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H. S. girls’ soccer: Vikings finish strong

PARIS — After a loss that was hard to swallow last Friday, the Oxford Hills girls’ soccer team had a lingering bad taste in its mouth over the weekend. The Vikings lost at previously winless Skowhegan, and that wasn’t a defeat that set well with the team. “They didn’t want that loss to define them,” […]

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H.S. boys’ soccer: EL, Lewiston boys all tied up

AUBURN — Bragging rights and a whole lot of Heal Points were at stake Tuesday. Both the Lewiston and Edward Little boys’ soccer teams were hoping to make a statement in a showdown to end the regular season. Instead, the two rivals settled for a hard-fought 0-0 tie. Lewiston (11-1-2) controlled play and outshot EL […]

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Field Hockey: Hornets douse Lakers in West B quarterfinal

Kierstin Leclerc scored once and added two assists and three other Hornets found the back of the cage as No. 4 Leavitt ran away from No. 5 Lake Region 4-0 in the teams’ Western Class B quarterfinal on Tuesday. “It was important for us to know we could score early,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-McLean said. […]

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H.S. girls’ soccer: EL blanks Blue Devils

AUBURN — After going .500 last season and graduating eight seniors, there was some rebuilding to do. The Edward Little girls’ soccer team came into the season with an uphill climb to compete with  the best in Eastern A, but the Red Eddies have lived up to that challenge. EL finished off its regular season […]

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High school roundup: Bolstridge gives Mustangs a boost

MONMOUTH — With a pair of scoreless halves, Ben Bolstridge connected with Mason Clement for the tiebreaker with 50 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting Monmouth past Dirigo 1-0 in an MVC boys’ soccer matchup. Monmouth had solid midfield play that kept the Mustangs in the game, from M. Clement, Chandler Harris and Kyle Fletcher. Kasey […]

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Girls’ soccer: Raiders repel Greyhounds

LISBON — Mountain Valley Conference foes Oak Hill and Lisbon met in a girls’ soccer contest on Monday, the season-finale for both teams, with playoff ramifications on the line. The Greyhounds fell to the Raiders, 2-1, and Lisbon finished the season with a 6-8 record, while Oak Hill improved to 8-5-1. But Oak Hill, which […]

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High School Notebook: Mustangs winning numbers game

Led by a bare minimum giving the maximum, Monmouth Academy is making a somewhat unlikely run at a Western Class C boys’ soccer playoff berth. Thirteen players suited up for the Mustangs in a trip to Jay this past week. That didn’t stop Monmouth from packing away a Heal Point-worthy 2-1 win over Spruce Mountain. […]

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Field hockey: Win or lose, Vikings talk it out

PARIS — Communication is key in virtually every sport, but there are few where the athletes, coaches and fans talk as much about the importance of talking than in field hockey. The Oxford Hills Vikings take communication to a whole new level. Like their peers in the stacked Eastern Class A tournament, which for fifth-seeded […]