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Girls’ lacrosse: Lewiston looks sharp in opener, beats Brunswick

Nearly 45 shutout minutes? Pretty solid. Seven first-half goals, even after Brunswick goalie Mikaela Aschbrenner robbed the Blue Devils of at least that many? It certainly looked like progress. The Devils coasted to a 9-2 Class A North and KVAC victory in the season opener for both teams at Don Roux Field. “We’ve spent most […]

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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame: Capone known for reversals of fortune

Lewiston High School, with a proud tradition of eight prior state championships and enrollment numbers that dwarfed most programs in Maine, looked like the perfect location. Then came consecutive two-win seasons, piggybacked by defeats in triplicate to begin the 1985 campaign. Young and driven, Capone, who originally assumed that LHS would be a brief blip […]

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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame: 4 LHS greats to be inducted

AUBURN — Julie Johnson didn’t think of herself as a hall of famer. Those feelings were magnified for the former Lewiston High School and Clemson University soccer standout when she recalled a late mentor who preceded her in the Twin Cities’ shrine of athletic excellence: Mike Berticelli, who built the men’s program at Notre Dame. “That’s […]

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Preview 2015: Lewiston girls’ lacrosse

Coach: Skip Capone (second year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s record: 7-5, lost in East A quarterfinal Returning athletes: Seniors — Nora Schlax, Lauren Lepage, Haley Lebel, Erika Thibault, Emily Brochu, Paige Fontaine, Savanna Maheux; Juniors — Kristina Blais, Alasia Branche; Sophomores — Moragn Eliasen, Kaitlyn Beckwith, Allison Frechette. Key losses: Laurianne Murphy, Jess Cote, Sam Cote, Sierra […]

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Lewiston girls’ lacrosse preview

Coach: Skip Capone (first year) Last year’s record: 10-2 (lost in East A playoffs) Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Jess Cote, Sam Cote, Sierra Thistlewaite, Mikaela St. Laurent, Shawna Baine, Laurianne Murphy, Brie Wilson; Juniors — Norah Schlax, Lauren Lecompte; Sophomores — Shaima Naji, Kristina Blais. Key losses: Emily Paione, Natalie Rousseau, Sadie Poulin, Bri Lajoie, […]

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Girls’ lacrosse: ‘Aggressive’ the new buzz word for Blue Devils

LEWISTON — Aggressive. Anyone who has played a sport has inevitably had at least one coach pontificate on the value of gritty, hard-nosed play. Anyone who has been around sports long enough has likely also heard the word spelled out ad nauseum via sideline cheerleaders, reemphasizing the coaches’ message. Even with no school-sanctioned cheerleaders on […]