Coach: Jane DiPompo (Third year) Conference: KVAC; Class: B Last year’s result: Boys — Ninth at states; Girls — 11th at States. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Camden Noll, Ben Nichols; Girls: Seniors — Amber Delany, Calleigh Norris; Junior — Emma DiPompo. Key losses: Alex Greenleaf, Andrew Wilcox, Adam Wilcox, Karlee Noll, Stephen Sylvester, Kiarra Richards, Nicole Salazar, Diavana LeSuer. Promising newcomers: Boys: Seniors […]
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2015-16 Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball preview
Coach: Scott Bessey (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: B South Last year’s record: 11-8, lost in Class B South quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Andrew Darling (5-9 guard), James Ouellette (6-1 forward), Matt Cornelio (5-11 forward), Brandon Anctil (6-3 forward); Juniors — Austin Darling (5-8 guard), Caulin Parker (6-2 forward), Noah Preble (5-10 guard). Key losses: Deonte […]
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Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball: New opponents, new faces for Phoenix
A year ago, the Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball faced a new schedule in a new conference with a new coach. The new look of Maine high school basketball sees the Phoenix flying into another vastly different, interconference slate this winter, with mostly a new team on the floor. Spruce Mountain sent a trio of three-year […]
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Field hockey: Eells goal lifts Leavitt past Spruce Mountain in Class B South semifinal
While the truth may lie somewhere in the middle, one thing no one can dispute: The senior defender’s strike was a game-changer — and a game-winner. Eells’ tally, and the Hornets’ swarming defense, stood up against a flurry of Spruce Mountain pressure late in the second half as Leavitt clawed its way into the Class […]
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H.S. Football: Craig, Green unstoppable for Leavitt against Spruce Mountain
TURNER — Leavitt football Senior Night was unofficially dedicated to Adam Smith, with good and obvious reason, but fellow upperclassmen Levi Craig and Max Green put on a show Friday night that the Hornets and their fans at Libby Field won’t soon forget. Craig was 21-for-37 for a staggering 423 yards, and Green caught all four […]
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Field hockey: Lewis leads way as Lawrence staves off Spruce Mountain rally, 4-3
JAY — Second-half explosions are the norm for Spruce Mountain field hockey, so a one-goal deficit didn’t frighten the Phoenix as they prepared to break the halftime huddle Tuesday against Lawrence. But wait a minute. Literally. Alexis Laverdiere and Dominique Lewis each scored in the first 58 seconds of the half, and Lawrence staved off a […]
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H.S. Football: Cook scores three TDs, Yarmouth ‘D’ smothers Spruce Mountain
None of those things helped matters, but the bottom line was that the Yarmouth defense wouldn’t budge an inch most of Friday night at Griffin Field. The undefeated Clippers rolled to a 29-8 Class C South football win over the Phoenix as a consequence. Cody Cook rushed for three touchdowns and was sensational at linebacker […]
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Field hockey: Leclerc goal lifts Spruce Mountain past Leavitt
LeClerc netted the game’s lone goal and Ryan stopped 10 shots — three of them on hard-hit risers in the final 10 minutes of play — to lift Spruce Mountain over Leavitt 1-0, avenging a late-season, home-field loss to the Hornets last season. “I just had flashbacks of last year’s game, when we scored first, […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce Mountain hands Gray-New Gloucester first loss
LIVERMORE FALLS — Austin Henault is known in Spruce Mountain football circles for his ludicrous speed, as the 1980s motion picture line goes. Apparently that also describes the senior’s penchant for acknowledging the opponent’s big plays with an immediate answer. Gray-New Gloucester scored two touchdowns Friday night. Henault countered one with an 80-yard kick for a […]