FREEPORT — Last Spring, the completion of the $4.2 million Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field brought a tsunami of enthusiasm and school spirit for Freeport/Pownal/Durham communities. The wave of excitement and school pride continues to surge as the district’s football program (second grade through high school)) reached new heights not only on the scoreboard, but also in […]
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State Class B boys soccer championship: Fall classic, Freeport falls in second overtime to Presque Isle, 3-2
HAMPDEN – It took over 100 minutes of soccer for the State Class B boys high school soccer championship to be decided. With Presque Isle and Freeport deadlocked at two goals apiece in the second overtime, Drew Cameron picked up a loose ball at the top of the box and knocked it to the back […]
State Soccer Look: The ball stops here for Freeport’s Atticus Patrick
Freeport — When a team makes it to a state final, it’s a no-brainer that some form of teamwork, a sense of cohesiveness and the attitude of “we win as a team” plays a role in that success. But when you win or lose soccer games on how many goals you score or give up, it’s […]
Class B South Boys Soccer: Freeport punches ticket to state championship game
Freeport — No candy was needed to amp up the boys high school soccer teams from Cape Elizabeth and Freeport as the two Western Maine Conference foes battled for the Class B South title Wednesday night. Both teams played with a lot of intensity and energy, each not giving an inch at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track […]
Class B Boys Soccer Regional: Team chemistry key for Falcons
FREEPORT — The last time Freeport High School won a regional boys soccer title, gas was 63 cents a gallon, Space Invaders launched a craze for computer video games and Saturday Night Fever was in the theaters. The year was 1978, and the Falcons had just concluded a three-year run of winning state championships in Class B, […]
Boys Soccer Semifinal: Freeport keeps rolling, knocks off Greely, 3-1
FREEPORT — In a close soccer match, where two teams battle tooth and nail, a game could be decided with a bad bounce or an unfortunate call. In Friday’s Class B South semifinal game, there was no concern for that. Freeport proved to be the better team as the Falcons beat Greely, 3-1, in boys high […]
Class B Cross Country: York boys end 70-year drought
Belfast — A while back, Ted Hutch came across some microfilm of this newspaper that included a story about York High winning a state championship in cross country. Alfie Walker of Fryeburg Academy was eighth in the Class B South regional and hadn’t beaten any of the top contenders for the cross country state title. That […]
Class A Cross Country: Mt. Ararat’s Berry-Gaviria wins again
Belfast — Lisandro Berry-Gaviria’s plan worked to perfection. As for Sofie Matson’s face-plant, that worked out as well as could be expected. In the end, both runners successfully defended their Class A cross country state championships on a raw Saturday morning, with times faster than any others who followed in the other meets at Troy Howard […]
Class C Cross Country: Maine Coast Waldorf boys, Orono girls reign supreme
BELFAST — When organizers decided, in light of an ominous forecast, to hold the cross country state championship earlier Saturday than originally scheduled rather than gamble on better weather by postponing until next weekend, they did so knowing that Class C might be affected by the leading edge of the storm. Sure enough, cold rain began […]
State Championship: Berry-Gaviria of Mt. Ararat successfully defends cross country state title
BELFAST — Falmouth sophomore Sofie Matson and Mt. Ararat junior Lisandro Berry-Gaviria won top individual honors Saturday at the Class A cross country state championships. In defending their state titles, Matson and Berry-Gaviria ran the fastest times of the day over the 5K course at Troy Howard Middle School in a meet moved up and condensed […]
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