John Gondak and the Penn State Nittany Lions piqued his interest the most. “When I went there, I was comfortable there,” Harris said. “I liked the coach. I liked the team. I loved everything about it.” By signing his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, the multi-talented Lewiston High School senior confirmed he will further […]
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College Football: Madden right at home at Bates
Chris Madden always admired the idea of playing college football in his hometown. The thought of playing every home game in front of friends and family reminded him of his days at Lewiston High School, where he was the starting quarterback. Four more years of playing for his hometown was too good to pass up. […]
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Girls’ Hockey: St. Dom’s returns to ice after 1-year hiatus
Hockey’s back. For most teams around the state, that simply means hitting the ice for another season, looking to chase what every other team craves — a state title. But for St. Dominic Academy, the return of hockey season means the return of its girls’ hockey program, which didn’t play a varsity schedule last season […]
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Boys’ Cross Country: Mt. Blue’s Willingham wins Class A title
He spent his freshman and sophomore seasons in Texas before moving to Maine prior to his junior campaign. Last year, Willingham failed to finish the state’s final race at Twin Brook due to complications with a stress fracture in his leg. He completed less than a mile before dropping out. Saturday at Troy Howard Middle School, […]
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H.S. golf: New champions crowned at individual state tournament
VASSALBORO — Saturday’s individual state championship at Natanis Golf Course became a lesson at just how hard defending a title can be. Three golfers hit the links with the goal of repeating as state champion and all three came up a few shots short. At the end of the day, all three classes had a […]
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Boys Soccer: Blue Devils rout Messalonskee
OAKLAND — Abdirahman Shariff netted a hat trick and added an assist as Lewiston boys soccer posted a 6-0 victory over Messalonskee on Thursday. Maulid Abdow scored the first two goals of the match before Sharrif tallied the next three. Joseph Kalilwa rounded out the scoring for the Blue Devils (12-0-1). Hassan Mohamed recorded two […]
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Girls Soccer: Messalonskee tops Lewiston in rain-shortened match
LEWISTON — Considering what Messalonskee High School girls’ soccer has had to endure over the past week, a torrential rain storm felt like nothing more than a harmless mist. Playing their second game following the tragic death of teammate Cassidy Charette, the Eagles netted a pair of first-half goals en route to a 2-0, rain-shortened […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Eddies drop Blue Devils in regular-season finale
LEWISTON — Entering Monday’s regular-season finale, Edward Little High School’s Madison DeRosa had gone the whole year without a goal. That changed rather quickly against Lewiston, when the junior back scored twice in the opening 10 minutes as the Red Eddies defeated the host Blue Devils, 3-0, on Lewiston’s senior day to cap a series sweep […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Shariff nets four, Lewiston rolls past Cony
Netting a hat trick six minutes before halftime, Shariff became a facilitator in the second half, passing up quality scoring opportunities to give his teammates a share of the wealth. Still, Shariff finished with a match-high four goals and added an assist as the Blue Devils remained undefeated with a 7-2 victory over the Rams […]
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H.S. Football: Lewiston falls just short against Biddeford
It was the final game of his junior campaign. Macomber tore his ACL and MCL against the Blue Devils last season and was forced to watch from the sidelines the rest of the year. He was in uniform Friday, his knee fully healed, thinking about that life-altering moment with every carry. He revisited that incident […]