons matchup. “We’re on […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Portland 35, Lewiston 12 Deering 28, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 14 Leavitt 34, Greely 20 Mt. Blue 22, Nokomis 14 Cape Elizabeth 63, Gray-New Gloucester 6 Mountain Valley 28, Freeport 14 Fryeburg 34, Poland 12 Spruce Mountain 34, Yarmouth 31 Dirigo 26, Traip 18 Lisbon 24, Oak Hill 20 Winthrop/Monmouth 36, Medomak Valley 16
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Freeport’s 1st medical marijuana dispensary could displace dance studio
FREEPORT — The town’s first medical marijuana dispensary is planned for the north end of Route 1, where it could displace a dance studio. Brody Pagel of Portland, who owns HMP Properties and is a teacher in Falmouth, has applied for a change of use at 1456 U.S. Route 1, where Fusion Dance is leasing […]
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Boys’ soccer: Freeport pops Poland
FREEPORT — Tuesday’s soccer match between Freeport and Poland was over quickly. The Falcons were in control the entire first half, scoring five goals and holding the Knights to zero shots, eventually running away with a 7-0 win in the teams’ Western Maine Conference showdown. Joe Ashby got the scoring started for Freeport (5-3) in […]
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Girls’ soccer: King’s two goals lead Freeport over St. Dom’s
AUBURN — When you have a lot of underclassmen, including eight sophomores and three freshman, you can expect some growing pains when playing larger programs. Despite some defensive lapses, the St. Dominic Academy Saints held their own but eventually succumbed to Freeport, losing 3-0 in girls’ high school soccer action Saturday. Freeport took advantage of their […]
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H.S. football: Freeport blanks Gray-New Gloucester
POWNAL — What a difference a year makes. Last season, coach Paul St. Pierre’s first leading the Freeport High School football team, didn’t go well, including a 36-0 loss at Gray-New Gloucester. That setback was part of an 0-8 season for Freeport. On Saturday at Pownal Recreation Field, the Falcons returned that loss to the […]