Freshman Madison Pelletier is the only student from Gray-New Gloucester High School that plays on the Greely/Gray-New Gloucester girls’ hockey team. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) FALMOUTH — Nervousness is nothing out of the ordinary for a high school freshman athlete, but the situation Madi Pelletier found herself in was anything but normal. After finishing up middle […]
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Girls' hockey: Greely/Gray-NG and Cheverus/Kennebunk to meet for real in state final
Greely’s Courtney Sullivan, center, celebrates a goal during last Saturday’s playoff game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) The two finalists competing for the girls’ hockey state championship know each other well, even though they didn’t meet during the regular season. Despite there being just 16 teams in the state, […]
Roundup: EL Unified wins; Eagles hockey adds another 'W'
Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse defeated Windham/Westbrook 3-1 on Thursday in a Class A boys’ hockey game. Nick Austin scored two goals, while Noah Austin scored one for the Eagles (8-8). Cade Charron saved 19 shots to earn the win. Austin White was the lone scorer on the Windham/Westbrook (3-11) side. Aiden Drew made 14 saves in net. […]
Lion's Tournament on tap
The Maine Gladiators will be holding the 46th annual Lion’s Youth Hockey Tournament this weekend. The Opening Ceremonies will be Saturday, Feb. 18 at 9:20 a.m. at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. This year’s tournament runs from Friday evening, Feb. 16, through Monday, Feb. 19. As always, more than 400 young hockey players […]
Girls' hockey: Greely/Gray-NG edges Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill in 2OT in North final
The Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill’s girls hockey team reacts with shock after losing the North region final on Wednesday night in the Colisee in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The third time was the charm for Greely/Gray-New Gloucester. Leah Walker scored with 2:49 left in the second overtime, giving the Rangers a 4-3 victory over Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak […]
Girls' hockey: Cheverus/Kennebunk buries Portland/Deering in South final
Cheverus/Kennebunk’s Abby Lamontagne fires a shot past Portland/Deering goalie Adrianna Bodge and into the back of the net during their girls’ hockey South regional final at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Wednesday. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A little revenge meant a lot of goals for Cheverus/Kennebunk against rival Portland/Deering. In returning the favor for […]
Roundup: Saints, Devils earn hockey wins
BANGOR — St. Dom’s allowed the first goal of the game to Bangor’s Charlie Budd, but replied with a goal of its own just 22 seconds later, and the Saints steamed forward to defeat Bangor, 3-1, in a Class A North boys’ hockey matchup. Dominic Chasse scored the first goal for St. Dom’s (8-7-1) and […]
Lewiston-native coaches square off in girls' South regional final
Cheverus girls’ hockey coach Scott Rousseau leads practice at Troubh Ice Arena in November. (Portland Press Herald file photo) When Scott Rousseau was asked to coach the Cheverus/Kennebunk girls’ ice hockey team two years ago, he didn’t want the job at first. A 13-year coach for the Falmouth High boys until 2010, Rousseau wasn’t sure […]
James Leo Cosgrove
SOUTH PARIS — James Leo Cosgrove, 91, of Lewiston, died Sunday, Feb. 11, in South Paris at the Maine Veterans Home. He was born at his family home in Strawberry Patch, Lewiston, Aug. 23, 1926. He had a passion for sports throughout his life. His earliest memories were of pickup baseball and hockey games with […]
Boys' hockey: Lewiston holds off Thornton, 2-1
Owen Dubois, right, of Thornton Academy lowers his shoulder before checking Alex Robert of Lewiston during the first period in Lewiston on Monday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — What looked like a tone-setter early ended up being more of a rare occurrence for Lewiston on Monday night. The Blue Devils scored 1:01 into the game […]