The L/A Nordiques extended their season-opening win streak to six games with a 5-2 victory over the Northeast Generals, as 580 fans took in the Nordiques’ home opener at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. The Nordiques were battling through an illness that is spreading around the locker room. They were further shorthanded because Armand O’Keefe missed […]
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Local roundup: Unbeaten Leavitt football holds back Nokomis
TURNER — Quarterback Wyatt Hathaway ran for 106 yards and threw for 183 yards to lead Leavitt to a 25-6 victory over Nokomis in football action Friday evening. Stephen Gray added five points on the board with a pair of point afters and a field goal for the Hornets. Gray also had an interception, while […]
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H.S. football: Wells routs Lisbon
Lisbon’s Isaiah Thompson is surrounded by Wells defense during a run in the first half at Wells on Friday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) WELLS — Tim Roche gave his unbeaten Wells football team a simple message at halftime Friday night: Keep playing your game. “I thought we were kind of down and said, ‘Guys, we’re […]
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H.S. football: Bulldogs rough up Red Eddies
Portland’s Zachary Elowitch follows his blockers on his way to the end zone for Portland against Edward Little on Friday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Hard-nosed defense and an increasingly diverse offense have placed Portland High at the top of Class A North football. Friday evening at Fitzpatrick Stadium, the Bulldogs’ physical play […]
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H.S. football: Dragons come out on fire, overwhelm Cougars
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick scored four times on its first eight plays from scrimmage to roar out to a 27-6 lead and overwhelm Mt. Blue, 47-12, at the Dragons’ homecoming on Friday night. Coming off a 42-0 home loss to Kennebunk the week before, the Dragons not only came out breathing fire but kept the heat […]
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H.S. football: Ramblers take over early, throttle Black Bears
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale running back Ian Steele runs with ball Friday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — With a game against Class E Maranacook sitting between a dramatic win over Poland and a marquee matchup with Class D power Lisbon, it would have been understandable if the Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale football team showed up Friday […]
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H.S. football: Savage, Bulldogs get by Raiders
Oak Hill’s Samuel Lindsay (14) gets tackled by Madison’s Brad Peters (55) in the first quarter in Madison on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) MADISON — Josh Savage got on a hot streak. The kind running backs always hope happen. Four straight carries turned into four straight touchdowns for the Madison senior. Three of those […]
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H.S. football: Freeport runs past Dirigo
FREEPORT — Playing for the top spot in Class E, Dirigo and Freeport both Friday night’s football game was big. The Cougars came into Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field hoping to remain unbeaten. The Falcons, though, had other plans, and shut down the Dirigo offense in the second half to pull away for a […]
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Skydiving instructor's body found in Lebanon
Searchers late Friday afternoon found the body of skydiving instructor who somehow became detached from his partner during a tandem jump the day before. Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was part of a tandem skydiving jump that originated from Skydive New England in Lebanon. His body was found about 750 feet southwest of […]
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Rangeley group among arts award-winners
Artists and arts administrators across Maine came together in Portland on Friday to celebrate their accomplishments and recognize their leaders as part of the first Maine Arts Awards. The midday awards ceremony at Hannaford Hall at the University of Southern Maine was the centerpiece of the two-day Maine International Conference on the Arts, presented by […]