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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications

Cape Elizabeth 35, Spruce Mountain 20 Winthrop/Monmouth 21, Dirigo 14 Lisbon 26, Oak Hill 20 Windham 26, Cheverus 21 Bonny Eagle 35, Sanford 13 Thorton Academy 38, Scarborough 13 Brewer 42, Cony 28 Brunswick 48, Messalonskee 21 Marshwood 28, Kennebunk 20 Biddeford 28, Greely 22 MDI 35, Oceanside 12 Winslow 22, Madison/Carrabec 20 Wells 28, […]

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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz

No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (5-4) at No. 1 PORTLAND (7-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Physically, the Vikings aren’t scared of anybody. And emotionally, they are coming off their first playoff win in 16 years. But they’re making their way to Fitzpatrick Stadium two weeks earlier than every team dreams of at the start of the regular […]

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Monday Morning Quarterback: Party over here, tears over there

Two distinctly different emotions erupt in the moments immediately after the conclusions of an overtime playoff football game. One, obviously, is euphoria, especially when it comes from a program that hadn’t won a playoff game in 16 years (before some players on the team were born) and hadn’t won a home playoff game in 22 […]

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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz

No. 5 EDWARD LITTLE (3-5) at No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (4-4) Friday, 7 p.m. A rematch of what might have been the game of the year, a comeback 32-28 win for the Red Eddies. the playoff matchup will also take place in South Paris, with the Vikings hosting their first home playoff game in 15 […]

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First and 10: Head to head with Wil and Lee

Horton: Well, that was a fun regular season. I saw eight of the 13 high school football teams in our coverage area. Out of those 13 teams, Mt. Blue and Gray-New Gloucester are the only ones that aren’t advancing to the postseason. So let’s look at those two teams. Gray-NG had a tough season. The Patriots […]

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Football: Spruce Mountain works OT, tops Mountain Valley

RUMFORD — Austin Darling followed the script perfectly for Spruce Mountain on Friday, benefitting from a total team effort and helping to lead the Phoenix to a critical season-ending victory. Darling saw an opening, broke outside and sprinted for a 10-yard touchdown on the Phoenix’s first play in overtime, capped a thrilling 18-12 win over […]

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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications

Mountain Valley 24, Spruce Mountain 16 Edward Little 34, Lewiston 20 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 35, Bangor 8 Dirigo 27, Old Orchard Beach 20 Poland 26, Gray-New Gloucester 14 Skowhegan 34, Mt. Blue 20 Oak Hill 36, Traip 14 Lisbon 38, Medomak Valley 6

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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz

Friday, 7 p.m. The goal is simple for the Hornets: win and they’re in the playoffs. But that would mean beating a Biddeford team that will be motivated after losing its first game of the season last week. SPRUCE MOUNTAIN (4-3) at MOUNTAIN VALLEY (4-3) Friday, 7 p.m. A home game in the first round […]