TURNER — Carrying the axe that has become his team’s “chip away at the stone” trademark, Adam Smith led the Leavitt football team in a slow procession Friday evening from the locker room, through the chain link fence and onto Libby Field. The thumping beat of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” blared over the public address system, but […]
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Football: Massabesic lets Lewiston know who’s boss early
LEWISTON — Massabesic did most the of the damage in the first half, and despite Lewiston’s respectable efforts to get back into the game, the Blue Devils couldn’t recover in time in a Class A football game Friday night. Massabesic stayed in step in the first half and marched off with its first victory of […]
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H.S. football: Poland holds off Mountain Valley
POLAND — A defensive play set the tone early and then sealed the deal late for Poland on Friday night, and the Knights held off the Mountain valley Falcons, 16-7. Poland (3-4) capped off its home schedule with a solid defensive effort. It began with a Jagger Ware interception that led to Poland’s first touchdown, […]
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Boys’ soccer: St. Dom’s shuts down Lisbon
LISBON — It seems like every great battle has a favorite and underdog. When the Lisbon High School boys’ soccer team meets up with rival St. Dom’s in a Mountain Valley Conference clash, the Greyhounds typically play the role of the underdog. In the latest chapter of this rivalry Friday, St. Dom’s toppled Lisbon, 2-0. […]
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Cross Country: Boothbay sweeps MVC team titles; Lisbon’s Harriman wins boys’ race
Freshman Faith Blethen out-distanced senior teammate Hannah Morley and the rest of the field as the Seahawks cruised to a team victory over St. Dom’s at the University of Maine at Augusta course. The Boothbay boys edged Lisbon for their title. The girls’ race, run first, belonged to the freshman phenom Blethen, who crossed the […]
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Leavitt’s Adam Smith released from hospital
PORTLAND — Leavitt Area High School senior Adam Smith will have plenty to reflect on during senior night festivities tonight in Turner. Smith, a lineman, has been hospitalized since last Saturday after suffering a shattered spleen during a game against Greely in Cumberland. On Friday, according to our media partners at WGME, Smith went home, and […]
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H.S. Football: Craig, Green unstoppable for Leavitt against Spruce Mountain
TURNER — Leavitt football Senior Night was unofficially dedicated to Adam Smith, with good and obvious reason, but fellow upperclassmen Levi Craig and Max Green put on a show Friday night that the Hornets and their fans at Libby Field won’t soon forget. Craig was 21-for-37 for a staggering 423 yards, and Green caught all four […]
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Boys’ soccer: Freeport trips up Poland
FREEPORT — The Freeport High School boys’ varsity soccer team clinched a playoff spot after the Falcons’ 3-0 win against Poland on Thursday. The Falcons (4-7-1) came into the game holding on to the No. 12 spot, while the Knights (3-9-1) were sitting at No. 13. “I’m psyched,” Freeport coach Joe Heathco said. “It was […]
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Girls’ soccer: Schreiber’s goal lifts Lisbon past St. Dom’s in OT
LISBON — For a moment, the missed opportunity and the failed chance to end the game, nagged at Deliah Schreiber. That was before the Lisbon senior put a missed penalty kick in overtime behind her and focused on the task at hand Thursday. “For a second, it got to me, but after that, I just […]
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Girls’ soccer: Oak Hill finishes strong against Boothbay
Then there’s other times, such as Thursday afternoon for the Oak Hill girls, when the avalanche doesn’t come. The Raiders followed up their second-minute goal with only a flurry of empty chances, but did find their scoring touch once again in a 4-1 victory over Boothbay. The game wasn’t even two minutes old when Oak […]