Spruce Mountain’s Harmony Castonguay, left, tries to slow down Winthrop’s Gia Francis as she moves up the field during a field hockey game in Winthrop in September. (Sun Journal file photo) The six field hockey teams set to compete in state championship games Saturday have had an extra week to ponder and plan for their […]
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Boys' soccer: Lewiston, Gorham ready for a battle in Class A final
Suab Nur of Lewiston High School shoots on goal while being defended by Zack Gunther of Mt. Blue in Lewiston last week. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) In the past, the Lewiston and Gorham boys’ soccer teams played each other in the preseason. That didn’t happen this year, but the Blue Devils and Rams will meet this […]
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Hockey history: Lions Tournament wraps up 46th year
AUBURN — Inside the Norway Savings Bank Arena on Monday, the score was 1-1 and youth hockey was in overtime. It was not the first overtime, or the second, or even the third. It was the fourth. Parents in the stands were cheering, clapping and yelling as their Mite hockey players — typically 7 or 8 […]
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Yarmouth runs away from Presque Isle in B girls' soccer final
Yarmouth’s Ashlyn Feeley drives the ball up field Saturday during the Class B state championship against Presque Isle. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Once the Yarmouth High girls’ soccer team showed it had beaten the competition, it started competing to top itself. Then it made history. The Clippers rolled to a championship finish of their […]
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Maranacook edges Fort Kent in C boys' soccer final
Kevin Bennett, for the Kennebec Journal The Maranacook boys’ soccer team celebrates with the gold ball after it defeated Fort Kent 1-0 in the Class C state championship at Hampden Academy on Saturday. (Kevin Bennett, for the Kennebec Journal) HAMPDEN — The Maranacook boys soccer team had seen one scoring chance after another go unfulfilled, […]
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Houlton holds off Madison for C girls' soccer championship
Houlton’s Mia Hanning jumps into the arms of a coach after a second half goal as Madison players walk back to the team bench during the Class C title game Saturday at Hampden Academy. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) HAMPDEN — Houlton girls soccer coach Tim Tweedie marveled at Kolleen Bouchard’s senior season, one in which […]
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Bessey Motors outlasts Pastime in 16 innings for Zone 2 American Legion baseball title
Bessey Motor’s Janek Luksza rounds third base during the game against Pastime at Gouin Athletic Complex on Thursday afternoon in Paris. PARIS — Bessey Motors and Pastime Club played like they had a playoff spot to earn and a state tournament berth was on the line. Of course, neither had to worry about the state […]
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Class B boys’ lacrosse championship: Cape Elizabeth holds off Yarmouth
PORTLAND — Cape Elizabeth claimed its fourth state title in five years by beating Yarmouth 16-7 in the Class B boys’ lacrosse championship game Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Yarmouth whittled down Cape Elizabeth’s big lead to 8-5 by the end of the third quarter. Then, Finnegan Raymond waded through a mass of defenders to score […]
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Class A girls’ lacrosse championship: Massabesic routs Messalonskeee
Teammates surround Madison Drain (20) after Massabesic claimed the Class A girls’ lacrosse state championship by defeating Messalonskee at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday. PORTLAND — Massabesic earned revenge and a state championship by beating Messalonskee 13-4 in the Class A girls’ lacrosse title game at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday. In this same game last year, […]
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Oxford Hills falls to Skowhegan in A North softball final
Skowhegan teammates hug after the win. AUGUSTA — Skowhegan will be making its fourth appearance in the Class A softball state championship in five years, but Indians coach Lee Johnson said he’s learned in the past half decade that winning the regional final is never easy. It certainly wasn’t Wednesday night. The Indians’ second straight […]