This job has never been confused with “working,” but the football teams from Leavitt and Oak Hill high schools made the past three months feel like a vacation. On one hand, it is tempting to wake up the morning after the state championship tripleheader at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium, consider the tingle in still-thawing fingers and […]
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Huddle Up: Hornets know the true meaning of a challenge
Grown men have some farkakte notions about how to challenge children. It could be worse, I suppose. Too many adults are afraid to challenge kids at all. Unfortunately, anyone who tries to swing the pendulum the other way finds themselves allied with macho men who whisper their critiques to each other at Saturday breakfast meetings […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Bucks had no answers for Flaherty, Washburn
PORTLAND — There was no backfield-by-committee on Saturday for Oak Hill. No hemming, hawing and breaking into a cold sweat on this most January of November days about what plays to run, either. The Raiders entered Fitzpatrick Stadium and the Class D football championship with not even the hint of an identity crisis. Oak Hill […]
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Western Class C Football Championship: Leavitt runs away from Winslow, 47-18
The opponent scored first. Somebody in green got hurt. And then the Hornets got angry and spent the rest of Saturday night pummeling the Winslow Black Raiders into submission. Nate Rousseau, Billy Bedard and Nate Coombs each scored two touchdowns in a 47-18 Leavitt victory that was a gem in all phases. “‘We’ve won a […]
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H.S. girls’ hockey: Banner night for Landry and Red Hornets
AUBURN — It was a night to remember, even before the puck was dropped Saturday. The girls’ hockey team from Leavitt-Edward Little opened its season with a 5-0 win over the combined team from Cape Elizabeth-Waynflete. The Red Hornets produced a fine effort to celebrate their opener at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. “We’ve had […]
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Class D State Championship: Oak Hill wins first title in 31 years
So when a turnover put Bucksport within 18 yards of tying Saturday’s Class D championship and brought Oak Hill to the brink of blowing a late two-touchdown lead, the Raiders knew a little more sweat could turn 31 years of frustration into joy. “We knew how close we were,” senior co-captain Luke Washburn said. “We […]
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Class A Football Championship: Dubiel, Bonny Eagle stop Cheverus
PORTLAND — Another day, another dramatic drive to win a high school football state championship. This one was engineered by Bonny Eagle and junior quarterback Zach Dubiel, whose 6-yard scamper with 22 seconds remaining steered the Scots to a 31-28 win Saturday over Cheverus in the Class A final at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Bonny Eagle (10-1) […]
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H.S. girls’ hockey: Lewiston opens with win
LEWISTON — With the excitement of the season opener, there are often the opening-night jitters as well. The Lewiston girls’ hockey team had some nerves Friday night, but a few quick goals quickly took care of that. Lewiston scored three goals in the first period and cruised to a solid opening-night 5-0 win over Mt. […]
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Class C Football Championship: Two storied programs stack up
For the fourth time in the past five years, Leavitt will play a football game on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. In Maine, that means you’ve extended the season as far as it can go, earning the right to play for a state championship. Three previous journeys to Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland ended with a win […]
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Oak Hill’s 1982 team had a ball during banner year
The game plan has been rehearsed. The team dinner has been digested. Travel arrangements have been made and revised. All that is left for Oak Hill is to find a way to beat a formidable Bucksport team on Saturday and win its first state football championship in a generation. Among those rooting on the Raiders […]