1. Bonny Eagle 1-0 (Last week: 1) Zach Dubiel’s three second-half touchdowns — two running, one passing — were enough to hold off pesky Biddeford. 2. Cheverus 1-0 (2) Stags received little resistance from Portland Bulldogs in battle for city supremacy. 3. Thornton 1-0 (3) Trojans’ big, physical backfield will be too much for most […]
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Weekend Blitz: Spruce-Wells showdown leads Friday slate
Wells (1-0) at Spruce Mountain (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Third meeting in 52 weeks could determine where next one is played. Mt. Blue (1-0) at Lawrence (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Cougars’ coach Aylward happy with 54 points scored, giddy about 13 allowed at Hampden. Edward Little (0-1) at Windham (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Eddies’ road […]
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High school football: ’Hounds hold on
BRUNSWICK — As good as things went for the Lisbon High School football team in the opening half, things took a turn to the dark side in the second. Against rival Winthrop/Monmouth in the Saturday heat and humidity, the Ramblers picked themselves off the dirt and battled back to close to within four points with […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill goes deep, tramples Telstar
WALES — There’s a reason mantras might give you peace of mind, or commercial jingles make you want to buy a product you don’t even need. Repeat something often enough and it becomes reality. And so it goes with the Oak Hill football team — reigning Class D champion, loaded with returning players, but still […]
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H.S. football: Oxford Hills denies Lewiston
PARIS — Davis Turner wasn’t watching the clock or fretting about the close score Friday night. With Lewiston closing in on the go-ahead touchdown, the Oxford Hills defender was watching just one thing. He knew a pass play was coming, and Turner was focused on Lewiston quarterback Quintarian Brown. “I just read the quarterback’s eyes,” […]
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Dirigo toughs it out against Maranacook
DIXFIELD — It was a display of tempered defense and all-around team effort that carried Dirigo on Friday night in a Campbell Conference season-opening football game at Harlow Park. Senior Tyler Frost rambled 53-yards for the eventual winning touchdown with 11:04 left in the fourth quarter and the Cougars made the proper adjustments for a […]
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H.S. Football: Cape Elizabeth clips Leavitt in OT classic
TURNER — Opening night mistakes. State championship game drama and intensity. Mutual respect that will last a lifetime. High school football returned with an incomparable flourish Friday night at Libby Field, where Cape Elizabeth, a team with legitimate Class C championship aspirations, knocked off reigning king Leavitt, 35-34, in an overtime, three-hour donnybrook. After throwing […]
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Football: Phoenix land on Falcons
LIVERMORE FALLS — Any opening-game jitters quickly disappeared and those penalties and occasional turnovers were just annoyances as Spruce Mountain rolled out the red carpet at Griffin Field with a 59-14 victory over Freeport in a football game on a balmy Friday evening. The Phoenix lost five yards on their opening play of the season, […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Poland shuts out Lake Region
NAPLES — Ted Tibbetts stopped just short of calling it the most impressive win in his four years as head coach at Poland, but Friday night’s 42-0 Class C West football rout of Lake Region is certainly in the discussion. Six different Knights scored touchdowns, and Poland’s defense pitched a shutout against the Lakers for […]
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H.S. Football: Bangor topples Edward Little
AUBURN — Knowing well what happened on opening night a year ago, when they narrowly escaped an upset bid by Edward Little, the Bangor Rams left nothing to chance Friday. The Rams rode a four-touchdown effort from junior Dane Johnson and got two more from senior Langston Hamer-Nagle as they cruised to a 48-6 opening-night […]