FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue was right at home Thursday, and it showed. Sking on the familiar snow of Titcomb Mountain in Farmington, the Mt. Blue Nordic ski teams jumped out ahead of the field at the Class A state championships in the classical discipline. Tucker Barber led the charge in the boys’ race, earning a […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Yarmouth staves off Spruce Mountain
For the Spruce Mountain boys on Saturday morning, it was a crawl. It was a trickle. It was frozen pipes. It was any other metaphor you might find valuable in the description of a game that saw the Phoenix score consecutive field goals, without a Yarmouth interruption, only once. The Clippers didn’t exactly craft an […]
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Class B South boys’ preview: Spruce Mountain draws co-favorite Yarmouth
Players to watch: Lake Region — Jack Lesure, Sr. G; Marcus DeVoe, Sr. F; Nate Smith, Sr. F; Maranacook — Kyle Wilbur Jr. G; Levi Emery Sr. C; Kent Mohlar, Sr. G; Yarmouth — Musseit M’Bareck Sr. G; Nolan Hagerty, Soph. F; Bailey Darling, Sr. G; Lincoln — Cody Tozier Jr. C; Riley Cushing, Jr. F; Taylor Holmes, Soph. […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Leavitt runs away from Spruce Mountain
JAY — Leavitt scored in bunches Tuesday night against Spruce Mountain. The Hornets had scoring runs of six points and eight points in the first half, then finished the game on 5-0 run to finish off the Phoenix for a 41-34 victory in a KVAC girls’ basketball game at the Phoenix Dome. The Phoenix (6-11) […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue stymies cold-shooting Spruce Mountain
Four consecutive turnovers by the home team led to a 7-0 lead for the Cougars out of the starting blocks. Then the Phoenix hit six of seven shots, including three 3-pointers, to go up by six points on the opening possession of the second quarter. Their next field goal? Twenty-two excruciating minutes of game time […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain slips away from Mt. Blue
It’s the kind of game the Phoenix admittedly have found a way to lose a few times this winter. Not this time, though. Andrew Darling — he of the earlier ‘T’ — sank two free throws to reclaim the lead with 2:22 to go, and Spruce Mountain kept cashing in from the line to polish off a […]
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Boys’ basketball: Last-second shot falls shy as Spruce Mountain falls to Lincoln
JAY — Spruce Mountain had a long range prayer to reach overtime against Lincoln after trailing by double digits midway through the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. When that shot at the horn didn’t fall in, sealing the Eagles’ 52-49 KVAC Class B boys’ basketball victory at the Phoenix Dome, Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey couldn’t […]
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Girls’ basketball: Lincoln challenge too tall for Spruce Mountain
JAY — Spruce Mountain is vertically challenged this girls’ basketball season, without any player standing taller than 5-foot-9. If you saw a 6-foot-2 senior on Lincoln’s bench and speculated that she might play a substantial role in the KVAC contest on Tuesday night at the Phoenix Dome, you guessed well. Samantha Burke provided 10 points on […]
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High school roundup: St. Dom’s back to .500 in win over Wiscasset
AUBURN — After trailing by six in the first frame, St. Dom’s used an 11-5 run in the fourth to record a 35-29 victory over Wiscasset in girls’ basketball action Thursday. Chloe Dwinell led the Saints (6-6) with 14 points, while Abby Castonguay chipped in with seven. The Wolverines (3-10) were paced by Gabby Chapman […]
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H.S. Boys’ Basketball: Spruce Mountain holds off late Leavitt charge
JAY — Winless Leavitt almost came back in the end to earn its first victory of the season, but the Hornets ran into a Spruce Mountain team that played an end-to-end brand of basketball that was the recipe for success in a 52-46 KVAC boys’ basketball victory Tuesday night at the Phoenix Dome. The game […]