LISBON — When the Lisbon and Wiscasset boys’ soccer teams took the pitch for Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference clash, big things were on both teams’ minds. With the Wolverines and Greyhounds battling for a high seed in Class C South, this was a contest played with a playoff aggressiveness, with neither squad backing down an […]
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Roundup: Edward Little edges Brewer in boys’ soccer
BREWER — Edward Little spread the ball around, using four different goal scorers in a 4-3 victory over Brewer in a KVAC boys’ soccer contest Friday. Jacob Kyajohnian, Christian Beliveau, Safi Ahmed and Jarod Norcross Plourde each scored in the victory. Joel Musese had two assists and Nick Hathway had an assist for the Red […]
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WMC Cross Country: St. Dom’s wins Division II girls’ team and individual championships
STANDISH — The St. Dom’s girls’ team stuck together Friday during the Western Maine Cross Country Championships at St. Joseph’s College. Alexandra (Bugsy) Hammerton paced the Saints to the WMC Division II girl’ cross country championship, winning the individual Division II race with a time of 21:13, two seconds ahead of Poland’s Samantha Halmos. A […]
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H.S. Football: Kickers giving teams a leg up
Kickers are like car insurance: You have to have it, you hope to not have to use it, and you get out what you put into it. Have a sub-par kicker? Things can come to a crashing halt. In some situations, it’s not even about being without a good kicker, rather without a backup plan […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
The Golden Trojans’ muscles were fully flexed in a 48-0 win over Massabesic. Next comes a home finale against 2-4 South Portland before a clash at Bonny Eagle. 2. Bonny Eagle (6-0) (2) The Scots went on the road and handled inter-region rival Windham 38-10. The Scots finish with two at home, against solid Sanford […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Spruce Mountain 34, Leavitt 20 Mountain Valley 35, Poland 12 Edward Little 22, Deering 14 Windham 27, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 20 Oak Hill 26, Dirigo 22 Wells 63, Gray-New Gloucester 0 Lewiston 28, Massabesic 12 Brunswick 48, Mt. Blue 12 Lisbon 34, Old Orchard Beach 14
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. This is the Ramblers’ last regular season game before a season-ending bye week. The lowly Black Bears are unfortunately the opponent that Winthrop/Monmouth will look to end the season strong against. At least the home fans should leave the game happy. LEAVITT (1-5) AT SPRUCE MOUNTAIN (4-2) Friday, 7 p.m. The Hornets […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Wil and Lee
But outside of the easy-to-deduce A North, where do the other local teams sit right now? Kramlich: Well now that you’ve mastered the 100-level of Maine high school football, I guess it is time to move on to harder subjects. Namely, how to make the playoff picture more clear. As far as the classes/regions that our […]
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H.S. Football: Game of the week — Deering at Edward Little
Edward Little is starting to get healthy — and not a moment too soon. The Red Eddies will bring rejuvenated offensive and defensive lines into a week seven matchup with Deering, and that will be key against a big, physical Rams team. “They’re very much like Oxford Hills,” EL coach Dave Sterling said. “They like […]
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Girls soccer: Fletcher sisters lead Mustangs’ second-half rally over Raiders
With his team trailing 2-1 at halftime of their senior night game on Thursday, Monmouth coach Gary Trafton told his Mustangs to put themselves in Mountain Valley’s shoes for a moment. “I told the girls at halftime, ‘We’re not going to be like Mountain Valley. On their senior night, we kind of pounded them. That’s […]