Spruce Mountain’s big plays have been a little better than Wells’ long drives. At the risk of oversimplifying the details, that has been the story in the two most recent renewals of the budding rivalry between the Phoenix and Warriors. There’s no reason to expect either team to shy away from using their meal ticket […]
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MVHS wins over SMHS in WGME School Spirit Challenge
RUMFORD — A hard-fought battle between Mountain Valley High School and Spruce Mountain High School resulted in the Rumford school gathering the most amount of food for the WGME School Spirit Challenge. Eight high schools participated in the challenge. MVHS Principal Matt Gilbert, a 1991 graduate of the former JHS, and T.J. Plourde, a 1994 […]
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Class C West Football Quarterfinal: Spruce Mountain squelches Mountain Valley
There’s Wells at home next week, and potentially a trip to Leavitt two weeks down the highway. But after last Saturday’s 28-14 loss to the Hornets – one in which the Phoenix lost out on an undefeated regular season and home field advantage – how they handled Halloween Night against the Falcons was a good […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Phoenix aim to get back on track
High school football fans had mixed feelings about the consolidation of Jay and Livermore Falls in 2011. One major positive out of the school merger, in gridiron terms, was the idea that the communities would face Mountain Valley again after more than a decade in different divisions. Someday, maybe even in the next year or […]
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Field Hockey: York surges past Spruce Mountain for Western Class B title
Scoreless at the half, York scored four goals in the final 30 minutes — three off the stick of Alie Jones — as the Wildcats claimed their ninth regional championship in the past 11 years with a 4-0 victory over Spruce Mountain on Thursday at Scarborough High School. The Phoenix’s defense bent but didn’t break […]
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Field hockey playoffs: Spruce Mountain stymies Leavitt in West B semifinal
TURNER — When Spruce Mountain made the decision to leave the Class C-dominated MVC for the Class A- and Class B-heavy KVAC, one of the hopes was that its teams would be better prepared for their annual foray into the Western Class B playoff bracket into which they are customarily thrown. That the Phoenix justified […]
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H.S. Football: Leavitt cuts down Spruce, locks up top seed
TURNER — If this was a building year for Leavitt football, it’s safe to say the Hornets can cut the ribbon. Led by Mitchel Davis’ two interceptions and the tireless tackling of Will Parkin, Taylor Woodbury and Chandler Lajoie, Leavitt shut out explosive Spruce Mountain in the second half Saturday night and walked away with […]
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RSU 73 superintendent makes suggestions for school buildings’ needs
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey is recommending that the former Livermore Falls High and Middle schools be offered to the town — and if the town doesn’t want them, then sell them. The board received his proposals at its meeting Thursday night and will discuss them at a future meeting. […]
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Lewiston-EL, Leavitt-Spruce football games postponed to Saturday night
Arguably the two most significant high school football games of the weekend — one for age-old bragging rights, the other with a conference championship and playoff home-field advantage on the line — have been pushed back 24 hours due to soggy field conditions. The 172nd Battle of the Bridge between Edward Little and Lewiston has […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Role reversal for Route 4 rivals
Jay and Livermore Falls lost each other as football rivals due to school consolidation. Leavitt and Mt. Blue’s budding gridiron relationship ended abruptly thanks to Maine Principals’ Association reclassification. Thankfully for players and fans, all the necessary elements — proximity, relative strength, even a coach or two and parents with ties to both communities — […]