AUBURN — The best Mitch Lorenz is a rested one. Thrown into a short recovery cycle and pitted against everyone else’s ace for much of the season, St. Dom’s senior lefthander hadn’t enjoyed the zip, the command or the wins everyone expected this season. It was all there Monday, when Lorenz took a no-hitter into […]
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High school baseball: Mountain Valley outguns Mt. Abram
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s Jacob Beauchesne and Tim Fitzgerald combined to throw a five-inning no-hitter Monday afternoon at Hosmer Field, helping the Falcons upend Mt. Abram 10-0 in a Mountain Valley Conference baseball game. Coming off a disappointing loss to Carrabec on Friday, Mountain Valley (4-3) was looking for something to spark the team entering a crucial […]
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H.S. softball: Poland runs over Freeport in WMC showdown
FREEPORT — When a team is struggling, coaches are always looking for little things to grow on. Freeport High School first year softball coach Jason Daniel has seen his young Falcons struggle mightily through the first five of games of their Western Maine Conference slate, outscored 86-6 and only playing beyond the fifth inning one […]
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Mountain Valley baseball preview
Coach: Steve LaPointe (36th year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year’s record: 4-12 Returning players: Seniors — Caleb Gauvin (1B), Ian Austin (LF/P), Josh Mason (CF); Junior — Tim Fitzgerald (P/OF), Alex Ridley (SS/3B); Sophomore — Nick Newman (C/P). Key losses: None. Promising newcomers: Junior — Wyatt Haddox (P/SS); Sophomores — Jacob Beauchesne (P), John Pepin (SS/P). Season outlook: The […]
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Preview 2015: Mountain Valley track and field
Coach: Boys: James Taylor (fourth year); Girls: Adam Curato (fourth year) Conference: MVC; Class: C Last year’s results: Boys: eighth in MVC, 21st in Class C; Girls: eighth in MVC, 35th in Class C. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Brandon Gill (distance), Teddy McLaughlin (distance), Conner Woods (distance); Juniors — Holden Blauvelt (400, javelin), Mike Provencher (sprints); Sophomores — Kyle Farrar […]
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Falcons fly off handle, floor Hawks
RUMFORD — When Mountain Valley decided to play its game, things turned out positive in a Class C girls’ preliminary playoff game Tuesday night. Sydney Petrie recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds as the fifth-ranked Falcons ultimately responded to the challenge and turned up the heat in the second half en route […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Dirigo downs rival Mountain Valley
DIXFIELD — The first few minutes of both halves belonged to Mountain Valley High School. The rest of the game, and the final score, went in favor of Dirigo. The host Cougars fell behind early and held off a second-half charge in a 48-42 victory against the rival Falcons on Friday. “We were calm and […]
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H.S. Wrestling: Falcons fueled by Austin power
RUMFORD — Ian and Caleb Austin won’t acknowledge much of a sibling rivalry. Perhaps it’s a matter of the Mountain Valley High School wrestlers always moving in the same direction with the same interests. Or maybe it’s because they simply don’t look like they should be antagonists. “It’s funny, because Ian just dropped a bunch […]
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Boys’ basketball: Mustangs fight off Falcons, 52-49
MONMOUTH — Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball might be appropriately renamed the Fab Five this winter. With the quintessential quintet of Boothbay, Dirigo, Winthrop, Hall-Dale and Madison likely levitating above the pack, not necessarily in that order, any game between two teams in the next echelon is a donnybrook in the gotta-have category. So far, […]
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Mountain Valley boys’ basketball preview
Mountain Valley had never endured a boys’ basketball season like the one that unfolded in 2013-14. After winning 13 games and reaching the Class B West semifinals the previous winter, the Falcons snak to 2-16 and last in Class C West Heal Points. The Falcons should bounce back substantially and look more like their old […]