PRESQUE ISLE — The Orono Red Riots captured the school’s first girls’ soccer state title Saturday with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Waynflete Flyers of Portland at the Dr. Gehrig T. Johnson Athletic Complex. Sophomore midfielder Isabel Henderson sent a cross into the goal area from the left corner onto the head of […]
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Girls’ soccer: Bangor captures Class A girls’ title
“This was a typical battle all the way through it, a battle ‘til the end,” Johnson said. “And fortunately we made some plays when we needed to.” Bangor (15-2-1) got two second-half goals after holding off a Gorham (14-4) onslaught in the first half. Megan Conner put Bangor on the board 17 minutes into the […]
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Class D South final: Richmond runs past Rangeley
She scored one — and then another to equal the mark. But her place atop the list will have to wait a few days, despite her teammates’ best efforts to set her up Wednesday. Behind Anair’s twpo goals, though, Richmond cruised to a 5-0 win over Rangeley to secure a spot in the Class D […]
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Girls’ soccer regional championships: Rangeley ready for Richmond rematch
One goal better. One game better. That’s the modest approach the Rangeley girls’ soccer team has taken all season. The Lakers hope that little bit of improvement can produce big results Wednesday. The second-seeded Lakers (10-3) have played top-ranked Richmond (14-1) tough this season and gotten better with each outing. After losses of 5-0 and […]
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Girls Soccer: Waynflete sinks St. Dom’s with second-half spree
AUBURN — St. Dom’s and Waynflete wrote another chapter in their girls’ soccer playoff rivalry Tuesday, and as the story has gone in recent years the Flyers continued their winning ways. No. 6 Waynflete outlasted the third-seeded Saints in a 5-0 victory in a Class C South quarterfinal. The perennial playoff matchup between schools in […]
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Girls’ soccer: Lakers sting Hornets with two late goals
TURNER — After Lake Region and Leavitt combined for four goals in the first half of their Class B South girls’ preliminary soccer game, offensive chances were much more difficult to come by in the second half. With the game tied a two with four minutes remaining, Lake Region High School’s Aisley Sturk put home […]
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Girls’ soccer preliminary: Edward Little advances past Lewiston, 2-0
EL is peaking late in the season again and wondering just how far it might lead. The Red Eddies scored twice in the first half and blanked Lewiston 2-0 in a Class A North preliminary game Friday. EL advances to Tuesday’s quarterfinal at Bangor. “Every game we’re getting better and better,” sophomore forward Piper Norcross […]
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Girls’ soccer: No. 7 Lisbon ousts No. 10 Carrabec in Class C South preliminary round game
LISBON — Throughout the regular season, Lisbon High School girls soccer coach Jake Gentle and his Greyhounds worked tirelessly on improving a defense that entered the season having lost a ton of talent to graduation. Though the ’Hounds struggled at times this season, the defense has finally come together. Lisbon showcased that hard work on […]
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High School soccer: Buckfield, Lewiston earn top tourney seeds
RICHMOND — The only traveling the Buckfield boys’ soccer team wants to be doing this tournament season is on a trek to Presque Isle. The Bucks have earned the top seed in the Class D South standings with a 13-1 record, meaning they will host all their regional playoff games. If they have the good […]
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Girls’ soccer: Schreiber’s goal lifts Lisbon past St. Dom’s in OT
LISBON — For a moment, the missed opportunity and the failed chance to end the game, nagged at Deliah Schreiber. That was before the Lisbon senior put a missed penalty kick in overtime behind her and focused on the task at hand Thursday. “For a second, it got to me, but after that, I just […]