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Swim Preview: High school teams filling up the pools

BRUNSWICK — Once again, area high schools look to have strong boys and girls swim teams competing this winter. Morse returns several talented swimmers that helped to capture the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B titles last season, followed by strong showings at the State Class B Championships. Both Brunswick and Mt. Ararat will look to […]

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Wrestling Preview: Area grapplers look to continue competitive ways

BRUNSWICK — Area wrestling teams are enjoying growth in their programs and after a successful 2017/18. They will look to build on that success and take that increased confidence to the next level this upcoming season. Mt. Ararat/Brunswick returns a number of strong juniors for another season, while adding a talented group of freshmen to the program. Morse will rely […]

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Boys Ice Hockey Preview: Area hockey teams eye postseason as season openers near

BRUNSWICK — With the girls high school ice hockey teams getting their regular season underway over the past two weeks, the boys are ready for the puck to drop this upcoming weekend. Mt. Ararat/Hyde/Lisbon/Morse returns a solid core of experienced players for coach A.J. Kavanaugh, including seniors goalie Cade Charron and top scorer Noah Austin. “When you have one […]

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Maine High School Football Change: 8-man football coming, eliminating 11-man Class E

AUGUSTA — It’s first down and goal to go for proponents of eight-man football in Maine. The Maine Principals’ Association football committee voted Thursday to replace the Class E developmental league with an eight-man division next year. Classes A, B, C and D would continue to play the traditional game if the principals association approves eight-man […]

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High School Hockey: Girls hockey opens this weekend for area teams

BRUNSWICK — As most Maine high school athletic teams opened practices for its winter sports teams around snowflakes this week, girls hockey squads have been practicing for a couple of weeks now. After early morning practices and a rather quick preseason, the 2018/19 season opens this weekend with Brunswick, Mt. Ararat/Morse and Yarmouth/Freeport all hitting the ice. Here’s a […]

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Short Football Numbers: Greely ponders its high school football future

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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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High School Football: Gardiner races past Morse to reach C South semifinals, 26-12

GARDINER — The offensive rejuvenation for the Gardiner High School football team didn’t come in the form of elaborate schemes, or tricky formations, or dusted-off plays from the back of the Tiger playbook. “I only called three plays,” coach Joe White said. It came, rather, via a road-grading offensive line. And a whole lot of Nate […]