If every entity in sports decided its champion the way the Football Bowl Subdivision does: The Seattle Mariners would have a world championship banner flapping in the breeze at Safeco Field, their 2001 campaign widely recognized as the greatest baseball season in history. Eli Manning would have been home watching the New England Patriots hoist […]
sjvarsity
Posted inLocal Sports
Correction: Name omitted
In the preview capsule for the 2013-14 Lewiston High School boys’ hockey team, Brendon Croteau should have been listed as a promising newcomer. It was an editing error.
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports
Lancaster earns top field hockey award
AUGUSTA — Skowhegan High School is no stranger to the Maine field hockey spotlight, and its players are no stranger to the game, no to opposing coaches. Sunday, for the second time in three seasons, one of the Indians’ top performers was named the best Maine has to offer. The Maine Field Hockey Association named […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Preview 2013: Winthrop alpine skiing
Coach: To be announced Conference: MVC; Class: C Last year’s results: No team score at league or conference meets Returning letter-winners: Boys: Senior — J.J. Jansen; Junior — Otis Vance; Sophomore — Tyler Nussinow. Girls: Senior — Lisle Townsend; Junior — Annie Guerette. Key losses: None. Promising newcomers: Boys — Junior — Logan Lattin; Sophomore […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Nordic Skiing: Blazing trails a lifelong passion for Wade
FARMINGTON — To say that Sarah Wade has been skiing forever, as defined by long as a high school senior can remember, is no exaggeration. Telling the world that she has always loved it, well, that would be taking severe liberties with the truth. “My parents had to convince me,” Wade said. “When I was […]
Posted inLocal Sports
H. S. girls’ basketball: EL finishes strong
AUBURN — With the game tied after three Saturday night, the final quarter became an eight-minute audition for clutch performers. It was the Edward Little girls’ basketball team that had some. The Red Eddies opened the lead early in the fourth quarter and held off Oxford Hills in a season-opening 44-38 win between two KVAC […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt/Edward Little wallops Winslow
AUBURN – There’s a difference between one-sided and ugly. The Leavitt/Edward Little cooperative girls’ hockey team’s 5-0 triumph Saturday over Winslow at Norway Savings Bank Arena was a resounding mismatch by every statistical measuring stick except the scoring column. Credit Winslow senior goaltender Jessica Cain for keeping the neon numbers from escalating out of control. […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Boys’ Hockey: Brunswick holds off feisty Edward Little
AUBURN — Celebrate the persistence, or curse the penalties. There are two ways to look at the season opener for the Edward Little boys’ hockey team. The Red Eddies were short-handed too early, too late and too often Saturday night, which is a big reason Brunswick skated away from Norway Savings Bank Arena with a […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Marshall puts Falcons over the top, 46-42
SALEM — Junior guard Tom Marshall drained 17 points to lead Mountain Valley to a 46-42 victory over Mt. Abram in MVC boys’ basketball action Saturday. The Roadrunners (0-1) opened the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run to pull ahead by one. But the Falcons (1-0) responded with a 10-5 run the seal the deal. […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Berube rescues Saints with winning goal
SACO — St. Dom’s took advantage of their opportunities and it paid off as the Saints ame from behind to earn 5-4 overtime victory against Scarborough in varsity boys’ hockey at MHG Ice Arena in Saco. “Our players have responded well in our games,” St. Dom’s coach Steve Ouellette said. “It’s really just a maturity […]