Coach: Scott Bessey (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: B South Last year’s record: 11-8, lost in Class B South quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Andrew Darling (5-9 guard), James Ouellette (6-1 forward), Matt Cornelio (5-11 forward), Brandon Anctil (6-3 forward); Juniors — Austin Darling (5-8 guard), Caulin Parker (6-2 forward), Noah Preble (5-10 guard). Key losses: Deonte […]
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Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball: New opponents, new faces for Phoenix
A year ago, the Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball faced a new schedule in a new conference with a new coach. The new look of Maine high school basketball sees the Phoenix flying into another vastly different, interconference slate this winter, with mostly a new team on the floor. Spruce Mountain sent a trio of three-year […]
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2015 Winter Preview: Class B South girls’ basketball preview
It will be a challenge for the Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball team to top what it did last year during the regular season. The Patriots went 17-1 and then lost in the Western B semifinals. Gray-NG lost a wealth of talent from that team, but still has a core back that should keep the Patriots […]
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Class B boys’ basketball: KVAC, WMC set to square off before February
When Poland boys’ basketball coach Tyler Tracy looks at the Knights’ schedule, he sees both the beauty and the extreme challenge of the new reality in Class B South. “We only have three doubles and play 15 schools,” Tracy said. “Our schedule makes things interesting. Every night will be a grind, but it will ultimately […]
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Coach: Dianna Pomerleau (first year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Athletes: Juniors — Haley Beaupre, Lisa Ortega,; sophomores — Elizabeth Smith Hodgken, Samantha Cormier, Savannah Paul; Freshmen — Anna Bradford, Harmony Castonguay, Emaline Dorey, Sarah Crafts, Theresa Griffin, Hannah Maurais, Jasper Butler, Samantha Cormier. Season outlook: The Phoenix are hoping that they move up in standings this season. In […]
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Field hockey: Eells goal lifts Leavitt past Spruce Mountain in Class B South semifinal
While the truth may lie somewhere in the middle, one thing no one can dispute: The senior defender’s strike was a game-changer — and a game-winner. Eells’ tally, and the Hornets’ swarming defense, stood up against a flurry of Spruce Mountain pressure late in the second half as Leavitt clawed its way into the Class […]
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H.S. Football: Craig, Green unstoppable for Leavitt against Spruce Mountain
TURNER — Leavitt football Senior Night was unofficially dedicated to Adam Smith, with good and obvious reason, but fellow upperclassmen Levi Craig and Max Green put on a show Friday night that the Hornets and their fans at Libby Field won’t soon forget. Craig was 21-for-37 for a staggering 423 yards, and Green caught all four […]
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Field hockey: Lewis leads way as Lawrence staves off Spruce Mountain rally, 4-3
JAY — Second-half explosions are the norm for Spruce Mountain field hockey, so a one-goal deficit didn’t frighten the Phoenix as they prepared to break the halftime huddle Tuesday against Lawrence. But wait a minute. Literally. Alexis Laverdiere and Dominique Lewis each scored in the first 58 seconds of the half, and Lawrence staved off a […]
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H.S. Football: Cook scores three TDs, Yarmouth ‘D’ smothers Spruce Mountain
None of those things helped matters, but the bottom line was that the Yarmouth defense wouldn’t budge an inch most of Friday night at Griffin Field. The undefeated Clippers rolled to a 29-8 Class C South football win over the Phoenix as a consequence. Cody Cook rushed for three touchdowns and was sensational at linebacker […]
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Field hockey: Leclerc goal lifts Spruce Mountain past Leavitt
LeClerc netted the game’s lone goal and Ryan stopped 10 shots — three of them on hard-hit risers in the final 10 minutes of play — to lift Spruce Mountain over Leavitt 1-0, avenging a late-season, home-field loss to the Hornets last season. “I just had flashbacks of last year’s game, when we scored first, […]