Dirigo was hoping to build off of the momentum of handing top-ranked Hall-Dale its first loss of the season on Jan. 20, but it wasn’t just the long layoff before the Cougars’ next game that led to Friday’s 48-36 loss at Madison. It was just another example of the unpredictable nature on the Mountain Valley […]
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H.S. roundup: Lutrzykowski scores 100th in Saints' win
AUBURN — Avery Lutrzykowski’s third goal of the game was a memorable one, the 100th goal of her high school career, in St. Dom’s 9-0 victory over the Yarmouth Clippers in a girls’ hockey contest Saturday. Lutrzykowski recorded a natural hat trick as she scored the Saints’ fifth, sixth and seventh goals of the first […]
Boys' basketball: Oxford Hills breathes easy against Leavitt
TURNER — Four of Oxford Hills’ first six victories so far this season have been by single digits, so being able to work with some breathing room for most of Saturday night’s KVAC game against a young Leavitt team was a welcome change. Good ball movement and their trademark strong defense allowed the Vikings to […]
Cheering: Medomak Valley repeats at B South regionals; Gray-New Gloucester gets redemption as runer-up
Gray-New Gloucester celebrates coming second in Class B South regional cheering championships on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — It didn’t come easy, but Medomak Valley did what it needed to do to earn its eighth Class B South regional cheering championship in a row Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. The […]
Nordic skiing: Yarmouth, Maranacook win Sassi Memorial team titles; Laukli, Niles are individual champs
Cam Bancroft, from Oxford Hills, powers up one of the first long uphills at the Sassi Memorial 5K at Black Mountain on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — In what might have been the best skiing day of the winter so far in Maine, the 2018 Sassi Memorial went off without a hitch and with […]
H.S. football: Bonny Eagle sweeps Gaziano Lineman Awards
Bonny Eagle defensive lineman Arlo Pike won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) Bonny Eagle offensive lineman Zachary Klein won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Thanks to seniors such as […]
Local roundup: Lewiston girls clutch in win over Bangor
BANGOR — Senior forward Victoria Harris registered nine points and 10 rebounds as Lewiston edged Bangor 36-34 in girls’ basketball action Thursday evening. The contest was evenly matched right down to the wire. Freshman guard Jamyah Nicolas hit a 3-pointer with two seconds remaining in regulation for the Blue Devils (5-8). Freshman forward Maggie Cowperwaite […]
PHOTOS — Alpine skiing: Edward Little boys, Spruce Mountain girls shine at Titcomb
Mt. Blue’s Ellie Pelletier cuts toward a gate in a slalom race at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington on Wednesday afternoon. Pelletier finished second with a combined two-run time of 1:31.73. FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue’s Sam Smith blazed across the slopes to a first-place finish with a combined time of 1:21.30 in the boys’ Otterslide Slalom […]
Unified basketball tips off for 2018 going stronger than ever
Levitt High School Unified’s Tanner Halverson (21) gives the thumbs-up to his team on the bench after scoring against Massabesic High School Unified at Thomas College in Waterville on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Levitt High School Uniified’s Crystal Beaucage (20) uses some body english to coerce the ball in to the basket against Massabesic High […]
Girls' hockey: Guimond mightily manning Red Hornets' net
Manny Guimond of the Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland high school hockey team. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — If there was any question that it was a new season for the Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland girls’ hockey, goalie Manny Guimond found the answer she was looking for from the very first game. She faced 30 shots in an overtime tie […]