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High School Roundup: Eddies cage Bulldogs

AUBURN — Michael Hammond led a group of four players to tally goals Tuesday as Edward Little outgunned Lawrence 4-0 in another KVAC matchup. Seth Sterling, Jared Plourde and Brandon Binette also tallied for the Eddies to complete the scoring. Lew Jensen made 12 saves for Edward Little, while Zachary Alley turned aside 11 shots […]

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H.S. Field Hockey: Cougars clip Eagles in OT

Mt. Blue High School’s second-year field hockey coach Jody Harmon was simply overwhelmed with her players’ latest effort. The Cougars, fresh off a seven-goal loss to perennial powerhouse Skowhegan, wiped out a pair of one-goal deficits Tuesday and earned a 3-2 overtime win over host Mt. Ararat. The Cougars dominated play in the second half, […]

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H.S. Field Hockey: Falcons hold off Saints

RUMFORD — There are always changes as high school teams graduate seniors, and those have hit Mountain Valley hard. But the Falcons believe they are heading in the right direction, and they showed that Monday. Sophomore Lexy Duguay scored two goals, including the game-winner early in the second half, and the Falcons withstood a furious […]

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Girls’ Soccer: Shipbuilders shake off pesky Hornets in double-OT

TURNER — Ann Tolan made her coach look like a soothsayer with her game-winning goal in Morse’s 2-1 double-overtime victory over Leavitt. “After the first overtime, Jackie (Aines, Morse assistant coach) said we’re getting a goal in the first minute and we’re done with the game,” Tolan said. But no one was more surprised than […]

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H.S. Field Hockey: Lisbon rolls to first win

LISBON — With one matchup against a top rival in the MVC already in the rear view mirror, the Lisbon Greyhounds were still in search of their first win of the 2013 fall campaign. Mission accomplished. Arianna Kahler scored twice and Bailey Cutler and Olivia Harrington added one each as the Greyhounds held serve on […]

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High school roundup: Devils ditch Witches, 10-2

BREWER — Lewiston had a solid lead at the half (4-0), but didn’t slow down in the second, either, tallying six more goals, as the Blue Devils cruised past Brewer with a 10-2 victory in a boys’ soccer season opener Saturday. Kwabena Akuffo-Anoff, Maslah Hassan, Abdibaari Hersi and Abdulkarim Abdulle ripped two shots each for […]

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Bangor slips away from Edward Little

BANGOR — There was little separation between Bangor and Edward Little of Auburn as they met in a Class A football season opener at Husson University on Saturday night. But three turnovers by the Red Eddies and the vagaries of the extra-point play ultimately proved decisive as Bangor escaped with an ever-so-narrow 14-13 victory. “They […]

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Class C Football: Vigue, Phoenix fly past Freeport

FREEPORT — Spruce Mountain slot back Matt Vigue runs like the driver of a standard-transmission sports car rifling through the gears. There’s almost the hint of a half-speed, warm-up phase when Vigue takes a pitch from quarterback Peter Theriault. Then he applies the brakes, turns the wheel in the opposite direction and finds a faster […]

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Class D Football: Raiders line up to thwart Rebels

BETHEL — Oak Hill put up more offense and caused more havoc on defense in the first quarter of Saturday’s season-opener with Telstar than many teams do in an entire game. The Raiders churned out 233 yards and forced three fumbles in the first 12 minutes to take a commanding 34-7 lead after one quarter […]