LISBON — Throughout the regular season, Lisbon High School girls soccer coach Jake Gentle and his Greyhounds worked tirelessly on improving a defense that entered the season having lost a ton of talent to graduation. Though the ’Hounds struggled at times this season, the defense has finally come together. Lisbon showcased that hard work on […]
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Lewiston vs. Edward Little Football: Bridge to history
Forget sports for a minute. Not many traditions of any persuasion that prevailed in society in 1897 still are being celebrated today. Baseball’s initial World Series was six years away. The Spanish-American War was yet to begin. William McKinley was president. And a football team from Edward Little High School defeated an outfit from Lewiston […]
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High School soccer: Buckfield, Lewiston earn top tourney seeds
RICHMOND — The only traveling the Buckfield boys’ soccer team wants to be doing this tournament season is on a trek to Presque Isle. The Bucks have earned the top seed in the Class D South standings with a 13-1 record, meaning they will host all their regional playoff games. If they have the good […]
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H.S. Football Playoff Peek: Shaking the Crabtree and watching fallout
Your winning percentage, plus your opponents’ collective winning percentage, times 10. That’s the relatively simple Crabtree point formula used to rank Maine high school football teams for postseason play. We all know from experience, of course, that Week 8 results can change that picture dramatically. Here’s a quick primer on how things should shake out […]
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H.S. Football Weekend Blitz: Playoff bracket riding on rivalry games
Lewiston (2-5) at Edward Little (2-5) Friday, 7 p.m. Neither team has won since September, but survivor of this one will host a Class A North quarterfinal on the final Friday in October. Eddies had slight edge over Devils in annual preseason tuneup. Bangor (1-6) at Oxford Hills/Buckfield (1-6) Friday, 7 p.m. Class A North […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ Week 8 prognostications
Edward Little 26, Lewiston 14 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 12, Bangor 7 Leavitt 22, Biddeford 20 Skowhegan 41, Mt. Blue 34 Gray-New Gloucester 26, Poland 22 Spruce Mountain 24, Mountain Valley 7 Winthrop/Monmouth 35, Boothbay 0 Dirigo 19, Maranacook 8 Lisbon 35, Telstar 0 Oak Hill 34, Traip 6
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H.S. Football Top 10: Top half of rankings remain unchanged
The only bad news for the Bulldogs: It is tough to stay sharp for the playoffs when you win consecutive games by a combined score of 124-0. 2. Thornton 6-1 (2) Trojans haven’t been tested in a while, either, but Bonny Eagle should take care of that this week. 3. Cheverus 5-2 (3) Stags’ defeated […]
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Field Hockey: No. 7 Traip ends No. 2 St. Dom’s season
“We didn’t have as many girls as we usually do,” Sullivan said. “I wasn’t even standing in the right position. Usually, we have three girls stacked up and then one behind them, and I just came to the side instead.” Her swing-and-miss wasn’t her first of the afternoon, either. “I did that when we first […]
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Field Hockey: Oak Hill holds off late-surging Sacopee Valley
LITCHFIELD — The final horn couldn’t come soon enough for Oak Hill in its Class C South field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday against Sacopee Valley. The Raiders had to sweat out a surge by the Hawks that lasted much of the second half, but the Oak Hill defense stood strong and held on until that final […]
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Class A North Field hockey quarterfinals: Lambert, Cony oust Oxford Hills
AUGUSTA — If Class A North field hockey playoffs are the Messalonskee and Skowhegan Invitational, according to custom, Cony can’t do worse than being best-of-the-rest. The Rams continued their relative stroll through the remainder of the KVAC on Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Kami Lambert delivered the first two goals in an opening-half onslaught that made No. 3 […]