AUGUSTA — The coach-athlete relationship sometimes is a lot like the parent-teenager dynamic. No, you can’t borrow the car. No, you can’t have a late curfew. No, you can’t run the KVAC cross country championship race and risk aggravating your ailing knee. Lewiston coach T.J. Niles wasn’t so much showing Mohamed Mohamed tough love with […]
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H.S. Golf: Oxford Hills’ Letourneau captures share of title
VASSALBORO — After a bogey on his first hole of the day and with the toughest hole on the Tomahawk Course at Natanis up next, Oxford Hills’ Cam Letourneau wasn’t so much thinking about finishing well as much as he was surviving his round. “It was tough, I was thinking, ‘Oh, what’s this going to […]
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H.S. Football: Greyhounds work OT to top Cougars
Junior QB Kyle Bourget’s 6-yard touchdown pass to freshman Noah Francis put the Greyhounds ahead in overtime, then Austin Proctor’s interception in the end zone clinched a 22-14 win over Dirigo at Thompson Field. The Greyhounds lost star senior running back Quincy Thompson to an apparent dislocated elbow on the first play of the second […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston rolls
LEWISTON — Maslah Hassan and Abdibaari Hersi registered a pair of a goals each, as Lewiston cruised by Messalonksee 6-1 in KVAC boys’ soccer action. Abdi Shariff-Hassan, and Issak Hussein tallied the two remaining goals for the Blue Devils (11-1-1). Dylan Burton scored the lone goal for the Eagles (5-6-2), while keeper Jonah Webb made […]
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MVC Cross Country: Lisbon girls beat Boothbay by single point
Any difference between the girls’ cross country teams from Lisbon, Boothbay and Monmouth this season has been measured in small increments. One second or two here. A late-race pass there. Small wonder that Saturday’s MVC championship meet at the University of Maine at Augusta was a game of inches, too. Sophomore Adrianna White passed a […]
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Raiders dispatch Rangers, 35-8
KITTERY — Preparing for Oak Hill was hard enough. Add a week filled with distractions for the Traip Academy football team and the result was a 35-8 Western Maine Class D loss to the playoff-bound Raiders on Saturday at Memorial Field. Traip coach Ron Ross began the week by running practice as normal, but he […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Phoenix fly past Lakers
NAPLES — Matt Vigue rushed for four touchdowns and scored five overall Friday night, sparking Spruce Mountain to its fifth consecutive Western Class C football win, 52-13 over Lake Region. Spruce Mountain (6-1) will host Leavitt (7-0) in a pivotal Campbell Conference battle to close the regular season next week. Peter Theriault threw two touchdown […]
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H.S. Football: Freeport wins battle of the Falcons
RUMFORD — Something had to give in a matchup between Freeport and Mountain Valley in a Class C Campbell Conference football game Friday night. Freeport went back to basics and unleashed a second-half attack with touchdowns by runners David Schaedler and Sean Pardy, and then had to fend off a challenge from Mountain Valley for […]
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Eastern A Football: Eddies hold off Rams, 21-14
PORTLAND — For much of Friday night, Edward Little could have mistaken Deering quarterback Mike Marzilli for its own mascot — a ghost. On too many occasions, the Red Eddies seemed to have the senior surrounded in the backfield, only to have him slip through their grasp for positive yardage. But when they needed it […]
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H.S. Roundup: Greyhounds edge Ramblers in OT
WINTHROP — Following a pair of scoreless halves, Austin Fournier fired a goal into the back of the net on a penalty kick with one minute remaining in overtime to lift Lisbon past Winthrop 1-0 in boys’ soccer action. The Greyhounds (6-5-2) controlled the pace of the game, making 20 attempts on net, while keeper […]