Lewiston (0-6) at Portland (4-2) Friday, 7 p.m. Didn’t see this potential oh-fer coming. Devils at least need to build confidence for EL finale. Deering (2-4) at EL (1-5) Friday, 7 p.m. Don’t look now, but the Eddies can make a playoff run if they can turn Noble rout into a three-game winning streak. Windham […]
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Oakes’ football forecast for Oct. 17-18
Portland 34, Lewiston 6 Edward Little 28, Deering 24 Windham 26, Oxford Hills 14 Mt. Blue 35, Brewer 27 Leavitt 36, Wells 20 Spruce Mtn. 54, Lake Region 14 Cape Elizabeth 48, Gray-NG 12 Yarmouth 34, Poland 21 Mtn. Valley 35, Freeport 15 Lisbon 20, Dirigo 13 Oak Hill 35, Traip 7 Winthrop/Monmouth 26, Boothbay […]
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Head to Head: What’s in a rivalry?
Oakes: Well, whippersnapper, I have reached a certain level of reluctant acceptance that football rivalries aren’t what they used to be. Some of this is probably a product of our society reexamining how it feels about the us-versus-them culture, and adults regulating kids’ behavior in kind. You probably aren’t old enough to remember it, but, […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Somebody’s ‘0’ has to go in Dixfield
Week 6 in Maine high school football was a wild one, with three teams falling from the undefeated ranks. Another team’s pursuit of perfection is guaranteed to end Friday night after Lisbon (5-0) and Dirigo (5-0) clash at Harlow Park in Dixfield. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield is the only other Class D team in […]
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Boys Soccer: Blue Devils rout Messalonskee
OAKLAND — Abdirahman Shariff netted a hat trick and added an assist as Lewiston boys soccer posted a 6-0 victory over Messalonskee on Thursday. Maulid Abdow scored the first two goals of the match before Sharrif tallied the next three. Joseph Kalilwa rounded out the scoring for the Blue Devils (12-0-1). Hassan Mohamed recorded two […]
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H.S. Football: Eddies find winning formula at right time
What the Red Eddies lacked was experience, and that was compounded by injuries and other day-to-day incidentals that prevented the full complement of playmakers from being on the field all at once. Timing is everything. More healthy and explosive than it had been all season, EL put a five-game losing skid in the rearview mirror […]
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Girls Soccer: Messalonskee tops Lewiston in rain-shortened match
LEWISTON — Considering what Messalonskee High School girls’ soccer has had to endure over the past week, a torrential rain storm felt like nothing more than a harmless mist. Playing their second game following the tragic death of teammate Cassidy Charette, the Eagles netted a pair of first-half goals en route to a 2-0, rain-shortened […]
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Sports postponements: Weather forces games to be moved
Several area schools have begun postponing Thursday’s activities because of the threat of heavy rain and poor conditions in the afternoon. Here is a list of games scheduled for today. Confirmed postponements are in italics, with the makeup date in parentheses. The list will be updated as more are confirmed. Scheduled games (new date/time, if […]
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Local roundup: Cougars upend Bulldogs
FARMINGDALE — The Dirigo Cougars sparked a second-half comeback to defeat Hall-Dale 2-1 in girls’ soccer action Wednesday. Hall-Dale took a 1-0 lead into halftime with a goal by Eva Shepard with just under five minutes to play in the first half. Sabrina Daoud tied the contest with 29:53 remaining in the second half and […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Knights top Flyers on senior day
As sophomores, the Knights advanced to the playoffs for the first time in a number of years before missing out on the postseason all together as juniors. Now, as seniors, Poland returns to the playoffs, and it does so with a little bit of momentum. Senior Ainsley Parent and junior Carly King scored for the […]