YARMOUTH — Lucas Uhl rushed for three touchdowns Friday night and No. 1 Yarmouth overwhelmed No. 4 Fryeburg, 54-12, in the Class C South football semifinals. Yarmouth (10-0) will host Wells (8-2) for the title next Saturday. The Warriors won a 20-14 thriller at Cape Elizabeth in the other semifinal. Jack Snyder scored two touchdowns in […]
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Class D South football semifinal: Adams’ catch vaults Lisbon past Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Lisbon’s heart-stopping football playoff history includes The Drive. The Stand, times two. And now you can add The Catch. Henry Adams reached up to cradle Tyler Halls’ throw to the Lisbon sideline with his fingertips. He tucked it in, planted his left foot inside the chalk and kept his right foot in the air. […]
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Class A boys’ soccer state championship: Shariff leads Lewiston back to states
The Blue Devils’ season will come to an end Saturday after the biggest game of their lifetimes: The Class A state championship. They have worked diligently for the last year with Saturday’s contest in mind. “It feels like it took forever to get back to this game,” Shariff, a senior forward, said. “We finally did it. […]
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State championship boys’ soccer: Buckfield, Lewiston ready for state games
Playing for a state championship is every soccer team’s hope to begin a season. The Lewiston boys have chased that goal since losing last year’s Class A state game. The Buckfield boys have dreamed about it for a lifetime. Saturday, both teams get their chance. Lewiston returns to the state final and plays Scarborough at […]
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Class B North semifinal: Brunswick smites Mt. Blue
BRUNSWICK — Ask Brunswick football coach Dan Cooper to single out an offensive lineman’s performance and he’ll just name all seven like a U.S. Marine drill instructor at roll call. Cooper believes all his offensive lineman had a hand in No. 1 Brunswick ’s 40-0 victory over No. 4 Mt. Blue in a Class B […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Few changes after first round of playoffs
Bulldogs’ 59-0 shutout of semifinal opponent Bangor was one of three consecutive goose eggs served up at the end of the regular season. 2. Thornton 7-1 (2) Trojans saw Scarborough the week after their lone loss of the regular season and rolled, 48-7. 3. Windham 6-2 (3) Kyle Houser rushed for 125 yards in Eagles’ […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ semifinal playoff prognostications
Portland 42, Bangor 0 Windham 20, Cheverus 14 Thornton 38, Scarborough 13 Bonny Eagle 32, Deering 20 Brunswick 34, Mt. Blue 19 Brewer 28, Skowhegan 26 Westbrook 22, Falmouth 20 Marshwood 32, Greely 14 Old Town 26, Foxcroft 6 Winslow 28, MDI 8 Yarmouth 31, Fryeburg 20 Wells 20, Cape Elizabeth 15 MCI 35, Orono […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Better to say ‘bye,’ or hello to another game?
Sometimes words have two meanings, as Led Zeppelin taught us, and when we’re in late October or early November, bye has only one connotation to those of us paid to keep our tunnel vision directed at high school football. It’s the off week which some of the best teams in the state receive as a […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Oak Hill hopes to continue run against Winthrop/Monmouth
Winthrop/Monmouth committed the cardinal sins the first time it played two-time reigning Class D football champion Oak Hill this season. The Ramblers watched the Raiders take an early lead, then sabotaged their own comeback hopes with a pair of second-half turnovers. Let top-seeded, undefeated Oak Hill dictate the tempo and mood of a game, as […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Dirigo, Lisbon peaking for semifinal showdown
Two of the best quarterbacks in the state, playing at the top of their games. Two proud programs that have progressed and improved throughout the season. Football semifinal matchups don’t get much more enticing than the Class D South showdown between No. 3 Lisbon (6-2) and No. 2 Dirigo (7-2), scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday […]