LEWISTON — It’s hard being a hockey mom. “I can’t just sit here and be still,” Amanda Winslow said Saturday, decked out in winter gear — complete with wool hat. “My hands are all clammy. “But I just have to let go.” Winslow was in a more precarious predicament than most hockey moms: Her daughter, […]
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Class B track and field: York boys and Orono girls claim state titles
The York senior acknowledges he’s had a case of the jitters when it comes to big meets, but Saturday, he knew he and his fellow Wildcats couldn’t wilt under the pressure. “I’m one that tends to panic a lot, especially in the past state meets,” Arsenault said. “I’ve struggled with the mental aspect of it. […]
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Girls’ Hockey: St. Dominic Academy powers past Scarborough for state title
LEWISTON — The state’s highest-scoring team during the regular season was held in check through two periods in the girls’ hockey state championship game Saturday night. Then, St. Dominic Academy got a shot in the arm from two power plays to rally past Scarborough and win its second state title, 2-1, at the Androscoggin Bank […]
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Tournament Roundup: Valley dismisses rambunctious Rangeley
AUGUSTA — Rangeley waited five years to be a longshot with nothing to lose in the Class D boys’ basketball quarterfinals. The Lakers wore that label well on Saturday afternoon. They didn’t give undefeated, overwhelming pre-tournament favorite Valley a scare, but they gave them a game. No. 1 Valley led by only six points after the […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Lesure, Lake Region put away pesky Poland
PORTLAND — Poland players and fans who were around for the fairy tale tournament shocker against Greely two years ago likely were amped for the sequel on Saturday afternoon, when the No. 8 Knights nudged within a point of top-seeded Lake Region three times in the third quarter. This rally, this bid to become a permanent […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Maranacook takes out Lisbon in third
Throw in an MVC opponent with whom the KVAC-mainstay Black Bears hadn’t crossed paths during the regular season and it’s probably no earth-shattering revelation that Lisbon hung around for half of Saturday’s Class B South quarterfinal at Portland Expo. Once the No. 2 seed had a chance to get inspired, irritated, or both, Maranacook looked […]
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Class A North girls’ basketball quarterfinal: Holmes lead Messalonskee past Waterville
AUGUSTA — When Sophia Holmes was sent back into the game Friday, she wasn’t quite sure why. Her Messalonskee girls’ basketball team was up handily on Waterville in a Class A North quarterfinal, yet the junior guard was headed back into action in the final quarter. What Holmes was unaware of was that she was […]
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Class A North girls’ basketball: Gardiner fends off Mt. Blue
AUGUSTA — It took just two Leslie Stevens shots to change the game in Gardiner’s favor Friday. The sophomore guard hit a pair of jumpers early in the fourth quarter, pushing the Tigers’ one-point lead into a sizable six-point advantage and forcing Mt. Blue to play catch-up the rest of the way. The Cougars struggled […]
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Girls’ hockey: Tia Rotolico relishes opportunity to lead St. Dom’s into final
AUBURN — The road to a state championship game is never paved the same way twice. There might not be two more different roads than the ones that St. Dominic Academy and Scarborough have traveled on their respective trips to this year’s girls’ state hockey final on Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. On […]
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Boys’ basketball: John Fossett puts Poland back in contention
The No. 8 Knights’ reward is a 4 p.m. tap against top-seeded Lake Region, which rolled 82-61 in the rivals’ lone regular-season meeting. If fans feel intimidated by any of those details, Poland coach Tyler Tracy recommends — OK, perhaps with asterisks, disclaimers and reservations — that you model the demeanor of your team’s senior center, John […]