Both teams showed something different in Saturday’s Class D South semifinal, but the Greyhounds’ surprise was far more successful in a 42-9 victory at Thompson Field. Lisbon senior quarterback Tyler Halls and sophomore running back Lucas Francis traded roles to start the second half Saturday. Francis began taking snaps, and on the first play of […]
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H.S. Football playoffs: Cape Elizabeth puts a lid on Spruce Mountain
CAPE ELIZABETH — You have to read between the lines when you look at No. 1 Cape Elizabeth’s 43-7 victory over No. 4 Spruce Mountain in a Class C South football semifinal game at Hannaford Field on a cold Friday night. Sure, the Capers threw up 43 points on the scoreboard and led 29-7 at […]
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H.S. Football: Portland ends Oxford Hills’ run
“What the coaches said in general, and I said to them, we need to forget this score and remember what a great season we had,” Oxford Hills coach Mark Soehren said. “We can’t let this define what we’ve done.” The Vikings finish the season with a 5-5 record. They won a playoff game for the […]
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H.S. Football: Winthrop/Monmouth picks off Dirigo
Brooks collected three of the Ramblers’ four interceptions and classmate Alec Brown ran for four touchdowns as part of a 38-8 victory over Dirigo in a Class D South semifinal at Maxwell Field. “We’ve kind of held him back a bit, just to keep him fresh,” Ramblers coach Dave St. Hilaire said. “He’s such a […]
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H.S. Football: Dirigo putting it all on the line
DIXFIELD — Dirigo senior Bryce Whittemore said his favorite quote is. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Replace “dog” with “cougar” and you start to understand where Whittemore is coming from. Whittemore doesn’t look like a prototypical offensive guard, and you can […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Cape Elizabeth 35, Spruce Mountain 20 Winthrop/Monmouth 21, Dirigo 14 Lisbon 26, Oak Hill 20 Windham 26, Cheverus 21 Bonny Eagle 35, Sanford 13 Thorton Academy 38, Scarborough 13 Brewer 42, Cony 28 Brunswick 48, Messalonskee 21 Marshwood 28, Kennebunk 20 Biddeford 28, Greely 22 MDI 35, Oceanside 12 Winslow 22, Madison/Carrabec 20 Wells 28, […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
The Scots got an extra week to prepare for Sanford, which they dismantled by 36 points three weeks ago. Bonny Eagle knows how to win this time of year, and something inexplicable would need to happen for an upset. 2. Thornton Academy (8-0) (2) The Trojans got an extra week to stew over a close […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon collide again in Class D South
This will be the 10th meeting between the two teams in the past five years, with a playoff matchup coming in each. The Greyhounds finally broke an eight-game Oak Hill winning streak with a 36-14 regular-season win at home, the same place Saturday’s Class D South semifinal will take place. “The first matchup wasn’t that […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (5-4) at No. 1 PORTLAND (7-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Physically, the Vikings aren’t scared of anybody. And emotionally, they are coming off their first playoff win in 16 years. But they’re making their way to Fitzpatrick Stadium two weeks earlier than every team dreams of at the start of the regular […]
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Head to head with Wil and Lee: Surprises? Nah, it’s the playoffs
Kramlich: All right, I didn’t think I could possibly see a better version of the Edward Little vs. Oxford Hills/Buckfield matchup than the one you saw during the regular season. But the playoff version found a way to top a last-play, comeback victory. Last Friday night’s Class A North quarterfinal in Paris never looked over […]