It’s the law of averages, and in concert with another dynamite defensive effort, it steered Lewiston into the state championship game. Paige Fontaine made 25 saves for her second playoff shutout Wednesday night, and Lewiston advanced to its third girls’ hockey state championship game and its first since 2010 by shutting out rival Leavitt/Edward Little, […]
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Eastern Girls’ Hockey Final: Defense drove Red Hornets, Blue Devils to Portland
It’s the game every Twin Cities girls’ varsity hockey player or fan wanted since the first puck dropped at practice in November. The only thing neutral will be the ice. No. 1 Leavitt/Edward Little (16-3) meets No. 2 Lewiston (14-4-1) at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the Eastern Maine championship at Portland Ice Arena. The winner […]
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Brunswick sweeps KVAC swimming; Lewiston boys second
Figure, Brunswick was the two-time defending champion, and other than an -early-season loss to KVAC Class B champion Morse, had rolled through the competition throughout the regular season. Carrier was right on, but was thrilled to see his Blue Devils put on a thrilling performance at the Bath Area Family YMCA, setting four school records […]
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HS Skiing: Seeds hold the line in KVAC, MVC
FARMINGTON — All four individual leaders went into the second day of the KVAC and MVC Nordic championships on Saturday with comfortable leads built up in Friday’s freestyle at Sugarloaf. All four ended the classical pursuit at Titcomb having put even more distance between themselves and all of their pursuers. In the KVAC, Mt. Blue’s […]
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Girls’ Hockey East Semifinal: Red Hornets share wealth, return to title game
One, hope that the Red Hornets’ freshmen — seven of them, each seeing significant ice time — get rattled by the environment. Or two, stay glued to Taylor Landry at every turn and force somebody else to beat you. Neither approach stayed on the rails Saturday afternoon at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Six different players […]
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Skiing: Mt. Blue leads after Day 1
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Mt. Blue has put itself in position to capture another Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski crown in both the boys’ and girls’ competition after the first day of racing at Sugarloaf Outdoor Center on Friday. The championships, postponed from Wednesday and moved from Black Mountain in Rumford to the Carrabassett Valley facility […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Hornets trap Eagles, 70-45
TURNER — The final two games of Leavitt’s schedule has it hosting to top- and bottom-ranked teams in Eastern Class B. It’s a fitting good news, bad news end to the Hornets’ season. Even Tuesday night’s win against winless Erskine Academy had its pluses and minuses. The Hornets led throughout and snapped a six-game losing […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt Little bounces back, blanks Yarmouth-Freeport
YARMOUTH — A little bit of angst and apprehension are normal when you’re returning to the rink after your first loss in two months. Prior to Thursday evening’s get-it-out-of-the-system game at Travis Roy Arena, the Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey coaching staff reminded the Red Hornets what followed their previous loss to Scarborough: Twelve consecutive wins. […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt-Little can’t slow down Scarborough
Lizzy Gross ignited Scarborough with a natural hat trick and later assisted goals by Alyssa Hulst and Sami Shoebottom, launching the undefeated Red Storm to a convincing 5-1 victory at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Streaks and bragging rights were on the line in an afternoon clash of the top-ranked teams on each side of the […]
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LHS wins fifth straight regional cheering title
In the current throw-caution-to-the-wind climate of Class A East cheering, a championship performance doesn’t have to meet that standard. And even though Lynnette Morency and her Lewiston High School powerhouse admittedly helped create that atmosphere, the coach isn’t sure how she feels about it. “A lot of people are stepping up their stunting skills, I […]