LISBON — Home field and revenge were on Lisbon’s side this time in its second MVC field hockey scrap of the season against Winthrop. Well, a natural hat trick by Olivia Harrington didn’t hurt, either. The senior’s three unanswered goals — particularly the second, with 21 seconds remaining in the first half, and the third, […]
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H.S. Girls’ Soccer: Hampden holds off Edward Little
HAMPDEN — The Edward Little High School girls’ soccer team shocked previously undefeated Bangor last Saturday and was looking to snap Hampden Academy’s four-game winning streak on Friday night. But senior center midfielder Naomi Shearer scored a pair of goals in the first 21 minutes and the Broncos withstood a second-half goal from Taylor Landry […]
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H.S. football: EL holds off Noble
AUBURN — The Edward Little football team bent a little Friday night. Then the Red Eddies bent some more. And then bent even further. As the Noble Knights threatened with a dominating second half, they tested the will of the Red Eddies’ defense, but EL’s defensive stand won out. After building a 13-0 lead, EL held […]
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Class C Football: Leavitt dismantles Mountain Valley
TURNER — Mountain Valley might consider rounding up Gray-New Gloucester, Poland and Lake Region and starting a support group. Because collectively, for the past month, those four football programs ran into Leavitt and paid for Belfast’s sins. The Hornets were unceremoniously, unexpectedly eliminated from the 2012 regional playoffs — in a different conference, mind you […]
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HS Football: Rams get first win at expense of Vikings’ playoff hopes
PARIS — Taking over a winless team is never an ideal situation for a coach, particularly when his predecessor resigned due to reasons that had little to do with the team’s win-loss record. But one of the advantages of being in such a situation, as Lewiston alumnus Matt Riddell is discovering in his two-week tenure […]
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Local roundup: Lisbon tops Oak Hill in boys’ soccer
WALES — Kyle Whitman netted two second-half goals for Lisbon (5-4-2), as the Greyhounds topped Oak Hill 2-0 in boys’ MVC soccer action Friday. Greyhounds keeper Nate Bergeron stopped all five shots for the shutout, while his counterpart Kyle Field made 20 saves for the Raiders (0-11-1). Winthrop 2, Dirigo 0 WINTHROP — Jacob Hickey […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Spruce Mountain runs away from Gray-NG
LIVERMORE FALLS — Long touchdown runs by Alwayne Uter and Brandon Stearns broke it open in the second quarter Friday night, sending Spruce Mountain to a 56-19 Western Class C football win over Gray-New Gloucester. Spruce Mountain (5-1) has won four straight games and remains in the hunt for one of the two first-round byes […]
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H.S. Football: Phoenix are fast learners
LIVERMORE FALLS — The game has slowed down for the Spruce Mountain Phoenix this year. Their opponents wish they could say the same thing about the Phoenix themselves. In their second year immersed in head coach Walter Polky’s triple option offense, the Phoenix are collecting big plays and points at a rate unseen in their […]
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Field Hockey: Oxford Hills explodes early, weathers furious Lewiston rally
Lewiston, a program marked by myriad coaching changes and spotty success in the past decade, simply wanted to put on a show that six seniors playing in their final home game would someday remember with pride. So it ended up being one of those rare days on which both teams could celebrate hitting the mark […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Freeport holds off Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — The momentum had shifted in the second half of Thursday’s Western Maine Conference high school field hockey game. Visiting Freeport held a two-goal lead nine minutes into the frame, but it was Gray-New Gloucester forward Skye Conley’s goal off a pass from Jenny Holmquist that had the Patriots tilting the field in their […]