POLAND — After jumping out to a nine-point advantage in the first frame, Poland kept its offense in high gear and raced away to a 49-27 win over St. Dom’s in a late-season boys’ basketball tilt Thursday. Pete Bolduc led the Knights (6-10) with 16 points, while Kurt Leighton tallied 10 and Quinn Callahan added […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue wins brawl with Spruce Mountain, 40-29
JAY — It wasn’t pretty, but Mt. Blue defeated Spruce Mountain 40-29 in a KVAC girls’ basketball tilt Thursday evening. The Cougars pulled away from the Phoenix at the free-throw line, making 14 of 22 free throws in the fourth quarter. Mt. Blue made 11 of its first 14 at the line in the period […]
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Local roundup: Red Hornets rock Dragons on senior night
AUBURN — Seven different players scored and Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland celebrated senior night in style Wednesday, earning a 9-3 win over visiting Brunswick in a girls’ hockey tilt at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. Saige Arsenault and Haley Frolich had a pair of goals each in the Red Hornets’ victory, their 12th in 17 games this […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Rams rally late, tip Red Eddies in OT
AUBURN — Reed Hopkins kept trying and trying and trying, and finally the puck went in. It was a microcosm of how the game went for Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth, but all that mattered in the end was that it was a success. Hopkins scored on a rebound with 1:43 left in overtime to rally the Rams past […]
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Boys’ hockey: Biddeford blitzes St. Dom’s, then holds on
AUBURN — Biddeford couldn’t take advantage of its barrage of chances early. When the chances kept coming, the Tigers finally started to convert them into goals. It helped that St. Dominic Academy provided some of those chances. The Saints put themselves in too big of a hole to come out of and suffered a 7-5 […]
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Boys’ basketball: Playing or coaching, Lisbon’s Sautter a role model for Greyhounds
LISBON — Jonah Sautter barely finished congratulating his teammates on Lisbon’s Unified basketball team for winning their season-opener when a whistle blew, signalling the start of practice for the boys’ basketball team. Sautter changed out of his game garb and into his practice gear as the Greyhounds prepared for Wednesday night’s big late-season game against […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Hilaire, Blue Devils surprise Clippers
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester girls high school ice hockey team had it all in Tuesday’s game against Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill — possession, shots and defense. By the end of the third period, the Clippers had launched 52 shots at the Blue Devils, but didn’t have the goals to show for it. Those came from Lewiston, […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mountain Valley upsets Monmouth, 60-57
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley emerged from an MVC girls’ basketball scrum with a 60-57 victory over Monmouth at Puiia Gymnasium on Tuesday. “It’s a home-court advantage, so we were all really pumped up, and we knew we had nothing to lose, that this game was so big, that it’s going to secure us in Class […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue restrains, breaks Leavitt
TURNER — Life was rough in the backcourt for Mt. Blue senior guard Leah St. Laurent. She was pushed, shoved, knocked to the ground and often doubled-teamed by Leavitt’s unrelenting defense. But the intrepid St. Laurent shook herself off and kept her composure, helping the Cougars (4-10) shake off the stubborn Hornets (6-9) with a […]
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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 […]