PORTLAND — Having lost twice to top-seeded Yarmouth during the regular season, ninth-seeded Gray-New Gloucester knew the challenges the Clippers presented in their Class B South quarterfinal. Knowing what was coming and stopping it are two very different things, though. Yarmouth dominated the paint and the second quarter to pull away from the young Patriots […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Hilaire, Blue Devils surprise Clippers
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester girls high school ice hockey team had it all in Tuesday’s game against Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill — possession, shots and defense. By the end of the third period, the Clippers had launched 52 shots at the Blue Devils, but didn’t have the goals to show for it. Those came from Lewiston, […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Gray-NG grinds out win over Yarmouth
GRAY — There was no running away Tuesday night, when Western Maine Conference rivals met on the hardwood. Gray-New Gloucester jumped out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter, but then went cold, allowing Yarmouth to catch all the way back up. From there it was neck-and-neck, but the Patriots made a slim third-quarter […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Yarmouth zones out Poland
POLAND — Yarmouth and Poland had similar game plans for their WMC Class B South girls’ basketball contest Friday night: play zone defense and force the other team to make shots. The visiting Clippers executed that game plan better early, then well enough late to hold on for a 48-40 victory over Poland. “They are, […]
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Girls’ hockey: Veilleux, Bogdanovich lead Scarborough past the Clippers
Each had a hat trick as the Scarborough Red Storm defeated the Yarmouth/Gray-New Gloucester/Freeport Clippers 9-2 Saturday afternoon in a girls’ hockey contest. The Red Storm got the offense rolling when Veilleux set herself in front of the Clippers’ crease. Lauren Topchick fed her the puck from behind the goal line for a goal at […]
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2016-17 Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-NG girls’ hockey preview
Coach: Megan Vaughan (second year) Region: North Last year’s record: 8-11, lost in Northern Maine regional quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Katie Clemmer (F), Kelsey Meyer (F), Georgia Giese (F), Molly Wilson (D), Sydney St. Pierre (D); Junior — Margaret Perrotta (F); Sophomores — Kyaira Grondin. Key lost players: Jenny Holmquist Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Paige Rinaldi; Freshmen — Caroline […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Yarmouth gets past Villanueva, Gray-New Gloucester
“We’ve been playing Gray now, since Andy (Higgins) has been a coach there, and just about, I think, 75 percent of the games or 80 percent of the games have been one- or two-goal games,” Yarmouth coach Mike Hagerty said. “Every single time.” The Clippers (8-2) did their best to make it a blowout. They […]
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HS football: Yarmouth holds off Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley battled back, but fell a two-point conversion short of Yarmouth on Friday. The Falcons put together a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback behind quarterback Nick Newman. However, time ran out as Yarmouth, behind QB John Thoma’s three passing touchdowns and another running, pulled out a 27-25 win in a Class C South game […]
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Class B Girls’ Lacrosse: Kennebunk defeats Yarmouth for a perfect season
PORTLAND — Once Kyra Schwartzman got going, there was no stopping her. The Kennebunk Rams’ senior attacker scored five goals in a 9-7 win over Yarmouth to lift the Rams to the 2016 Class B girls’ state title, their first state championship after several runner-up finishes, including last year’s 11-10 loss to the Clippers. The […]
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Girls’ Lacrosse: Defending champ Yarmouth downs St. Dominic Academy
There was only a fine-to-sometimes-heavier drizzle coming down on the field Saturday when St. Dominic Academy and Yarmouth squared off in a Class B North girls’ lacrosse semifinal, but the Clippers poured it on in the first half, taking an 8-1 lead before finishing off the Saints in a 13-6 victory. The second-ranked Saints (13-1) […]