MONMOUTH — Nineteen days have made a jaw-dropping difference in the Saint Dominic Academy boys’ soccer team. Since losing to Monmouth for the first time in school history, the Saints have strung together six consecutive wins, surrendering only one goal on a penalty kick. The latest victory, in light of the timing and that previous […]
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Cross Country Notebook: League meets a learning experience
Cross country coaches and athletes used the conference championships this past weekend as a learning experience and as a confidence boost heading into the regional championships next Saturday. “It’s great, because it might be one of the hardest conferences in the state,” Mt. Blue runner Aaron Willingham said of the KVAC. “For Dan (Lesko) and […]
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H.S. Cross Country: Harriman is a Greyhound in pursuit
LISBON — Lisbon High School’s Nick Harriman is taking a page out of Josef Holt-Andrews’ playbook on how to conduct himself. Holt-Andrews, who graduated from Telstar in June, was the Class C state champion in cross country last year. He’s currently at Iowa State, where he’s on the cross country and track and field teams. […]
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The Hot Corner: Football forfeits tough, like the game itself
Football is a bundle of contradictions. What do you expect from a game whose most esteemed coach borrowed the one-liner, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing,” and made it famous? It is a game both brutally honest and sometimes beholden to an it’s-legal-until-you-get-caught philosophy. It teaches invaluable life lessons, brutal ones, and occasionally foolish […]
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Local roundup: Telstar sinks Waynflete in playoff round
BETHEL — Telstar scored all three of their goals in the first half to shut out Waynflete with a 3-0 win in a Western Class C prelim matchup. The win sets up a date with the No. 2 seeded Yarmouth Clippers on Tuesday. Becca Howard scored twice and Octavia Morin had the other goal as […]
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KVAC championship: Willingham runs away with it
AUGUSTA — Aaron Willingham left the competition in the dust. The Mt. Blue senior broke the course record at Cony with a time 16:56.5, beating his teammate Dan Lesko, who ran a time of 17:12.9 in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championships. “They were both able to play to their strengths today,” Mt. Blue coach […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill shuts out Traip Academy
WALES — It didn’t take long for Oak Hill High School’s senior day to become the Alex Mace show. Playing in his final regular season home game, Mace had arguably the best game of his high school career Saturday afternoon. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior running back/defensive back rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on […]
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H.S. golf: New champions crowned at individual state tournament
VASSALBORO — Saturday’s individual state championship at Natanis Golf Course became a lesson at just how hard defending a title can be. Three golfers hit the links with the goal of repeating as state champion and all three came up a few shots short. At the end of the day, all three classes had a […]
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MVC Cross Country Championships: Mustangs shock Saints
AUGUSTA — Unless you were part of the Monmouth Academy girls’ cross country camp, privy to the daily workouts and weekly progressions, the times and numbers didn’t add up. Boothbay and St. Dom’s beat Monmouth by 40 points in a regular-season meet. Two weeks ago, in the Mountain Valley Conference midseason showcase, the Mustangs were […]
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H.S. Football: Pratt-Holt’s catch on final play rescues Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Call this the Mt. Blue Homecoming Miracle. Heartbroken by three Brewer touchdowns in a six-minute span, the Cougars’ hopes of hosting a Pine Tree Conference football playoff game had all but evaporated. Do-everything tailback and linebacker J.T. Williams stood watching helplessly on crutches, ice soothing his reinjured left knee. It looked like a […]