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Boys’ Hockey: Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse shocks Lake Region/Fryeburg/Oxford Hills in OT

BRUNSWICK — Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse kept shooting, and shooting, and shooting against Lake Region/Fryeburg/Oxford Hills on Thursday night. All those shots were almost for not, as the Eagles faced defeat with less than a minute left to play. But clutch goals by Tyler Halls and Tyler Lacascio turned near-certain defeat into a 4-3, overtime victory over […]

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Boys’ basketball: Mt. Ararat stings Leavitt

TOPSHAM — When the halftime buzzer sounded Friday, the Mt. Ararat High School boys’ basketball team did not make their usual trek to the locker room, instead gathering around head coach Steve Cox in front of the Eagles’ bench. Cox didn’t yell —the Eagles led by four at the break against Leavitt. Part of the […]

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Girls’ basketball: Lewiston digs deep for win over Mt. Ararat

LEWISTON — It was pretty apparent after the first quarter that foul shots and depth was going to make a significant difference Tuesday. The girls’ basketball game between Lewiston and Mt. Ararat began as a whistle-fest and didn’t change much from there. It made both teams scramble to handle foul trouble from the start.  The […]

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High School Boys’ Hockey Preview: Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse Eagles

Coach: A.J. Kavanaugh (first year) Region/Class: Northern Maine Class A Last year’s record: 3-15 Key returning athletes: Seniors – Austin Fournier (forward), Andrew Gardiner (defense); Juniors – Ryler Austin (defense), Tyler Halls (forward), Mark Abreu (forward), Steven Schuman (forward), Parker Lacey (goalie). Key losses: Ben Bishop, Tyler O’Connor, Kyle Lussier, Jon Roux. Promising newcomers: Sophomore […]

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Boys’ soccer: Edward Little outlasts Mt. Ararat

That the game ended just 6:19 into the first 15-minute overtime might have come as a surprise, considering that in the first 170 minutes of soccer this season between the teams, each team had produced one goal and seemed destined to play longer. The eighth-seeded Red Eddies secured the 2-1 win and a trip to […]

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Cross Country: Doorow tops Class A North; Hampden, Brunswick win team titles

Paul Casavant from Hampden Academy and Tessa Cassidy of Brunswick took second in their respective races, but in doing so helped lead their teams to regional titles at Troy Howard Middle School. Casavant finished a distant second to Lewiston’s Osman Doorow, crossing the line 25 seconds behind Doorow’s winning time of 15:40.39, but his Broncos […]

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Girls’ soccer: Mt. Ararat fends off Lewiston in 2OT

TOPSHAM — In a game where neither Mt. Ararat or Lewiston produced a golden scoring opportunity, Eagles forward Erin Tome for the first time found room among the stellar Blue Devil defenders. Tome didn’t miss her chance, putting home a rising shot underneath the crossbar with 2:04 remaining in the second overtime for a 1-0 […]

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Boys’ soccer: Eagles clip Cougars

FARMINGTON — Mt Ararat continued it’s defensive domination Thursday when the Eagles registered their third consecutive shutout in a 3-0 win over Mt. Blue in a boys’ Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A soccer game on Caldwell Field. Mt. Ararat (2-0-1) sandwiched a pair of set piece goals around a brilliant strike off the foot […]