CUMBERLAND — Greely High School’s football team has been celebrated for doing a lot with a little. But next year’s varsity roster is expected to be even smaller than this year’s band of 22 Rangers. Administrators, coaches and booster members in Cumberland said they have to start looking at options — including joining forces with another […]
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HS Football Quarterfinal: Oak Hill Raiders earn sloppy upset of Lisbon
Lisbon — Oak Hill spent nearly the entire first 48 minutes of Saturday’s Class D South high school football quarterfinal backed up in its own end. The seventh-seeded Raiders needed overtime to finally make No. 2 Lisbon’s defense protect its goal line. But that was all they needed. Sophomore quarterback Gavin Rawstron wasted little time in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Postseason HS FootbalL: Area teams set for football playoffs
BATH — The high school football season has reached the postseason, and all five area teams are hoping for success. Here is a look at the exciting regular season and the upcoming playoffs, with the goal to raise a championship trophy in mid-November: Brunswick The Dragons enter Class B North postseason play with a 5-3 record, […]
Girls Soccer Playoff: Mt. Abram Roadrunners stun Lisbon Greyhounds
LISBON — The Lisbon goalie was on the ground, Mt. Abram was down 1-0 in the second half and Kaylee Knight was hurtling toward a wide open Greyhound net with the soccer ball. The sophomore striker punched in the tying goal and also scored the game-winner with 52 seconds left in a Class C South quarterfinal […]
High School Football: Lisbon Greyhounds pick off rival Oak Hill, 47-27
WALES – Lisbon has been in more close games than coach Chris Kates prefers, but as the Greyhounds showed in Saturday’s high school football season-finale at Oak Hill, they sure know how to close those close games out. Lucas Francis and Cam Bourget returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the span of three plays with little […]
Girls Soccer Playoff Preview: Most area teams into this year’s postseason
BRUNSWICK — As the leaves turn and the temperatures begin to fall, a handful of the area’s girls high school soccer teams prepare for postseason play. Brunswick and Mt. Ararat are right in the middle of the Class A North tourney, Morse and Freeport will battle in Class B, while Lisbon will host a quarterfinal game […]
Boys Soccer Playoff Preview: Mt. Ararat Eagles, Freeport Falcons among favorites in boys soccer
BRUNSWICK — The high school boys’ soccer playoffs are set to begin today with preliminary action, while Brunswick, Mt. Ararat and Freeport have already punched its tickets to the quarterfinals. Here is a look at the postseason picture: Class A North Defending State Class A champion Lewiston is the No. 1 seed in the region after […]
Field Hockey Playoff: Dirigo survives Lisbon challenge for quarterfinal win
DIXFIELD — When the Dirigo High School field hockey team defeated Lisbon, 6-0, in an early season Mountain Valley Conference matchup, Cougars’ coach Gretchen Curtis knew if there was a second meeting, good friend Julie Petrie’s Greyhounds were likely going to be better. Curtis was on point, as she watched her third-seeded squad fight through 60 […]