No one needs to remind the Mountain Valley Falcons that almost doesn’t count in basketball. Seven of the their 11 losses last year were by six points or less. Those near-misses became even more painful when they came up shy of a berth in the tournament by one spot. The Falcons have several good reasons […]
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Telstar Boys' Basketball
The Rebels return four seniors, three who were starters last year. Forward Jarrett Bean, who has led them in scoring and rebounding the last two years. He led the MVC in the latter last year. He will be joined in the frontcourt by fellow seniors Connor Landes and Aaron Vermette. Blake Rothwell will run the […]
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Oxford Hills Boys' Basketball
The transfer of Matt Fleming to Bangor during the off-season put a damper on Oxford Hills’ hopes of improving on last year’s regional semifinal appearance. The Vikings will still be athletic and play tough defense, and still have an experienced nucleus. But the biggest of the multiple voids left by the talented junior forward’s departure […]
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Oak Hill Boys' Basketball
Few Oak Hill boys’ basketball teams have had a tougher act to follow than this year’s Raiders. Coming off of a regional semifinal appearance, the Raiders will have to replace three starters and six contributors overall. Coach Tom Smith isn’t letting that limit the Raiders’ postseason plans, though. “The goal is to get back there […]
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Winthrop Boys' Basketball
After coming oh so close last year, Winthrop wants nothing more than another crack at winning a gold ball. But if graduating eight seniors, half of them starters, isn’t enough to convince the Ramblers they can’t just pick up where they left off last season, coach Todd MacArthur is reminding them they have a lot […]
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Edward Little Boys' Basketball
Defense is a constant at Edward Little and has been ever since Mike Adams became the head coach. It may be the biggest reason the Red Eddies have consistently competed in Class A and now AA . The Eddies should have defense to fall back on again as they work out the kinks in their […]
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Lewiston Boys' Basketball
Drawing players from sports that have enjoyed recent success such as soccer, football and lacrosse, Lewiston basketball is hoping some of that winning can rub off on the hardwood this year. “It’s a lot of highly competitive kids who are hard workers,” coach Tim Farrar said. “But it’s also some kids who haven’t played in […]
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Girls' hockey: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill pushes past York/Traip/Marshwood, 5-0
Brie Dube, center, follows through on her shot on York goalie Erin Gray during the second period of Wednesday night’s game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill and York/Traip/Marshwood both entered Wednesday night’s girls’ hockey clash with 2-0 records and a lot of goals scored during their […]
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H.S. football: EL’s Hartley, Leavitt’s Albert are Fitzpatrick semifinalists
Edward Little’s Grant Hartley passes the ball before Lewiston’s Jeremy Madore can tackle him during the Battle of the Bridge football game in October at Garcelon Field at Bates College. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Edward Little quarterback Grant Hartley and Leavitt quarterback Tim Albert join state champions Owen Garrard of Scarborough High and Nolan Potter of […]
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H.S. Cheering: Oak Hill hopes to tumble to the top
The Oak Hill competition cheering squad include, from left to right: Front row: Sidney Mills, Kiara Levesque, Peyton Wright, Isabelle Michaud, Autumn Byras. Middle row: Mykayla Greenleaf, Kenzie Parker, Meaddoe Brown, Kirstin Hahn. Back: Morgan Inman, Sarah Duchesneau, Noah Garnett. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) WALES — It’s early December, but the calendar says February 10, 2018 […]