READFIELD — Max McQuillen missed Maranacook’s first nine baseball games with two fractures in his back. It sounds serious, because it is. One swing Friday afternoon against Spruce Mountain was pretty much all McQuillen was medically cleared to take. And one was all he needed. McQuillen’s no-doubt pinch home run to right field with one out […]
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H.S. softball: Maranacook rallies past Spruce Mountain
JAY — Each time the Spruce Mountain Phoenix built a lead against Maranacook, the Black Bears found a way to rally. With Spruce Mountain clinging to a two-run advantage entering the seventh, that trend continued and those final three outs proved elusive. “We felt good going into that last inning,” Spruce Mountain coach Clint Brooks […]
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2015 Eastern A softball preview
Four local teams hope to be in the mix this spring in Eastern Maine Class A. Oxford Hills, Edward Little and Mt. Blue all reached the playoffs last year and expect to again. Lewiston hopes to improve enough to challenge for a tourney spot. Oxford Hills went the furthest last spring, losing to Cony in […]
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Class B West baseball: Just like starting over for Poland
Statistics and baseball go together like hamburgers and ketchup. One such number has a bitter taste for Poland in the WMC and Class B West preseason. “We will have six seniors who had a combined seven games played on varsity last year,” Poland coach Mike Connor said. Alex Biron accounted for five of those contests […]
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Spruce Mountain baseball preview
Coach: Brian Dube (fourth year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year’s record: 7-9 Returning players: Senior — Bradley Hodges (1B); Juniors — Ian O’Donnell (C/P); Sebastian Lombardi (3B/P); Sophomores — Nate Goodine (SS/CF), Noah Preble (LF/CF), Austin Gilboe (P/2B). Key losses: Scottie Hall, Lucas Preble, John McKenna, Brandon Stearns. Promising newcomers: Senior — Matt Vigue (CF/SS), Anthony York (3B/P), Shane […]
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2015 Spruce Mountain softball preview
Coach: Clint Brooks (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year’s results: 9-7 Returning athletes: Seniors — Destiny White (OF), Kailee Newcomb (OF), Megan Duval (IF), Patti Ryan (OF), Katie Gordon (OF), Emily Keene (P); Juniors — Avery Goding (OF), Emily Hogan (IF), Mikayla Holt (IF), Kaylee Leclerc (OF), Grace Ryan (C); Sophomore — Alex […]
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Spruce Mountain girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Mark Stofan (first year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year’s results: 7-4 (sixth in Western Class B, regular season. Final record was 9-5 after losing in the Western Class B finals to Greely) Returning athletes: Senior — Abby Hartford; Sophomores — Gabrielle Richards, Evelyn Castonguay. Key losses: Seniors — Emily Taylor, Taylor Boynton, Brooke Cushing, Chelsea […]
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Spruce Mountain boys’ tennis
Coach: Bob Redman (first year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year’s results: 6-5 (Lost in the regional semifinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Jacob Luce, Nathan Billings, Nick Guild; Sophomore — Trevor Doiron, William Brenner. Key losses: Michael Paradis, David Stone. Promising newcomers: Senior — Nick Billings, Trevor Webb; Junior — Brett Simard. Season outlook: The Spruce Mountain Phoenix […]
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Preview 2015: Spruce Mountain track and field
Coach: Bill Biliouris Conference: MVC; Class: B Last year’s results: Boys: fourth in MVC, 11th in Class B ; Girls: 13th in MVC, 19th in Class B. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Adam Wilcox (distance), Alex Greenleaf (distance), Sam Brenner (racewalk); Juniors — Cody Williams (sprints), Zack Black (sprints, throws), Trevor Judd (racewalk), James Herlihy; Sophomores — […]
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Jay, Canadian company want to apply for workforce training grant
JAY — Selectpersons have agreed to pursue a Workforce Development Grant Program with Polycor, a Canadian-based company that is developing the North Jay White Quarry and plans to build a plant to make granite curbing off Old Jay Hill Road. The town would be the applicant for the Community Development Block Grant and Polycor would […]