Grace Dumond, right, Erin Lachance, Emma Begin and Mikayla Tabor of Lewiston High School celebrate Dumond’s overtime goal in Lewiston on Thursday. Lachance had the assist on the play that beat Edward Little High School 1-0. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Lewiston was back on its heels against Edward Little’s pressure throughout Thursday’s rivalry field hockey […]
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H.S. football: Players take heads-up approach to tackling
Oxford Hills’ Cole Dunham demonstates proper tackling technique at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School earlier this week. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Lewiston coach Bruce Nicholas once attended a coaching clinic hosted by then-University of Maine coach Jack Cosgrove for, among other reasons, his pearls of wisdom on tackling. Nicholas asked the coach how the Black Bears […]
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For Lewiston boys' soccer team, the devil is in the defense
Lewiston’s Mardoche Kikobo drives down the field during a recent soccer game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — It’s been more than a calendar year since the Lewiston boys’ soccer team has allowed more than one goal in a game. There have been 11 shutouts in that span, including in last year’s Class A […]
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Boys' soccer: Nur flicks Lewiston past Maranacook
Lewiston’s Abdilahi Abdi and Maranacook’s Richard Down pursue the ball during Tuesday evening’s soccer game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Lewiston needed patience to get a hard-to-come-by goal against Maranacook on Tuesday, according to coach Mike McGraw. The Blue Devils sure were patient in scoring their lone goal, which came with 2:05 remaining […]
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Girls' soccer: Mt. Blue sideswipes Lewiston in double overtime
Lewiston senior midfielder Emma Paquette (3) kicks the ball past Mt. Blue sophomore midfielder Emma White (14) in a soccer game at Caldwell Field in Farmington on Thursday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Belting out the national anthem and kicking in the game-winning goal in double overtime was all in an evening’s work for Mt. […]
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Boys' soccer: Lewiston out-muscles Mt. Blue
Mt. Blue’s Jared Fontaine, left, makes sure Lewiston’s Joel Musese doesn’t break away from him during the first half of Thursday night’s game in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The final score read Lewiston 4, Mt. Blue 1, but Thursday’s Class A North boys’ soccer clash between the Blue Devils and Cougars was a […]
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Girls' soccer: Messalonskee slips past Landry, Lewiston
After making a diving save, Lewiston goalie Gemma Landry, right, can only watch as Messalonskee’s Lily Wilkie tracks down the ball before booting it into the back of the net for a goal during Tuesday night’s soggy girls’ soccer game in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Gemma Landry did her best to save the […]
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Robert Norman LePage
PORTLAND — Robert Norman LePage , 91, passed on peacefully the early evening of Thursday, Sept. 13. He was born in Auburn, the cherished only child of Laure L. (Saucier) LePage and Albert E. LePage of Lewiston. They lived in close proximity to a wonderful network of family and friends. His uncles Rolland, Girard and Roger […]
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H.S. football: Stags bounce Blue Devils
A football bounces in funny ways, and Saturday afternoon at Boulos Stadium, it bounced in favor of Cheverus. While hosting Lewiston in a battle of teams looking to keep pace in Class A North, the Stags forced three turnovers and caught a huge break in the first half when an apparent Blue Devils touchdown instead […]
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Born to play football, Lewiston’s Turcotte gained other priorities
LEWISTON — Mason Giroux gained a new appreciation for having Jared Turcotte as a teammate, the hard way, during the summer before Turcotte’s senior year at Lewiston. The Blue Devils were attending a football clinic at Bates College, but were lined up on opposite sides of the ball. Giroux, who was about to become a […]