But he got it anyway. Standing alongside Mynahan on the home side of Thompson Field was his brother, Tim, as a special guest assistant for Lisbon. “It was great. Tim is my biggest fan,” Dick Mynahan said. “He’s been coming to these games for as long as I have.” Tim Mynahan can hold his own […]
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HS Football: Raiders crush Rangers in playoff prelude, 33-13
The Raiders used that formula to dominate the first three quarters and close the regular season with a 33-13 win over Traip Academy. “We’re probably exactly where we though we’d be (at the end of the regular season),” Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette said. “We’ve made some adjustments for some of our strengths and some […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Mountain Valley 24, Spruce Mountain 16 Edward Little 34, Lewiston 20 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 35, Bangor 8 Dirigo 27, Old Orchard Beach 20 Poland 26, Gray-New Gloucester 14 Skowhegan 34, Mt. Blue 20 Oak Hill 36, Traip 14 Lisbon 38, Medomak Valley 6
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. The goal is simple for the Hornets: win and they’re in the playoffs. But that would mean beating a Biddeford team that will be motivated after losing its first game of the season last week. SPRUCE MOUNTAIN (4-3) at MOUNTAIN VALLEY (4-3) Friday, 7 p.m. A home game in the first round […]
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Girls’ soccer: Oak Hill wins MVC title
Oak Hill’s defense came through again on Thursday, posting another shutout to win the Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer championship over Madison, 2-0. Sydney Drew scored in the first half and Eliza Whisenant added the insurance goal in the second half for the Raiders. That was more than enough for Anna Dodge, who earned another […]
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Field hockey: Oak Hill dominates Mountain Valley
AUBURN — It’s hard to score when the offense is denied getting the ball anywhere near the cage. Just ask Mountain Valley. The Falcons managed just a pair of shots as the Oak Hill defense kept Mountain Valley out of their end of the firld for most of the afternoon as the Raiders posted a […]
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Field hockey: Strong goalies lead to strong playoff chances
“The confidence has just grown in her,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-MacLean said after that game. “Even if she’s not having a great day for her, she’s still confident and she gives her teammates that feeling of, ‘Yeah, we have a great goalie back there.’” DeMascio is not alone. The tri-county area boasts a handful of […]
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Field hockey: Playoff preview
The field is set, the preliminary rounds have been played, and there is no more room for error as the 2016 field hockey playoffs are ready to begin in earnest. Here is a look at what to expect in each class. Class A It’s been so automatic to hand the tag of “favorite” to Skowhegan […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Local teams looking to finish strong
Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette lamented his team’s second-half struggles after Friday night’s game against Dirigo. The Raiders fortunately left Dixfield with a victory, but they haven’t always been so lucky. All six Oak Hill contests contain traces of struggles after halftime. Even when the Raiders were outscoring opponents or holding them even after half, […]
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Football: Oak Hill holds off Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Dirigo came all the way back to tie Oak Hill in the second half of Friday night’s game, only for the Raiders to make one big offensive play and seal the win. Matt Strout and Steve Gilbert hooked up for their second long touchdown pass of the game early in the fourth quarter […]