Deblois knocked off Houlton’s Zacharia Harvey in straight sets (6-4, 6-2) during the first round. He followed up with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Lewiston’s Brett Vallee. Deblois advances to the next round on Saturday. The St. Dom’s junior was the lone local tennis player to advance to Saturday’s Round of 16. On the boys’ […]
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H.S. Tennis: Playoff brackets set
Not nearly as dominant, but still near the top, the Lewiston boys’ and girls’ tennis teams will begin this year’s team tennis tournament in familiar territory, and with familiar company. The Lewiston boys suffered a pair of 5-0 losses to northern teams Hampden Academy and Bangor, but otherwise escaped the season unscathed with a mark […]
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Military note – Ashley Pike
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman 1st Class Ashley E. Pike graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn […]
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H.S. Baseball: Cougars stop Ramblers
The tall, fire-balling righthander fanned seven batters and never allowed a ball to leave the infield over three innings of work as Dirigo held off Winthrop for a 6-4 baseball victory. Holmes (7-1) used 44 pitches over the first three innings and left with a 5-0 lead. He struck out the side in the first […]
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Winthrop High School
The class of 2012 at Winthrop High School includes Caleb Ambrutis, Alex Avery, Kimberly Beisaw, Amy Belanger, Alexander Bittues, Christopher Bowers, Kelsey Brooke, Nicole Burgess, Christopher Clancy, Robin Cook Jr., Tyler Cunningham, Connor Doyle, Timothy Dunn, Tyler Foster, William Frost, Christian Gilman, Mitchell Guerette, Levi Hooper, Chase Hopkins, Devon Kaufman, Daisy Leighton, Rebekah Lewis, Cameron MacMillan, Brandon McClure, Daniel Miles, Darian Nadeau, Alexander Phinney, Tyler Reeve, Corena Richards, Logan Rivera, Victoria Romar, Alyssa Rovella, Meagan Scully, Alison Sekerak, Lauren Selwood, Matthew Smith, Kameron Souza, Taylor Tarbox, Teri Tricarico, and Paige Wood. Honorary diploma: Adele Marie Joseph […]
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Baseball: Winthrop outduels Lisbon
LISBON — Twenty outs came with staggering ease to the Lisbon baseball team Wednesday afternoon. It’s the elusive 21st one that bit the Greyhounds. Bit them repeatedly, at the end of the third inning, leading to Winthrop’s improbable six-run outburst in a 6-2 MVC victory at Doughty Diamond. Winthrop didn’t even make contact the first […]
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Barbara Sturtevant
COOPERS MILLS — Barbara Sturtevant, 91, a former resident of Main Street, Winthrop, died Tuesday, May 15, at Country Manor Nursing Home in Coopers Mills. She was born December 18, 1920, in Attleboro, Mass., the daughter of Adolphe and Etta May (Riley) de la Feuilliez. She attended the Attleboro grade schools and was a 1939 […]
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H.S. Tennis Notebook: Area singles players advance
The field of 48 is set for the Maine Principals’ Association annual singles tennis tournament, and it will have a decidedly local flavor. Three Lewiston High School girls and two Blue devils’ boys, as well as players from St. Dom’s, Dirigo, Winthrop, Oak Hill, Edward Little and Maranacook are in the field after five regional […]
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‘Dogfish’ memoir covers lifetime of sailing
WINTHROP — Joseph A. Dane will give a reading and discuss his new book, “Dogfish Memory: Sailing in Search of Old Maine,” on Tuesday, May 22, at Bailey Public Library. “Dogfish” is a meditative, unconventional memoir that chronicles a lifetime of sailing the Maine coast. The 6:30 p.m. reading is part of the library’s Lakes Region Forum. […]
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H.S. Baseball: Ramblers reel in Mustangs
WINTHROP — It doesn’t matter if you’re in the big leagues or playing Babe Ruth, or if the move makes perfect strategic sense. Watching the guy in front of you get intentionally walked feels like a personal attack. Based on Wednesday’s body of work, leading by a run with two out and first base open […]