AUBURN — Olivia Paione netted a goal in each half Friday as Edward Little rolled to a 2-0 victory over Hampden Academy in a KVAC girls’ soccer matchup. Molly Murray made 11 saves for the Red Eddies (9-1-2) to notch the shutout, while Eliza Eastman turned aside 10 shots between the posts for Hampden (7-2-2). […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Eddies break out, get first win
BERWICK — By air, by ground, and with some gutsy defense and special teams work, Edward Little played a complete game Friday night and picked up its first Class A football win of the season, 41-14, over Noble. Matt Verrill threw four touchdown passes and Hunter Martin ran for a 96-yard touchdown immediately following a […]
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H.S. soccer notebook: Roadrunners respond to early loss
An early season loss and a humbling experience can be tough for a team to overcome, but the Mt. Abram boys soccer team shrugged off an early-season disappointment and have been producing success ever since. The Roadrunners lost to unbeaten Mountain Valley 10-0 early in the year. It was a surprise result for a Mt. […]
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Boys’ soccer: Bangor uses strong second half to double up Edward Little
“The wall was taking up the left half of the goal,” Clein, a junior forward, said. “I saw the right half, and most keepers expect an inward-bending ball. I realized an outward-bending ball off the outside of my foot would avoid the wall and hopefully find the back of the net.” Clein’s strategy worked perfectly. […]
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Stags, Fitzpatrick run down Eddies
AUBURN — The Cheverus Stags quickly figured out weaknesses in Edward Little’s eight-man front and force-fed the Red Eddies with endless images of Joe Fitzpatrick rushing up field in a Class A Football game Friday night. Any time Fitzpatrick was hit, he rolled off an EL defender and rushed toward the end zone. The senior […]
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Field Hockey: Mt. Blue runs past Edward Little
AUBURN — Speed kills, and Mt. Blue High School’s speed crushed Edward Little on Thursday. The Cougars used their quick legs to beat the Red Eddies to seemingly every loose ball, and they ran away on the scoreboard as a result in a 6-0 victory at Sherwood Heights Elementary School. Mt. Blue received scoring contributions […]
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H.S. roundup: Lewiston girls’ soccer runs win streak to five with win over Lawrence
LEWISTON — Gabby Barrett fired a shot into the net from 30 yards out with 18 minutes left in the contest to give Lewiston a 1-0 victory over Lawrence in KVAC girls’ soccer action Tuesday. Kelsey St. Cyr made six saves to notch the shutout, the team’s fifth consecutive victory, while Lauren Wadleigh turned aside […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Edward Little’s quick start helps Red Eddies top Mt. Blue
AUBURN — The Edward Little girls’ soccer team had been reading press clippings, but not in search of news about its own squad. They had seen that Mt. Blue topped Mt. Ararat earlier in the season. The Red Eddies used that as a barometer in advance of Tuesday’s showdown with the Cougars. Edward Little made […]
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H.S. Football: Vikings vanquish elusive Eddies
PARIS – Football (and homecoming) wins have been few and cherished at Oxford Hills in the past decade. Even more frustrating for the Vikings: The inability to beat Edward Little, a rival with whom they’ve felt evenly matched. The jinx is over. Matt Smith and Davis Turner each scored a touchdown, and the Oxford Hills […]
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Former professor gifts over $2M for scholarships
A year and a half after he passed away, John Nickerson is still giving. An endowed scholarship fund and political science professorship have been established at the University of Maine Foundation with more than $2 million in gifts from Nickerson, a University of Maine alumnus and professor emeritus at the University of Maine at Augusta. […]