FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Events Dawson Stevens Oxford Hills Sr. javelin, 100, 200 Russell Allen Edward Little Sr. 800, 400, 1,600 Fabrice Mpoyo Edward Little Sr. 100, 200, 400 Noor Shidad Lewiston So. 400 Dominic Sclafani Oxford Hills Sr. 1,600, 3,200, 800 Connor Jackson Edward Little Sr. 110H, 300H, HJ, TJ Barrak Abdraba […]
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Varsity Maine Awards to celebrate 'best in high school athletics' Tuesday
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen, center, leads a cheer with both his team and members of the girls’ team after they both won gold balls in March. Both teams are finalists in the Varsity Maine Awards’ “Winter Team of the Year” category. The winner be unveiled Tuesday night at the Varsity Maine Awards show. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
Local roundup: Lewiston, Mountain Valley fall in baseball regional semis
BANGOR — Some incomplete innings by Lewiston’s offense and a couple of unrelenting innings by Bangor’s ended the fourth-seeded Blue Devils’ season Saturday. Zach Ireland went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and Zach Murray added four hits, including a double, to power the top-seeded Rams past Lewiston, 14-6, in the Class A North baseball semifinals at […]
Local roundup: Oxfords Hills softball shuts out Mt. Ararat
Oxford Hills’ Kenzie Kahkonen scores on a passed ball as Mt. Ararat pitcher Camille Rowe loses her glove in the collision. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Haley Dillingham hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning and Lauren Merrill gave up one hit as second-seeded Oxford Hills shut out seventh-seeded Mt. Ararat 12-0 in […]
H.S. baseball: Regional playoff previews
Buckfield’s Shane St. Pierre makes a great catch on a deep fly ball to the outfield during a game against Richmond in April. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Class A North Players to watch: C Tyler Parke, Bangor, Sr.; P/3B Zach Cowperthwaite, Bangor, Jr.; P/1B Colton Carson, Oxford Hills, Jr.; OF Hunter LaBossiere, Oxford Hills, Sr.; 1B/P […]
Finalists announced for 2018 Varsity Maine Awards
Edward Little Varsity girls basketball coach Chris Cifelli cheers his team on during the first half of a home game against South Portland in January. Cifelli is a Varsity Maine Award finalist for Coach of the Year, while the Red Eddies are a finalist for Female Team of the year. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal File Photo) […]
Class C state track: Mountain Valley's Sterling wins third state championship
Lauren Sterling of Mountain Valley pulls ahead to win the 100-meter hurdles at the Class C state championship track meet. The state title is Sterling’s third straight. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) WATERBORO — Another state championship meet, another state championship for Mountain Valley’s Lauren Sterling. Sterling won the 100-meter hurdles for the third straight year […]
H.S. Baseball: Favorites, underdogs have reason to believe as tournament begins
Monmouth’s first baseman, Trevor Flanagan, loses the ball as Mountain Valley’s Dylan Desroches gets back on the base earlier this season in Rumford. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Recent history in the state baseball tournament gives both the top seeds and Cinderellas something to cling to as the 2018 playoffs begin next week. Five of the eight […]
Track and field state meet capsules
Class A Boys Area athletes to watch: Oxford Hills — Dawson Stevens (100, 200, javelin), Dominic Sclafani (1,600 run, 3200 run); Edward Little — Russell Allen (400, 800, 4×400 relay), Fabrice Mpoyo (100, 200), Connor Jackson (high jump, triple jump, 110H, 300H), Alex Thompson (pole vault, javelin, long jump); Lewiston — Asad Abukar (300H), Connor […]
Local roundup: Spruce Mountain comes back to beat Mt. Abram
SALEM — Spruce Mountain rallied back from a five-run deficit to pull out a 8-6 baseball win over Mt. Abram on Wednesday. Brett Hunt led the Phoenix (9-7) with three hits and four RBIs, while Shane Pelletier belted an RBI double. ate Luce led the Roadrunners (6-10) with two hits and one RBI, highlighted by […]