LIVERMORE FALLS — Long touchdown runs by Alwayne Uter and Brandon Stearns broke it open in the second quarter Friday night, sending Spruce Mountain to a 56-19 Western Class C football win over Gray-New Gloucester. Spruce Mountain (5-1) has won four straight games and remains in the hunt for one of the two first-round byes […]
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H.S. Football: Phoenix are fast learners
LIVERMORE FALLS — The game has slowed down for the Spruce Mountain Phoenix this year. Their opponents wish they could say the same thing about the Phoenix themselves. In their second year immersed in head coach Walter Polky’s triple option offense, the Phoenix are collecting big plays and points at a rate unseen in their […]
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H.S. Football: Phoenix edge Knights
POLAND — Brandon Stearns figured he was the rightful owner of tipped pass that was floating in the end zone. Stearns reached up and snatched the ball in a sea of defenders. The Spruce Mountain tight end brought the ball into his arms, and with it, the winning touchdown with 1:22 left in the football […]
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Class C Football: Spruce Mountain Ring-s up Cape Elizabeth
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was like the moment in the action movie when the cop and his understudy make eye contact because they both notice the smoking-gun clue at the same time. Backed almost to their own goal line and facing third-and-long, Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky and quarterback Peter Theriault distracted Cape Elizabeth by […]
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MVC Field Hockey: One streak ends, one continues as Spruce slips Dirigo
JAY — Whether their brand of hockey is played on ice or grass, coaches consistently preach the importance of scoring in the first minute of a period or the last minute. Goals are great whenever, of course, but to chalk one up right out of the starting blocks or just before the water and orange […]
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Sun Journal Football Top Performer
Matt Vigue, Spruce Mountain The explosive, all-purpose junior scored on a 61-yard run, a 58-yard reception, an 80-yard kick return and a 1-yard rush in a 45-8 rout of Mountain Valley. Vigue has nine touchdowns through three games, eight of them from 20 yards or more.
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Boys’ Soccer: Saints storm past Phoenix in battle of unbeatens
JAY — The changing face of the Saint Dominic Academy boys’ soccer roster this autumn might have transitioned the Saints from a dreaded opponent on the MVC schedule into a measuring stick. However you view St. Dom’s, the end result is the same: Winning. Impressively. Spruce Mountain squelched its vaunted visitors for a while Tuesday […]
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T. Doughty: Story was missing something
After reading the Sept. 7 article by staff writer Kalle Oakes on the Spruce Mountain-Freeport football game, I felt the need to provide more information about the “bizarre finish.” It is disappointing that the Sun Journal would print a story that smears the Freeport football program without contacting the Freeport coach to get a balanced […]
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High School Notebook: Phoenix turning scoreboards to ashes
Speed and depth are a dangerous combination, especially in field hockey. Spruce Mountain has plenty of both, and is lighting up scoreboards in the MVC. Ever since their 1-1 tie with fellow unbeaten Lisbon, the thump of ball striking the wooden base of the cage has been common at Spruce Mountain games. In six games, […]
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Class C Football: Spruce Mountain sprints away from Mountain Valley
LIVERMORE FALLS — It’s one of those catch phrases that football coaches drum through the ear holes of the helmet until it loses all meaning: Control what you can control. Unfortunately for Spruce Mountain, two of those uncontrollable factors Friday night, at least in the first half, were the clock and possession of the ball. […]