TURNER — Angela Daigle belted an RBI single up the middle in the ninth inning to give Leavitt a 5-4 victory over Nokimis in the teams’ KVAC season finale Wednesday. Daigle led the Hornets (13-3) with a triple and a single, while Cierra Hilliard chipped in with two hits. Nokomis (11-5) was paced with Audrey […]
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High school tennis: Lewiston boys, girls topple Bangor in quarterfinals
Wednesday, the Blue Devils’ boys’ and girls’ squads each defeated the Bangor Rams. The boys won, 4-1, with the girls earning a 5-0 shutout.
High school baseball: Brunswick handles Oxford Hills
Brunswick will enter the Eastern A postseason with an 8-8 mark and the No. 8 seed in the Heal Point Standings, giving the Dragons a home preliminary game next week, likely against Lewiston. Oxford Hills, at 9-7, will likely be the No. 5 seed. In Wednesday’s game, the Dragons found the holes, with five bloop […]
High school baseball: Bangor holds off Edward Little for top seed
Coach Jeff Fahey’s defending state champions jumped out to an early lead and rode DeLaite’s dominant performance on the mound to a 4-1 victory over Edward Little of Auburn at Mansfield Stadium to secure the No. 1 seed for the regional playoffs that begin next week. “I’m very proud of my boys, we had a […]
H.S. Track and Field: Kyle Farrar of Mountain Valley fights back, knows no sophomore jinx
RUMFORD — Some track athletes are natural. Others have a high ceiling with the right combination of coaching, commitment and confidence-building. Kyle Farrar is all that wrapped into one. The Mountain Valley High School sophomore was responsible for 32 of the Falcons’ 46 team points at the MVC championships, winning the 100-meter dash and long jump […]
MVC Track and Field: Lisbon boys make it 10; Monmouth ends girls’ streak
LISBON — Lisbon High School track and field has dominated the Mountain Valley Conference for so long that when the Greyhounds began their streak of nine consecutive clean sweeps, Monmouth Academy was a second-year expansion team. A decade later, the Mustangs have more than doubled in size and have accomplished what other league rivals found impossible […]
Boys’ lacrosse: Lewiston pulls away from St. Dom’s in season finale
The Lewiston boys’ lacrosse team will take it. The Blue Devils weathered an early onslaught from St. Dominic Academy, slowly picked their way back to even, and then dominated on defense in the second half to lock down a 7-4 win over the rival Saints in the teams’ final game of the regular season. The […]
High School girls’ lacrosse: Messalonskee rallies past Lewiston for overtime win
LEWISTON — A couple of clutch goals and a pair of equally crucial saves put the exclamation point on a Messalonskee comeback Tuesday. The Eagles girls’ lacrosse team was down at the half but rallied to force overtime at McDuffie Field at Bates College. Though Lewiston had numerous chances late in regulation and in the extra […]
H.S. Tennis: Hammond reaches final, falls to defending champion Leavitt
Playing in her first State Singles championship match, the St. Dom’s sophomore fended off match point five consecutive times in the second set and briefly grabbed a 6-5 lead against two-time defending state champion Olivia Leavitt of Falmouth. But the top-seeded Leavitt showed her experience at the end, winning the ensuing game and the resulting […]
High School softball: York becomes next pitcher in line for Telstar
BETHEL — Since an early age, Olivia York had a passion for softball and a desire to play at Telstar. She’d hardly miss a game, and she still recalls watching the Rebels win back-to-back state championships. “When I was little, my dad and I would come watch the games,” York said. “That’s what I wanted […]