WALES — No mystery, when you’re combining football programs from two neighboring schools, that the first true test of your togetherness is the day fate furnishes a half-dozen chances to fall apart. Winthrop/Monmouth could have folded Saturday when star running back Zach Glazier’s injured ankle buckled again on his first carry. Or when a fake […]
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H.S. Roundup: Kemp breaks scoring record at Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Kylie Kemp hit her milestone in style Saturday. The Monmouth Academy senior, back from an early-season injury, netted three goals — all in the first half — to help lead the Mustangs to a 6-0 win over Winthrop in MVC girls’ soccer action. The goals were her 60th, 61st and 62nd for Monmouth […]
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H.S. Roundup: Ramblers fend off Rebels in field hockey
WINTHROP — Jess Ames nailed a tight shot off a penalty corner Friday to give Winthrop a narrow 2-1 mid-season win over Telstar in MVC field hockey action. Ames also scored the powerhouse Ramblers’ (8-1) first goal in the first frame. Annie Cushman scored the lone goal for Telstar (4-5). Alyssa Arsenault made nine saves […]
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H.S. Football: Eddies edge Vikings
AUBURN — People will mention Ian Mileikis’ two touchdowns, but they won’t stop talking about the Edward Little defensive back’s key interception and a defense that clearly frustrated Oxford Hills into multiple penalties. Nearly every time the Vikings got something going, there was a yellow flag on the field, or EL’s defense was there to […]
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H.S. Football: Hornets show air power against Knights
TURNER — The Leavitt Hornets have been so good at lighting up the scoreboard the past two weeks that even when they run the wrong play, they score. Tyler Chicoine threw for 190 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as the Hornets dropped Poland, 62-0, at Libby Field Friday night. Leavitt (4-0) […]
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H.S. Football: Cougars find right blend, blank Rebels
DIXFIELD — Although things haven’t gone the Cougars’ way lately, they weren;t about to let that stand in their way. Dirigo put its best foot forward and solid execution paid off in a Class D Campbell Conference football game at Harlow Park as sophomore quarterback Riley Robinson passed for two touchdowns and also ran for […]
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Class C Football: Spruce Mountain Ring-s up Cape Elizabeth
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was like the moment in the action movie when the cop and his understudy make eye contact because they both notice the smoking-gun clue at the same time. Backed almost to their own goal line and facing third-and-long, Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky and quarterback Peter Theriault distracted Cape Elizabeth by […]
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MVC Field Hockey: One streak ends, one continues as Spruce slips Dirigo
JAY — Whether their brand of hockey is played on ice or grass, coaches consistently preach the importance of scoring in the first minute of a period or the last minute. Goals are great whenever, of course, but to chalk one up right out of the starting blocks or just before the water and orange […]
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Techno Bowl: High school football teams using technology to gain advantage
PARIS — Forget Eli and Peyton Manning. The Oxford Hills Vikings had this football on your phone thing figured out a while ago. “I was at a Red Sox game on ‘Maine Day’ last year,” Vikings coach Mark Soehren said. “Three of my players happened to be sitting right behind me at the game, and […]
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Field hockey: Winthrop’s late comeback stuns Lisbon
WINTHROP — There’s danger in allowing a championship-caliber field hockey program to hang around in a game that you’ve dominated. The peril is magnified when that opponent has been stewing over retribution for, oh, about 11 months. Winthrop delivered a one-two knockout punch after a Thursday afternoon of ducking Lisbon’s best haymakers. Seniors Emma Spahr […]