LEWISTON – The Lewiston High School girls’ hockey team didn’t show any rust in its first game in nine days as the Blue Devils’ dispatched the Greely Rangers 7-2 Wednesday night. Lewiston coach Ron Dumont was pleased with the effort. “We had some days off and we didn’t come prepared to play,”Dumont said of a […]
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Girls’ hockey: Boulet’s 2 goals make St. Dom’s night
AUBURN — Jessica Boulet had a senior night to remember. Skating in her final game at Norway Savings Bank Arena as a member of the St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team, the senior captain netted a pair of goals, the second putting the Saints in front for good in a 5-3 victory over Mt. Ararat […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little gets long-awaited win over Hampden
AUBURN — Edward Little High School’s senior class, at long last, has its first victory over Hampden Academy. Since seventh grade, when the Broncos’ now-senior class was dishing out lopsided wins over Edward Little, the Red Eddies’ seniors had never been on the winning side of a matchup with Hampden. That streak ended Monday. The Red […]
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High school roundup: Dirigo edges Oak Hill behind Conant’s clutch shot in OT
WALES — Jessica Conant came up big in overtime as Dirigo edged Oak Hill 42-39 in a hotly-contested MVC basketball tilt Monday. Conant scored three of her 16-point tally in OT, leading the Cougars (13-2) when it counted. Kelsey Hutchins and Lauren Henderson chipped in with nine points each in a well-balanced attack. The Raiders […]
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Regional Cheerleading Championships: Lewiston does it again; Dirigo delivers first title
AUGUSTA — Lewiston left itself a high ceiling for Monday’s regional cheerleading championship. One week earlier, the Blue Devils struggled through a three-minute routine that was well below its own standards, even as they won their program’s seventh consecutive KVAC title on the same Augusta Civic Center floor. Consider the roof raised and the ceiling […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lavoie brothers succeeding together with 26ers
AUBURN — Ryan Lavoie got his first taste of hockey when he was 4 years old. He was watching a game on television one day when he turned to his parents and told them that he wanted to play hockey. He’s been playing ever since. Ryan wasn’t the only member of the Lavoie family where […]
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Local roundup: Devils deep-six Clippers
NORTH YARMOUTH — Allison Frechette scored a hat trick as Lewiston skated to a 5-3 victory over Yarmouth in girls’ ice hockey action Saturday. The Clippers got to within one with 4:57 remaining in regulation when Katie Clemmer scored her second consecutive goal. But, Lauren Deblois provided the Blue Devils a safety 21 seconds later, […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Four-goal third period pushes Lewiston past Bangor
Despite seeing a two-goal lead evaporate in the final minute of the second period, the Blue Devils didn’t waiver and exploded for four goals in the final frame in a 7-3 victory over Bangor on Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Jean-Luc Dostie scored the game-winner 2:16 into the third period on the power play […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Monmouth’s patience pays off in win over Oak Hill
MONMOUTH — Sometimes patience isn’t an obstacle but an opportunity. Earlier in the year, the slowing down of the offense and trying to run a patient play might have felt like being shackled for the Monmouth girls’ basketball team. The Mustangs thought holding on to the ball and looking for the right shot might have […]
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Boys’ basketball: Isaiah and Eli Calder give Leavitt brotherly boost
TURNER — Once a common experience in rural, working-class Maine, brothers starting together on the same varsity basketball team is decidedly rare in the tri-county region these days. Isaiah and Eli Calder of Leavitt are one of only two such combinations this winter. Austin and Andrew Darling of neighboring Spruce Mountain are the other. There […]