PARIS — It didn’t take long for Nate Pelletier to see that one defense wasn’t working Tuesday and that it might be time to switch things up. After Edward Little jumped out to a quick lead, the Oxford Hills girls’ basketball team took a timeout and opted to play zone. “Early on, we tried to […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Leavitt runs away from Spruce Mountain
JAY — Leavitt scored in bunches Tuesday night against Spruce Mountain. The Hornets had scoring runs of six points and eight points in the first half, then finished the game on 5-0 run to finish off the Phoenix for a 41-34 victory in a KVAC girls’ basketball game at the Phoenix Dome. The Phoenix (6-11) […]
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Boys’ basketball: Verrier, Oxford Hills pepper Edward Little
Collapsing two, three — heck, five — defenders on Andrew Fleming, leaving Cole Verrier wide open and daring him to stabilize those emotions long enough to knock down 3-pointers probably isn’t the craziest strategy in the world. Didn’t work, though. Verrier buried six from beyond the arc on Tuesday night, five in the second half, […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill girls’ hockey wins KVAC crown over Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland
Staff reports LEWISTON — Corinne Laberge ripped a slap shot just inside the blue line and scored the game-winning goal in overtime, lifting Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill (11-7-1) to a 2-1 victory over Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland (7-9-3) in the KVAC girls’ hockey championship at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Monday night. In the first period, the Red Hornets […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon stops Oak Hill
LISBON — At the start of the fourth quarter Monday, it didn’t sound like Oak Hill was playing its first road game in Lisbon’s new gym. The Raiders reeled off a 9-0 run, erasing a dominant third frame for the Greyhounds, and the visiting fans were through the roof. But the hosts had one more run […]
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Boys’ basketball: Hickey hits late 3 as Winthrop escapes Boothbay
Blanketed by two hard-nosed Seahawk seniors — Nick Gorey, then Matt Burnham off the bench — Hickey went nearly 26 minutes of game time without a field goal after a typically explosive first quarter. With the Ramblers on the brink of being swept in the season series and leaving a first-round bye in the Class C South […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Fearsome foursome look to dominate postseason
The top four teams in the girls’ hockey playoffs — two from the North and two from the South — get byes into the regional semifinals. The way the regular season turned out, it wouldn’t be a surprise for all four teams to find their way into the regional championship games at the Androscoggin Bank […]
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Girls’ Hockey: It’s the year of the freshmen for local teams
Conventional wisdom took a year off this season in Maine high school girls’ hockey. In a sport where teams try to build toward success over a few years as the players grow and mature, some teams have found another way — win with youth. There’s no better example than St. Dominic Academy. The Saints’ success […]
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Local roundup: Monmouth, Spruce Mountain collect wins
RUMFORD — Senior Luke Thombs netted a game-high 17 points as Monmouth trotted off with a 56-43 victory over Mountain Valley in boys’ basketball action Saturday evening. The Mustangs (10-6) took a 20-15 halftime lead. Avery Amero contributed 12 points, while Nick Menice added 10 points for Monmouth. Thombs collected seven field goals, including three […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston holds off St. Dominic Academy
Those two goals were the difference, with Nick Bisson’s buzzer-beater providing an answer to a St. Dom’s goal with a two-man advantage late in the second. A Saints’ rally then fell short in the third as the last word in the longstanding rivalry remains with Lewiston. “Thankfully tonight we were able to get one more […]