Buckfield Bucks Coach: Kyle Rines (seventh year) Class: D South; Conference: East-West Last year’s results: 15-2, lost in D South regional final. Returning athletes: Seniors — Noah Wiley (F), Dylan Harvey (F), Cole Merrill (D), Jacob Toomey (M), Abram Cormier (D), Hunter White (F), Corey Umstead (D); Juniors — Dan Perry (D), Caleb Chabe (M), […]
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Longtime football coach, administrator Mike Haley dies
Mike Haley, who made an imprint on Maine high school football, died Wednesday. Haley was a longtime coach and administrator at several high schools throughout the state. He was best known for his 25 years as a football coach, particularly in Androscoggin and Oxford counties. Haley had stints as the head coach at both Stephens […]
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Rumford native Dave Giroux joining wrestling hall of fame
Rumford native Dave Giroux, left, with Gerald Perkins. Giroux will be inducted into the Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame on Saturday. (Submitted photo) When Dave Giroux stepped on a wrestling mat he was routinely dwarfed by his opponents. However, heart and desire are difficult to measure, and the amount Giroux had of both […]
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H.S. basketball: New Mountain Valley hoops coaches have long history together
Fifteen years ago, Craig Milledge was a scrappy, savvy point guard and Scot New an inspirational assistant coach for a Mountain Valley boys’ basketball team that nearly pulled off an unlikely state championship. Milledge, the new girls’ varsity coach at Mountain Valley, and New, who has taken over the boys’ varsity program, hope to make […]
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29th Lobster Bowl rallies talent, rivalry for good cause
Winthrop/Monmouth’s Nate Scott of the West team defends a pass Mattanawcook’s Carter Ward of the East during the Lobster Bowl last year. (Brewster Burns photo) One thing the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic has done consistently throughout its history as the state’s all-star football showcase is generate a rivalry between the East and West participants. […]
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PHOTOS: Cheerleaders perfecting routines for the Lobster Bowl
Cheerleaders practice for the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic football game, at Thomas College in Waterville. The Lobster Bowl is Saturday at Thornton Academy in Saco. Tri-county area cheerleaders participating are Maggie Belleau and Maraeka Merchant of Lewiston, Abigail Blauvelt of Mountain Valley, Lauren Garand of Oak Hill, Brianna Jackson of Mt. Blue, Jazlynn Newcomb […]
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All-Region girls' track and field POY: Lauren Sterling breaks MVC record, makes good on goal
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) Mountain Valley’s Lauren Sterling won her third consecutive Class C 100-meter hurdles title in early June. The biggest fireworks of her season, though, came […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region baseball
FIRST TEAM Name School Class Position Grant Hartley Edward Little Sr. 1B/P Hunter Ames Mtn. Valley Sr. P/1B Brock Belanger Lewiston Sr. C Austin Brown Edward Little So. SS Colton Carson Oxford Hills Jr. P Lucas Francis Lisbon Jr. 3B/P Hunter Landry Lewiston Jr. P/OF Jack LeBlond Lewiston Sr. 1B Janek Luksza Oxford Hills Jr. […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region girls' tennis
FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Position Julia Svor Lewiston Fr. Singles Abby Svor Lewiston Fr. Singles Nora Conrad Winthrop Jr. Singles Molly Chicoine Lewiston So. Doubles Maddy Foster Lewiston So. Doubles Avery Sevigny Mountain Valley So. Doubles Rylee Sevigny Mountain Valley Fr. Doubles SECOND TEAM Player name School Class Position Maeve Hickey Mt. Blue […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region girls’ outdoor track and field
FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Events Lauren Sterling Mtn. Valley Sr. 100H, HJ Nicole Daigle Leavitt Sr. 100, 200 Jadah Adams Oxford Hills Jr. javelin Lauren Berube Edward Little Sr. Pole vault, javelin Hanna St. Pierre Spruce Mountain Sr. LJ, TJ Madison Post Gray-NG Sr. 100, 200, discus Laila Bunnitt Lewiston So. discus, shot […]