Portland 34, Lewiston 6 Edward Little 28, Deering 24 Windham 26, Oxford Hills 14 Mt. Blue 35, Brewer 27 Leavitt 36, Wells 20 Spruce Mtn. 54, Lake Region 14 Cape Elizabeth 48, Gray-NG 12 Yarmouth 34, Poland 21 Mtn. Valley 35, Freeport 15 Lisbon 20, Dirigo 13 Oak Hill 35, Traip 7 Winthrop/Monmouth 26, Boothbay […]
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Head to Head: What’s in a rivalry?
Oakes: Well, whippersnapper, I have reached a certain level of reluctant acceptance that football rivalries aren’t what they used to be. Some of this is probably a product of our society reexamining how it feels about the us-versus-them culture, and adults regulating kids’ behavior in kind. You probably aren’t old enough to remember it, but, […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Somebody’s ‘0’ has to go in Dixfield
Week 6 in Maine high school football was a wild one, with three teams falling from the undefeated ranks. Another team’s pursuit of perfection is guaranteed to end Friday night after Lisbon (5-0) and Dirigo (5-0) clash at Harlow Park in Dixfield. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield is the only other Class D team in […]
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H.S. Football: Eddies find winning formula at right time
What the Red Eddies lacked was experience, and that was compounded by injuries and other day-to-day incidentals that prevented the full complement of playmakers from being on the field all at once. Timing is everything. More healthy and explosive than it had been all season, EL put a five-game losing skid in the rearview mirror […]
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H.S. Football: Traip to forfeit three wins
Traip Academy of Kittery has self-reported the use of an ineligible football player to the Maine Principals’ Association and expects to forfeit its Class D West wins over Telstar, Maranacook and Boothbay. Athletic director Mike Roberge and football coach Ron Ross confirmed the forfeits to Seacoast Online and WGME-TV on Wednesday. The MPA has not […]
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Patriots: Mayo, Ridley sidelined
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — With two wins and two more serious injuries, the New England Patriots are getting back to normal. They’ve regained their usual dominance after the second biggest loss of Tom Brady’s career. They also lost their leading tackler and top rusher to right knee injuries, just as three important players were sidelined […]
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H. S. boys’ soccer: St. Pierre gets his kicks for Patriots
GRAY — In seventh grade, Tyler St. Pierre wanted to play football. It was a bold new adventure for a kid that had grown up playing soccer. It was so daring, his mother put the kibosh on the idea almost immediately. “She was like, ‘You’re too small. Soccer, you’re good at soccer and you should […]
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College Football: Bates makes a game of it, falls to unbeaten Wesleyan
LEWISTON — Bates has revived its program by latching onto floating footballs out of crisp, autumn air, and by jarring them loose and taking advantage of friendly bounces off grass and FieldTurf. The Bobcats followed that same recipe in pursuit of a colossal upset Saturday afternoon at Garcelon Field, forcing and recovering Wesleyan fumbles on […]
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H.S. Football: Traip trounces Telstar, 40-6
KITTERY – Anthony Sowell amassed 122 yards on the ground in the first half Saturday, including two long touchdowns in the second quarter, and Traip ran away with a 40-6 Class D West football victory over Telstar. Sowell scored on a 54-yard run 11 seconds into the second quarter and a 31-yard ramble less than […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Eddies break out, get first win
BERWICK — By air, by ground, and with some gutsy defense and special teams work, Edward Little played a complete game Friday night and picked up its first Class A football win of the season, 41-14, over Noble. Matt Verrill threw four touchdown passes and Hunter Martin ran for a 96-yard touchdown immediately following a […]