POLAND — The Leavitt Hornets might have used up all their frequent flyer miles for the season. Leavitt’s passes dotted the sky as the Hornets engineered a withering air campaign that gave them a lopsided 58-6 victory over the Poland Knights on unseasonably warm Friday night. Poland’s secondary just couldn’t counter Leavitt’s devastating passing game. […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce Mountain cruises past Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — Given a four-touchdown victory at Cape Elizabeth before the Class C West football season started, Spruce Mountain would have taken it and run for the bus. Things are different now, though, three weeks after Cape’s classic overtime win at Leavitt and two weeks after star quarterback and defensive back Noah Wolfinger’s season-ending […]
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Head to head: Breaking (down) all the rules
Pelletier: Greetings again old, old friend. This week, I’m going to take you back to your childhood, when the rules dictated you couldn’t throw a forward pass in football. Remember that, man? I don’t. Maybe we won’t go that far back, but the topic is in the ballpark. It’s one that draws the ire of […]
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Game of the Week: Phoenix face fight from short-handed Capers
After the first two weeks of the Campbell Conference campaign, the Spruce Mountain at Cape Elizabeth matchup in Week 4 looked like the pick of the crop. And who knows? It still may turn out that way. No question, however, that Friday night’s collision at Hannaford Field has lost some of its luster with the […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Change not-so-inevitable in this countdown
1. Cheverus 3-0 (Last week: 1) So far, trying to move the ball against the Stags’ defense has been, well, pointless. 2. Thornton 3-0 (2) “Average” Trojans score thus far: 55-2. 3. Bonny Eagle 2-1 (3) Scots rebounded in big way against Sanford. 4. Brunswick 3-0 (4) Ball-hawking defense kept the high-powered Dragons undefeated at […]
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Weekend Blitz: Lisbon, OOB battle to stay unbeaten
Biddeford (2-1) at Lewiston (0-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Devils’ 2013 season turned around in a close road loss to Tigers. York (3-0) at Mt. Blue (2-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Cougars will need another titanic defensive effort to spring upset. Spruce Mountain (3-0) at Cape Elizabeth (2-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Season-ending knee injury to Cape QB […]
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Oakes’ high school football forecast for Sept. 26-27
Biddeford 39, Lewiston 18 Oxford Hills 21, Edward Little 12 York 34, Mt. Blue 14 Spruce Mountain 40, Cape Elizabeth 21 Leavitt 22, Poland 12 Lake Region 12, Gray-NG 7 Yarmouth 27, Mtn. Valley 8 Oak Hill 21, Winthrop/Monmouth 8 Lisbon 15, OOB 7 Dirigo 34, Telstar 0
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H.S. Football: Knights getting the point(s) from all directions
POLAND — First, the unprecedented. Poland football has opened the season with the most prolific stretch in school history, scoring 112 points in three games. One-sided wins over Lake Region and Freeport have been sandwiched around a 29-point comeback that ended in a last-second loss at Cape Elizabeth. And now, the unlikely. The Knights have […]
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Lisbon Police, former Patriots to play Sept. 28
LISBON FALLS — The Lisbon Police All-Stars Football Team is set to play former New England Patriot players at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Lisbon High School Campus, 2 Sugg Drive. This year’s event features Lisbon police officers and Lisbon teachers and coaches from various Lisbon High School teams. The New England Patriots team […]
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Knights finish off Falcons
POLAND — Those endless, streaming yellow flags, key turnovers and errant passes that never found a receiver’s hands were all part of a game in which Poland had little difficulty putting together a 41-12 victory over Freeport on Friday night. The gory details don’t add up to a hill of beans, though, because the Knights […]