POLAND — What looked like a sure thing for Spruce Mountain in the first quarter became a seesaw battle when two stubborn defenses slugged it out the last three quarters of a Class C football game Friday night. The Phoenix put the kibosh on Poland’s running and passing game most of the evening, but the […]
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Oakes’ Week 5 pigskin prognostications
Sanford 28, Lewiston 13 Windham 35, Edward Little 7 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 20, Massabesic 6 Mt. Blue 41, Gardiner 8 Leavitt 30, Falmouth 22 Cape Elizabeth 28, Mountain Valley 7 Gray-New Gloucester 26, Lake Region 13 Spruce Mountain 32, Poland 20 Oak Hill 20, Winthrop/Monmouth 13 Lisbon 27, Boothbay 0 Maranacook 35, Telstar 0 Dirigo 20, […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Another new No. 1 as Portland ascends
1. Portland 4-0 (2) Bulldogs stand alone as unbeaten in Class A. Recent history suggests Cheverus enjoys being underdog in such situations. 2. Windham 3-1 (3) OK, maybe we feel a wee bit vindicated for being the only news outlet to pick the Eagles No. 1 ahead of TA in the preseason. 3. Thornton 3-1 […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Tossing around goose eggs
Oakes: So, like, I know we chose a verbal profession, but let’s get numerical this week. Four weeks complete mean that we are halfway (scary, huh?) through the high school football season. There are 78 varsity teams in the state, including one that already closed ranks for the year, but let’s gloss over that topic […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Oak Hill aims to deny Winthrop/Monmouth drama
When the Ramblers win, it’s typically a tight game that is decided by one play. And based on the way the past two weeks have unfolded, everyone wearing green has to love the sound of that. Fluttering hearts and weak stomachs have been the rule, with Winthrop/Monmouth (3-1) essentially relying on Hail Mary heroics to […]
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H.S. Football Weekend Blitz: Lewiston looks to get on plus side at Sanford
Friday, 7 p.m. Devils young, but starting to believe after close wins over Oxford Hills and Bangor. Spartans one of their two crossover opponents. Windham (3-1) at Edward Little (2-2) Friday, 7 p.m. EL struggled against Portland and Cheverus, and Eagles are in that high-rent district of Class A North. Oxford Hills/Buckfield (0-4) at Massabesic […]
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H.S. Football Spotlight: Christian Whitney emerges from brother’s shadow at Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Being the younger brother of the quarterback and conquering hero on your school’s most recent state championship team isn’t an easy way to grow up or progress through your football career. In the case of Mt. Blue’s Christian Whitney, however, that birth order gave a coach and a senior-dominated team a kid who can […]
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The Hot Corner: High school football’s development at unsafe crossroads
The health of high school football in Maine is measured the same way, to its detriment, as the economy. Some programs are entrenched at the top of the heap. They’re impervious to recession, migration, even coaching and administration changes. Barring a zombie apocalypse, they will always have a surplus of player participation and fan support. […]
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Football: It all falls into place for Cougars
LISBON — There was little working for the Lisbon High School football team through three quarters in Saturday’s Campbell Conference high school football showdown with Dirigo on Thompson Field. Not only were the Greyhounds shooting themselves in the foot with penalties (seven for 50 yards), by the Cougars owned a 21-0 lead thanks to quarterback […]
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College Football: Bates can’t slow down NESCAC champion Amherst
LEWISTON — After three successful seasons with defense as it calling card, Bates College football simply is asking the young group charged with carrying on that tradition to get better from now through November. The Bobcats accomplished that Saturday, even if it was not immediately tangible on the scoreboard that overlooks Garcelon Field after a 37-14 […]