WALES — Nobody’s perfect, but the football season Dalton Therrien has put together at quarterback for Oak Hill is startlingly close to that standard. Therrien has completed 60 percent of his passes for 17 touchdowns against no interceptions. He is the Raiders’ leading rusher with 737 yards and 11 TDs. Nine opponents have succeeded in sacking […]
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Class D South Football Final: No secrets between Oak Hill, Lisbon
Two Class D championship runs showed Oak Hill the value of regular-season losses as teachable moments and motivators. The Raiders were knocked off by Old Orchard Beach and Winthrop in 2013 and Dirigo in 2014 before hoisting championship gold. Now Oak Hill enters the Class D South title game undefeated, at home, against a Lisbon […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon series not one-sided as it looks
If those people get restless and seek another gridiron topic that seems to defy logic and the laws of probability, may we suggest certain elements of the high school rivalry between Class D South regional finalists Oak Hill and Lisbon? They collide at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, in Wales, in a playoff game for the fourth […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Time to put regionals in neutral?
That leads to my talking point for this week’s edition. We recently saw the regional field hockey championships contested in Portland and Waterville. Regional baseball title games are held in Standish, Augusta and Bangor. North and South tennis championships are played at an off-campus location. Hockey regionals drop the puck at a neutral site. (Well, […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Portland continues amazing shutout streak
Bulldogs’ defense has gone 16 consecutive quarters, and 30 of the past 32, without allowing a touchdown. 2. Thornton 8-1 (2) Trojans beat Bonny Eagle, 45-21, two weeks ago, so TA is in the driver’s seat heading toward another trip to Fitzpatrick Stadium. 3. Windham 7-2 (3) Eagles’ 10-3 loss to Portland in Week 3 […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ regional championship prognostications
Class A North Portland 17, Windham 14 Class A South Thornton 41, Bonny Eagle 22 Class B North Brunswick 35, Brewer 21 Class B South Falmouth 21, Marshwood 19 Class C North Winslow 21, Old Town 12 Class C South Yarmouth 15, Wells 13 Class D North MCI 42, Mattanawcook 7 Class D South Oak […]
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Cross Country: Lewiston’s Doorow has sights set on New England title
That is to say that Doorow hasn’t really been tested, winning every race he’s entered (including the Class A state championship and the Festival of Champions race in Belfast) by at least 13 seconds. At Saturday’s New England Championship in Thetford, Vermont, that figures to change. “When we looked at the beginning of the season, […]
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H.S. Football: Halls has Lisbon running on all cylinders
LISBON — Tyler Halls won’t soon forget his first start at quarterback for Lisbon High School. He was a sophomore summoned into emergency duty one week earlier when senior and three-year starter Kyle Bourget suffered a torn ACL just before halftime in a semifinal win over Old Orchard Beach. Halls, a speedy receiver with good hands […]
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Oxford Hills basketball star Fleming signs with the University of Maine
Flanked by his parents and coaches, Fleming became the fourth Vikings athlete to commit to Maine since 2012, joining Dexter and Davis Turner (football) and Mikayla Morin (soccer). “We are thrilled that Andrew wants to be a Black Bear,” Maine coach Bob Walsh said in a release. “He is a high character young man who […]
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Boys’ Class A soccer state championship: Winning one for McGraw
But his exit from the field was limited to only a few steps at a time. He would walk a short distance, then accept a greeting from a co-workers or friend. He’d get a little further, and stop again, this time for a photo — a selfie, even. He would pose with a former player. […]