George Stevens Academy’s 97-69 boys basketball victory over Lee Academy on Friday night at Blue Hill was memorable for a variety of reasons. Defending state champion George Stevens Academy and Lee Academy were the last two undefeated teams in Class C North, and the midseason win further established the Eagles as the team to beat […]
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Boys’ basketball: Seniors, Wol lead Edward Little past Lewiston
“We’ve been playing with fool’s gold for a while, coming down and jacking up 3s. We haven’t gotten as many paint touches as we’d normally try to get,” Adams said. The Red Eddies fell into that trap in the middle two quarters of Monday night’s rivalry game and gave Lewiston life late in the third […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Dom’s girls’ hockey roughs up Brunswick, 11-1
BRUNSWICK — Kristina Cornelio had three goals and three assists and St. Dom’s outshot Brunswick 28-7 en route to a 11-1 victory in girls’ high school hockey Monday. Cornelio got the Saints (11-0) on the board early with an unassisted goal at the 4:14 mark of the first period. She then assisted on a pair […]
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Running clock showing little mercy in high school hockey
Thanks to a mercy rule, the game got over as fast as it could. The “Mercy Rule,” created by the National Federation of State High School Associations, and implemented by the Maine Principals’ Association, kicks in via a running clock once a team reaches a 10-goal deficit in the third period of a game. If […]
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Nordic sking: Vikings poised for a big year
NORWAY – The Oxford Hills boys’ Nordic ski team feels like they are on the cusp of finally breaking through in 2017. After finishing fifth in the Class A State Championship in 2016, the Vikings are ready to take on fellow KVAC rivals the Leavitt Hornets and the Mt. Blue Cougars this season. Mt. Blue […]
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And One: Scott’s return on deck for rolling Ramblers
A perfect 8-0 record has the Winthrop Ramblers at the top of the Mountain Valley Conference and Class C South standings. And they may be on the verge of getting even better. Coach Todd MacArthur said he hopes to have senior guard Nate Scott back in the fold some time during a four-game road stretch […]
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Boys’ hockey: St. Dom’s stings Edward Little
AUBURN — Five minutes. That’s all it took for Edward Little’s solid start to fade away, and for rival St. Dominic Academy to all but seal up another resounding victory in the series. The Saints scored twice late in the first period, twice more early in the second and skated away to a 6-0 win […]
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Local roundup: Rangeley sinks Vinalhaven with last-second shot
RANGELEY — Freshman Nolan Boone hit a jumper with 0.7 seconds remaining to lift Rangeley to a 55-53 boys’ basketball victory over Vinahaven on Saturday. The Lakers (3-5) trailed by 12 points with less than four minutes to play, but rallied back with a press defense and 3-point shooting. They got the ball back soon […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Dom’s evades Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland
AUBURN — Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland’s game plan worked to perfection Saturday night, and it still wasn’t enough to get undefeated rival St. Dominic Academy. The Red Hornets held their rivals well below their scoring average for the season, but the Saints scored just enough to skate away with a 2-1 victory in a girls’ hockey game […]
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Boys’ basketball: Hickey, Winthrop pull away from James, Wiscasset
The Winthrop High School boys’ basketball team knew what it was getting into before its 80-53 win over Wiscasset on Saturday — James was going to get his points and there was only so much the Ramblers could do about it. The 6-foot-6 senior center did his part and put up 27 points in the […]