PARIS — Broke Carson assisted Lauren Merrill with 42 seconds remaining in overtime to provide Oxford Hills its first win of the season, 1-0 over Camden, in field hockey action at the Gouin Complex on Saturday afternoon. The Vikings outpaced the Windjammers in shots on goal, 5-2, and corners, 8-6. Goalie Jenna Stearns made four […]
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Gavin Kane hired as women's basketball coach at UMPI
Former Mt. Blue coach Gavin Kane has been hired to be the women’s basketball coach at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. PRESQUE ISLE — Gavin Kane, who has coached several local high school and college teams, has been hired by the University of Maine at Presque Isle as the head coach of the […]
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Campus Notes: Bates’ Chlastawa breaks NCAA record; Bobcats playing on the road
Maryland’s Ed Mullen set a men’s lacrosse NCAA Tournament single-game record with 12 points in 1976. Syracuse’s Gary Gait matched that in 1988. That mark stood until Saturday when Bates College freshman Matt Chlastawa tallied 13 points to set an all-divisions NCAA Tournament record in the Bobcats’ 26-14 third-round victory over Amherst. Chlastawa (Westfield, Massachusetts) […]
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Campus Notes: UMaine Farmington’s Lebel is NAC coach of the year
UMF’s Rhi Jackson battles with Maine Maritime’s Tori Coope (18) for the ball during a North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal lacrosse game in Farmington on Friday. Jackson has been named to the all-conference first team. In her first season as head coach, Lewiston High School graduate Beth Lebel led the University of Maine at Farmington women’s […]
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Local roundup: Kayla Allen wins gold at Penn Relays; Isaiah Harris part of two runner-up finishes
PHILADELPHIA — A couple of Lewiston Blue Devils, one current and one former, found success at the Penn Relays over the weekend. Kayla Allen, a senior at Lewiston High School, earned gold in the junior women’s 5-kilometer racewalk. In hot and humid conditions Saturday, Allen completed the course in 26 minutes, 45.34 seconds. It’s her […]
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Local roundup: Desroches’ sacrifice lifts Mountain Valley over Telstar
RUMFORD — Dylan Desroches drove in Jacob Beauchesne with a long sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Mountain Valley a 5-4 baseball win over Telstar on Thursday. Beauchesne doubled to start the inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch. The Rebels (1-2) tied the contest in the top […]
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UMaine Farmington splits baseball doubleheader with Thomas
Thomas College’s Rett Adams tags out University of Maine at Farmington’s Trevor Hisler during Game 2 of a doubleheader at Hippach Field in Farmington on Thursday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College took advantage of timely hitting and solid pitching to turn the tables on each other in a North […]
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Campus Notes: Bates lacrosse moves up to top of rankings
Now there is only one left with zero. The Bates College lacrosse team is the only remaining undefeated men’s lacrosse team in NCAA Division III after Tufts and Salisbury suffered their first setbacks of the season last week. Thanks to those losses, the Bobcats have moved up in a couple of polls. They jump from […]
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Campus notes: Bates College chooses new athletic director
Jason Fein has been hired as the new director of athletics at Bates College in Lewiston. Fein will take over the post on July 1. His hiring is the culmination of a national search that began around the time current athletic director Kevin McHugh announced last August that he will step down June 30. “I […]
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Campus Notes: Harris, Kalilwa honored by Little East Conference
Several college athletes with local ties received conference accolades for their performances last week. Edward Little High School alumnus Connor Harris and Lewiston High School graduate Adela Kalilwa were both honored by the Little East Conference. Harris, a senior on the University of Southern Maine track and field team, was named the men’s field athlete […]