Leavitt’sAllen Peabody gives Cape Elizabeth’s Matt Conley a stiff arm as he looks for extra yards during the first half of Friday night’s game against Cape Elizabeth in Turner. TURNER — Caleb Bowen’s biggest catch of the night wasn’t his 47-yard touchdown catch-and-run to open the scoring for Leavitt, nor his 49-yard reception to set […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Capers, Hornets have made points leading up to clash
Leavitt quarterback Levi Craig runs between Ethan Murphy, left, and Noah Wolfinger of Cape Elizabeth during the first half in Turner in September 2014. The Leavitt Hornets have disarmed a number of land mines on return to Class C and their journey back to favored status. They opened the season with a comeback win at […]
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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 playoffs: Cape Elizabeth puts a lid on Spruce Mountain
CAPE ELIZABETH — You have to read between the lines when you look at No. 1 Cape Elizabeth’s 43-7 victory over No. 4 Spruce Mountain in a Class C South football semifinal game at Hannaford Field on a cold Friday night. Sure, the Capers threw up 43 points on the scoreboard and led 29-7 at […]
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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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HS Football: Capers control second half to ground Falcons, 45-9
RUMFORD — Cape Elizabeth coach Aaron Filieo lit into his unbeaten team at halftime of Friday night’s Campbell Conference Class C game against Mountain Valley in hopes of getting a more consistent effort from the Capers in the second half. Then the kickoff to start the second half went off the Cape kick returner Brett […]
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H.S. Football: Game of the week — Spruce Mountain vs. Cape Elizabeth
The Phoenix missed in their first chance, losing the season opener against Wells. They now get a second shot at one of those two wins this week, when they travel to face 2-0 Cape Elizabeth. It might be a good thing that this game will be played on the artificial field turf at the Capers’ […]
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H.S. Football: Cape Elizabeth catapults past Spruce Mountain
CAPE ELIZABETH — Spruce Mountain found itself in a hole early, and there was no getting out of it. Cape Elizabeth got some breaks early, broke through the line early and often, and broke the chances of any Phoenix comeback in a 55-12 Class C South football win at Hannaford Field on Friday night. It […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Cape Elizabeth overtakes Gray-NG in OT
The Capers, who didn’t win a game last year and started off this season 0-2, scored less than two minutes into overtime to rally past Gray-New Gloucester, 2-1, in a WMC matchup on Monday. Senior Taylor Young gave the Capers (1-2) their long-awaited win with a long shot from the top-right of the shooting circle […]