After all, many competitors consider the real winners to be those lucky few among them who get to pick out a pair of crazy skiing tights during the traditional post-race raffle. Nevertheless, the event is one of the most anticipated of the cross country season. “This sets the pace for the season,” Telstar junior co-captain […]
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Local roundup: Monmouth boys rally past Mt. Abram
SALEM — Monmouth finished strong to claim a 56-49 boys’ basketball victory over Mt. Abram on Friday. The Mustangs (2-7) trailed by five points after three quarters, but outscored the Roadrunners 23-11 in the final frame. Hunter Richardson and Mat Foulke paced Monmouth’s offense with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Trevor Chaput put up 14 […]
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Girls’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester’s defense shuts off Spruce Mountain
JAY — Spruce Mountain couldn’t escape the long arms of Gray-New Gloucester’s defense Friday night. The Patriots were all over the worn-out Phoenix and used a mixture of zone and man-to-man defense that stifled Spruce’s offense in a 64-24 girls’ basketball victory. Gray-NG’s defense is one explanation for its 8-0 record this season. The other […]
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Girls’ basketball: Greely gasses past Poland
But even just keeping pace with sophomore sensation Anna DeWolfe proved to be a difficult task for Poland, which couldn’t keep up during a 61-21 loss in a WMC contest Friday night. The Rangers (7-1) jumped ahead 9-3 without DeWolfe scoring a point, but the Knights’ (5-3) own standout player, junior Nathalie Theriault, poured in […]
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Girls’ basketball: Fryeburg slams door on Leavitt, 43-37
TURNER — Fryeburg’s erratic shooting from the floor and ice-cold shooting from the free-throw line kept the door ajar for Leavitt to sneak away with a win in Friday night’s Class A South crossover contest. The Hornets just weren’t able to kick the door open. The Raiders held on for a 43-37 triumph to pick […]
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Girls’ basketball: Dirigo takes down Wiscasset
The Cougars played with the necessary high energy on Thursday, and pulled together when they needed to, scoring nine unanswered points to start the second quarter. Conant was the catalyst with two baskets, and fellow senior Olivia Noyes started the run with a basket and a free throw. Ashley Perrault (nine points, five rebounds) scored […]
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Girls’ basketball: Spruce Mountain can’t catch Gardiner on the rebound
JAY— Any time Gardiner got a hold of a rebound underneath — and that was often — the Tigers went right back up with the ball for a basket. No dribbling, no looking to pass the ball to another player. Gardiner just put the ball in the net or drew a foul for a three-point […]
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Boys’ basketball: Big men lead Winthrop to big win
FARMINGDALE — Having reached the 1,000-career point milestone, Jacob Hickey’s scoring prowess is well-established. That Winthrop’s senior guard finished with a game-high 23 points Thursday night, including one stretch where he scored 10 in a row for the Ramblers in their 68-52 win over Hall-Dale, is concerning for their MVC rivals, but nothing new. That […]
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Boys’ basketball: Monmouth collects first win, tops Dirigo
DIXFIELD — It has taken some time this season, but Monmouth boys’ basketball team has started to put things together, and showed as much with a solid performance Wednesday night in a Mountain Valley Conference game against Dirigo. A well-balanced offense had four players reach double figures, led by Travis Hartford with a game-high 21, […]
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Boys’ hockey: Lewiston lights up Bangor
LEWISTON — Lewiston had a devil of a time trying to score goals on Bangor goalie Derek Fournier during the regular season last year. That wasn’t the case when the two teams met for the first time this season Wednesday night. They weren’t always pretty, but goals aplenty went in during the Blue Devils’ 12-0 […]