JAY — The Lisbon High School boys soccer team won head coach Shawn Rhoda’s coaching debut with the Greyhounds, downing Spruce Mountain, 3-2, in Mountain Valley Conference action on Friday. Elijah Fullerton tallied three straight goals for Lisbon (1-0). Hunter Brissette assisted on the opening goal near the midway point of the opening half. Fullerton made […]
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Richmond Bobcats blank Lakers in season opener
RICHMOND — The Richmond High School girls soccer team doesn’t look like one which will pile up goals like squirrels stocking acorns ahead of the onrushing winter, but the Bobcats likely won’t need to this fall. A three-goal second-half outburst was more than enough to power Richmond to a 3-0 East-West Conference season-opening win over visiting […]
Boys Soccer Preview: Soccer teams hitting the ‘pitch’ this week
FREEPORT — With the successes of area boys high school soccer teams last year, expectations and goals are high for the squads as the 2019 season is underway starting today. Freeport reached the State B Final a year ago, losing to Presque Isle, 3-2, in two overtimes, Mt. Ararat captured the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference title […]
Girls Soccer Preview: Girls soccer squads prepared for greatness
FREEPORT — It is not often that across the board all area teams have that belief that they can go far. From Freeport to Wiscasset, Lisbon to Brunswick, and the teams in-between, there is excitement afoot as the girls high school soccer regular season prepares to kick off. Here is a look at the teams: Freeport […]
High school XC preview — Running into the fall season
Brunswick — If you take a look at the local high school cross country teams, you’ll find quite a pool of talented young student-athletes. Individual runners like Lisandro Berry-Gaviria, Will Shaughnessy, Will Perkins, Leah Wescott and Martin Horne, all who placed in the top 12 of their respective state class meets, look to compete near the […]
Richmond Rec to host wrestling tourney
RICHMOND — The Richmond Recreation Department will host its first annual Sgt. Kevin Balduf Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Richmond High School. The event honors Balduf, a marine sergeant killed in Afghanistan in 2011 and his family, including his wife, Richmond native Amy, and daughters Eden and Stephanie. The event is open to anyone […]
Topsham Post 202 blanks Rumford, 11-0
BOWDOINHAM — A couple of the more exciting plays in baseball are a base-clearing triple with the bases loaded and the steal of home plate. Topsham Post 202’s Hunter Lohr accomplished both in front of the home crowd, stealing home in the first inning and clearing the sacks in the fifth to end the game via […]
Area athletes named to MVC All-Star and Academic Teams
Mountain Valley Conference spring awards BASEBALL ALL-STARS First Team Noah Austin Lisbon Hunter Brissette Lisbon D.J. Douglass Lisbon Luca Francis Lisbon Levi Levesque Lisbon Second Team Neil Larochelle Lisbon Honorable mention Justin Le Lisbon Jack Tibbetts Lisbon Haiden Dunning Wiscasset Player of the year Lucas Francis Lisbon Coach of the year Randy Ridley Lisbon SOFTBALL […]
Pitching clinic to be held in Bowdoinham
BOWDOINHAM — The 2019 Mike Toomey Pitcher Development Clinic is set for June 24-26 at North Field at the Bowdoinham Community School at 66 Ridge Road in Bowdoinham. There will be two sessions based on age groups. Pitching Clinic One is for ages 8-11 and will go from 9 a.m. – 11a.m., Clinic Two is […]