“Being my senior year and everything, it started out really slow and it hadn’t really hit me, but this week having Boothbay and Dirigo and then Lisbon, it really hit me,” senior forward Faith Grady said. “We really have to start focusing.” St. Dom’s defeated Boothbay earlier in the week and continued that success with […]
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High school roundup: Leavitt edges Nokomis in boys’ soccer
TURNER — Tyler Roux converted a pass from Evan Clark with 27 minutes left in regulation to give Leavitt a 1-0 victory over Nokomis in a KVAC boys’ soccer tilt Tuesday. Ben Fullerton made four saves to notch the shutout, while Nick Bolliger deflected 13 shots between the posts for Nokomis (2-4). Lewiston 6, Mt. […]
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Field hockey: Goalie goal a rare feat
Corinna Coulton thought she’d be huffing and puffing by the time she hit midfield, never mind reaching her intended destination nearly 100 yards away. Coulton, the Winthrop Ramblers’ goalie, earned a rare opportunity Monday when she was selected to take a penalty stroke. In field hockey, any player on the field is allowed to take […]
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Field hockey: Mt. Blue edges Oxford Hills in 2OT
Victoria Newbill, who was everywhere on the field all game long, backhanded the ball past Oxford Hills keeper Shannon Fillebrown with 2:54 to play in the second overtime to cap a penalty corner and lift the visiting Cougars to a 2-1 KVAC win. “That’s kind of what we hope for upfront, she’s the one we […]
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Boys’ soccer: Dragons squelch Eddies
BRUNSWICK — For 20 minutes, Brunswick captain Jesse Arford watched his team get pushed back by the Edward Little Red Eddies boys’ soccer team. EL led 1-0, and the Dragons were rarely able to cross midfield, much less possess the ball. “We came out flat, and you could see it in warm-ups and in the […]
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Field hockey: Confident in the cage, Coulton adding to family legacy
Born to longtime coach Sharon Coulton, who plied her trade at Winthrop High School, Corinna had one of the best seats in the house to watch her mother’s teams rack up about half of her 300 wins and earn multiple berths in regional finals — including back-to-back victories in 2011-12, after which Sharon stepped down. […]
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Boys’ socccer: Promm’s goal holds up for Falcons
RUMFORD — What a difference one year makes thanks to a senior-laden Mountain Valley boys’ soccer team that has honed its skills and is playing with purpose. Felix Promm scored on a one timer late in the second half and the Falcon defense held firm in a extremely competitive win 1-0 win against previously unbeaten […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Lewiston wins third game in a row with win over Mt. Blue
LEWISTON — One quick goal early in the second half could easily have been a momentum changer Tuesday night. Mt. Blue got that tying goal in the opening minutes, but Lewiston made sure its effects didn’t linger. The Blue Devils produced the game-winner about four minutes later. That held up as Lewiston secured its third […]
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Local roundup: Briggs gives Falcons a boost
RUMFORD — Grace Briggs took a Hanna Koch feed and slipped in the game-winning goal with 1:22 in overtime to give the Mountain Valley Falcons a 2-1 victory over Hall-Dale in a girls’ soccer game Monday. In the first half, the teams finished with a 1-1 deadlock. Hall-Dale’s (3-3) Thea Sweet scored on an indirect […]
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Cross country: America, St. Dom’s works for Villamarin
Diego Villamarin’s family came to the United States seeking a better way of life. Originally, the St. Dominic Academy junior is from Arequipa, Peru, which is the second largest city in Peru with a population of 861,144. He moved to America when he was six with his family where they settled first in Pennsylvania before […]