Oxford Hills pitcher Lauren Merrill (6) holds up her hand in victory after striking out Skowhegan’s Wylie Bedard (15) to win the Class A North softball championship game at Winslow High School on Tuesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) WINSLOW — Scoring four runs against Skowhegan proved to be impossible during the regular season, but Oxford […]
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Posted insj-web, Softball, Varsity Maine
H.S. softball: Oxford Hills' Kahkonen sisters embracing final season together
Sisters Kenzie, left, and Kori Kahkonen play softball at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Kori Kahkonen sat on the bench watching one of the lowest points of older sister Kenzie’s career. Fast-forward a year and the sisters will be in the field together for what they hope is one of the highest points […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills win KVAC softball championship
SKOWHEGAN — Lauren Merrill threw a two-hitter as the Oxford Hills Vikings defeated the Skowhegan Indians 3-0 for the KVAC Championship. Sydney Reeds and Lindsey Waner were the only two Indians to get a hit. The game remained scoreless until the fifth inning when Ashley Childs hit a ball into center field. She later came […]
Posted insj-web, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and Field: Edward Little sweeps KVAC Class A titles; Cony girls, Lincoln boys win Class B
Edward Little’s Ella Boucher, left, and Grace Fontaine run the 300-meter hurdles during a rainy Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference track meet Saturday at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) TOPSHAM — By the time the 4×400-meter relay came around the final race of the KVAC outdoor track championships served as four victory […]
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Jeff Estes
PORTLAND — Jeff Estes was born in Portland on Jan. 17, 1957, to Nelson and Nellie (Ross) Estes. He died May 19, 2018. He grew up in Portland, moving his own family to Oxford Hills in 1989. Known in the area as “Big Jeff,” he was liked by many. Jeff had a love of fishing, junking […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills drives away Edward Little
Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson slides sucessfully into second base past Edward Little’s Taylor Depot during a softball game in Paris on Monday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — Edward Little and Oxford Hills both kept waiting for the next hit to come, but the big, rallying knock never did for the Red Eddies. The Vikings kept […]
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Safety, skill, speed tested at loggers meet in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Teams from four technical schools competed Thursday in the 42nd Annual Loggers Meet, which included demonstrations of skills that loggers, wood harvesters and foresters need to be successful in their work. The two-day event hosted by the forestry and wood harvesting program at the Foster Career and Technical Education Center will continue Friday […]
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May Day Play Day all about the kids
PARIS — The local Kiwanis Club partnered with the Oxford Hills Rotary Club to host a free community event Saturday that was “all about children’s safety and community service.” The event at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has been held annually for 25 years, said Diana McLaughlin, co-president of the Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis club, a […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills shuts down Lewiston, 7-0
Oxford Hills’ Ashley Childs slides into third base as Lewiston’s Jordan Mynahan catches the ball during Wednesday afternoon’s game in South Paris. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — Lewiston started off with a chance to score, only for Oxford Hills to shut that opportunity down. The Vikings never let the Blue Devils get going again, and […]
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Blue Devils get bats working, defeat Vikings 13-1
Oxford Hill’s Hunter LsBossiere slides back to first base as Lewiston’s Mitchel Frisbie waits for the ball during Wednesday afternoon’s game in South Paris.(Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — Pitching was never the issue for the Lewiston Blue Devils’ baseball team. Aside from giving up five in an opening-day loss to Bangor and 11 to Edward […]