TOPSHAM — One by one, Mt. Ararat High School girls’ soccer coach Sam Chard inserted players who up until this year were walking the halls of the middle school.Five freshmen started for the Eagles, goaltender Kate Guerin, defenders Katelyn Cox, Anna Manuel and Lauren Labbay, and midfielder Nikki Bradstreet, on Mt. Ararat’s Senior Night, and […]
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Local roundup: Leavitt top Gardiner in field hockey
LEWISTON — Sadie Royer netted a pair of goals in the first frame Thursday, enough to give Leavitt a 2-0 win over Gardiner in KVAC field hockey action at Bates College. Defending Class B champion Leavitt entered the game in fourth position in Western B, while Gardiner was No. 3 in the East. Veteran keeper […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Bobcats get revenge with big second half against Bucks
RICHMOND — The positive spin if you’re a Buckfield boys’ soccer coach, player or enthusiast — and yes, it is worth far more than a footnote — is that the Bucks played 120 sensational minutes this season against rival Richmond. Richmond being Richmond, however, the Bobcats can make you forget all that in a jiffy. […]
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Girls’ soccer: Morin (four goals), Vikings shelf Red Eddies
AUBURN — Mikayla Morin’s shots had struck so much wood so far this season, the Oxford Hills junior midfielder was bound to break out big once she started finding her range. But Morin and the Vikings’ couldn’t have expected the career-high four goals she scored Thursday in a 4-2 win over Edward Little. Morin scored […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Edward Little bottles up Mt. Blue
AUBURN — Edward Little may not be the biggest, fastest or most experienced team in KVAC and Eastern Class A boys’ soccer. Patience, sound technique and a knack for taking advantage of every opportunity dropped in your path will get you everywhere, though. Goals by Luke Sterling and Jared Plourde and another shutout by goalkeeper […]
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High School Notebook: Youth movement familiar refrain for Falcons
Of all the high school sports on the fall spectrum, you might not expect to find many common denominators between field hockey and football. When Mountain Valley field hockey coach Melissa Forbes and her husband, football coach Jim Aylward, get home from work and have that late-dinner conversation, however, they can almost complete each other’s […]