WINTHROP — Homecoming may be the most exciting day on the fall sports schedule, but it also presents its share of hazards for the home team. Unbeaten Winthrop found that out the hard way when undefeated Spruce Mountain crashed homecoming with three goals in the first half on its way to a 3-1 win in […]
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H.S. Roundup: Devils get by Vikings in boys’ soccer
PARIS — Abdi Hersi led a trio of players to register goals Wednesday as Lewiston hustled to a 3-0 victory over Oxford Hills in KVAC boy’s soccer action. Kwebena Akuffo-Anoff and Maslah Hassan also tallied for the Blue Devils (4-1) to complete the scoring. Austin Wing needed only two saves to notch the shutout. Jake […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Greyhounds blank Hawks for first win
SOUTH HIRAM — Jordon Torres scored three touchdowns and amassed more than 200 all-purpose yards Friday night, leading Lisbon to a 38-0 Western Class D football victory over Sacopee Valley. Torres had a 1-yard run, a 70-yard punt return and a 6-yard reception from Kyle Bourget for first-half scores. Quincy Thompson and Joe Philbrick combined […]
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Off the Clipboard: Injury career-ending for Spruce sub
First, the extremely good news. Spruce Mountain sophomore running back Zack Black is back on his feet and on the mend after a scary scene at the end of Saturday’s game with Freeport. The bad news is that Black’s career on the gridiron is likely over before it really got rolling. Black confirmed this week […]
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The Hot Corner: The politics of dancing (how coaches tiptoe through blowouts)
Week 1 of high school football quickly showed me two things: A) Adding a fourth class didn’t dramatically reduce the number of blowouts. B) The politics of navigating those one-sided games, for both victorious and vanquished coaches, will never change. Coaches consistently proclaim that games of hammer-versus-nail “aren’t good for anybody,” and those gentlemen are […]
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Parents check out renovation at Spruce Mountain Middle School
JAY — The new classroom space smells fresh and new, Crystal Ducharme said at Tuesday night’s Spruce Mountain Middle School open house. She and scores of other parents and their children wandered the corridors, spoke with teachers and saw the new section of the school. “I like it down here,” said Ducharme’s eighth-grade daughter. “There’s […]
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High School Roundup: Eddies cage Bulldogs
AUBURN — Michael Hammond led a group of four players to tally goals Tuesday as Edward Little outgunned Lawrence 4-0 in another KVAC matchup. Seth Sterling, Jared Plourde and Brandon Binette also tallied for the Eddies to complete the scoring. Lew Jensen made 12 saves for Edward Little, while Zachary Alley turned aside 11 shots […]
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Class C Football: Vigue, Phoenix fly past Freeport
FREEPORT — Spruce Mountain slot back Matt Vigue runs like the driver of a standard-transmission sports car rifling through the gears. There’s almost the hint of a half-speed, warm-up phase when Vigue takes a pitch from quarterback Peter Theriault. Then he applies the brakes, turns the wheel in the opposite direction and finds a faster […]
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Preview 2013: Spruce Mountain football
Coach: Walter Polky (second year) Class: Western C Last year’s record: 3-5 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Alwayne Uter (TB/OLB), Austin Couture (WR/DE), Tristan Castonguay (G/LB), Brandon Stearns (LB), Corey Ridley (SS); Juniors — Peter Theriault (QB/FS), Matt Vigue (WR), Deonte Ring (WR/CB), Anthony York (T/DE), Dylan Smith (T/DT). Key losses: Kyle Souther (T/MLB), Josh Wilcox […]
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Preview 2013: Western Class C football
As autumns go by and the competition has a chance to explore the new, four-class landscape of Maine high school football, Leavitt might begin to look like a perfect fit for Class C. In the here-and-now, though, the Hornets are loaded, experienced and angry after an unsatisfying, abrupt conclusion to the 2012 campaign. “The disappointment […]