Madison Area Memorial High School’s Josh Savage (4) gets stiff armed by Winthrop/Monmouth High School’s Cameron Gaghan (6) in Madison on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) MADISON — Last week, the Madison Area Memorial High School football team earned its first playoff win in a generation. Now, the Bulldogs have a playoff win streak. Big […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Playoff success was a line drive by Ramblers
Jevin Smith of Winthrop/Monmouth puts pressure on Spruce Mountain’s Brett Frey during the first half in Livermore Falls earlier this season. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal File Photo) It isn’t often that a team grinds down Lisbon on its home field, but that’s what Winthrop/Monmouth did in Saturday’s 28-13 Class D South quarterfinal upset at Thompson Field. […]
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St. Dom’s edges Winthrop, wins first field hockey state championship
St. Dominic Academy’s field hockey team celebrates following their win of the 2017 Class C State Field Hockey Championship game Saturday night in Falmouth. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) FALMOUTH — No. 59 was the one. Hannah Trottier-Braun’s 59th goal of the season gave St. Dominic Academy a 3-2 win over Winthrop in double overtime in the […]
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D South quarterfinal: Ramblers wear down Greyhounds to get their revenge
Winthrop/Monmouth’s Cameron Gaghan dives into the end zone in the final minutes of the Class D South quarterfinal game against Lisbon on Saturday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Lisbon’s Daytona McIver is run out of bounds by Winthrop/Monmouth’s Gavin Perkins during Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal game at Lisbon High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Winthrop/Monmouth’s Cameron […]
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Field hockey state championship preview
Class A Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Skowhegan Indians are in the Class A state field hockey final. What you may not have heard recently — nay, never in the past 37 years — is that Westbrook is there, too. It’s a study in contrast in the Class A final, with the […]
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Winthrop field hockey rolls past Central in C North quarterfinal
WINTHROP — As one of only two Mountain Valley Conference representatives, and the top seed, in the C North field hockey tournament, Winthrop is focused on itself rather than whatever unfamiliar foe it might encounter, such as No. 8 Central of East Corinth. The Ramblers sure looked familiar, dominating possession and mixing in a couple […]
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H.S. football: St. Hilaire playing through pain for Ramblers
Luke St. Hilaire of Winthrop High School. WINTHROP — Luke St. Hilaire loves football. His right knee reminds him how much he loves it every time it aches. Football has been a big part of St. Hilaire’s life as long as he can remember. Growing up playing youth football, rooting for the New England Patriots […]
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Award-winning writer, farmer to talk 'All About Food'
WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library in downtown Winthrop will host local farmer and award-winning writer Craig Hickman at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Hickman will give a talk entitled “All About Food,” discussing why he became a farmer, why he loves to feed people, and what food sovereignty means to him. Hickman’s biographical […]
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Winthrop OKs new Dunkin' Donuts despite traffic concerns
This former bank building on Main Street in Winthrop, seen Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, is the proposed site of a new Dunkin’ Donuts store. Winthrop officials have approved an application from a developer to open a Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street, ending seven years of discussions about the possibility of the popular drive-thru coming to […]
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Girls' soccer: Webber leads Wiscasset past Winthrop, 3-1
Winthrop’s Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone (16) runs past Wiscasset’s Kateleen Trask (19) during MVC girls’ soccer action at Wiscasset on Wednesday. Wilson-Falcone scored a goal, but the Ramblers fell to the Wolverines, 3-1. WISCASSET — Two evenly-matched teams took to the pitch Wednesday as Wiscasset hosted Winthrop in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer clash. The game […]