WELLS – Cross country runner Griffin Allaire hopes his experience from last year leads to a successful season this fall. At the Class B state championship meet in Belfast, the Wells senior made a decisive move two miles into the 5-kilometer race, breaking away from the lead pack in hopes of running away to an […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Badger’s hat trick leads Wells over Old Orchard
WELLS – Stephanie Lewinski is just two games into her head coaching career with the Wells girls’ soccer team, and she’s already developed a strong relationship with her players. Winning helps strengthen that bond, too. Emma Badger scored all three of her goals in the opening eight minutes, and the Warriors beat the Seagulls, 5-2, […]
Freeport football rolls in second half, downs Shipbuilders, 41-13
FREEPORT — Freeport head coach Paul St. Pierre and his coaching staff have been looking forward to the start of the high school football season. With the loss of only a handful of players from last year’s Class E state championship team to graduation, the move back to Class C has a lot of excitement in the air. After a slow first half, the Falcons […]
H.S. roundups — Rhoda a winner as ’Hounds top Phoenix
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 […]
Crossover football: Fryeburg tops Greyhounds
LISBON — Fryeburg Academy’s defense found itself pushed back to the shadow of its own end zone for much of Saturday’s season opener at Lisbon. If it wasn’t a strategic move, perhaps it was out of convenience because it gave the Raiders more time to add bricks and mortar to the goal line. Bryce Micklon rushed […]
Football opener: Complete effort as Dragons roll past Skowhegan, 48-7
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick’s Owen Richardson remembers his first high school football game last season as a junior. In a physical battle with Falmouth, Richardson was hit hard and suffered a broken collarbone, ending his season before it had really began. On Saturday on Bowdoin College’s Whittier Field turf, Richardson, now a senior, had a memorable game […]
High School Football: 8-man debut a hit for Eagles
GRAY — About the only thing to stop Holden Brannan on Friday was a cramp early in the fourth quarter. Otherwise, the Mt. Ararat High School senior running back proved hard to bring down, running 20 times for 214 yards in the Eagles’ 56-28 victory over Gray-New Gloucester in a large-school eight-man football season opener at […]
Football: Thornton Academy rallies twice in 27-13 win over Sanford
SANFORD – Thornton Academy didn’t trail once last year on its way to a Class A state championship. One game into this football season, the Golden Trojans have already had to rally twice. Thornton (1-0) used a suffocating defensive effort in the second half to erase a six-point deficit en route to a 27-13 win […]
Football: Kennebunk rolls past Cheverus 48-13
KENNEBUNK — Seniors Thomas Lazos and Ryan Connors waited their turn, playing supporting roles for Kennebunk High’s powerful football program. Friday night, their patience was rewarded, as revamped Kennebunk gave Cheverus a rude welcome to Class B football in the season opener for both teams. Lazos was near flawless in the first half of his […]
Football: Late interception seals Biddeford win at Massabesic
WATERBORO – Biddeford football head coach Brian Curit knew it was just a matter of time before fullback Aidan Donovan would break off for a big run during the Tigers’ season-opening game against Massabesic Friday night. In the end, it was the junior’s long gain that proved to be the difference. Donovan broke away for […]
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