BRUNSWICK — At St. John’s Catholic School, Mitch Lienert was always the fast kid on the playground, and in gym class. But his physical education teacher did not think much of him as an athlete. “He was a kid that I never thought would do that well,” Dan Cooper said. “Tall and skinny. Never seemed very […]
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Boys soccer action — Mustangs run away from ’Hounds, 5-1
LISBON — Coming into the season, Lisbon knew their Mountain Valley Conference schedule was tough, and knew the competition in Class C was very competitive, with six teams already with nine wins or more. The Greyhounds hosted 11-0-1 Monmouth on Monday, playing with a limited bench of only two available substitutions. The Mustangs scored three second-half goals to break open the contest, […]
Area high school roundups — ’Builders rally to top Eagles
NEWCASTLE – Isaak Flaming and Gavin Hanna scored a goal each late in the second half to lift the Morse High School boys soccer team to a 2-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Lincoln Academy on Friday. The Shipbuilders are 3-8 and head to Mount View on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Scoreless at the half, […]
Individual golf championships — Manuel Class A champ
VASSALBORO — Caleb Manuel bogeyed the par-4 11th hole, making him even-par for his round. Armand Ouellette was closing. “But every time I got within a couple (of shots), he would come back with a big putt,” Ouellette said. “He made a ton of huge putts on the back nine.” Manuel, a Mt. Ararat senior, successfully […]
Photos of cross country meet at Beaver Park
Lisbon hosted a high school cross country meet at Beaver Park in Lisbon. Teams from Boothbay/Wiscasset, Winthrop, Monmouth, Forest Hills, Richmond and Oak Hill joined the Greyhounds on the course.
Lisbon bites Bulldogs in OT, 1-0 in high school field hockey
LISBON — Timber Mattson scored late in overtime to lift Lisbon to a 1-0 victory over Hall-Dale in a hard-fought Mountain Valley Conference field hockey battle on Saturday. The game’s only score came with 1:10 remaining off an Emma Willey pass off a penalty corner for the Greyhounds. The win improved Lisbon’s record to 3-11. Both the Greyhounds and Bulldogs (1-13) await the final Class C South Heal Point Standings for a possible playoff […]
High School Football: Eagles survive challenge from Patriots
TOPSHAM — Throughout Saturday’s high school football game at the rainy and chilly Topsham Fairgrounds, the ball-control option-based offense of Gray-New Gloucester gave Mt. Ararat fits. The visiting Patriots rushed for 362 yards, but the Eagles found a way to hold on for a 36-28 eight-man football victory. Mt. Ararat is 5-1 and heads to Readfield […]
High school roundup — Dragons earn 3-0 win over Red Eddies
AUBURN — Sara Scrapchansky scored a pair of goals to carry the Brunswick High School field hockey team to a 3-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Edward Little on Thursday. The Dragons are 7-6 ahead of Tuesday’s key clash with “Battle of the Bridge” rival Mt. Ararat at Bowdoin College. Game time is slated for […]
Crossover Boys Soccer Clash: Fast Traip start, finish dooms Richmond
RICHMOND — At the end of Thursday’s crossover high school boys soccer game, Richmond players left the field gassed. After falling behind 4-0 in the game’s first 12 minutes, the Bobcats chased the Class C Traip Academy Rangers all over the field, something Richmond opponents have been quite used to doing for several seasons. Richmond made it a game, closing to 4-2 […]
‘Par’ for the course
BRUNSWICK — After a successful and newsworthy high school golf career, Mt. Ararat High School senior Caleb Manuel hits the links one last time this weekend in the Maine Principal Association’s State Class A Individual Championships at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. Manual is the reigning champ after denying Cole Anderson of Camden Hills a fourth […]
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