The Scots scored on their final drive of the first half, then again on each of their first four drives of the second half to roll past Portland 34-14 at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Bonny Eagle senior quarterback Cam Day reached across the goal line for a 4-yard touchdown with less than a minute to play in […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
1. Bonny Eagle (10-0) (1) The Scots thwarted away an upset bid by Scarborough that Thornton Academy couldn’t do the week before. The only unbeaten team in Class A now gets to try and finish a perfect season by beating Portland on its home turf. 2. Portland (9-1) (2) The Bulldogs made it back to […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
The Scots got an extra week to prepare for Sanford, which they dismantled by 36 points three weeks ago. Bonny Eagle knows how to win this time of year, and something inexplicable would need to happen for an upset. 2. Thornton Academy (8-0) (2) The Trojans got an extra week to stew over a close […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (5-4) at No. 1 PORTLAND (7-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Physically, the Vikings aren’t scared of anybody. And emotionally, they are coming off their first playoff win in 16 years. But they’re making their way to Fitzpatrick Stadium two weeks earlier than every team dreams of at the start of the regular […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Monmouth, Hall-Dale settle for ‘flukey’ tie
MONMOUTH — An early one-goal deficit to a team such as Hall-Dale can seem as daunting as a two- or three-goal margin against most other teams. Monmouth Academy knew the uphill climb it faced after falling behind the Bulldogs on a fluke goal less than eight minutes into Tuesday’s MVC showdown at Chick Field. The […]
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Boys’ soccer: Sautter preserves victory for Lisbon
LISBON — Hall-Dale kept pressing until the final buzzer. Down by a goal to Lisbon in an MVC boys’ soccer contest, the Bulldogs were awarded a free kick just past midfield with 20 seconds remaining. Hall-Dale sent a perfect ball into the box, but Lisbon keeper Jonah Sautter was up to the task, catching the […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Oak Hill dispatches defensive Hall-Dale late
WALES — Oak Hill and Hall-Dale were deadlocked in a scoreless battle heading into the final minutes of their MVC girls’ soccer game Tuesday. Then the game came down to situational soccer. The host Raiders took advantage of their late opportunity and converted the lone goal of the game with 2:11 left in a 1-0 […]
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HS football: Portland stops Edward Little
AUBURN — Edward Little went into the locker room at halftime with momentum after tying the game with an exciting two point conversion with 11 seconds remaining in the half. One quarter later, Portland had scored 26 unanswered points, running away with a 40-16 victory at Walton field. Portland opened the scoring after an EL punt, needing […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little strong-arms Lawrence, stays unbeaten
Varney struck out the side in the top of the first, but outs didn’t come as easy in the second. Lawrence (5-3) coach Rusty Mercier noted that Varney was pitching “backwards” in the first inning, throwing more off-speed pitches than fastballs. “We just said, ‘Shorten up, put the ball in play’ and the second inning […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mountain Valley tips Madison
RUMFORD — When Mountain Valley has things working right, coach Ryan Casey and the rest of the team are convinced they are unstoppable. They proved it again Saturday. A pair of runs in the second half sparked by Ashley Russell, who scored a game-high 21 points, proved to be the difference as Mountain Valley extended […]