Spruce Mountain pitcher Alexis Bessey winds up for a pitch during Tuesday’s softball game against Leavitt in Turner. TURNER — Leavitt Area High School coach Kevin Leonard has learned to live with his Hornets’ come-from-behind victories this season. For Leonard, a win is win, despite the Hornets’ “long way around the barn” approach to beating […]
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High school softball: Gardiner shuts down Leavitt
GARDINER — The Gardiner Tigers plated fives runs behind timely hitting and some defensive miscues by Leavitt en route to a 5-0 victory in the teams’ KVAC softball season opener Wednesday afternoon. Despite spending no time on a field thus far this spring, both teams battled the cool temperatures and played a solid game both […]
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Leavitt outdoor track and field 2017 preview
Coach: Boys: Jamie Juntura (third year); Girls: Sara Thurston (first year). Class: B; Conference: Kennebec Valley. Last year’s results: Boys: KVAC champions, fifth at state meet; Girls: eighth in KVAC, 19th at state meet. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — DeAndre James (sprints), Jason Labbe (distance), Noah Lind (mid-distance), Isaiah Andreis (mid-distance); Juniors — Caleb Bowen, […]
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Leavitt baseball 2017 preview
Coach: Larry Angello (First year) Class: B; Conference: KVAC Last year’s record: 10-8 (Lost in Class B South quarterfinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Lucas Perry (C), Nate Ouellette (3B), Nick Angello (2B), Ian Godfrey (1B), Drake Goupil (OF); Juniors — Brian Hewitt (SS/P), Tim Albert (SS/P), David Herman (P). Key losses: Chad Morin, Julian Kirouac, […]
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Pelletier's hat trick lifts St. Dom's past the Kings; Saints face Lewiston next
St. Dom’s Justin Keaney handles the puck past Gray New Gloucester/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Poland’s Bailey Drouin during Tuesday night’s Northern A boys’ hockey quarterfinal at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. AUBURN – Mack Pelletier was St. Dominic Academy’s go-to man on Tuesday night in the Saints’ Class A North quarterfinal game against the Poland/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Gray-New […]
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Girls' Basketball: Leavitt finds offense in time to beat Morse in prelim
TURNER — Whether it was all the recent snow that kept the teams from practicing over the past few days, Tuesday’s opening half of the Class A South girls’ basketball preliminary round game between Morse and Leavitt was one to forget. The Shipbuilders scored just eight points, but still better than the six the Hornets […]
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Girls' basketball: Class A playoff preview
Players to watch: Sr. G Shannon O’Malley, Leavitt; Sr. F Allie Belaire, Leavitt; Jr. G Elizabeth Goulette, Leavitt. Favorites: Greely, Messalonskee. The Rangers and the Eagles seeme poised for a showdown in the state championship game. Both teams made clean and easy work of their respective schedules, and they should do likewise in the region […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue restrains, breaks Leavitt
TURNER — Life was rough in the backcourt for Mt. Blue senior guard Leah St. Laurent. She was pushed, shoved, knocked to the ground and often doubled-teamed by Leavitt’s unrelenting defense. But the intrepid St. Laurent shook herself off and kept her composure, helping the Cougars (4-10) shake off the stubborn Hornets (6-9) with a […]
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High School Cheering: Greyhounds back on top in C South, Hornets qualify in B
Left with a skeleton crew of nine cheerleaders last year, Lisbon coach Nicole Adams somehow squeezed an MVC title and solid top-six finishes at regionals and states out of the Greyhounds. This year, with the return of a large junior class, the size of Adams’ squad doubled and the Greyhounds are one step away from […]
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Girls’ hockey: Rangers edge Red Hornets, 3-2
FALMOUTH — With its second 3-2 win over Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland in two weeks Thursday night, Greely essentially sewed up the No. 2 spot in the girls’ hockey North Heal points and relegated the Red Hornets to No. 3. Ellie Schad’s goal 9:33 into the second period proved the difference in the Rangers’ latest triumph at […]