Bulldogs’ 59-0 shutout of semifinal opponent Bangor was one of three consecutive goose eggs served up at the end of the regular season. 2. Thornton 7-1 (2) Trojans saw Scarborough the week after their lone loss of the regular season and rolled, 48-7. 3. Windham 6-2 (3) Kyle Houser rushed for 125 yards in Eagles’ […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ semifinal playoff prognostications
Portland 42, Bangor 0 Windham 20, Cheverus 14 Thornton 38, Scarborough 13 Bonny Eagle 32, Deering 20 Brunswick 34, Mt. Blue 19 Brewer 28, Skowhegan 26 Westbrook 22, Falmouth 20 Marshwood 32, Greely 14 Old Town 26, Foxcroft 6 Winslow 28, MDI 8 Yarmouth 31, Fryeburg 20 Wells 20, Cape Elizabeth 15 MCI 35, Orono […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Better to say ‘bye,’ or hello to another game?
Sometimes words have two meanings, as Led Zeppelin taught us, and when we’re in late October or early November, bye has only one connotation to those of us paid to keep our tunnel vision directed at high school football. It’s the off week which some of the best teams in the state receive as a […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Oak Hill hopes to continue run against Winthrop/Monmouth
Winthrop/Monmouth committed the cardinal sins the first time it played two-time reigning Class D football champion Oak Hill this season. The Ramblers watched the Raiders take an early lead, then sabotaged their own comeback hopes with a pair of second-half turnovers. Let top-seeded, undefeated Oak Hill dictate the tempo and mood of a game, as […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Dirigo, Lisbon peaking for semifinal showdown
Two of the best quarterbacks in the state, playing at the top of their games. Two proud programs that have progressed and improved throughout the season. Football semifinal matchups don’t get much more enticing than the Class D South showdown between No. 3 Lisbon (6-2) and No. 2 Dirigo (7-2), scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday […]
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The Hot Corner: Two hundred wins for Mynahan, countless lives impacted
The huddle of smiling faces gathered around the 50-yard line Saturday afternoon at Thompson Field could have produced an impromptu episode of “A Football Life” in honor of Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan. Nah, that wouldn’t work. NFL Network’s one-hour, once-a-week vehicle works for hall of famers and one-hit wonders at the professional level. When you’re […]
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College Football: Defense, special teams carry Bates past Colby
Bizarre plays cost the Bates football team one or two wins in what has been a frustrating season. The weirdness finally went the Bobcats’ way Saturday afternoon. After Colby was forced to kick an extra point a second time due to a delayed penalty markoff against Bates, the Bobcats’ Collin Richardson swatted it down and […]
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High school football: Oak Hill pounds Traip
So this week, while preparing for a playoff opponent that his Oak Hill Raiders just walloped last weekend, the senior quarterback recalled a lesson learned long ago. As a freshman, the Raiders beat Dirigo easily at the end of the regular season. In a playoff rematch, things didn’t go so smoothly for the Raiders. “We […]
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H.S. Football: Mynahan wins 200th as Lisbon rolls Boothbay in quarterfinals
Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal victory, a 33-8 thumping of Boothbay, was the quintessence of Mynahan. His team was efficient, calculated, impeccably prepared and merciful. And it was no ordinary win. It was No. 200 in Mynahan’s 29-year tenure at Lisbon, a number that rounds up to about seven each autumn in a state whose […]
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H.S. Football: Fletcher rushes for 3 TDs as Cheverus blanks Lewiston
Round two against Cheverus this season was substantially more competitive for Lewiston, even if the scoreboard doesn’t show it. Beaten by 52 points in Week 2, the No. 6 Blue Devils trailed the No. 3 Stags by only two touchdowns with a minute remaining in the first half Saturday. As is the Stags’ championship tradition, […]