Coach: Tom Smith (third year) Last year’s record: 7-11 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Parker Asselin (6-1 guard/forward), Luke Washburn (6-3 center), Ryan Stevens (6-0, guard/forward), Carlton Banton (6-0 guard/forward), Derek Gamage (6-5 center), Nick McBride (6-0 guard/forward); Junior — Kyle Fields (6-3 forward/center). Key loses: Trever Samson (guard/forward), Sam Morin (guard), Kelsey Lamothe (forward), Brady […]
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Preview 2013: Western B has a familiar ring
The Western B field should have a familiar look to it this winter. Traditional powers like Lake Region, York and Greely should be among the top Western Maine Conference teams challenging for tourney spots. With the exception of Leavitt, those three teams have ruled the roost in Western B over the last decade. One team […]
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For better or worse, Phoenix will rise in B West via the MVC
Expectations are high at Spruce Mountain for the 2012-13 basketball season. The Phoenix have virtually everyone back after reaching the Western B quarterfinals last year, and a spot among the Mountain Valley Conference’s elite is there for the Class B school’s taking. What Spruce does beyond that is anyone’s guess, though. Like most Class B […]
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Preview 2013: Oak Hill cheering
Coach: Louise Gauthier (second year) Conference: Mountain Valley; Class: B Team roster: Seniors — Miranda Wood, Marissa Knowles; Junior — Cheyenne Beard; Sophomores — Mariah Easler, Nicole Vanover Sophomore, Anna Giandrea; Freshmen — Haley Doyon, Kayleigh Vannah.
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Preview 2013: Oak Hill wrestling
Coach: Ric Swett (10th year) Conference: KVAC; Class: B Last year’s results: Eighth in regional, 14th in state Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Sadiee Austin, Baylee Ayres; Juniors — Frank Smith, Johnathon Harper; Sophomores — Zach Cloutier, Andrey Klokov, Brendon Tervo, Sam Woodard. Key losses: Bryanna Latulippe, Taylor Pomerleau, Donald Vannah. Promising newcomers: Juniors — Logan […]
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The Hot Corner: Champions, even before the Gold
This job has never been confused with “working,” but the football teams from Leavitt and Oak Hill high schools made the past three months feel like a vacation. On one hand, it is tempting to wake up the morning after the state championship tripleheader at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium, consider the tingle in still-thawing fingers and […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Bucks had no answers for Flaherty, Washburn
PORTLAND — There was no backfield-by-committee on Saturday for Oak Hill. No hemming, hawing and breaking into a cold sweat on this most January of November days about what plays to run, either. The Raiders entered Fitzpatrick Stadium and the Class D football championship with not even the hint of an identity crisis. Oak Hill […]
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Class D State Championship: Oak Hill wins first title in 31 years
So when a turnover put Bucksport within 18 yards of tying Saturday’s Class D championship and brought Oak Hill to the brink of blowing a late two-touchdown lead, the Raiders knew a little more sweat could turn 31 years of frustration into joy. “We knew how close we were,” senior co-captain Luke Washburn said. “We […]
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Oak Hill’s 1982 team had a ball during banner year
The game plan has been rehearsed. The team dinner has been digested. Travel arrangements have been made and revised. All that is left for Oak Hill is to find a way to beat a formidable Bucksport team on Saturday and win its first state football championship in a generation. Among those rooting on the Raiders […]
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Class D Championship Preview: Raiders, Bucks back where they belong
Hearkening back to summertime predictions that had them finishing in the middle of the Western Class D pack, Oak Hill has worked through a frigid week of practice eager to once again play the role of underdog going into Saturday’s Class D championship game against unbeaten Bucksport (2:30 p.m., Fitzpatrick Stadium). Awaiting the Raiders (9-2) […]