FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The bye week is over. Now the New England Patriots can focus on a major challenge. How can they stop Andrew Luck? The quarterback who brought Indianapolis back from a 28-point, third-quarter deficit to a 45-44 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC wild-card game Saturday will lead the Colts […]
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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 C Football Championship: Leavitt comes back for thirds, strikes down Spruce Mountain
TURNER — Leavitt opened the first half Friday night with a sputter and finished it with a cough. Still, the Hornets were up by a touchdown. Still, they had umpteen seniors motivated by the indignity of a stunning playoff loss on Libby Field a year ago. Still, they were in supreme command. “I told those […]
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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 […]