“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine Whenever she felt she wasn’t focused enough for training or competition, Jillian Richardson would repeat Prefontaine’s quote to herself. Passed down to her by her coach and older brother, Justin Richardson, the legendary runner’s words inspired the Edward Little sophomore […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Monmouth’s Fletcher scored often and when needed
MONMOUTH — Haley Fletcher had scoring on her mind during her senior season of soccer. The Monmouth forward had already established herself as a scorer, but coming into 2016 her focus was homed in on when she scored and breaking the school record. The record — 72 goals, held by Fletcher’s 2013 teammate Kylie Kemp […]
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All-Region golf: Robert was consistent all season long
When it came to crunch time, Alex Robert was as consistent as they come. The Lewiston sophomore shot back-to-back rounds in the low-80s in the Class A team championships (82) and the Class A individual championships (81). He was the low scorer for the Blue Devils in the team championship, as well, helping the Blue […]
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H.S. Football Player of the Year: Halls did it all — and well — for Lisbon
It seemed like like the Greyhounds’s senior captain was always on the field, but the kickoff was the one time he normally had a view from the sideline. After that, he was on the field, and everybody on and off of it knew it. Halls made his mark in every game situation — save for […]
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Local roundup: Hebron girls top Governor’s in hockey
HEBRON — Eliza Beaudin netted a hat trick and added an assist to pace Hebron Academy to a 5-3 victory over Governor’s Academy in their home opener in girls’ high school hockey action. Governor’s (1-1) got on the board first with a quick goal just over a minute into the game. Beaudin tied the game […]
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Girls’ hockey: Veilleux, Bogdanovich lead Scarborough past the Clippers
Each had a hat trick as the Scarborough Red Storm defeated the Yarmouth/Gray-New Gloucester/Freeport Clippers 9-2 Saturday afternoon in a girls’ hockey contest. The Red Storm got the offense rolling when Veilleux set herself in front of the Clippers’ crease. Lauren Topchick fed her the puck from behind the goal line for a goal at […]
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Men’s basketball: Castleton State too tall an order for UMF
FARMINGTON — Castleton University used a handful of colossal young men to stay on top of the University of Maine at Farmington in an NAC basketball game at Dearborn Gymnasium on Friday night, And when UMF (1-5, 0-2 NAC) used a zone defense, the Spartans punched holes in it with their speed. Castleton (5-1, 2-0 […]
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Boys’ Cross Country: Mt. Blue’s Barber’s faster start led memorable finish
FARMINGTON — The night before the cross country state championships, Mt. Blue coach Kelley Cullenberg had a familiar conversation with Tucker Barber. “You are planning on, like, talking to some college coaches for running, right?” Cullenberg said to Barber. At that point, Barber was a state champion Nordic skier, having won the 5-kilometer classical race […]
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Girls’ Hockey: St. Dominic Academy scores in bunches against Brunswick
AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy and Brunswick both opened their respective seasons with big wins, but when they faced off in the second game of the season Wednesday night only one team was going to keep its unbeaten start going, save for a tie. Brunswick coach David Boucher said his team knew it had its […]
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Local roundup: Winslow/Gardiner edges Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill in girls’ hockey
LEWISTON — Three different players scored two goals apiece for Winslow/Gardiner to help the Black Tigers hold off Lewiston, 7-6, in a back-and-forth contest at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Wednesday. Evelyn Hinkley, Anna Chadwick and Sarah Morgan each netted a pair for the visitors in the win. Gabrielle Hebert added the seventh Winslow/Gardiner (1-1) […]