FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Chad Henne hit Keelan Cole on a 97-yard touchdown pass, Corey Grant scored on a 79-yard run and the Jacksonville Jaguars feasted on a Patriots lineup without Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski — or much defense at all — to beat the defending NFL champions 31-24 on Thursday night in their exhibition […]
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H.S. Football: St. Dom's linking up with Lisbon
AUBURN — For the first time in 56 years, students at St. Dominic Academy will be playing football. St. Dom’s has reached a cooperative agreement with Lisbon High School to combine efforts on the gridiron, the school announced during a press conference at its Auburn campus Thursday. The new co-op will compete in Class D South, […]
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Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at 94
Ara Parseghian reached the pinnacle of his profession at Notre Dame and endured the most painful personal losses as a father and grandfather. He walked away from coaching at the age of 51 after winning two national championships, but never really left the Fighting Irish. He built a legacy through philanthropy that he hoped would […]
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Maine trying to make high school football competitive again
A flurry of new high school football programs around the state since the turn of the century has produced mixed results. More youngsters from different communities are playing the sport, though a steady decline in school enrollments and some safety concerns related to the sport have resulted in a general decline in roster sizes. And […]
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Lobster Bowl notebook: Scott, Archambault get one more chance
Winthrop/Monmouth’s Nate Scott of the West team defends a pass during the Lobster Bowl on Saturday. SACO — Nate Scott’s senior high school football season ended in disappointment, both in a team aspect and personally. Scott was playing on an injured leg when his Winthrop/Monmouth team lost in heartbreaking fashion to rival Lisbon in the […]
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Lobster Bowl: West jumps out early, drubs East 55-18
Lisbon’s Tyler Halls hauls in a long touchdown pass during the second half of the Lobster Bowl on Saturday at Thornton Academy SACO — The West used a little misdirection to score first in the 28th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. Everything after that was straight-ahead, no-frills domination. The West roared out to a […]
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Lobster Bowl kicks off Saturday
Quarterback Dalton Therrien, from Oak Hill, runs with the ball for the West team, as Dillon Hummes, representing Edward Little for the East team, tries to block him during the 27th annual Maine Lobster Bowl Classic held in Biddeford last year. As the only Edward Little representative at the 28th Annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl […]
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Former MCI star finds his slot on Lobster Bowl roster
Cole Bolduc of Lisbon High School pressures Maine Central Institute quarterback Josh Buker in the end zone during the second period of the Class D state championship game in November. Josh Buker might be the Julian Edelman of Saturday’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic football game. Like Edelman did as a collegian at Kent State, […]
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Lobster Bowl defenses have a point to make, too
Lisbon’s Jared Glover dives for extra yardage after Wnthrop/Monmouth’s Nate Scott tripped him up during the Class D South championship football game in Winthrop in November. FOXCROFT — With the exception of baseball’s effort on Tuesday, all-star games are inherently geared toward offense. The more scoring, the more entertaining the game. Last year’s Maine Shrine […]
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Nate Quirion named Mt. Blue football coach
Nate Quirion has always had his eye on the Mt. Blue football program — like a defensive lineman who won’t let a scrambling quarterback out of his sight. When the head coaching job opened after Jim Aylward resigned, Quirion, 36, threw his resume on the top of a pile of qualified applicants and emerged with […]