TURNER — For all the talk this week about forfeits and the need for 1-versus-8 playoff games, Lake Region showed up at Libby Field on Friday night carrying the back pages of the playbook inside the kitchen sink. The Lakers threw it all at top-seeded Leavitt and stayed within reach for almost a half. But […]
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High school football: No. 4 Bangor avenges late-season defeat, topples No. 5 Oxford Hills
BANGOR — Consider it a return to normalcy for the Bangor High School football team. Dane Johnson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and the Rams’ defense shut out Oxford Hills of South Paris until the game’s final seconds Friday night as Bangor secured a 24-7 victory over the Vikings in an Eastern Maine […]
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Class C West Football Quarterfinal: Spruce Mountain squelches Mountain Valley
There’s Wells at home next week, and potentially a trip to Leavitt two weeks down the highway. But after last Saturday’s 28-14 loss to the Hornets – one in which the Phoenix lost out on an undefeated regular season and home field advantage – how they handled Halloween Night against the Falcons was a good […]
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High school football playoffs: Messalonskee ends Mt. Blue’s season in East B quarterfinals
OAKLAND — A lot can change over the course of a season and no one learned that lesson harder than Mt. Blue on Friday. Mt. Blue got the better of Messalonskee when the two teams met three weeks into the season in Farmington. The Eagles returned the favor on their home field, hammering the Cougars […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Blue Devils advance by Bangor, 1-0
LEWISTON — The game prompted frayed nerves and rushed plays. With a trip to the Eastern A final at stake, Lewiston and Bangor faced off in back-and-forth semifinal battle of anxiety and near misses Friday. As the game went on, the stakes got higher and the nerves got thinner. When Lewiston’s Abdi Shariff had an […]
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High school soccer: Richmond trips Rangeley in West D semifinal
RICHMOND — In the top-seeded Richmond Bobcats’ first game in 10 days after a first-round bye, No. 5 Rangeley gave them a run for their money, but it was Richmond that walked away with a 1-0 victory. “We gave them everything we had, everything they’ve had up until this point I believe,” Lakers coach Chip […]
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High school soccer: Edward Little readies for Brunswick in first semifinal appearance in 13 years
AUBURN — For most of the past decade, the Edward Little girls’ soccer team has made a habit of appearing in the postseason. But, they haven’t lasted very long. There has been an occasional preliminary round victory, but other tourney appearances were of the one-and-done variety. After losing in the quarterfinal round last year in […]
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H.S. Football Weekend Blitz: Vikings have to prove it again
Oxford Hills (4-4) at Bangor (5-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Vikings’ defense is plenty good enough to hang with the Rams, even when the hosts are at full strength. Davis Turner vs. Dane Johnson might be more fun than any one-on-one matchup we’ve seen all season. Oxford Hills’ running game needs to be good enough to […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Phoenix aim to get back on track
High school football fans had mixed feelings about the consolidation of Jay and Livermore Falls in 2011. One major positive out of the school merger, in gridiron terms, was the idea that the communities would face Mountain Valley again after more than a decade in different divisions. Someday, maybe even in the next year or […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Size of playoff field matters
Oakes: Well, sport, the high school football playoffs are upon us. There will be quarterfinal games breaking out all over the state Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, and yes, by golly, some of them will be breakouts, as in more ugly and painful than a shingles flare-up. And unless you have been hiding under a […]