JAY — Nicole Hamblin’s stare was nearly enough to draw a card. Involved in a physical battle near midfield, the Spruce Mountain sniper echoed her team’s sentiments of frustration. Quickly, the coaching staff noticed it, and pulled her onto the sideline for a breather and a pep talk. About an hour later, Hamblin was the […]
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KVAC championship: Willingham runs away with it
AUGUSTA — Aaron Willingham left the competition in the dust. The Mt. Blue senior broke the course record at Cony with a time 16:56.5, beating his teammate Dan Lesko, who ran a time of 17:12.9 in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championships. “They were both able to play to their strengths today,” Mt. Blue coach […]
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High school roundup: Leavitt boys’ soccer rolls to seventh win
NEWPORT — Madison Noel netted a pair of goals and dished off an assist to propel Leavitt to a 3-0 win over Nokomis in a late-season KVAC boys’ soccer tilt Friday. Noel was on fire for the Hornets (7-6), even bending in their first tally in amazing fashion. Matt Grondin also scored in the second […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Phoenix flatten Lakers to set up showdown
LIVERMORE FALLS – Spruce Mountain stayed healthy, stayed unbeaten and set up another shot at the Campbell Conference regular season title and Class C West top seed with a 67-14 rout of Lake Region at Griffin Field on Friday night. Matt Vigue rambled for more than 200 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Phoenix […]
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Field hockey: Playoffs set to begin
It took three tries for Lisbon High School to figure out Oak Hill on the field hockey pitch. The Greyhounds are probably hoping for a fourth opportunity. West B No. 3 seed Lisbon edged No. 1 seed oak Hill in the teams’ conference championship at a neutral site on Friday as the team prepare for […]
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H.S. Soccer notebook: Spruce Mountain confirms Brown as boys’ coach
Willie Brown always thought he might be a head coach someday. He just wasn’t sure it was going to be in soccer or expecting it to be this year. The former multi-sport athlete at Livermore Falls started the year as the junior varsity coach with the Spruce Mountain boys’ team but suddenly found himself the […]
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Field hockey: Leavitt rallies past Spruce Mountain in second half
A strong move from Kierstin Leclerc at the top of the arc drew all of Spruce Mountain’s defenders from the goalmouth, though, and Leclerc relayed an Emma Martineau drive to Royer on the right side. Royer settled the ball and wristed it past Spruce Mountain goalie Grace Ryan with 9:04 to play in regulation, lifting […]
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Spruce Mountain student garden helps food pantry
JAY — Trevor Doiron, a Spruce Mountain High School sophomore, and a few other students and community members have just wrapped up their third year of growing a community garden. The garden, now with six beds, supplied the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard with 87 pounds of fresh vegetables. This year’s project included construction of […]
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Spirit Challenge filming set for Jay school
JAY — More than 400 Spruce Mountain High School students and teachers, along with parents and community members, will gather in the school gym at 5 a.m. Thursday to be filmed for the Spirit Challenge food drive. Spruce Mountain challenged Mountain Valley High School in Rumford to see who would bring in the most donations […]
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High school roundup: Ramblers grab MVC golf title
WINTHROP — Undefeated Winthrop backed up its regular-season dominance Monday, sweeping St. Dom’s and Madison to win the Mountain Valley Conference golf championship at Natanis Golf Course. Anthony Owens shot a 35 and the Ramblers (7-0) carded a season-low team total of 152 in the win over the Saints. Taylor Morang and Adam Hachey also […]