Emily Castonguay of Spruce Mountain squeaks a shot through the legs of Boothbay goalkeeper Emily Amaral for a second half goal with 1:22 left in the game on Friday. JAY — Given the upheaval Spruce Mountain’s field hockey faced over the course of about 48 hours since the resignation of its coach, the Phoenix had […]
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Boys’ basketball: Boothbay soars over Dirigo
DIXFIELD — The Dirigo and Boothbay boys’ basketball teams have waged numerous battles throughout the years, but Tuesday, the Seahawks had too much in the tank for the Cougars. Boothbay started out strong and the trio of Kyle Ames, Carter Babcock and Elijah Gudroe each scored 15 points as the Seahawks took full advantage of […]
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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth hands Boothbay first loss
The Mustangs’ biggest stretch was a 14-2 scoring run that spanned most of the second quarter. It broke a 9-9 tie and gave Monmouth a lead it never relinquished. In that second period, the Mustangs held the previously unbeaten Seahawks to only four points. “We played pretty solid,” Monmouth coach Scott Wing said. “We played […]
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Girls’ basketball: Boothbay too big, too much for Lisbon
LISBON — Pesky Lisbon hung around for a half, but Boothbay pulled away in the second half of its 51-26 girls’ basketball win Wednesday. The Greyhounds scored the last four points — via two layups by Giana Russo — and eight of the last 10 points of the second quarter to head into the break […]
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Boothbay topples Mountain Valley to open season
RUMFORD — Boothbay settled in to a rhythm and made things count at the right moments Friday night in its season-opening 43-23 victory over Mountain Valley in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball game at Puiia Gymnasium. Boothbay’s Page Brown led all scorers with 17 points and the Seahawks controlled the pace while relying on […]
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Local roundup: Eagles dispatch 26ers in boys’ hockey
BRUNSWICK — The Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse boys’ hockey team came out fast with four goals in the first five minutes against the Poland/Gray-NG/Oak Hill 26ers and went on to earn a 5-2 victory Monday night at Sid Watson Arena. Defenseman Cam Grant led the Eagles with two goals, and fellowdefenseman Ryley Austin had a goal and […]
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Boys’ basketball: Dirigo finds redemption in 78-52 win
DIXFIELD — When the chips are on the line, there’s a better than average chance that a Dirigo team will step it up, and that’s what the Cougars did in season-opening Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball game. Dirigo went on a 22-3 run in the middle quarters to break the contest wide open and never […]
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H.S. Football: Mynahan wins 200th as Lisbon rolls Boothbay in quarterfinals
Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal victory, a 33-8 thumping of Boothbay, was the quintessence of Mynahan. His team was efficient, calculated, impeccably prepared and merciful. And it was no ordinary win. It was No. 200 in Mynahan’s 29-year tenure at Lisbon, a number that rounds up to about seven each autumn in a state whose […]
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Field Hockey: Oak Hill holds off late-surging Sacopee Valley
LITCHFIELD — The final horn couldn’t come soon enough for Oak Hill in its Class C South field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday against Sacopee Valley. The Raiders had to sweat out a surge by the Hawks that lasted much of the second half, but the Oak Hill defense stood strong and held on until that final […]
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Football: Dirigo takes out Boothbay
DIXFIELD — Even the best laid plans can be altered — especially in Dirigo’s case. The Cougars dominated on both sides of the ball in a Class D Football game at chilly Harlow Park as five different Cougars scored and the ball-hawking defense forced three turnovers in a convincing 35-14 triumph over Boothbay. Dirigo (5-2), […]