LEWISTON — There will be a new state champion in girls’ hockey. Falmouth made sure of that, knocking off defending state champion Scarborough, 4-2, in the Western Maine final Wednesday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. The top-seeded Yachtsmen scored the game’s first four goals and withstood a Red Storm comeback to punch their […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Lewiston sneaks past Red Hornets in double overtime
The last time it happened? Two years ago in the Eastern semifinal. The teams? Lewiston and Leavitt/Edward Little (before the Poland co-op). The Red Hornets came out victorious. It happened again Wednesday night, this time in the Eastern regional final. Only this time the Blue Devils skated away with the win. Allison Frechette scored on […]
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Local roundup: NYA dispatches Rangeley, 58-54
RANGELEY — Despite a 28-15 fourth quarter run by Rangeley, North Yarmouth Academy hung on for a 58-54 victory in a Western Class D boys’ basketball Prelim tilt Wednesday. Jake Malcom led the Clippers (8-11) with 18 points, while DJ Nicholas chipped in with 10. NYA built a 33-16 advantage in the first half but […]
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Class C West boys’ basketball preliminary: Maranacook takes out St. Dom’s with help from six Kyle Wilbur 3s
READFIELD — Another year, another Wilbur’s shooting touch allows the Maranacook boys’ basketball team to fight another day. Fifty-one weeks ago, Kyle Wilbur watched his older brother, Taylor, hit eight 3-pointers and 34 points in a Class C West tournament game. This time it was sophomore Kyle’s turn to torch St. Dom’s with six treys and […]
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Mills, Sun Journal sports department collect awards
ORLANDO — The Sun Journal sports department and sports reporter Kevin Mills are among the winners this week in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Mills, who has been with the Sun Journal for 23 years, earned a top-10 award in project reporting for his series of stories on the evolution of soccer at […]
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Boys’ basketball: Richmond Bobcats repel Buckfield Bucks
RICHMOND — Typically when your team is up 21-0 after the first quarter of a basketball game, you begin to write your opponent off. On Wednesday, the Western Class D fifth-seeded Richmond High School boys’ basketball team hosted No. 12 Buckfield in a preliminary playoff game in Richmond. With the Bobcats taking a 21-0 lead […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Vinalhaven rallies past Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Determination quickly trumped hesitation. When Vinalhaven’s Ashley Davis-Oakes was told she was being switched to guard Buckfield’s Naudia Wesley in the fourth quarter Tuesday, the senior was a bit anxious. “The look on my face was really a look of shock,” Davis-Oakes said. “You can’t really say anything. You’ve got to do it. […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston gets back on track, beats Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — Lewiston rebounded from a tough weekend loss to Edward Little with a close 2-1 victory over Biddeford in boys’ ice hockey action Tuesday night. The Blue Devils (10-5-1) scored a goal in each of the first two periods before Biddeford answered in the third. Sophomore forward Jeromey Rancourt scored a goal and an […]
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Falcons fly off handle, floor Hawks
RUMFORD — When Mountain Valley decided to play its game, things turned out positive in a Class C girls’ preliminary playoff game Tuesday night. Sydney Petrie recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds as the fifth-ranked Falcons ultimately responded to the challenge and turned up the heat in the second half en route […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Monmouth bottles up Traip in prelim
MONMOUTH — Traip Academy’s scouting report on Monmouth Academy didn’t mention anything about a full-court press. Traip coach Scott Blake observed the Mustangs’ regular-season finale against Madison and didn’t see Monmouth press at any point. Monmouth’s full-court pressure undoubtedly caught the Rangers off guard as the Mustangs forced 25 turnovers in a 50-25 victory over […]