ORONO — Regional bias or aesthetic preference in offensive football aside, please don’t pretend you saw Friday night coming. Winslow’s 62-14 rout of Leavitt at Morse Field shattered the record for most points by a Class C champion in the final. It was less than two minutes away from stomping the mark for largest margin […]
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Class C Football Championship: Winslow Black Raiders hammer Leavitt Hornets
ORONO — Dylan Hapworth will reap the headlines, the highlights, the postseason banquet hardware and a lion’s share of the acclaim for Winslow’s 10th football state championship. Let’s not make any mistake: Leavitt lost to more than one player in Friday night’s Class C championship at Morse Field. Big-boy, smash-mouth, old-time football won. Physical, go-ahead-and-try-to-stop-it […]
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Oak Hill’s Path to the Championship: Defense, ball control Raiders’ best friends
Game 2: Dirigo 14, Oak Hill 6. Road underdogs have done well in the recent rivalry between these two programs, and this Cougars’ victory was no exception. Beaten at Wales in the 2013 Class C West regional final, the Cougars charged from the gate with Joe Casey’s touchdown on the opening kickoff. Tyler Frost supplied […]
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Girls’ hockey: Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland wins opener over Winslow
WINSLOW — Seven different players scored and six others collected assists as Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland rolled to a 7-0 win over Winslow in a season-opening girls’ hockey contest at Sukee Arena on Saturday. Kaylee Younk picked up a goal and an assist for the Red Rornets (1-0), while Tori Sanford stopped all five shots she faced […]
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Leavitt Path to the Championship: Big plays, both ways, hallmark of season
Game 2: Leavitt 20, Yarmouth 12. For the second consecutive year, Yarmouth – a team that dominated the old Class C in back-to-back years before Leavitt, Cape, Wells and Spruce Mountain dropped in as a result of reclassification – gave the Hornets fits. Leavitt appeared to find its groove by jumping out to an early […]
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Class C Football Championship Preview: ‘Getting to know you’ not necessary
Geography ensures that not many state championship football matchups can be construed as renewals of a rivalry. Rarely do opponents even have a history. Friday night’s Class C clash between Leavitt and Winslow at the University of Maine is a distinct exception, on all counts. It’s the second consecutive meeting with a Gold Ball in […]
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Class D Football Championship Preview: MCI, Oak Hill different, but same
Oak Hill is the defending Class D football champion. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield, winless only two seasons ago, is making its first state title game appearance since 2000 and seeking its first Gold Ball in 40 years. Yet the Raiders, who embrace the underdog role the way your long-lost aunt puts you in a […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Blue Devils aware of mounting expectations
Following a positive showing at the annual round robin preseason tournament at Norway Savings Bank Arena earlier this month, Lewiston High School coach Ron Dumont had a decision to make. In his mind, the seventh-year coach was faced with two options: He could shield his players from all of the outside whispers and expectations, or […]
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Class D Football: Oak Hill back(s) for more
Talk about each other? In the best sense of the word? Heck, Oak Hill’s two-headed monster will accept that invitation all day. “Alex can run people over and beat them to the edge, big time,” Flaherty said. “I picture me as more of outside guy. Kyle’s more of a middle guy,” chimed in Mace, repaying […]
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Class C Football State Championship: Air up there comfortable for Leavitt Hornets
TURNER — “Defending state champion” is a bit of a misnomer when applied to Leavitt football. Oh, the Hornets certainly are all that, by definition. Ten consecutive wins have put Leavitt in position to keep the Class C gold Friday night against Winslow at the University of Maine. Let’s take inventory, though, of what some […]