Is this year’s team going to be like the one that got off to a 3-1 start, including an overtime win and an OT loss to the nation’s No. 3 team? Or is it going to be like the club that went 0-2-2 in two road series against unranked opponents and got outshot 165-108 in […]
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High school soccer: Maranacook keeps Leavitt at bay
AUBURN — With the playoffs a week away, the Leavitt boys’ soccer team was looking for a tough match against some tough competition in its final regular season game. Tough is what they got. The undefeated Maranacook Black Bears took care of business, attacking the Hornets with a 6-0 victory in boys’ Class B soccer […]
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Versatile run game helps UMaine football team achieve balanced attack
Coach Joe Harasymiak has always wanted to establish a balanced attack, mixing the run and the pass to keep opposing defenses off balance. That is what the University of Maine had in Saturday’s 20-16 Colonial Athletic Association victory over Albany. For the first time this season, three running backs gained at least 43 rushing yards […]
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Women’s Hockey: Maine shocks No. 5 Boston College
Vendula Pribylova provided the game-winning goal with 36.9 seconds left, re-directing in a point shot from Brittany Colton. “The thought process was really just kind of get it to the net, don’t get it blocked,” Colton, a freshman, said. “I saw some teammates in front of the net, just shoot the puck, hope and pray […]
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Ramblers roll over Black Bears, finish regular season unbeaten
WINTHROP — The next time the Winthrop/Monmouth Ramblers play a football game that counts, their little brothers’ and sisters’ Halloween candy will be half gone, and their parents will be less than a week away from electing a new President of the United States. That’s why, with winless Maranacook serving as the foe, the Ramblers […]
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College Football: Maine rallies past Bryant
ORONO — The University of Maine overcame a 21-point, first-half deficit and a 17-point second-half disadvantage on Saturday to stun Bryant University 35-31 at Alfond Stadium. UMaine (1-3) snapped a seven-game losing streak and gave coach Joe Harasymiak his first win as the Black Bears’ head football coach. Freshman running back Josh Mack scored two […]
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H.S. Football: Dirigo back on track, beats Maranacook
READFIELD — The only way to go was up for Dirigo after getting shut out last week. But instead of up, the Cougars decided to go right through their opponent Wednesday, and the points finally came. Dirigo scored often on offense, once on special teams and almost on defense in a 45-13 victory at Ricky […]
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Bob McPhee’s inspiring ride from the hospital to the Hall of Fame
Outside McPhee’s home, his good friend Ryan Palmer arrives to help the wheelchair-bound sportswriter into a van for the short drive to Dirigo, where McPhee is set to cover the game for the Sun Journal of Lewiston and the Rumford Falls Times. For the 57-year-old McPhee, this routine of covering high school sports — his […]
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College football: James Madison’s big plays sink UMaine
Junior quarterback Bryan Schor tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to John Miller on third-and-11 1:46 into the fourth quarter to give the Dukes a 24-20 lead and, following a Raven Greene interception, Cardon Johnson dashed 52 yards to give them the game’s first double-digit lead for either team in the seesaw affair. Senior running back […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Lewiston pulls away from Mt. Blue
Lewiston scored two goals less than 30 seconds apart late in the first half to create separation, then piled it on with seven more goals in the second half for a 10-1 win in a KVAC Class A boys’ soccer game at Don Roux Field on Saturday. “That’s the game plan every game with every […]