LEWISTON — Another Monday night, another tie between Lewiston and Scarborough in boys’ hockey. Figuring out which team is better in Class A this year will have to wait until a potential state championship game meeting, should both teams advance that far. One week after playing to a draw, the Blue Devils and the Red […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Dirigo routs Richmond
AUGUSTA — No. 8 Richmond didn’t buckle or back down from the challenge of being the little fish in the big pond known as the Class C South boys’ basketball tournament. Drawing the quarterfinal assignment of a top seed that has made this Augusta Civic Center setting its second home in the past decade, the Bobcats […]
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Indoor track and field: EL grabs Class A girls’ title
The lead changed hands between Edward Little and Bonny Eagle throughout the afternoon at the University of Southern Maine, with the Scots holding on to a precarious two-point advantage going into the final relay. Any hopes of EL winning the indoor championship rested on a victory in the relay. Both relays teams were top-ranked and […]
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Tournament games shuffled due to storm
With a messy storm on its way for southern and central Maine, the Maine Principals’ Association announced Monday that Tuesday and Wednesday’s basketball tournament games have been shuffled to accommodate travel concerns. Two Class D girls’ games originally slated for Tuesday morning have been postponed to Wednesday morning, with Temple and Highview starting at 8:30 […]
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Class A South girls’ quarterfinal: Leavitt stings Fryeburg Academy
PORTLAND — Leavitt girls basketball coach Dave Gerrish pulled his team aside between the third and fourth quarters of their Class A South quarterfinal against Fryeburg Academy on Monday, and had a simple message: “We can win this game.” The Hornets and Raiders were tied after a late-third-quarter Leavitt run erased a seven-point deficit. And […]
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Tourney roundup: Boothbay suffocates Carrabec; Vinalhaven girls, Islesboro boys win
AUGUSTA — The girls’ basketball team from Boothbay used its defensive game to stymie Carrabec 32-17 in Monday’s Class C South quarterfinal. The Seahawks averaged just 25 points per game against this season. After an early exit last year, Boothbay made sure history didn’t repeat. The Seahawks jumped out to an early 9-2 lead in […]
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Class C South girls’ basketball: Hannah Anderson sparks Monmouth past St. Dom’s
AUGUSTA — To say that the Monmouth girls’ basketball team was pleasantly surprised when St. Dom’s defeated Dirigo in the preliminary round last week might have been an understatement. The third-seeded Mustangs had handled the 11th-ranked Saints easily during the regular season, earning a pair of wins by an average of 41 points. But Monmouth […]
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Incoming storm bumps high school ski team meets
The messy storm expected to impact the region through Tuesday has forced the Maine Principals’ Association to alter its state championship ski meet schedules. The Classes A and B Alpine meets were slated for Tuesday, but have been pushed back a day. To accommodate that shift, the first day of the Class C Nordic competition […]
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#Tourney16: Monmouth leads St.Dom’s in girls basketball
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Foxcroft Academy stops Dirigo in Class B wrestling
ROCKLAND — Griffyn Smith wasn’t taking anything for granted — and the Dirigo wrestler proved to be in control on the mat en route to winning his fourth state championship. Foxcroft Academy utilized its overall depth in winning its first Class B state championship by scoring 146 points to pull away from Dirigo, which finished […]