His No. 1 and No. 3 golfers didn’t play their best, giving the Blue Devils the opportunity to knock the Vikings from the ranks of the unbeaten after coming so close to doing just that earlier in the season. “They were getting a little nervous with the undefeated thing,” Grace said. “They wanted to keep […]
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Field hockey: Edward Little holds off Lewiston in overtime
AUBURN — Kaylie Vallee thought she’d scored her first goal of the season early in the second half to snap a scoreless tie. And she would have, had she taken one more step over the line and into the circle. “I was so happy I was screaming, and then I was looking for the signal […]
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Cross country notebook: A season of coaching changes
Cross country running teams saw quite the turnover in terms of coaching for the start of the 2014 season. Of the 14 schools that offer the sport in the tri-county area, five have hired new coaches — Lewiston, Lisbon, Oxford Hills, St. Dom’s and Telstar. That doesn’t include Spruce Mountain, either, which just added the team […]
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Field hockey: Lewiston’s Labonte evolves into field general
Lewiston High School’s field hockey goalie may have been a bit tentative a year ago. Only a sophomore on a team laced with seniors, and playing for a program still searching for that one, breakthrough season, can have that effect on even the most confident of young athletes. In a year’s time, Labonte has become […]
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Field hockey notebook: Oak Hill off to a rousing start
WALES — Oak Hill knew this year was going to be special. The Raiders on this year’s team have been together at the high school for two years with little graduation loss, and many of the athletes have played together even longer. “The team chemistry, I don’t even know how to put it into words,” […]
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Field hockey: Lewiston holds off Brunswick for first win
Monday, each squad closed the door on the past and battled tooth and nail with one another. There were no lopsided, demoralizing losses on this day. Sophomore Kasey Talarico netted the only goal of the contest with 16:48 to play in the first half and both defenses stood tall thereafter as the Blue Devils snuck […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Lewiston opens season with win over Brewer
Shariff scored a pair of goals in 10 seconds in the first half and added his hat trick goal in the second to help lift Lewiston to a 4-1 win over Brewer in the teams’ KVAC season-opener on Saturday. “I expected him to come through this year, and I expect to do it as a […]
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H.S. Baseball: Jordan crosses the river, will coach at Edward Little
AUBURN — Lewiston High School’s loss is Edward Little High School’s gain on the baseball diamond. After two years at the helm of the Lewiston Blue Devils’ program, head coach Dave Jordan is pulling up stakes and crossing the bridge to take over the vacant head coaching position with the rival Red Eddies. “The biggest […]
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2014 Lewiston cross country preview
Coaches: Rebecca Dugan and Kim Wettlaufer (first year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: Boys: KVAC runner up, Eastern Class A champions, Class A state champions. Girls: Third at KVAC and Eastern Class A championship; ninth at Class A states. Returning players: Boys: Seniors — Isaiah Harris, Jeremy Cairns, Aaron Bissonette; Junior — Jacob Folster, […]
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Cross country: New leadership for Devils
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School cross country team will have youth and experience not only on the trails, but in their coaches. William K. “Kim” Wettlaufer, a 1980 Bates graduate who was an All-American with the Bobcats in both cross country and outdoor track and field, is half the new regime. Wettlaufer also coached cross […]