Sure, the defending Eastern Class C champions won 11 games. But they did so in dramatic fashion, winning seven of those 11 games by a single goal. “It’s how we’ve been playing all season, and it’s been killing me,” Winthrop coach Jessica Merrill said. The important part, though, was that they won those games. And […]
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High School Notebook: Mustangs winning numbers game
Led by a bare minimum giving the maximum, Monmouth Academy is making a somewhat unlikely run at a Western Class C boys’ soccer playoff berth. Thirteen players suited up for the Mustangs in a trip to Jay this past week. That didn’t stop Monmouth from packing away a Heal Point-worthy 2-1 win over Spruce Mountain. […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Phoenix fly past Lakers
NAPLES — Matt Vigue rushed for four touchdowns and scored five overall Friday night, sparking Spruce Mountain to its fifth consecutive Western Class C football win, 52-13 over Lake Region. Spruce Mountain (6-1) will host Leavitt (7-0) in a pivotal Campbell Conference battle to close the regular season next week. Peter Theriault threw two touchdown […]
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H.S. Football: No growing pains for this blended family
Along those same lines, high school football is an inexact science for any coaching staff. They’re working with growing, vulnerable bodies, sometimes fragile psyches, and distractions that often begin far away from the field. Now try blending in two dozen players from the town next door, none of whom have ever played the game at […]
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Dr. John H. Gould
1934 – 2013 AUBURN — Dr. John H. Gould of Turner passed away on Monday, Oct. 14, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn. Dr. Gould was born in Portland on Sept. 10, 1934, the first child of Eleanor (Webster) Gould and Richard Gould. He grew up in both Cape Elizabeth […]
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HS Golf Championships: Saints make it three in a row
St. Dom’s started the state team golf championships in an unfamiliar role — underdog. By the end of the day, the Saints had earned the right to keep the same role they’ve had the last two years — Class C champions. The Saints did it by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, defeating Winthrop by […]
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Field Hockey: Sweet revenge for Harrington, Greyhounds
LISBON — Home field and revenge were on Lisbon’s side this time in its second MVC field hockey scrap of the season against Winthrop. Well, a natural hat trick by Olivia Harrington didn’t hurt, either. The senior’s three unanswered goals — particularly the second, with 21 seconds remaining in the first half, and the third, […]
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HS Football: Sacopee forfeits game with Winthrop/Monmouth
Facing the prospect of having 12 players take the field against an undefeated Winthrop/Monmouth team with nearly five times that many, Sacopee Valley has forfeited Friday night’s scheduled football game at Maxwell Field. Sacopee Valley notified Winthrop administrators on Wednesday night that it would not be fielding a team this week. Whether it will for […]
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High school notes: Morin back on the job at Winthrop
When Dave Morin noticed that the boys’ soccer job was vacant at Winthrop earlier this year, it proved too tempting for the former longtime coach at Edward Little. “Marc (Fortin) and I have been working together for a couple years on baseball,” said Morin. “Baseball had ended. Nobody had applied for the soccer job. We […]
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DHHS lays off 56 employees, closes disability benefits office because of federal government shutdown
AUGUSTA — All employees at a disability services office in Winthrop and four more in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services were laid off Monday as a result of the federal government shutdown, Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday evening. The 52 employees at the DHHS Disability Determination Office in Winthrop make Social Security […]