The rest of the Mountain Valley Conference is welcoming back Spruce Mountain, and the Phoenix are glad to be back after a three-year hiatus in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. “The schools are familiar to what most of our community grew up competing against,” coach Scott Bessey said. “The travel will be way better and […]
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2017-18 Sun Journal cheering capsules
Buckfield Bucks Coach: Jennifer Dobson (first year) and Vickie Dobson (first year) Class: D Last year’s results: Sixth at Class D North/South regional championship, sixth at Class D state championship Team roster: Seniors — Hailey McNeil, Marie Roberston, Meagan Strout, Cassidy Hart, Panata Buttirachai (Way Way); Junior — Wyatt Lewis; Sophomores — Chloe Warren, Molly Bourget, Saige Collette, Pacha […]
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2017 Sun Journal All-Region Golf Team
Player of the Year: Jacob Gaudin, Dirigo First Team Jacob Gaudin, Dirigo Stephanie Rodrigue, Lewiston Will Cassidy, Edward Little Markella Gammaitoni, St. Dom’s Aaron Perkins, Edward Little Trevor Flanagan, Monmouth Second Team Dylan Sellinger, Edward Little Alex Robert, Lewiston Demetri Gammaitoni, St. Dom’s Adam White, St. Dom’s Haley Turcotte, Spruce Mountain Parker Thibault, Lewiston Honorable […]
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Even though P.O.D. is D.O.A., Phoenix primed for start of winter season
The Spruce Mountain High School boy’s basketball team runs drills in Jay on Monday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) JAY — The sound of basketballs pounding hardwood and rattling rims rang out across the state for the first day of winter sports practice Monday, and no more so than inside the perpetually cacophonous gym at Spruce Mountain […]
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D South quarterfinal: Falcons run through Phoenix, 26-6
Mountain Valley’s Jacob Blanchard, left, uses a stiff arm against Spruce Mountain’s Brandon Frey to get extra yards during Friday night’s football game at Hosmer Field in Rumford. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — What was expected to be a smashmouth Class D South quarterfinal on Friday night between No. 5 Spruce Mountain and No. 4 […]
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Game of the Week: Phoenix at Falcons is Mountain of a matchup
When Class D South schedule was released last summer, football fans in Rumford, Mexico, Jay and Livermore Falls were left scratching their heads. How could the slate not include a meeting of two teams, merely separated by a half-hour drive, who have met eight times in six years, through two classes? The schools tried to […]
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Football: Madison/Carrabec swamps Spruce Mountain
LIVERMORE FALLS — Madison/Carrabec gave Spruce Mountain’s defense the head spins on the opening drive of a Class D South football game Friday night. That was just the beginning of the Phoenix’s (5-3) headaches at Griffin Field. The Bulldogs (7-1) were equally formidable on defense, and that set the tone for their 44-8 victory over Spruce […]
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Field hockey: Phoenix collar Bulldogs
Phoenix sophomore Emily Castonguay slips the ball past Hall-Dale goalie Kaylee Magee in the second half of a field hockey game in Jay on Tuesday. JAY — It was the type of victory where the entire Spruce Mountain team got into the act and an opportunity for players to hone their skills for the postseason […]
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Boys' soccer: Monmouth shakes stubborn Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain’s Gage Kneeland (16) heads the ball in the net for the first goal of the game in the first half as Monmouth goalie Bradley Neal tries to block Kneeland’s shot in a soccer game in Jay on Monday afternoon. The Mustangs won, 3-2. JAY — When Wade Coulombe saw the ball right in […]
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Spruce Mountain field hockey edges Dirigo in OT
DIXFIELD — Dirigo and Spruce Mountain faced off in a fierce battle Friday afternoon in a Mountain Valley Conference field hockey game, and with no winner decided in regulation, it was off to overtime. In the extra session, the Phoenix used the open space of the 7-on-7 format to their advantage. Sophomore Emily Castonguay scored […]