By Patrick Carson TURNER —The Oxford Hills 7th Grade Vikings traveled to Leavitt Football Field this past Saturday night to take on equally undefeated Tripp Middle School. The first half of the game lived up to the anticipation as the Vikings took an 8-0 lead into halftime. The second half of the game was a […]
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Embracing the challenge: Oxford Hills Vikings Varsity baseball
By Patrick Carson OXFORD HILLS — “As a team they’re embracing the challenge,” was the comment made by Oxford Hills fall baseball coach Gary Williamson regarding the 2018 Vikings Varsity Baseball program. “These boys know they have the opportunity to do something special in 2018. They’ve been in this situation before when they were 13 and […]
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Field Hockey Lady Vikings find a future to look forward to
By Patrick Carson OXFORD HILLS — The combination of losing 14 seniors to graduation and the hardest schedule in Maine has proved to be a difficult task for the 2017 Lady Viking field hockey team. Yet if you happen to attend a field hockey practice or game, you would never know it by the laughter, […]
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Abuse from fans means Maine has fewer high school sports referees, umpires
Preseason practices for a new high school school sports year began Monday with great anticipation in the air. Players are anxious to play more important roles on their teams, while coaches begin to assemble the jigsaw puzzles of individual talent into units they hope will make their communities proud by the end of the season. […]
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Sports study: High school athletes not being fully protected
NEW YORK — A high school sports study conducted by the Korey Stringer Institute shows that many individual states are not fully implementing key safety guidelines to protect athletes from potentially life-threatening conditions, including heat stroke. More than 7.8 million high school students participate in sanctioned sports annually. KSI announced the results Tuesday at a […]
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Elite hosts: Cape Elizabeth residents open their homes, hearts to Beach to Beacon runners
CAPE ELIZABETH — Sheila Abourjaily has never run the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race, but she holds one of its records: most consecutive years hosting elite runners. This year is the race’s 20th anniversary, and Abourjaily’s 19th year hosting athletes at her Salt Spray Lane home during race week. Her daughter, Erin Dawson-Chalat, […]
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Roundup: Gray-New Gloucester stuns Cape Elizabeth in the seventh
GRAY — Chelsea Davis scampered around the bases in the bottom of the seventh to give Gray-New Gloucester a 5-4 victory over Cape Elizabeth. She reached first base on a dropped third strike, stole second, reached third on a passed ball and scored on a fielder’s choice to give the Patriots (5-5) a walkoff win. […]
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Portland Sea Dogs’ Opening Day Postponed Due to Rain
PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs home opening game scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday night at Hadlock Field in Portland has been postponed due to rain. The Sea Dogs are now set to open the season on Friday, April 7 at 6 p.m. vs. the Reading Fightin Phils. Thursday’s postponed game will be made-up as […]
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Boys’ basketball: Ramblers starve Bulldogs to stay unbeaten
WINTHROP — As if the chance to be the last unbeaten team standing in the Mountain Valley Conference wasn’t enough incentive for Tuesday night’s showdown with Madison, Winthrop knew it only had one crack at the Bulldogs and the heaping helping of Heal points that regular-season victory over them would bring. With that in mind, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Big men lead Winthrop to big win
FARMINGDALE — Having reached the 1,000-career point milestone, Jacob Hickey’s scoring prowess is well-established. That Winthrop’s senior guard finished with a game-high 23 points Thursday night, including one stretch where he scored 10 in a row for the Ramblers in their 68-52 win over Hall-Dale, is concerning for their MVC rivals, but nothing new. That […]