Winthrop High School’s Jillian Schmelzer, center, and Aaliiyah WilsonFalcone block Carrabec High School’s Melanie Clark during a basketball game on Wednesday in Winthrop.(Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — It was looking like the kind of game the Winthrop High School girls basketball team had lost before. Carrabec was pulling off a comeback, chopping a 15-point third-quarter […]
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Winthrop boys topple Lisbon in opener
WINTHROP — Many of the names on Winthrop’s basketball roster have changed but the approach remains the same. Much like last year’s Class C South champion Ramblers, this year’s group plays off its defense and hustle in hopes of wearing opponents down. That was the case Friday night as the Ramblers opened their season with […]
Monmouth girls, Boothbay boys earn MVC cross country titles
Runners jockey for position at the start of Saturday’s MVC Championship cross country race in Augusta. AUGUSTA — Haley Abbott’s asthma backed off enough Saturday for the Boothbay runner to run to an easy — though surprising — victory at the Mountain Valley Conference cross country championships. Abbott, who is normally third on her team, […]
H.S. Field Hockey: Amaral comes up big for Boothbay in win over Winthrop
Winthrop’s Kinli Dibiase and Boothbay’s Kylie Brown struggle for control of the ball during Monday afternoon’s field hockey game in Winthrop. Winthrop’s Elle Blanchard and Boothbay Harbor’s Hali Goodwin face off around the ball during Monday afternoon’s field hockey game in Winthrop. WINTHROP — Emily Amaral had faced a penalty stroke only once entering Monday. […]
Spruce Mountain beats Oak Hill 2-1 in field hockey
Tanna Herlihy, left, of Spruce Mountain High School competes for the ball with Maegan Sheehy of Oak Hill High School during a field hockey match up in Jay on Monday. Spruce won 2-1. Spruce Mountain High School players celebrate after Morgan Dalton’s penalty shot tied the game 1-1 during a field hockey match up against […]
Girls' soccer: Oak Hill overcomes Wiscasset's trap
Oak Hill’s Lindsey Weeks, right, and Wiscasset’s Lily Souza both eye a loose ball during the Raiders’ 4-1 win in Wales on Monday. WALES — Sydney Drew broke Wiscasset’s offsides trap and Julia Ahlberg made sure a momentum-shifting shot didn’t break the goal line in Oak Hill’s 4-1 MVC girls’ soccer victory Monday at Fairchild […]
Field hockey: Hackett, Dirigo rally back to beat Oak Hill
DIXFIELD — Freshman Kailey Hackett scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner midway through the second half, as Dirigo rallied to beat Oak Hill 4-2 in Mountain Valley Conference field hockey at sunny Harlow Park on Thursday. There was a lot on the line in the early season clash between the two teams, however, the […]
Girls' soccer: Oak Hill rebounds from Boothbay's early blitz, wins 2-1
Boothbay’s Maddy Gaudette, left, tries to hold off Oak Hill’s Rylea Swan from getting to the ball during the Raiders’ 2-1 win in Wales on Thursday. WALES — Boothbay’s bus arrived later than Thursday’s MVC girls’ soccer was scheduled to start. The Oak Hill players arrived even later mentally, but the Raiders were able to […]
Fall preview 2017: Telstar girls' soccer
Coach: Joshua Kennison (second year) Conference: MVC Class: C South Last year’s record: N/A (no varsity team) Returning players: Juniors — Kaity Killam (F), Abby Harrington (G), Hattie Doyle (F), Selina Creelman (D); Sophomores — Calla Orino (M/D), Aneah Bartlett (M), Emma Kruse (M), Samantha Miller (M), Lucinda Rothwell (D), Abbey Landry (D). Key losses: None Promising […]
Fall preview 2017: Spruce Mountain girls' soccer
Coach: Bill Acritelli (first year) Conference: MVC Class: B South Last year’s record: 2-12 Returning players: Seniors — Allison Acritelli (F/G), Hanna St. Pierre (M), Alexa Harmatys (F), Rhylie Bubier (M), Lauren Cornelio (D), Cecelia McDonald (M), Sara Durrell (D/M), Sydney Letalien (D); Juniors — Moreland Brochu (M), Sierra Mitchell (F), Calley Baker (M/F), Anna Bradford […]