GRAY — The highlight for the young Gray-New Gloucester Patriots in Friday night’s Campbell Conference Class C game against Fryeburg Academy came when sophomore Reese Kneissler stopped Fryeburg running back Tyrese Deloatch-Jeffrey inches shy of the goal line as the halftime buzzer sounded. Unfortunately for the Patriots, the Raiders had already crossed the goal line […]
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High school football spotlight: Spreading the love with a spread offense
That includes, he said, “A lot of college football teams that were like Division III on a weird TV station that my buddy got.” Nicholas, who is in the second year of rebuilding the Lewiston football program, was inspired by what he saw many teams doing: running zone read with their quarterbacks, allowing him to […]
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HS Football: Game of the week — Lewiston vs. Oxford Hills
The visiting team, Oxford Hills, is big and powerful. The host Blue Devils aren’t nearly as big as their foes, but they are loaded with speed. Which is better, power or speed? Will the bigger team push the smaller one around, or will the faster faster wear down the bigger players? It should be a […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Lee and Justin
Horton: As I wrote in Monday Morning Quarterback — I took care of the first week for Wil Kramlich, which I think makes me Jimmy Garoppolo — Winthrop/Monmouth beating Lisbon 31-12 was the biggest surprise of Week 1. The Ramblers were picked to win the game on this page last week, so obviously the victor […]
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High school football: Weekend Blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. The Black Bears’ schedule began with a three-time defending champion with something to prove (Oak Hill). Now they face the Greyhounds, who are coming off a tough loss. Yikes. Mt. Blue (0-1) at Brewer (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Last week, Cony quarterback Taylor Heath passed all over Mt. Blue. This week, the […]
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High school football: Weekly Top 10
1. Thornton (1-0) (1) The defending state champions lived up to their pedigree in Week 1. Next up is Cheverus, which didn’t put away Oxford Hills when it had the chance last week. 2. Windham (1-0) (3) Unlike Portland, the Eagles did not stumble in their opener. So they take over No. 2. All they […]
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Pigskin Prognostications
Brewer 24, Mt. Blue 13 Leavitt 31, Morse 20 Yarmouth 30, Mtn. Valley 14 Portland 31, Edward Little 14 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 28, Lewiston 20 Cape Elizabeth 40, Poland 8 Spruce Mtn. 27, Lake Region 13 Fryeburg 23, Gray-NG 13 Winthrop/Monmouth 38, Traip 13 Oak Hill 32, Old Orchard Beach 13
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The football season came in like a gorilla
A gorilla ran out onto the field during Edward Little’s win over Bangor on Friday night. Here are a few more things about the first week of high school football: Winthrop/Monmouth had the biggest first week in the tri-county area, if not the state. The Ramblers opened the season on the road against Lisbon. The […]
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High School Football: Ramblers open with big win over Lisbon
After a close game in the opening half, the Ramblers were ground down by the Greyhounds in an opening-day loss. In the 2016 opener for both teams Saturday on Thompson Field, Winthrop/Monmouth showed its grit throughout its 31-12 Class D South win in a battle of highly regarded teams. The Ramblers (1-0), who visit Traip […]
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High School Football: Oak Hill clobbers Maranacook
WALES — Matthew Strout threw a 56-yard touchdown pass and Brian Thorpe scored on a 52-yard run in Oak Hill’s season-opening 38-18 victory over Maranacook. Those two plays and a few others contradict what Raiders coach Stacen Doucette said he was expecting in the 2016 season. “He said it wasn’t going to happen,” Strout said […]