“It was a take from the top of the circle, and I’m a forward, so I technically shouldn’t have taken it, but I was feeling really confident in my air dribble right then, and I just had so much adrenaline going, so I just air-dribbled it in,” Walker said. “It hit off the other person’s […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Lewiston pulls away from Mt. Blue
Lewiston scored two goals less than 30 seconds apart late in the first half to create separation, then piled it on with seven more goals in the second half for a 10-1 win in a KVAC Class A boys’ soccer game at Don Roux Field on Saturday. “That’s the game plan every game with every […]
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HS football: York comes back, stuns Leavitt
YORK — The plan for the York High School football team in the second half of Friday’s Class B South game against Leavitt was to try and establish the running game. Not even York head coach Randy Small could have imagined what he witnessed from the Wildcat sideline in the game’s final 24 minutes. The Wildcats ran […]
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Cross Country: Labbe runs away from the field; Barber holds off Gamache in Leavitt meet
TURNER — After the first lap around her home course, Leavitt Area High School’s Julia Labbe felt comfortable enough to pull away from the field on the second and stay there. She held off the field to win a big regular-season KVAC meet at Leavitt on Friday. The senior set a personal record with a […]
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Girls soccer: Injuries keep Leavitt’s O’Malley from her passion, but she wouldn’t change anything
TURNER — Shannon O’Malley felt the pain and despair of suffering a season-ending knee injury twice in an eight-month span. Leavitt’s senior striker wouldn’t care to relive the day she tore her left ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus, or the day, 10 minutes into her first game back from surgery, she tore her right ACL. […]
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H.S. Football: Leavitt snags first win, topples Morse
BATH — The Morse offense had it set up. With the ball at the Leavitt 21-yard line in the third quarter, trailing by six, the momentum seemed to be turning the way of the hosts. Then, a fumble went the Hornets’ way, and a back-breaking interception added more consternation to the Morse cause. Leavitt cruised from […]
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High School field hockey: MCI makes chances count in victory over Leavitt
TURNER — If Thursday’s KVAC field hockey game between Leavitt and Maine Central Institute was scored on time possession, the Hornets would have been the clear winners. But the Huskies were opportunistic when it counted. MCI struck late in the first half, early in the second half and late in the game to earn a […]
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High school football: Blazes scorch Hornets on opening night
“Give us 30 more seconds, and who knows what happens,” Leavitt coach Mike Hathaway said. But the Hornets only had one second left after Tim Albert spiked the ball at Westbrook’s 21-yard line. On Leavitt’s last chance Albert’s pass was intercepted by Westbrook’s Kyle Champagne to seal a 27-21 victory for the Blue Blazes. Just […]
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Leavitt football: Hornets hope to avoid sting of graduation
The perennial expectations for Leavitt football? Still there. Head coach Mike Hathaway, who has his youngest team “by a long shot” in his 15 years leading the Hornets, said expectations are “absolutely” still high. Leavitt must fill the shoes (cleats?) of 18 graduated seniors, and the junior and senior classes of this year’s team don’t […]
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2016 Sun Journal football preview: Leavitt Hornets
Coach: Mike Hathaway (15th year) Class: B South Last year’s results: 6-2, lost in Class B South quarterfinals Returning athletes: Seniors — DeAndre James (slot/DB), Hunter Sirois (TB/DE), Jack Sylvester (TE/LB); Junior — Aidan Parmenter (OL/DT). Key losses: Levi Craig, Max Green, Billy Bedard, Chandler Lajoie, Kevin Knight, Bryce Cobb, Chad Morin, Adam Smith, Julian Kirouac, Christian […]