The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Oak Hill senior is the player every opposing coach looks for first when breaking down game film of the Raiders. On a team with a savvy veteran quarterback, two dynamic running backs, playmaking linebackers and rugged offensive and defensive lines, Washburn is the individual who must be accounted for in order for […]
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Weekend Blitz: It’s an all-local Western D playoff
Western Class C No. 5 Cape Elizabeth (6-3) at No. 1 Leavitt (8-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Hornets dominated time of possession on Cape’s turf back in Week 1. The emergence of Nate Rousseau, Adam Poulin and Billy Bedard and the likely return of Conor O’Malley mean they’ll try to do more of the same at […]
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H.S. Football Player of the Week: Kyle Flaherty, Oak Hill
Kyle Flaherty, Oak Hill Flaherty rushed 28 times for 224 yards and two touchdowns, leading Oak Hill to a 41-22 Western Class D quarterfinal win over Boothbay.
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D West Football Quarterfinal: Flaherty, Raiders roll over Seahawks
WALES —Oak Hill earned the second seed in Class D West thanks in part to a talented pair of junior running backs, Kyle Flaherty and Alex Mace. In last Saturday’s win over Lisbon to clinch the No. 2 spot, it was Mace who had the big day, rushing for 160 yards and three touchdowns. This […]
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H.S. Notebook: Hornets leaving nest for huge test
Winning a preliminary game in the Class B soccer tournament is a trick-or-treat proposition. You’re moving on, but there’s a good chance you’re going to be facing a southern or coastal team whose players have been refining their skills since they stopped crawling and sleeping in a crib. That’s the plight of the No. 7 […]
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H.S. Football: Raiders better than Greyhounds on balance sheet
WALES — The rest of Western Class D has been given fair warning — Oak Hill is a very balanced football team, and as it showed Saturday, even cold, wind, rain and a very good Lisbon defense that had been giving up less than 10 points per game couldn’t knock them off-balance. Alex Mace rushed […]
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Western Class C Field Hockey: Hutchinson hoists Clippers past Raiders
YARMOUTH — At the risk of mixing metaphors and making inexact comparisons, in this World Series frame of mind, it’s a reasonable analogy to say the Oak Hill field hockey team threw six innings of no-hit ball at Yarmouth on Wednesday evening. The only problem was that the Raiders couldn’t pitch around Clippers senior co-captain […]
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Raiders dispatch Rangers, 35-8
KITTERY — Preparing for Oak Hill was hard enough. Add a week filled with distractions for the Traip Academy football team and the result was a 35-8 Western Maine Class D loss to the playoff-bound Raiders on Saturday at Memorial Field. Traip coach Ron Ross began the week by running practice as normal, but he […]
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Field hockey: Playoffs loom as seeds are set
Lisbon is in a familiar position. So is Winthrop. And Leavitt. And Spruce Mountain. And, of course, Skowhegan and Scarborough. People hoping for new blood atop the Maine field hockey standings and in the playoffs are going to have to hope an underdog or two wins. Otherwise, many of the same schools who made it […]
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H.S. Girls Soccer: Raiders damage Cougars’ playoff hopes while boosting own
And they’re still alive after Oak Hill’s 3-1 win, but both squads still have some work to do. The Raiders scored all three goals in the second half, with freshman Hannah Nadeau collecting two and senior Sarah Barbay scoring what was essentially the game-winner as Oak Hill picked up its season-high third win a row. […]