Jill Pelletier, right, and Amy Sperandio of Lewiston High School react after winning their No. 2 doubles match against Falmouth High School on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The No. 2 court at Lewiston High School became “center court” just like at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open, or at the All England Club, […]
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Girls Tennis: Blue Devils embrace underdog role
Lewiston’s Abby Svor tosses a ball during a serve Saturday morning’ during her match against Camden Hills. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)LLewiston’s #2 singles player Julia Svor hits a forehand during Saturday morning’s match against Camden Hills. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — For the past few days, the texts and phone calls flowed in for Lewiston girls’ tennis coach Anita Murphy […]
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Forester, Grace Campanella win MPA tennis titles
PORTLAND — Indoor tennis in late May always carries with it an antiseptic air, absent sun and wind and noise from passing traffic. On Monday afternoon inside the Racket & Fitness Center, yet another element was missing: partisanship. Both girls and boys championship matches of the Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament pitted teammates against […]
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Boys' hockey: Biddeford knocks off Falmouth in OT in A South semifinal
Biddeford’s Colin Petit takes the puck down the ice as Nick Farnham of Falmouth moves in on defense Saturday during their Class A South semifinal at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — Biddeford couldn’t shake Falmouth for three periods, but the defending regional champion Yachtsmen couldn’t shake the […]
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Hockey: Falmouth boys get better of Lewiston
FALMOUTH — The second meeting between last year’s Class A boys’ hockey state finalists was much more defensive than the first go-round this season. A month after Lewiston and Falmouth combined for nine goals, the Yachtsmen scored the same amount again — but with a different outcome — in a 4-1 victory at Family Ice […]
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Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill girls blank Falmouth
FALMOUTH — It was senior night for the Falmouth girls’ hockey team Saturday, but the spotlight was stolen by the Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill’s freshmen, who provided enough offense against Yachtsmen junior Julia Bonnvie in a 3-0 victory at Family Ice Center. “I mean, 50 shots, yes you’d like more goals out of that, but the reality […]
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Girls' hockey: St. Dom's powers past Falmouth, 8-0
Falmouth’s goalie Julia Bonnvie deflects the puck past St. Dominic’s Gigi Ouellette during Tuesday night’s hockey game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The way the St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team can score goals makes even 5-on-5 play difficult sometimes. To go a player down — or two — makes that task even […]
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Boys' hockey: Lewiston hangs on to defeat Falmouth
LEWISTON — The battle between Falmouth and Lewiston was expected to go down to the wire, but nobody expected the ending the game play out like it did. The Blue Devils nursed a two goal lead for 13 of the final 15 minutes, but held on to a 5-4 victory at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
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Girls hockey: Dumond's hat trick lifts the Blue Devils over Falmouth
LEWISTON — Lewiston/Oak Hill/Monmouth girls’ hockey coach Ron Dumont wasn’t sure what type of effort he was expecting after a big win over St. Dom’s in his teams’ previous outing. Instead of a big-game hangover, the Blue Devils powered through yet another opponent, responding with a 7-2 victory over Falmouth at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
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Falmouth, St. Dom's settle for boys' hockey draw
AUBURN — Falmouth kept shooting, and St. Dom’s goalie Gaston Fuksa kept stopping the puck — particularly in overtime. Fuksa — a junior— made 15 of his 37 saves in overtime to preserve a 3-3 tie at the Norway Savings Bank Arena Wednesday in a key early-season Class A hockey matchup. “He covers his angles […]