The Western B field should have a familiar look to it this winter. Traditional powers like Lake Region, York and Greely should be among the top Western Maine Conference teams challenging for tourney spots. With the exception of Leavitt, those three teams have ruled the roost in Western B over the last decade. One team […]
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Preview 2013: Leavitt Boys’ Basketball
Coach: Mike Hathaway (sixth year) Last year’s record: 6-13, lost Western B preliminary Returning letterwinners: Seniors — Matt Powell (6-8 center), Nate Coombs (5-10 guard), Levi Morin (6-3 forward), Zac Goulette (6-0 guard); Juniors — Mitchel Davis (6-5 forward), Korey Caito (6-2 forward), Austin Anderson (6-3 forward), Isaiah Trask (5-10 guard), Matt Albert (6-2 center), […]
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For better or worse, Phoenix will rise in B West via the MVC
Expectations are high at Spruce Mountain for the 2012-13 basketball season. The Phoenix have virtually everyone back after reaching the Western B quarterfinals last year, and a spot among the Mountain Valley Conference’s elite is there for the Class B school’s taking. What Spruce does beyond that is anyone’s guess, though. Like most Class B […]
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Preview 2013: Leavitt cheering
Coach: Brenda Perry (14th year), Rachel MacNamera (fourth year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Team roster: Seniors — Nicole Bradley, Madison Cote, Kelsea Marschall, Mackenzie Ouellette, Emily Perkins, Brooke Wardwell; Juniors — Emma Fournier, Olivia Gilbert, Gretchen Hudner; Sophomores — Sarah Bobrowski, Kayla Croocker, Madison Green, Autumn Martel, Giovanna Olivier, Amanda Poulin, Adriana Whitaker; Freshmen — […]
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Leavitt’s Morin named Fitzpatrick semifinalist
Leavitt Area High School center and linebacker Levi Morin has been named one of the 12 semifinalists for the 43rd annual Fitzpatrick Trophy, presented each year to an outstanding senior football player. Morin helped Leavitt (11-0) to its sixth state championship overall and its fourth undefeated season since 1995. The Hornets routed the Winslow Black […]
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High School Football: Winthrop/Monmouth’s Glazier wins Taglienti Award
PORTLAND — Zach Glazier, a running back who led the Winthrop/Monmouth cooperative football team to an undefeated regular season, won the 22nd John Taglienti Award on Sunday night. The trophy is presented each year to the outstanding player in the small-school division of the Campbell Conference. With the expansion of Maine high school football to […]
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The Hot Corner: Champions, even before the Gold
This job has never been confused with “working,” but the football teams from Leavitt and Oak Hill high schools made the past three months feel like a vacation. On one hand, it is tempting to wake up the morning after the state championship tripleheader at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium, consider the tingle in still-thawing fingers and […]
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Huddle Up: Hornets know the true meaning of a challenge
Grown men have some farkakte notions about how to challenge children. It could be worse, I suppose. Too many adults are afraid to challenge kids at all. Unfortunately, anyone who tries to swing the pendulum the other way finds themselves allied with macho men who whisper their critiques to each other at Saturday breakfast meetings […]
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Western Class C Football Championship: Leavitt runs away from Winslow, 47-18
The opponent scored first. Somebody in green got hurt. And then the Hornets got angry and spent the rest of Saturday night pummeling the Winslow Black Raiders into submission. Nate Rousseau, Billy Bedard and Nate Coombs each scored two touchdowns in a 47-18 Leavitt victory that was a gem in all phases. “‘We’ve won a […]
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H.S. girls’ hockey: Banner night for Landry and Red Hornets
AUBURN — It was a night to remember, even before the puck was dropped Saturday. The girls’ hockey team from Leavitt-Edward Little opened its season with a 5-0 win over the combined team from Cape Elizabeth-Waynflete. The Red Hornets produced a fine effort to celebrate their opener at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. “We’ve had […]