Dexter Turner had a number of attractive offers to play college football next fall. But when it came time to make a choice, it was really no contest. The former Oxford Hills star defensive end Dexter Turner announced Tuesday he has verbally committed to enroll and play football at the University of Maine starting in […]
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Local roundup: Cobras rattle off victory against Rebels
BETHEL — Levi Murrary led all players with 19 points to lead Carrabec to the 53-49 victory over Telstar in boys’ basketball action. Troy Dumphy chipped in with 12 points for Carrabec. Telstar had two players with 13 points with Austin Ryerson and Mike Dougherty leading the way. Telstar ends the season with a 3-15 […]
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Give me a bead! Lewiston student excels at cheerleading, welding
LEWISTON – There’s a new first at Lewiston Regional Technical Center. The first female student has just scored her American Welding Society certification in the welding program, no easy task. The high school senior is also a cheerleader. Senior Cassandra “Cassie” Regner is also co-captain of the cheering team, which won its fourth consecutive Eastern […]
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HS Skiing: Falcons’ Quest: Collette, Klein hope hard work continues to pay off
RUMFORD — The summer of 2013 was one of high anxiety for Katie Collette and Sarah Klein. The Mountain Valley students were among those shocked by a June announcement that Black Mountain was closing. Both had become championship-caliber Alpine skiers training and competing on their home mountain and had hoped to prepare for the 2014 […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Kemp catches fire; Monmouth escapes Lisbon
MONMOUTH — Better now than in a week or two, but the flu has attacked the Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team like a half-court trap. Already down their point guard and another key contributor due to injury, the Mustangs had three of their surviving starters in sick bay over the weekend, including do-everything senior Kylie […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Nadeau brings experience, enforcement to Red Hornets’ defense
AUBURN — On the Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey roster, five players are listed on defense, plus two goalies. Of the seven, five are freshmen. It’s an arrangement that traditionally screams “building year,” and typically would keep a coach sweating bullets even inside the coldest rinks in the state. Not the Red Hornets, though, and not […]
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The Hot Corner: Kane is able, and we’re the lucky ones
Five hundred. As a number of laps, it symbolizes the standard endurance test in auto racing. Allow me to mix metaphors and argue that nowhere is the number more indicative of patience, persistence and passion than when it denotes victories by a high school basketball coach. In any sport, at any level, getting halfway to […]
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H.S. Notebook: Hearty tune-up for Lewiston cheering
Lewiston High School prepared for next weekend’s Class A cheering championship by winning its division Saturday in the annual Cheers from the Heart competition at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. It was a clean sweep for Lewiston, which also prevailed in the middle school category. “It’s a nice, relaxed meet. It keeps us on the […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Kane earns 500th career win
It was back in the mid 1980s and has been lost in the fog of decades of more wins and accompanying championships. But Saturday’s win at Lisbon might be one those victories the Spruce Mountain coach may not soon forget. Kane’s Phoenix beat the Greyhounds 61-34 and secured for him his 500th career victory. “It’s […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston slips past Greely, 2-1
FALMOUTH — Corinne Laberge scored the eventual game-winning goal as Lewiston skated to a 2-1 victory over Greely in girls’ ice hockey action Saturday. The Blue Devils led 1-0 until the third period when Laberge made it 2-0. Erica Lemieux notched the first goal 2:06 into the first period. Danita Storey spoiled the shutout with […]