Wiscasset’s Gwen Webber, left, battles Lisbon’s Kiley Merritt, right, for the ball in MVC girls’ soccer action Thursday in Lisbon. (Eric Maxim/The Times Record) LISBON — Over the first two games, the Lisbon girls’ soccer team worked to find its offense, scoring four goals while splitting its first two games of the Mountain Valley Conference […]
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College roundup: Bates men’s soccer shuts out UMaine-Farmington
LEWISTON — Ciaran Bardong and Morgan Dewdney scored second-half goals to push the Bates (1-0) past UMaine-Farmington (1-2) in men’s soccer action Wednesday. Bardong scored from Peder Bakken with 25:41 left in regulation. Six minutes later, Dewdney and Sam Huebschmann went for a header off a pass from from Liam Goldfarb. Dewdney connected for the […]
H.S. roundup: Kailey Hackett scores late goal to help Dirigo field hockey edge Oak Hill
Lisbon’s David Schlotterbeck runs during a cross country meet at the University of Maine at Augusta on Wednesday. (Eric Maxim/The Times Record) WALES — Kailey Hackett scored the game-winning goal on a clean breakaway and a sprint down the sideline with less than a minute remaining as Dirigo secured a 3-2 victory over Oak Hill […]
Boys' soccer: Hall-Dale handles Monmouth with well-rounded effort
Hall-Dale High School’s Ian Stebbins leaps over Monmouth Academy goalie Connor Davies during a soccer game Wednesday in Farmingdale. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Just a couple of match days into the new season, a pair of Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer heavyweights sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Hall-Dale’s 3-0 victory over Monmouth […]
Women's soccer: Beavers seeking steady improvement
Waterville native Lydia Roy will be counted on to provide some production up top for the University of Maine at Farmington women’s soccer team this fall. (UMF athletics) FARMINGTON — Hall of Fame football coach Bill Parcells once famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” Sometimes, however, a team can’t be entirely […]
Finding shade in Jay
Spruce Mountain High School junior Hannah Holland, 17, of Wilton sits in the shade Wednesday while watching the Phoenix boys’ soccer team practice in Jay. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
H.S. roundup: Hwida Nawass lifts Poland field hockey over Lake Region in overtime
NAPLES — Hwida Nawass scored the winning goal on a penalty stroke with 4:42 left in overtime to lift the Knights (1-1) to a 4-3 win over the Lakers (0-2) on Tuesday. Lake Region led 2-0 at halftime on goals from Paige Davis and Kaitlyn Plummer, but Nawass scored at the 24:54 mark of the […]
Boys' soccer: Edward Little's set pieces solid in win over Brunswick
AUBURN — The momentum had turned to the visiting Brunswick Dragons after Noah Greene buried a shot into the lower left-hand corner of the Edward Little net to tie the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference boys’ soccer game at 1-1 on Tuesday. As the time ticked away in the first half, the teams appeared headed to […]
Boys' soccer: Mt. Blue keeps its cool, shakes Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills goalkeeper Sam Morton comes out of the net to deny Mt. Blue’s Sam Smith in first-half action at Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris on Tuesday. (Brewster Burns photo) Mt. Blue goalie Xander Gurney, left, Oxford Hills’ Will Dieterich (13) and the Cougars’ Eli Yeaton (19) and Dominic Giampietro (16) leap for the ball […]
Girls' soccer: Oak Hill stuns Monmouth, holds on for win
Monmouth’s Jordyn Gowell, left, and Oak Hill’s Sadie Waterman battle for the ball during Tuesday’s game in Monmouth. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Oak Hill got the first shot it wanted, but it took the Raiders all 80 minutes to put away Monmouth in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer game Tuesday. Eliza Whisenant scored […]