Poland’s Morgan Brousseau claps as she crosses home plate while Leavitt catcher Mackenzie Treadwell watches the play unfold in the field during the Knights’ Class B South preliminary round win in Poland on Tuesday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) POLAND — Patience paid off for No. 7 Poland in Tuesday’s Class B South softball prelim against No. […]
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People You Know: Warren McGlauflin, CMMC nurse making an ‘impact’
LEWISTON — Within months of his graduating from the University of Maine with a degree in horticulture, Warren McGlauflin’s mom kindly slid another college application his way. Plants and landscaping probably were not going to pay the bills. He should look into nursing. Even with his early, intense aversion to needles, it turned out to […]
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Minot man back in jail one day after plea deal for Poland robbery
LEWISTON — One day after a Minot man promised to stay out of trouble for the next two years in exchange for a favorable plea agreement stemming from an armed robbery in Poland, he committed new crimes, authorities said. Isaiah Strong-Gassama, 20, was back in court after he pleaded guilty to a reduced felony plea […]
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Roger R. Simard
POLAND — Thirty seconds. The amount of time it takes to reheat a cup of coffee to his liking. Over the course of thousands of 30-second increments, Roger R. Simard lived a beautiful and meaningful life. Born in Auburn on May 17, 1935, the son of Albina Pelletier and Ronaldo Simard, and brother to Janine Reny, […]
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Enjoying summer weather at Tripp Lake Beach
Ethan Townson, 5, is a little hesitant to step into the cold water at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday afternoon as his friends Dominic Brunelle, 10, and Kaylee Bickford, 11, play pass with a beach ball. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A boy enjoys the beautiful weather at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday […]
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Track and field state meet capsules
Class A Boys Area athletes to watch: Oxford Hills — Dawson Stevens (100, 200, javelin), Dominic Sclafani (1,600 run, 3200 run); Edward Little — Russell Allen (400, 800, 4×400 relay), Fabrice Mpoyo (100, 200), Connor Jackson (high jump, triple jump, 110H, 300H), Alex Thompson (pole vault, javelin, long jump); Lewiston — Asad Abukar (300H), Connor […]
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Local roundup: Poland softball gets by York in eight innings
YORK — Morgan Brousseau ripped a single to left field in the top of the eighth inning, sending Amanda’lyn Gagne across the plate and securing 3-2 late-season softball win for Poland over York on Tuesday. Ally Gagne struck out eight for the Knights (9-7) and gave up five hits. Brousseau finished with two hits and […]
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Poland girls win first conference track and field championship
NAPLES — Her arms may have failed Darcy Cochran, but never her legs. And depth didn’t fail the Poland girls, who won their first conference title. A sophomore from Cape Elizabeth, Cochran false-started before the 100-meter final of the Western Maine Conference track and field championships Saturday when she tipped forward from the blocks. “I […]
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Local roundup: Farina’s homer helps Lewiston baseball take down Oxford Hills
LEWISTON — Brodi Farinas’ three-run blast in the first inning to left field provided enough offense for the Lewiston Blue Devils to defeat Oxford Hills 5-1 in a key Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Friday. Farinas’ homer was one of his two hits on the day. Jack LeBlond provided the other two runs with a […]
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Local roundup: Theriault pitches no-hitter for Lewiston softball
LEWISTON — Megan Theriault tossed a no-hitter and contributed to Lewiston’s offensive onslaught in a 17-0 softball win in five innings over Lawrence on Wednesday. Theriault struck out seven batters and walked only three. She also had three of the Blue Devils’ (11-3) hits and drove in three runs. One of Theriault’s hits was a […]