FARMINGTON — Being the younger brother of the quarterback and conquering hero on your school’s most recent state championship team isn’t an easy way to grow up or progress through your football career. In the case of Mt. Blue’s Christian Whitney, however, that birth order gave a coach and a senior-dominated team a kid who can […]
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H.S. Golf Notebook: Blue Devils win KVAC Class A South
The Lewiston High School Blue Devils golf team is continuing its strong play in the most crucial part of the season. Monday, the Devils defeated Brunswick, 162-173, in the team medal to capture the KVAC South crown. Stephanie Rodrigue’s 38 led the way, followed by Andrew Loisel’s 40. Brendan Croteau and Kyle Morin each shot […]
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High school roundup: Leavitt escapes Camden Hills in field hockey
TURNER — Allie Belaire converted a cross from Kierstin Leclerc to give Leavitt a 1-0 win over Camden Hills in a rain-soaked KVAC field hockey tilt Tuesday. Hailey DeMascio made five saves for the Hornets (6-3) to notch the shutout, while Jenna Stearns turned aside three shots for Camden Hills (6-4). Kaitlyn DeBlois made a […]
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Field Hockey: Lewiston comes back on Brunswick
LEWISTON — Brunswick field hockey coach Karin Palin watched her team put up three goals against Lewiston on Tuesday. Normally, three goals in field hockey game are more than enough, but the Blue Devils recovered behind the hot scoring of Kasey Talarico to earn a 5-3 come-from-behind win. Trailing 3-2 after two Brunswick goals in […]
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Girls’ soccer: Cousineau, Leavitt edge Erskine in OT
TURNER — With two minutes remaining in regulation Tuesday night and steady rain pelting Libby Field, it was hard to imagine Leavitt getting the one goal needed to tie Erskine, never mind two to win. Two seniors playing in their final annual under-the-lights game as high school soccer players, Amanda Poulin and Liliana Cousineau, shot down […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Monmouth edges St. Dom’s, 2-1
MONMOUTH — At some point this season, the Monmouth girls’ soccer team knew it was going to give up a goal. Hosting unbeaten St. Dom’s on Tuesday, it seemed possible that shutout streak might end, but the question remained: How would the Mustangs react? Sure enough, the Saints controlled play from the start and struck […]
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Cross country track: Saints christen new course with win
A proud St. Dom’s girls’ team christened the 3.1-mile course with a victory on a muggy and wet Tuesday afternoon. “It was so cool having our first home meet,” said Sirois, who finished first with a winning time of 21 minutes, 28 seconds. “Well, I personally love our course. Mt. Agony is a little surprise […]
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Girls’ soccer: Edward Little, Mt. Blue settle for draw
“A tie’s just as good as a win at this point in the season,” EL coach Craig Latuscha said. “When you play a team that has four wins, they were worth more Heal Points than us. This was a game we knew was going to be close. This was a playoff team that we played […]
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High school roundup: Roadrunners roll over the Cougars
SALEM — Court Talmage had a goal and assist to lead the Mt. Abram to the 3-0 victory over Dirigo in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer game. Talmage found Michael Martin 8:34 into the opening half to open the scoring. With eight minutes left, Talmage’s strike from 20 yards out found the back of […]
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Telstar’s coed team finds harmony, success
BETHEL — In a span of a few days, a handful of Telstar soccer players might have felt as though they’d been traded. Four girls that had started the fall season preparing for soccer with the girls’ program suddenly found themselves on the boys’ team. It meant new teammates and a different style of play. […]