POLAND — Katriana Pratt scored a goal and set up another as Poland defeated Traip 2-1 in girls’ soccer action Monday. Pratt’s unassisted goal gave the Knights a 1-0 lead in the opening half, but seven minutes later, Traip’s Grace Robillard tied the game with an unassisted tally of her own. Pratt then connected with Sophia Vallee for the go-ahead goal with a little less than nine minutes remaining […]
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Field Hockey: St. Dom’s surges past North Yarmouth Academy
The last time St. Dominic Academy and North Yarmouth Academy met in field hockey, the Saints let slip a 3-1 lead, as the Panthers scored at the buzzer to secure a 3-3 tie. Monday’s rematch had a similar 3-1 score in favor of the Saints, but this time they finished the job in a 7-1 […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Time to ask teams: ‘Who are you?’
One local football coach said after a game Friday night that his team was “still trying to find our identity.” Never mind that said coach and team had just won a game scoring 51 points while giving up just six. But Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky, who uttered those words, makes a good point about […]
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H.S. roundup: Oxford Hills/Buckfield football falls to Portland, 36-7
PORTLAND — Oxford Hills/Buckfield dropped its second straight football game Saturday evening in a 36-7 loss to Portland. A 20-yard touchdown pass from Issiah Bachelder to Ethan Hoyt, and a safety from an Oxford Hills snap that went out of the end zone gave the Bulldogs a 9-0 lead. That was bumped up to 16-0 […]
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H.S. Football: Second-quarter scoring binge more than enough for Raiders’ defense
WALES — Oak Hill’s offense put up every point scored in Saturday’s Campbell Conference Class D tilt with Medomak Valley in the span of 2 minutes and 26 seconds in the second quarter. The Raiders’ defense had to work a little harder to hold up its end of the bargain. After not bending at all […]
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Girls’ soccer: King’s two goals lead Freeport over St. Dom’s
AUBURN — When you have a lot of underclassmen, including eight sophomores and three freshman, you can expect some growing pains when playing larger programs. Despite some defensive lapses, the St. Dominic Academy Saints held their own but eventually succumbed to Freeport, losing 3-0 in girls’ high school soccer action Saturday. Freeport took advantage of their […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Amidon strikes York past Gray-NG
GRAY — One minute was the difference in an 80-minute battle between Gray-New Gloucester and York on Saturday afternoon. Maddie Amidon scored two goals 57 seconds apart midway through the first half, and then she added the nail in the coffin late in the second in a 3-0 WMC girls’ soccer victory for the Wildcats […]
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Boys’ Soccer: York gets best of Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Homecoming is a time for old friends to reconnect. Unfortunately for Gray-New Gloucester’s current boys’ soccer players, connecting was hard to do. By the time the Patriots did start putting passes together, they were down 2-0 and visiting York held on at the end for a 2-1 WMC victory at Myles Burbank Memorial […]
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H.S. Football: Wells wallops Mountain Valley
WELLS — Evan Whitten ran for three touchdowns in the second quarter to give host Wells a commanding lead it didn’t relinquish as part of a 49-6 victory over Mountain Valley in a Class C South football clash at Warrior Memorial Field on Friday night. The Warriors (4-0) were already up 15-0 heading into the second […]
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HS Football: Marshwood thumps Leavitt
SOUTH BERWICK — It wasn’t melodrama this week. It was reality. The Marshwood High School football team walked onto the field to face Leavitt on Friday with a sub-.500 record for the first time since 2011. Two hours later, players walked off the field with their heads up a little higher. The defense ruled the […]