RUMFORD — Boothbay settled in to a rhythm and made things count at the right moments Friday night in its season-opening 43-23 victory over Mountain Valley in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball game at Puiia Gymnasium. Boothbay’s Page Brown led all scorers with 17 points and the Seahawks controlled the pace while relying on […]
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Girls’ basketball: Poland comes alive to top Freeport
FREEPORT — First-night jitters — and errors — got the best of both teams Friday night as Poland opened its 2016-17 girls’ basketball campaign at Freeport High School. The Falcons and visiting Knights struggled mightily out of the gate, combining on just five points in the first seven minutes of play. By halftime, both sides […]
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Winter Preview: Mountain Valley girls’ basketball
Last year Mountain Valley moved up from Class C to Class B … and ended up improving its win total by three games, finishing 18-2 and advancing to the B South semifinals. The Falcons took the top seed into the postseason, and almost made it farther, but they lost 34-32 to Lincoln Academy. They lost […]
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Winter Preview: Mountain Valley boys’ basketball
The Falcons have a young, athletic nucleus with which to make a run at a playoff berth after missing out by the thinnest of margins last year. Jacob Blanchard and Keegan Davis saw significant playing time as freshmen and coach Tom Danylik expects the other underclassmen to fit into the fold even while they continue […]
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2016-17 Mountain Valley cheering preview
Coach/years: Josette Duguay (second year); assistant, Kate Cote Conference: MVC Class: B South Last year’s results: Fifth at Southern B regionals, 10th at Class B states Team roster: Seniors — Makayla Miller, Jeana Ronan, Guilia Amorim, Paige Landry; Juniors — Abigail Blauvelt, Lauren Sterling, Jamie Withrow, Hailey McNally; Sophomores — Mackenzie Arsenault, Sarena Mcintire, Sydney […]
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Winter Preview: Mountain Valley wrestling
Coach: Gary Dolloff (13th year) Conference: Mid-State; Class: Class B Last year’s results: Second in Mid-State League; fifth in Class B Returning athletes: Seniors —Caleb Austin (126), Ethan Boucher (138), Eddie DeRoche (145); Juniors — Issac Therrian (152), Nate White (132), Ian Brennick (220), Vinny DeRoche (106), Mike Arsenault (182); Sophomore — Darrin Buono (195). […]
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High school wrestling: Falcons ‘Big 3’ draw strength from each other
RUMFORD — Caleb Austin, Ethan Boucher and Eddie DeRoche bring contrasting styles to the wrestling mat, but they share a dream of bringing Mountain Valley another state wrestling title before their careers are over. The senior trio was part of back-to-back Class B state runner-up teams as freshmen and sophomores. They’ve watched and helped head […]
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Girls’ hockey: Veilleux, Bogdanovich lead Scarborough past the Clippers
Each had a hat trick as the Scarborough Red Storm defeated the Yarmouth/Gray-New Gloucester/Freeport Clippers 9-2 Saturday afternoon in a girls’ hockey contest. The Red Storm got the offense rolling when Veilleux set herself in front of the Clippers’ crease. Lauren Topchick fed her the puck from behind the goal line for a goal at […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Party over here, tears over there
Two distinctly different emotions erupt in the moments immediately after the conclusions of an overtime playoff football game. One, obviously, is euphoria, especially when it comes from a program that hadn’t won a playoff game in 16 years (before some players on the team were born) and hadn’t won a home playoff game in 22 […]
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H.S. Football: Fryeburg shuts out Mountain Valley, 28-0
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy football team set the tone and remained in firm control throughout Saturday’s Class C South football quarterfinal. Cody Gullikson ran for two touchdowns and quarterback Oscar Saunders threw for another score as No. 3 Fryeburg earned a convincing 28-0 win over No. 6 Mountain Valley. Fryeburg served notice on the first […]