PARIS — The Portland High School football team was simply trying to live in the moment Saturday. The Bulldogs are still smarting from an emotional and physical victory against Windham last week, and they play another rival in Cheverus next week. As hard as it might have been to stay focused on the task at […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Jonah Martin (three TDs) leads unbeaten Oak Hll past Telstar
BETHEL — Jonah Martin has been the leading receiver for Oak Hill football this season. Saturday, Martin showed he can get it done out of the backfield, too. Martin rushed for three first-half touchdowns and the two-time defending Class D champion Raiders cruised to a 34-0 victory at Telstar. Oak Hill (4-0) faces Winthrop/Monmouth and Lisbon […]
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H.S. Football: Wells bounces back, shuts out Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Wells certainly was a challenge for Mountain Valley, which had high hopes of building on its first Class C South football win of the season but came up empty Friday in a 42-0 loss at Chet Bulger Field. What started out on a positive note for the Falcons soon turned in to an old […]
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H.S. football: Marshwood holds off Leavitt rally
TURNER — After producing one second-half comeback Friday night, the Leavitt Hornets football team hoped it had another left in them. Down 21-6 at the half, the Hornets rallied in the third quarter and took the lead, but found themselves behind in the fourth. Leavitt produced a scoring drive that got them close, but a […]
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H.S. Roundup: Poland scores final 20 points, rallies past Lake Region
NAPLES — Poland scored the final 20 points of the game to rally past Lake Region, 40-23, end a two-game losing skid and pull even at .500 in Class C South football. Patrick Jacques’ 38-yard touchdown put the Knights (2-2) ahead to stay, 27-23, in the third quarter. That answered a fumble return for a touchdown […]
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Ramblers connect with a last-minute victory
WINTHROP — Senior Ben Ames didn’t have time to worry when he saw the game-winning pass coming his way in a crowded end zone with 12.1 seconds left in a football game against Maranacook. Aimes’ primary concern was catching the ball, despite a host of defenders trying to get in his way. Matt Ingram lofted […]
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High school football: Adams, Lewiston hold off Bangor
Listed as a two-way lineman, Adams didn’t play for the Blue Devils the past two seasons after suiting up as a freshman — and when he came back, the coaching staff had him pegged as a nose guard. Friday, he was the team’s battering ram. Adams rushed for just 38 total yards on 10 carries, […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce Mountain hands Gray-New Gloucester first loss
LIVERMORE FALLS — Austin Henault is known in Spruce Mountain football circles for his ludicrous speed, as the 1980s motion picture line goes. Apparently that also describes the senior’s penchant for acknowledging the opponent’s big plays with an immediate answer. Gray-New Gloucester scored two touchdowns Friday night. Henault countered one with an 80-yard kick for a […]
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H.S. Football: Patriots’ way makes winning sudden habit at Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester was 90 minutes from home and 15 points down on the scoreboard overlooking Chet Bulger Field in Rumford. And if those numbers weren’t intimidating enough, the Patriots had lost 23 consecutive games and 49 out of 51 in a six-year span. If the beleaguered team in red, white and blue entered the […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: You get a playoff berth! Everybody gets a playoff berth!
Oakes: You and I don’t always agree on social issues, boss man, but I know both of us have lamented the increasing stench of our “everybody gets a trophy” culture. Well, much as I love our local high school football scene and almost everything about it, I must reluctanctly admit that it is an agonizing […]