LEWISTON — The Oxford casino’s success at the polls earlier this month is already helping backers of siting a casino at Bates Mill No. 5. Collectors picked up another 20,000 signatures statewide at the polls earlier this month. That should be enough to push the Lewiston effort over the top and onto the November 2011 […]
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High school football: Fateful fourth burns Blue Devils
BANGOR — The coaching fraternity in Maine high school football is a strong one, so no one at Cameron Stadium could empathize with Lewiston’s Bill County more than Bangor’s Mark Hackett after 4th-and-1 dissolved into 4th-and-2010 for the Blue Devils. “I understand his pain,” Hackett said. “Our kids had to make plays and they did […]
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HS football: Heartbreak in Bangor: Devils fall to Rams
BANGOR — What proved to be the longest yard for Lewiston was the shortcut to victory for Bangor Friday night. Facing fourth-and-one from their own 10, the Blue Devils gambled but came up short. The Rams made the crucial stop and took advantage of the field position to rally from behind in a 28-25 win […]
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PTC championship: Blue Devils, Rams have a history
The rivalry between Bangor and Lewiston goes back about as far as high school football in Maine. Friday night’s Pine Tree conference championship game is the first time two of the state’s largest schools will meet in a league’s post-season championship game. The rivalry went on hiatus in the late 1980s when Class A was […]
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HS Football Top 10: Falcons, Hornets stay on collision course
1. Cheverus (10-0) In the prevailing theme of the Class A playoffs thus far, Stags have survived and advanced for two straight weeks. 2. Bangor (9-1) Josiah Hartley seems to have filled the role of Jack Mallis and Josh Strickland this year. 3. Deering (8-2) Rams paid back a 22-point loss to Bonny Eagle. Next […]
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HS football: A glance at the regional finals
Lewiston (8-2) at Bangor (9-1) Eastern A final Friday, 7 p.m. The skinny: They’ve met in the playoffs pretty much every second year since they were reunited in the same conference, with the Rams winning all but one. How the Devils will win: Forcing turnovers and dominating time of possession. How the Rams will win: […]
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New Lewiston superintendent given praise from coastal district
EASTBROOK — David Burks, a teacher in this small Washington County town, remembers the meeting when Superintendent Bill Webster came to Cave Hill School and announced a consolidation was looming. Nine districts would be turned into one for 12 towns in the Ellsworth area. “There was a deafening silence,” Burks said. “The only thing I […]
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High School Football: Gettin’ Wiggy with it at Lewiston HS
LEWISTON — His coach calls him the prototype of the 2010 Lewiston Blue Devils — small, fast, tenacious and smart. But Ben Wigant still stands out on the gridiron even though a lot of his teammates share many of his traits. Wigant, an all-conference linebacker and guard, will lead the Blue Devils into their first […]
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The Hot Corner: Who’s in charge is what’s the key
Football coaches are besieged by blame when their teams lose. Or so we hear and see. The Dallas Cowboys and University of Colorado are a mess. This week the respective coaches, Wade Phillips and Dan Hawkins, took the fall for it. The Minnesota Vikings are a house divided. Their boss, Brad Childress, enjoys less apparent […]