Along those same lines, high school football is an inexact science for any coaching staff. They’re working with growing, vulnerable bodies, sometimes fragile psyches, and distractions that often begin far away from the field. Now try blending in two dozen players from the town next door, none of whom have ever played the game at […]
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Huddle Up: Plain-spoken Parlin made football fun
Mt. Blue head coach Gary Parlin’s announcement to his team last week that he planned on retiring from coaching at the end of the season, and teaching at the end of the school year, wasn’t a big surprise. Parlin has hinted in recent years that he was pondering calling it a career. “Hinted” probably isn’t […]
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Weekend Blitz: Matchups in C and D have home field implications
Portland (5-1) at Lewiston (2-4) Friday, 7 p.m. Rekindling this classic matchup will make some nostalgic, but the Blue Devils have a chance to make a statement about how far they’ve come this year. Edward Little (2-4) at Deering (1-5) Friday, 7 p.m. The playoffs are starting early at Deering’s Memorial Field. Oxford Hills (1-5) […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Two more Class C teams join the rankings
1. Cheverus (6-0) So much for Thornton Academy giving the Stags a mid-term exam. Saturday’s trip to Bangor should at least help keep them from getting stagnant before the playoffs. 2. Bonny Eagle (6-0) Kevin Cooper’s 200th career victory put the Scots in the driver’s seat in Western A. They can show how firm a […]
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Corrrection: Robbie Porter scored touchdown
In the football roundup published on Page C7 on Saturday, Robbie Porter should have been credited with scoring a touchdown for the Poland Knights. The information was incorrectly submitted to the Sun Journal.
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HS Football: Raiders have a ball against Seahawks, 40-6
WALES — Oak Hill’s defense didn’t have a ball at practice this week, but it sure had one Saturday at homecoming. The Raiders prepared for Boothbay’s double-wing by practicing without a ball. It was exactly what they needed to shut down the Seahawks in the first half of a 40-6 win to snap a two-game […]
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Class D Football: Lisbon staves off stubborn Maranacook
LISBON — The same adjectives that traditionally describe the Lisbon football team fit them like shoulder pads this season: Explosive, tough, gritty, prepared. Big and physical? Not usually, and not this year. So Maranacook’s tactic of running between the tackles and trying to control the clock Saturday was the best-odds approach. “This is probably the […]
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College Football: Cardinals soar past Bobcats, 35-7
No chance of a fourth-quarter comeback for the Bates College football team this time. The Bobcats ran into a buzz saw Saturday at undefeated Wesleyan. The Cardinals scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, then marched for a score after the second-half kickoff to put away a 35-7 victory at Corwin Stadium in Middletown, Conn. […]
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H.S. Football: Dirigo holds off OOB
The Cougars accepted the challenge several times in the second half and delivered a message each ocassion. Tyler Frost broke loose for a 30-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Dylan Kidder recovered a fumble on the goal line and Brett Beauschesne ran for a 1-yard score, with less than two minutes to play. The […]
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Class C Football: Leavitt dismantles Mountain Valley
TURNER — Mountain Valley might consider rounding up Gray-New Gloucester, Poland and Lake Region and starting a support group. Because collectively, for the past month, those four football programs ran into Leavitt and paid for Belfast’s sins. The Hornets were unceremoniously, unexpectedly eliminated from the 2012 regional playoffs — in a different conference, mind you […]