Hey, you. Yes, you. Don’t you dare jump off that bandwagon. No, the result of Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field wasn’t what some of us wanted. I’m not a fan of moral victories, bright sides or silver linings. There are no such animals in professional sports. All that aside, the New England Patriots’ 26-21 loss […]
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The Hot Corner: High school football season is … only beginning?
High school football season ended Saturday night, although the coaches, players and true fans among us chuckle and raise our eyebrows at that statement. We recognize that the sport doesn’t take a vacation, at least among those who hope to achieve a level of it that exceeds mediocrity. You’d better believe that Thornton, Marshwood, Winslow […]
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The Hot Corner: Football finals sing fun, familiar refrain
Here we are, and here we go again. It’s high school football championship week. For the second consecutive year, two tri-county teams – the Leavitt Hornets and Oak Hill Raiders – have earned their invitations to the party. Are you surprised? If you are, I respectfully submit that perhaps you haven’t been paying attention. I’ve […]
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Farmington schools collect over 4,200 pounds of food for local food closet
FARMINGTON — Students and teachers at W.G. Mallett and Cascade Brook schools collected over 4,280 pounds of food for the 24th annual Helping Hands Food Pass. With each student carrying a plastic grocery bag with an item or two, classes from both schools walked from their schools to the Community Center on Middle Street Friday […]
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Head to Head: By day or by night?
Oakes: Well, we’re both parents and we’re both in the newspaper business, so right off the bat everyone should know we’re not bound by the clock or the calendar. I have lost track of how many semi-lucid, electronic conversations you and I have participated in at 1 a.m. And as for nights and weekends, what […]
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Oakes’ football forecast for Nov. 14-15
Class A East: Cheverus 28, Windham 21 Class A West: Thornton 35, Bonny Eagle 26 Class B East: Brunswick 34, Lawrence 27 Class B West: Marshwood 38, York 14 Class C East: Winslow 29, Waterville 28 Class C West: Leavitt 30, Wells 21 Class D East: MCI 22, Bucksport 12 Class D West: Oak Hill […]
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The Hot Corner: PASS/ACT cease-fire last hope for local racing
Every Cold War, every family or tribal dispute in human history, has been interrupted to bring you a non-aggression pact. Some have brought the power of salvation. Saving us from ourselves, anyway. Others have been no more valuable than the paper upon which they were written; as flawed as the hands that clasped while fingers […]
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Oakes’ playoff forecast for Nov. 7-8
Cheverus 27, Bangor 6 Windham 14, Portland 7 Thornton 35, Scarborough 0 Bonny Eagle 28, Biddeford 8 Brunswick 20, Messalonskee 14 Cony 34, Lawrence 26 Marshwood 48, Westbrook 0 York 24, Falmouth 13 Winslow 38, Belfast 0 Waterville 41, Foxcroft 28 Leavitt 33, Yarmouth 12 Spruce Mountain 20, Wells 14 MCI 42, Mattanawcook 6 Bucksport […]
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The Hot Corner: Brady or Manning? Savor both flavors
All-nothing. Plus-minus. Buy-sell. Love-hate. Good-evil. So it goes with the Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning nonsense. It’s really no different than the political advertisements we claim to hate before gleefully contributing to the chorus. Thou shalt love one and hate the other, I guess, although I’m wondering where that started. Sports talk radio? Social media? […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Size of playoff field matters
Oakes: Well, sport, the high school football playoffs are upon us. There will be quarterfinal games breaking out all over the state Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, and yes, by golly, some of them will be breakouts, as in more ugly and painful than a shingles flare-up. And unless you have been hiding under a […]