Spruce Mountain’s Allison Acritelli crests a knoll at the top of the Titcomb Mountain course on her way to an MVC slalom championship win. (Brewster Burns photo) FARMINGTON — Eli Yeaton led a strong Mt. Blue charge with a first-place finish and he was followed to the line by teammates Sam Smith and Hunter Bolduc […]
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Brunswick boys edge Mt. Ararat, Eagles win Class A girls’ title at KVAC Championships
Edward Little’s Alex Thompson heads for the bar during Saturday’s KVAC meet at Bowdoin. He set a new school record on this jump after vaulting past all the other competitors to win the event. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) BRUNSWICK — In a track meet that featured school records being broken and a shove at the end […]
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Indoor track and field: Sophomore shot putters lead Lewiston
Laila Bunnitt, left, and Benedict Citenga of Lewiston High School have the two best shot put distances in Class A this season. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Laila Bunnitt’s Class A-leading shot put throw was powered by frustration. “I remember throwing it, and I was like, ‘Ah,’” Bunnitt said. “That was my mood when I […]
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Boys' soccer: Mountain Valley, Leavitt in unfamiliar territory
Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg gets a foot on a loose ball ahead of Monmouth Academy’s Shane Kenniston during a 2-2 tie in Monmouth last month. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) The prevailing thought is that games only get tougher in the playoffs. For Mountain Valley and Leavitt, that might be even more true. After facing respective conference […]
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Boys' soccer: Leavitt's last line of defense is first-rate
Bryce Pelletier, Alex Tedesco, Julian Clement and Josh Peterson are the starting defensive unit for the Leavitt boys’ soccer team. TURNER — Leavitt boys’ soccer coach Zac Conlogue doesn’t have to think much about his defense during games. And now that the regular season is over and only one playoff game guaranteed, he doesn’t have […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Hornets edge Vikings in OT
Leavitt goalie Hailey DeMascio looks to make a save off a tipped shot by Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson during the last minutes of regulation play Thursday afternoon in Turner. The ball deflected past several Oxford Hill’s players who could not get a stick to direct it home and the game went into overtime where Leavitt […]
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Bangor capitalizes on missed opportunities by EL
Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine and Bangor’s Greta Frost jostle each other during Tuesday afternoon’s soccer game in Auburn. AUBURN — Bangor struck while the iron was hot Tuesday afternoon in its 4-1 victory over Edward Little in a Class A North girls’ soccer contest. After goaltender Alexis LeBreton made two key saves midway through the […]
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H.S. roundup: Lewiston field hockey earns first win
LEWISTON — Erin Lachance and Katrina Jadocan scored exactly 10 minutes apart to break a scoreless halftime stalemate and send host Lewiston to its first KVAC Class A field hockey win of the season, 2-0, over Camden Hills on Monday at McDuffie Field. After a quiet first half, the action picked up in the second […]
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Girls' soccer: Oxford Hills off on the right foot
Ceceila Dietrich of Oxford Hills scores on a penalty kick during Tuesday’s game against Leavitt. PARIS — Oxford Hills’ victory over Leavitt on Tuesday was just one win on the schedule. Yet it was an important win for the Vikings because it wasn’t their first win and it won’t be their only win. Those were […]
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Girls' soccer: Oxford Hills overwhelms Leavitt, 6-3
PARIS — Oxford Hills had one player it had to key on from Leavitt’s offensive attack. The Hornets, meanwhile, had two Vikings they had to keep their eyes on. Each of those targeted players scored twice, and the Vikings’ double trouble led to them doubling up the visiting Hornets, 6-3, in a KVAC girls’ soccer […]