GRAY — The momentum had shifted in the second half of Thursday’s Western Maine Conference high school field hockey game. Visiting Freeport held a two-goal lead nine minutes into the frame, but it was Gray-New Gloucester forward Skye Conley’s goal off a pass from Jenny Holmquist that had the Patriots tilting the field in their […]
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H.S. Football: Top Performer
Josh Mason, Mountain Valley The Falcons’ junior running back had a long touchdown run and intercepted two passes, leading MV to its first win in Class C, 35-14 over Gray-New Gloucester.
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H.S. Football: Aylward, Hathaway, Mynahan up for USA Today award
Jim Aylward of Mountain Valley, Dick Mynahan of Lisbon and Mike Hathaway of Leavitt are three of eight Maine football coaches vying to be named the USA Today’s Best High School Football Coach in the country contest. Aylward, Mynahan and Hathaway are joined on the ballot by Kevin Cooper of Bonny Eagle, John Hersom of […]
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H.S. Football Clipboard: Don’t shed any tears for Falcons
This won’t be a 25th anniversary season to remember for Mountain Valley football. The Falcons — whose predecessors celebrated four Class B championships in a seven-year span starting in 2004 — have been on the receiving end of some dubious firsts. In back-to-back weeks, Mountain Valley absorbed its first-ever losses to Lake Region and Spruce […]
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H.S. Soccer: Patriots edge Falcons
FREEPORT — Gray-New Gloucester’s Tyler St. Pierre made run after run as his teammates tried to send the speedy forward on a breakaway behind the Freeport defense. Three times, the plan — both in timing and execution — worked perfectly as St. Pierre’s hat trick lifted the Patriots to their first win, a 3-2 Western […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Falcons hold off Saints
RUMFORD — There are always changes as high school teams graduate seniors, and those have hit Mountain Valley hard. But the Falcons believe they are heading in the right direction, and they showed that Monday. Sophomore Lexy Duguay scored two goals, including the game-winner early in the second half, and the Falcons withstood a furious […]
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H.S. Football: Wells wallops Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — With a new beginning in a new division, Mountain Valley realized Friday that nothing is going to come easy in Class C. The Falcons were simply unable to get on the right track in the first half and Wells’ Colin Sevigny, Jake Moody and quarterback Nate Booth each ran for touchdowns en route […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Raiders topple Falcons
LITCHFIELD — With dirt flying, legs shifting and sticks swinging, the goalmouth of a field hockey cage can be a dangerous place to ply a trade. The Oak Hill Raiders have developed a system of controlled chaos in the circle, using quick passing and an innate knowledge of each others’ position after years of playing […]
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Preview 2013: Mtn. Valley field hockey
Coach: Melissa Forbes (16th year) Class: B Conference: MVC Last year: 9-4-1 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Ellie Hall (FB), Alyson Carlton (F), Nicky Couch (MF/F), Kayla Pingree (MF); Sophomores — Lexy Duguay (F), Maddie Kaubrys (F/MF). Key losses: Nicole Burgess, Lexi Fryover, Peyton Provencer, Makenzie Gallant, Vanessa Swett. Promising newcomers: Sophomores — Lexi Edwards (F), […]
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Hiking trails reopen at Acadia National Park
BAR HARBOR (AP) — More hiking trails at Maine’s Acadia National Park are opening after being closed for months because of nesting peregrine falcons. Park officials say the Precipice Trail, the Precipice Cliff area, and the Orange and Black Path on Champlain Mountain are opening Friday after being closed in April to support recovery efforts […]