It’s something with which Jane DiPompo and Julia Parker are all too familiar. The co-coaches of the Spruce Mountain field hockey squad, once the coaches of Jay and Livermore Falls, respectively, are used to seeing the Mountain Valley Conference’s weaker strength of schedule factor into the final standings for their teams in a a less-than-flattering […]
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High school football: Ramblers run past Raiders, 27-24
“My dad is a Spanish teacher here at Oak Hill,” Stratton said. “If we’d lost, he’d be hearing it from his students.” Perhaps Charles Stratton’s word of the day when class resumes Tuesday should be “silencio,” because that’s how his son and the Ramblers left the big home crowd with his 82-yard touchdown catch late […]
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HS Golf: Saints, Vikings on way to states
The checklist symbolically tacked to the shed on the practice range at Fox Ridge Golf Club to begin the abbreviated high school golf season included four goals to which the St. Dom’s golf team aspired. 1. Win all MVC matches. Check. 2. Win the MVC playoff championship. Check. 3. Qualify for the Class C state […]
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Coleman to discuss book
WINTHROP — Melissa Coleman will discuss her new book, “This Life Is in Your Hands,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Bailey Public Library. In the fall of 1968, Melissa Coleman’s parents, Eliot and Sue — a handsome, idealistic young couple from well-to-do families — pack a few essentials into their VW bus […]
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High school roundup: Leavitt overwhelms Belfast in girls’ soccer
TURNER — Mariah Treadwell and Tori Zupancic scored two goals apiece to lead Leavitt to a 5-0 victory over Belfast in a KVAC girls’ soccer game Saturday on Homecoming weekend. The Hornets (5-2-2) scored four times in the first half to put the game away early. Melissa Richardson also scored for Leavitt, while Zupancic, Alex […]
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‘Sunshine’ folk legend to give Winthrop concert
WINTHROP — The distinctively throaty tenor voice of Jonathan Edwards will fill the Winthrop Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 8. Known for his 1971 blockbuster hit “Sunshine (Go Away Today),” Edwards will also bring tunes from his new CD, “My Love Will Keep,” to the performance. The album is his first studio recording in […]
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HS Football: Black Bears return the favor
READFIELD — Joe Emery is plenty happy to accept the fact that often, in high school football, a team’s strength can vary greatly from year to year given any number of factors, including how many seniors — or eligible players — line the opposite sideline. Case in point: A year ago, Winthrop drubbed Emery’s Maranacook […]
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Cross Country: Festival starts October in style
When cross country runners see October on their calendar, they all circle the last three Saturdays of the month. This year, Oct. 15, 22 and 29 represent the conference, regional and state championship meets. Big events? You bet. For sheer size, scope and mass of humanity, however, there’s no Saturday bigger than the one that […]
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HS Field Hockey notes: Sister act at Leavitt
The thought of following your older sibling and doing whatever he or she is ingrained in everyone who’s ever had an older sibling. With three sets of sisters running around the field hockey compound at Leavitt Area High School these days — and excelling at their sports — you won’t hear anyone in the green […]