If those people get restless and seek another gridiron topic that seems to defy logic and the laws of probability, may we suggest certain elements of the high school rivalry between Class D South regional finalists Oak Hill and Lisbon? They collide at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, in Wales, in a playoff game for the fourth […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Time to put regionals in neutral?
That leads to my talking point for this week’s edition. We recently saw the regional field hockey championships contested in Portland and Waterville. Regional baseball title games are held in Standish, Augusta and Bangor. North and South tennis championships are played at an off-campus location. Hockey regionals drop the puck at a neutral site. (Well, […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Portland continues amazing shutout streak
Bulldogs’ defense has gone 16 consecutive quarters, and 30 of the past 32, without allowing a touchdown. 2. Thornton 8-1 (2) Trojans beat Bonny Eagle, 45-21, two weeks ago, so TA is in the driver’s seat heading toward another trip to Fitzpatrick Stadium. 3. Windham 7-2 (3) Eagles’ 10-3 loss to Portland in Week 3 […]
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H.S. Football: Halls has Lisbon running on all cylinders
LISBON — Tyler Halls won’t soon forget his first start at quarterback for Lisbon High School. He was a sophomore summoned into emergency duty one week earlier when senior and three-year starter Kyle Bourget suffered a torn ACL just before halftime in a semifinal win over Old Orchard Beach. Halls, a speedy receiver with good hands […]
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College Football: Bates bashes Bowdoin for CBB title
It is the distinction that makes any Bates football season a successful one, no matter how the remainder of the schedule plays out. CBB champions. Bates shut out Bowdoin, 31-0, Saturday at Garcelon Field in Lewiston, winning the de facto state title for the second consecutive season and the third time in four years. The […]
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Class D South football semifinal: Oak Hill survives Winthrop/Monmouth
“This senior group has seen it all in the past,” Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette said. “They kept their composure and made the plays when it got tough.” Two of those upperclassmen provided the go-ahead heroics when Dalton Therrien threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Connor Nilsson on the opening play of the fourth quarter. […]
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Class C South football semifinal: Yarmouth routs Fryeburg
YARMOUTH — Lucas Uhl rushed for three touchdowns Friday night and No. 1 Yarmouth overwhelmed No. 4 Fryeburg, 54-12, in the Class C South football semifinals. Yarmouth (10-0) will host Wells (8-2) for the title next Saturday. The Warriors won a 20-14 thriller at Cape Elizabeth in the other semifinal. Jack Snyder scored two touchdowns in […]
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Class D South football semifinal: Adams’ catch vaults Lisbon past Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Lisbon’s heart-stopping football playoff history includes The Drive. The Stand, times two. And now you can add The Catch. Henry Adams reached up to cradle Tyler Halls’ throw to the Lisbon sideline with his fingertips. He tucked it in, planted his left foot inside the chalk and kept his right foot in the air. […]
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H.S. Football: Pratt, Pratt-Holt prove no game out of reach for Mt. Blue
Nor do they speak loudly or with a hyper-caffeinated level of excitement, a refreshing character trait that probably explains their penchant for comebacks that get other hearts racing and lungs screaming. Pratt and Pratt-Holt delivered the Cougars’ latest last-minute heroics with a 10-yard touchdown catch to seal a 35-34 Class B North quarterfinal win over […]
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Class B North semifinal: Brunswick smites Mt. Blue
BRUNSWICK — Ask Brunswick football coach Dan Cooper to single out an offensive lineman’s performance and he’ll just name all seven like a U.S. Marine drill instructor at roll call. Cooper believes all his offensive lineman had a hand in No. 1 Brunswick ’s 40-0 victory over No. 4 Mt. Blue in a Class B […]