RICHMOND — Buckfield had all the right ideas to upset Richmond in Wednesday’s Western Class D girls’ soccer championship. Stack the box inside 18 yards. Cover the Bobcats’ two chief scoring threats, Amber Loon and Kelsea Anair, like a spectator’s quilt. And make one furious push at the start of the second half to invigorate […]
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Western Class C Boys’ Soccer Semifinals: Bulldogs, Longfellow run down Saints
FARMINGDALE — Having Konnor Longfellow as a soccer teammate is a faith-building exercise. Hall-Dale fullbacks and midfielders know that they have the freedom to boot the ball up the field even when Longfellow’s white jersey is merely a blur in the corner of their eyes, and the opponent’s colors are the only ones they can […]
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Boys’ Soccer Quarterfinal: St. Dom’s staves off Mt. Abram
AUBURN — This year’s St. Dominic Academy boys’ soccer team hasn’t quite perfected the fine art of finishing scoring opportunities. Not like some of its championship predecessors, anyway. That’s OK. When you embrace possession and defense the way the Saints do, one goal is usually enough, as it was in Wednesday’s Western Class C quarterfinal […]
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D West girls’ soccer quarterfinal: Bucks take out improved Breakers
BUCKFIELD — Eight goals separated Buckfield from Pine Tree Academy the last time the two teams met. More relevant to Tuesday’s rematch in the Western Class D quarterfinals, nearly eight weeks, 13 games and dozens of practices separated both teams from that lopsided season-opener. The third-seeded Bucks quickly found themselves in a physical nail-biter with […]
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Girls’ Soccer Playoffs: Dragons blank Vikings
BRUNSWICK — Martyn Davison tried to not bring up last season. The Brunswick High School girls soccer coach didn’t need to remind his Dragons about the way the 2012 campaign ended, a stunning 3-2 Eastern A quarterfinal home loss to seventh-seeded Erskine Academy that derailed what had been an unbeaten season and high hopes of […]
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H.S. Soccer Playoff Roundup: Rough day for locals
Bangor 4, Mt. Blue 0 BANGOR — Erynn Sauda scored twice to lead Bangor to a 4-0 win over Mt. Blue in an Eastern Class A girls’ soccer quarterfinal Tuesday. The top-ranked Rams got a goal from freshman Megan Conners 16 minutes into the game. Sauda made it 2-0 just three minutes later. Bangor got […]
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B West soccer prelim: Knights oust Phoenix, 2-0
POLAND — If Poland believed in omens, it certainly could have lost some of its edge when its first shot in Friday’s Western Class B soccer preliminary glanced off the bottom of the crossbar and a couple of inches in front of the goal line. Instead, the eighth-seeded Knights shook off the bad luck, beat […]
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Western Class B Girls’ Soccer Prelim: Hornets hold off Eagles, 2-1
TURNER — Leavitt knew there was some good fortune involved in escaping Friday’s first half against Lincoln with a lead. There was skill and toughness involved, too, of course, which the No. 7 Hornets flaunted in even greater quantities to increase and protect that margin and walk away with a 2-1 Western Class B girls’ […]
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Girls’ soccer: Raiders repel Greyhounds
LISBON — Mountain Valley Conference foes Oak Hill and Lisbon met in a girls’ soccer contest on Monday, the season-finale for both teams, with playoff ramifications on the line. The Greyhounds fell to the Raiders, 2-1, and Lisbon finished the season with a 6-8 record, while Oak Hill improved to 8-5-1. But Oak Hill, which […]