Saturday, it was a finger. After other games this season, bags of ice covered Hartford’s shins, ankles or arms. “It’s definitely really stressful, being back there, being behind the goalie with the ball just bouncing around everywhere,” Hartford said. Behind the goalie? Yep. Given a field hockey goalie’s copious padding, awkward gait and inability to […]
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Maslah Hassan finds home on Lewiston soccer fields
LEWISTON — Maslah Hassan is at home on the soccer field. The field is where he finds happiness. It’s his comfort zone. It’s a place of escape from the noise of the world. “When I’m really sad sometimes, I just get a ball and get my cleats and just forget about what’s going on in […]
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Lewiston boys’ soccer team climbs national rankings
Also read: Maslah Hassan finds home on Lewiston soccer fields LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team turned heads earlier this season when, as the Sun Journal first reported in September, the Blue Devils cracked USA Today’s top 25 national boys’ soccer poll. The team has done nothing but improve against tougher competition since […]
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Boys’ soccer: Traip stuns Lisbon with late goal
LISBON — It was an impressive start, but a heartbreaking finish for the Lisbon boys’ soccer team Saturday. The Greyhounds came out hard, played aggressive and created an abundance of chances early in their Class C South preliminary with Traip. Lisbon did everything it wanted to do but still failed to accomplish what it hoped […]
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Cross country: A battle to the finish for Harriman, Hickey
CUMBERLAND — Lisbon’s Nicholas Harriman and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey have gotten to know each other at the finish line during the cross country season. Hickey was right on Harriman’s heels for the entire race Saturday, but Harriman stayed out in front to win the 3.1-mile Class C boys’ race at the Southern Regional Cross Country […]
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Boys’ soccer: Gray-New Gloucester survives Lincoln Academy in penalty kicks
GRAY — There’s finishing when you want to, and finishing when you have to. The Gray-New Gloucester boys’ soccer team was hoping for the former Saturday, but settled for the latter. The Patriots had numerous opportunities early but couldn’t bury their chances, allowing a game, 12th-ranked Lincoln Academy team to hang in and force overtime […]
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Boys’ soccer: Edward Little outlasts Mt. Ararat
That the game ended just 6:19 into the first 15-minute overtime might have come as a surprise, considering that in the first 170 minutes of soccer this season between the teams, each team had produced one goal and seemed destined to play longer. The eighth-seeded Red Eddies secured the 2-1 win and a trip to […]
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Field Hockey: Timeout sparks Oak Hill to victory
LITCHFIELD — Oak Hill field hockey coach Betsy Gilbert saw her players losing in edge midway through the second half of their Class C South semifinal game against Traip Academy in a scoreless game. She quickly called time, gathered them into a huddle and gave an impassioned speech. Her team heard her loud and clear. […]
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Cross Country: Doorow tops Class A North; Hampden, Brunswick win team titles
Paul Casavant from Hampden Academy and Tessa Cassidy of Brunswick took second in their respective races, but in doing so helped lead their teams to regional titles at Troy Howard Middle School. Casavant finished a distant second to Lewiston’s Osman Doorow, crossing the line 25 seconds behind Doorow’s winning time of 15:40.39, but his Broncos […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Oak Hill, Lisbon roll
KITTERY — Oak Hill wrapped up the second undefeated football regular season in school history and its first since 1982 on Saturday, taking care of Traip, 32-6, at Memorial Field. Dalton Therrien threw three touchdowns and Cruz Poirier rushed for two more to lead two-time defending state champion Oak Hill (7-0), which is the No. 1 […]