LEWISTON — It took the top-seeded Leavitt Hornets about a half to settle into their home away from home, Lewiston High School’s Don Roux Field. After their 33-7 Class C South semifinal win over fourth-seeded Cape Elizabeth on a windy Saturday night, the Hornets might be convinced to return to the turf. Leavitt used a […]
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Dirigo-Maranacook kickoff moved to 6 p.m.; Leavitt playoff game moved to Saturday in Lewiston
Rain continued to disrupt the high school football playoff schedule on Friday as Leavitt postponed, and moved, its Class C South semifinal, while Dirigo moved its game time up an hour. The Class E semifinal between No. 2 Dirigo and No. 3 Maranacook was moved to a 6 p.m. kickoff on Friday night at Harlow […]
Boys' Soccer: Patriots can't corner Capers
Cape Elizabeth’s Tiernan Lathrop, middle, tries to dribble up the field past Gray New-Gloucester’s Nick McCann, left and Kyle Mercier, right. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)Cape Elizabeth’s John O’Connor, center splits the gap between Gray New-Gloucester’s Hunter Brown, left and Nick McCann, right. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)Gray New Gloucester goalie Brannon Gilbert punches the ball away on a […]
H.S. football: Leavitt starts fast, rolls past Cape Elizabeth
Leavitt’s Camden Jordan catches a long pass Friday at Cape Elizabeth on Friday (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) CAPE ELIZABETH — The Leavitt Hornets have staked their claim as the team to beat in Class C South so far this fall. Friday evening at a foggy Hannaford Field, the Hornets drove the field on Cape Elizabeth […]
MacDonald paces Greely past Cape Elizabeth for Class B South title
Greely’s Jake MacDonald celebrates after scoring the go-ahead goal in the third period against Cape Elizabeth on Tuesday in the Class B South regional final at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — It will be a busy day Saturday in the MacDonald household. Jake MacDonald’s two goals — […]
Boys' hockey: Cape Elizabeth rallies past York in B South semifinal
York’s Andrew Bertolini tries to get a shot off as he is tripped up in front of the net Friday against Cape Elizabeth in the teams’ Class B quarterfinal at the Androscoggin bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — Phil Tarling scored a pair of goals 10 seconds apart to break […]
B South boys' quarterfinal: Capers cruise past Falcons in second half
Mountain Valley’s Jacob Blanchard pushes past Cape Elizabeth’s David Hare during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — The exclamation point, if not the turning point, for No. 2 Cape Elizabeth in Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal against No. 7 Mountain Valley required two saves. […]
Edward Little stuffs previously unbeaten Cape Elizabeth
Edward Little scores its first goal against Cape Elizabeth during the first period at Troubh Ice Arena on Thursday. Edward Little won, 5-1. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — To Cape Elizabeth coach Matthew Buotte, Thursday night’s loss to Edward Little didn’t just boil down to his team’s lack of execution. It came down to attitude. “We […]
MCI runs over Cape Elizabeth in Class C state football championship
Maine Central Institute’s Adam Bertrand (6) breaks a tackle by Cape Elizabeth High School’s Zach Stewart (5) in the first half of the Class C state championship game at Harold Alfond Stadium at the University of Maine in Orono on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) ORONO — New class, new foes, no problem. For the […]
Girls soccer: Cape Elizabeth stuns Oak Hill
WALES — The Cape Elizabeth girls’ soccer team made sure its otherwise futile trip to Oak Hill earlier in the week — for a game that was ultimately rained out — was worth something. The two schools were supposed to play their Class B South quarterfinal match Tuesday, but the rain picked up just before […]