WALES — Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette calls them “Fire and Ice.” He’s not describing Alex Mace and Kyle Flaherty’s relationship. They have been best friends since kindergarten. When one junior running back substitutes for the other, they shake hands rather than high-five. They are virtually inseparable in and out of school, and usually reflecting […]
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Oak Hill’s road to Fitzpatrick Stadium
Game 1: Oak Hill 52, Telstar 29 The Raiders rode a dominant first quarter to their highest scoring output of the season. Led by Luke Washburn and Samson Lacroix, the defense forced three fumbles in the first 12 minutes, while touchdowns runs by Alex Mace, Parker Asselin, Kyle Flaherty and Asselin’s TD pass to Mace […]
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Despite donations, Oak Hill football team taking school buses to championship game in Portland
WALES — Local donors raised more than $1,100 to give the Oak Hill High School football team an upgraded ride to Saturday’s state championship game in Portland aboard motor coaches. However, the team will be riding in standard school buses after all. RSU 4 Superintendent James Hodgkin applauded donors’ willingness to help the team Tuesday, […]
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Saturday’s state championship football times set
Oak Hill will play its first state championship game in 29 years on Saturday afternoon, while Leavitt will make its fourth state title appearance in five years on Saturday night. The Maine Principals’ Association on Monday announced the starting times for the three state championship games to be played Saturday at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium. “Super […]
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The Hot Corner: A Saturday afternoon 31 autumns in the making
WALES — Oak Hill hadn’t won a football championship of any kind since Rambo ruled the box office, a duet involving Joe Cocker was the No. 1 song in America, and current coach Stacen Doucette was eight years old. You didn’t think spinning history in a new direction would be easy, did you? The Raiders […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Oak Hill edges Dirigo, 16-14; wins first regional in 29 years
Maine’s fourth high school football class returned this year, and Oak Hill is returning to the state title game. Facing much the same grinding schedule they faced last year in Class C, the second-seeded Raiders completed their near three-decade odyssey to the third state title game in school history with a 16-14 victory over No. […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Oak Hill’s Asselin prepared for anything
WALES — One of the luxuries Stacen Doucette was thankful to have when he took over as head coach at Oak Hill last year was a junior quarterback who already had two years of varsity experience under his belt. Doucette had heard how Parker Asselin, who has also been a fixture on the Oak Hill […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Regional finals pit Leavitt vs. Spruce Mtn., Dirigo vs. Oak Hill
The local regional football finals feature rematches of a pair of intense regular season meetings between Spruce Mountain and Leavitt in Class C West and Dirigo and Oak Hill in Class D West. If last weekend’s action is any indication, football fans looking for even more intense and exciting sequels are in for a treat. […]
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Huddle Up: Merrill’s in it just for kicks, and Oak Hill is thankful for that
The story of how Adam Merrill became Oak Hill’s placekicker comes straight out of the movies about high school football. Well, if they ever made movies about high school football placekickers. And Merrill, a 5-foot-7, 130-pound junior, comes directly from central casting. Merrill may be tough to find on a field full of hulking football […]
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Western D semifinal: Raiders pull off comeback thriller over Greyhounds
WALES — Parker Asselin’s words of inspiration to his teammates before Oak Hill’s game-winning drive were borrowed from his quarterback coach. His poise and precision during the drive were strictly his own. Asselin directed the second-seeded Raiders 60 yards on three plays, all passes, in 49 seconds to tie the game on a 37-yard touchdown […]