Maranacook ran inspired on Friday at the KVAC cross country meet at Leavitt High Area School as the boys’ team finished third and the girls’ team took home first place. Thursday evening, their teammate Colin Liscord was involved in a crash in Fayette. On Friday, the Kennebec Journal reported he was listed in critical condition at […]
sjvarsity
Posted inLocal Sports
H.S. Girls Soccer: Huff’s OT-winner lifts Winthrop past Telstar
WINTHROP — It’s been a long time coming for the Winthrop girls’ soccer senior class. Not since homecoming week of its freshman year has the senior class tasted victory. That skid ended Monday against Telstar, and it was a freshman who did the honors. Sierra Huff buried a shot into the upper-right corner of the […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports
H.S. girls’ soccer: Oak Hills wins second straight
WALES — About a week ago, the Oak Hill girls’ soccer team hit the reset button on the season. The Raiders started this fall 0-4 and had faced some formidable foes in Lisbon, Monmouth, Mt. Abram and St. Dom’s. After that challenging start, Oak Hill knew it had to put those tough losses behind it […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Field hockey: Philbrick, Lisbon top Winthrop
Monday, it was Kate Philbrick’s turn. Philbrick tapped home the second and third goals of the day for the Greyhounds as they held off Winthrop 3-1 in an MVC tilt. “She’s a scrapper,” Lisbon coach Julie Petrie said of Philbrick. “We call her the Rhinoceros because she just keeps going and going and going. She’s […]
Posted inLocal Sports
High school golf: A round of courage for Spruce Mountain’s Emily Ouellette
Emily Ouellette pays no attention to the curious stares. When she strides to the tee, picks up a club with her only hand and drives a ball down a fairway using only her right arm, she’s completely in the moment. Ouellette has been forced to face difficult challenges without a left hand that was absent […]
Posted inLocal Sports
H.S. girls’ soccer: Big steps for Blue Devils
LEWISTON — A few few baby steps became sizable leaps last week. After not winning a soccer game since 2012, the Lewiston girls’ team celebrated a pair of wins. Victories over Hampden and Oxford Hills provided the Blue Devils a number of milestones and new experiences, as well as expedited expectations. “We’re thrilled,” senior midfielder Kyleigh […]
Posted inLocal Sports
H.S. soccer notebook: Progress in Poland
Drawing soccer powers like Yarmouth and Cape Elizabeth to start the season isn’t the best of scenarios for any team. That’s what the schedule looked like for the Poland boys. The Knights lost to Yarmouth 7-0 on opening night, and then lost to Cape 4-1 in the third game of the season. The Knights didn’t […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Field hockey: King scores twice, Knights top Patriots
POLAND — A stick to the nose ultimately woke Carly King up during Poland High School field hockey’s early-morning contest Saturday. King caught a high stick early in the second half and was forced to the sideline for a brief moment to tend to her injury. There was no stopping her when she returned just […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Field hockey: Spruce Mountain overcomes Nokomis
Nicole Hamblin scored twice and Alexis Bessey what turned out to be the game-winner for the Phoenix as they upended defending Class B state champion Nokomis 3-1 in a bone-chilling Saturday matinee on the school’s Jay campus. “One of the things we keep stressing as we go forward is to use our speed,” Spruce Mountain […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Boys’ Soccer: Mustangs topple previously unbeaten Greyhounds
LISBON — Monmouth and Lisbon both showed up for a 9 a.m. Saturday boys’ soccer showdown wondering how they would answer the bell against a top-flight MVC opponent. The answer was a ringing endorsement for both sides. Mason Clement’s two late goals from Hunter Richardson gave Monmouth its fifth consecutive victory, 3-1, and knocked Lisbon […]