LEWISTON — Halftime was filled with talking and listening. But after sitting in a circle during the intermission, the Edward Little girls’ soccer team put that discussion into action. “When we get down, our team is really good at talking together, working together and listening to each other about what we have to do better,” […]
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Boys’ soccer: Devils get a break with Hersi’s goal
LEWISTON — It was shaping up to be one of those games in which the right break or the odd bounce was doing to make the difference. When Abdibaari Hersi found space to get a shot off late in regulation Thursday, his shot took a different route toward the net. It hit off an Edward […]
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H.S. Football: Opponents walk Leavitt’s line
TURNER — Every high school football team’s final loss of a season gets used as bulletin board and weight room wall motivational material. Leavitt seniors Matt Powell and Levi Morin took the stigma of a playoff disaster on their home field against Belfast to an even higher level. Sometimes Morin, a center and linebacker, would […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Saints humble Hounds
AUBURN — Two things got in the way of St. Dom’s scoring goals early Wednesday afternoon — inexperience and Lisbon goalie Nate Bergeron. The Saints were thwarted often by Bergeron throughout the day. St. Dom’s still managed to execute well enough offensively and finish a couple as well in a 2-0 win over the Greyhounds. […]
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Weekend Blitz: Class D clashes highlight Week 3
Windham (2-0) at Lewiston (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils need to put last Saturday behind them, but injuries aren’t helping. Edward Little (0-2) at Portland (1-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Eddies could easily be 1-1 and perhaps even 2-0 without some self-inflicted pain. Oxford Hills (1-1) at Cheverus (2-0) Saturday, 12:30 p.m. If the offense […]
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H.S. Roundup: Devils get by Vikings in boys’ soccer
PARIS — Abdi Hersi led a trio of players to register goals Wednesday as Lewiston hustled to a 3-0 victory over Oxford Hills in KVAC boy’s soccer action. Kwebena Akuffo-Anoff and Maslah Hassan also tallied for the Blue Devils (4-1) to complete the scoring. Austin Wing needed only two saves to notch the shutout. Jake […]
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H.S. Football By the Numbers: How close are the games after realignment?
One of the selling points of expanding to a four-class system in Maine high school football was it would make the football more competitive. So how much more competitive have the games been so far? Going strictly by the numbers, they’re actually less competitive compared to this time last year. Class A has had the […]
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Sun Journal H.S. Football Top 10: Scots rise fast, B East teams show mettle
1. Cheverus (2-0) Two games in Fitzpatrick Stadium, two wins. Stags would like a shot at making it 3-0 in November. 2. Bonny Eagle (2-0) Scots battle Sanford for control of Western A on Friday night. 3. Thornton (1-1) Trojans showed they’ve recovered from the shock of losing Andrew Libby by dominating Noble. 4. Mt. […]
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H.S. Soccer: Patriots edge Falcons
FREEPORT — Gray-New Gloucester’s Tyler St. Pierre made run after run as his teammates tried to send the speedy forward on a breakaway behind the Freeport defense. Three times, the plan — both in timing and execution — worked perfectly as St. Pierre’s hat trick lifted the Patriots to their first win, a 3-2 Western […]
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Huddle Up: Football has its own caution flags
Through two weekends of football, your humble correspondent witnessed: • Five games • Three players taken off the field in an ambulance; • One game I was scheduled to cover postponed by rain, like numerous others around the state, and one more moved to another field; • Zero killer mosquitoes, at least that I know […]