Darren Allen, most recently with the team from 2001-08, is back with the program after six years away, bringing with him a new perspective on the job and a rekindled excitement for Mt. Abram soccer. “I’ve never stopped coaching,” Allen said. “I always was coaching youth, coaching Premier, travel teams, always helping out with rec. […]
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Maine basketball hall: Fortin, Meader, Clark to be inducted
The second class will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday at the Cross Insurance Arena in Bangor at 1:30 p.m.. Out of the 29 inductees, four have local ties, including Denis Clark, Dick Meader, Paul Fortin and Wayne Champeon. The hall will also be recognizing six Legends of the Game, […]
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H.S. soccer: Lewiston, Edward Little look to build off last season
LEWISTON — Monday was a day that many soccer players have waited for since last fall. None have likely been more anxious and excited than the boys from Lewiston and the girls from Edward Little. Both squads reached the Class A state championship last November. Both fell short of a state title and the returning […]
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Opening day: Family first for surging Poland field hockey program
As they ambled down the dirt path, they heard a familiar sound — click, clack, click, smack . . . thunk. A senior a year ago, Emily Gibson was already on the field with a ball, dribbling back and forth and occasionally plunking the back of the cage, waiting for a new group of varsity […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Quintarian Brown, Ace Curry still teammates, and both healthy
DOVER-FOXCROFT — If it wasn’t an ankle injury, it was a hamstring injury. If not a pulled hamstring, a strained neck. And if all the bones and tendons were working properly, muscle cramps carried out their debilitating effects. That was Quintarian Brown’s football career at Lewiston High School in one painful paragraph. Or, if you prefer […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic: Leavitt, Spruce Mountain leaders set rivalry aside for 26th showcase
The Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic is the place where children in critical need get a new lease on life and where the most bitter rivalries go to die. If you were a fellow guest in the air-conditioned dormitories at Foxcroft Academy this week, you could set your watch to it. In a matter of […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Kyle Tervo of Oak Hill unsung, but clearly belongs
Seventy-seven schools played varsity football in Maine this past school year, putting invitations to Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic XXVI at a premium. And Tervo played at Oak Hill, a school that won consecutive Class D football championships with Kyle Flaherty and Alex Mace deservedly earning most of the headlines. With those two locked into […]
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Lobster Bowl: Davis Turner of Oxford Hills can’t weight for college
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thirteen pounds. Those are the first things noticeable about Davis Turner’s appearance at Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl XXVI camp this week. He’s substantially bigger than the high school senior who dominated games at linebacker for Oxford Hills last September and October. And before you rush to judgment, let it be known that this isn’t […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Ryan Vail gives Telstar football its day
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Talent and dedication weren’t always enough to get Ryan Vail noticed during his high school football career. Yes, Vail was a four-year starter. It was at center and defensive tackle, however; two places where you don’t gobble up yards, score touchdowns and accumulate the statistics that made fantasy football famous. And his career unfolded […]
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AAU 10th grade basketball: MBR squad claims second at AAU Nationals
The first half was like you might have expected. The MBR 10th grade girls’ basketball team looked like they had just arrived, hesitant, unsure of themselves and not playing up to their full potential. They were still getting used to the new surroundings and settling in to new territory. It was their first game of […]