Bates College players celebrate after defeating Bowdoin College in Lewiston on Saturday, securing a fourth consecutive CBB title. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) LEWISTON — The Bates College football team claimed its fourth consecutive CBB title by defeating Bowdoin 24-17 at Garcelon Field on Saturday. It’s the first time Bates has won four straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin titles, […]
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Portland upends Lewiston in Class A North football playoffs
Portland’s Vincent Pasquali looks to the referee after making the first touchdown of the evening as teammate Benjamin Stasium comes in to congratulate him during Friday night’s Class A North semi final on Garcelon Field at Bates College. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — In the first half, nothing happened. In the second half, Terion Moss […]
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Madison ousts Winthrop/Monmouth
Madison Area Memorial High School’s Josh Savage (4) gets stiff armed by Winthrop/Monmouth High School’s Cameron Gaghan (6) in Madison on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) MADISON — Last week, the Madison Area Memorial High School football team earned its first playoff win in a generation. Now, the Bulldogs have a playoff win streak. Big […]
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A North semifinal: Eagles bend, don't break to knock off top-seeded Eddies
Xzabier Weaver, left, of Edward Little High School reacts after Leighton Girardin was tackled on a fake extra point attempt during the first half against Windham on Friday. Weaver scored the touchdown prior to the failed extra point. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The opening drive of each half of Friday night’s Class A North […]
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Gardiner stuns Leavitt in C South semifinal
Leavitt’s Camden Jordan, left, lunges but can’t catch Gardiner running back Collin Foye during their Class C South semifinal game in Turner on Friday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) TURNER — With three minutes remaining in the Class C South semifinal between the top seeded Leavitt Hornets and the Gardiner Tigers, Leavitt quarterback Tim Albert finally found […]
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Head to Head: The boon and bane of byes
Randy: Lee, I really could have used a week off last week to relax and get ready for the football semifinals. I could have watched the World Series, a little college football, and ignored the weather reports warning me I wasn’t going to have electricity for three days. It’s probably just as well that I […]
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Leavitt, Gardiner football rivalry rekindled this season
Gardiner players tried everything to stop Leavitt’s Jake Ouellette, including yanking his jersey off, during the Eastern Class B championship football game in Nov. 2010. Leavitt beat Gardiner to advance to the state championship game against Mountain Valley. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Tyler Salley graduated Gardiner Area High School in 2011. And every once in a […]
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Game of the Week: Rested Red Eddies meet Eagles for trip to regional final
Caden Begos of Edward Little runs the ball behind blocker Dawson Tracey during a game against Windham earlier this season. (Sun Journal File Photo) Top-seeded Edward Little enjoyed a week of rest, but probably not relaxation, last week as their next opponent, fourth-seeded Windham, had to fight No. 5 Cheverus tooth-and-nail in a 12-6 comeback […]
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Weekend Blitz and Sun Journal Top 10: Final Four set to do battle in each class
Sun Journal Top 10 1. Scarborough (7-1) Red Storm have been getting every week since suffering only loss in Week 3, which raises the question of whether the quarterfinal bye will curb any of their momentum. 2. Bonny Eagle (8-1) Scots rebounded from loss to Scarborough with 61-20 quarterfinal win over Deering, but Thornton Academy […]
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Patriots sign Hoyer as Brady’s backup after Garoppolo trade
By Kyle Hightower AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady didn’t go without a backup for long. The Patriots signed former 49ers quarterback Brian Hoyer on Wednesday to fill the role, a day after Hoyer was released by San Francisco following its acquisition of Jimmy Garoppolo in a trade with New England. Hoyer began […]