AUGUSTA — A well-executed penalty corner by Cony early in the second half of Tuesday’s Class A North field hockey quarterfinal with Edward Little nearly resulted in a tie-breaking goal. “It just went wide, and one of the girls on the sideline (said), “Aw, that was perfect,’” Cony coach Holly Daigle said. “I was, like, […]
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High school soccer: Maranacook keeps Leavitt at bay
AUBURN — With the playoffs a week away, the Leavitt boys’ soccer team was looking for a tough match against some tough competition in its final regular season game. Tough is what they got. The undefeated Maranacook Black Bears took care of business, attacking the Hornets with a 6-0 victory in boys’ Class B soccer […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: St. Dom’s holds off Sacopee Valley in Class C South quarterfinal
AUBURN — Shots and scoring chances didn’t tell whole story Tuesday. If they did, the Class C South quarterfinal field hockey game between St. Dom’s and Sacopee Valley would have been an one-sided affair for the Saints. St. Dom’s outshot Sacopee 34-5, had a 24-4 advantage in penalty corners. But the Saints struggled to put […]
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H.S. Soccer Roundup: Edward Little boys’ soccer beats Vikings, clinches top seed in playoffs
AUBURN — The Edward Little boys’ soccer team wrapped up the regular season with an 8-1 shellacking of Oxford Hills on Monday, clinching the top seed in the Class A North playoffs. Jarod Norcross Plourde and Addi Dubai scored two goals apiece for the Red Eddies (11-2-1). Addi Dafe, Christian Beialvo, Michael Parschall and Brandon […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Lewiston, Bangor settle for tie in season finale
LEWISTON — The playoff atmosphere at Don Roux Field settled more than Lewiston and Bangor ended up settling in Monday night’s KVAC boys’ soccer season finale. Garth Berenyi’s goal in the 58th minute and Muktar Ali’s equalizer in the 75th minute sent the Blue Devils and Rams to a 1-1 tie in a thrilling defensive […]
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Field hockey: Strong goalies lead to strong playoff chances
“The confidence has just grown in her,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-MacLean said after that game. “Even if she’s not having a great day for her, she’s still confident and she gives her teammates that feeling of, ‘Yeah, we have a great goalie back there.’” DeMascio is not alone. The tri-county area boasts a handful of […]
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Field hockey: Playoff preview
The field is set, the preliminary rounds have been played, and there is no more room for error as the 2016 field hockey playoffs are ready to begin in earnest. Here is a look at what to expect in each class. Class A It’s been so automatic to hand the tag of “favorite” to Skowhegan […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Local teams looking to finish strong
Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette lamented his team’s second-half struggles after Friday night’s game against Dirigo. The Raiders fortunately left Dixfield with a victory, but they haven’t always been so lucky. All six Oak Hill contests contain traces of struggles after halftime. Even when the Raiders were outscoring opponents or holding them even after half, […]
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Cross country: Winthrop’s Hickey, Monmouth girls win at MVC championships
AUGUSTA — Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey brought along an accessory to push himself at the MVC cross country championships. A pair of sisters paced each other and paced the Monmouth girls to the conference title, and an Oak Hill sophomore came out of essentially nowhere to finish second in the girls’ race. “I started running with […]
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Roundup: Lewiston outruns Hampden
HAMPDEN — Maulid Abdow led all players with two goals and three other Blue Devils added a goal each as Lewiston ran away from Hampden 5-1 in the teams’ penultimate KVAC regular-season soccer match on Saturday. Bilal Hersi, Ben Musese and Ibn Khalid registered goals for the Devils (11-2-0). Yusuf Mohamed, Joe Kalilwa, Mwesa Mulonda […]