DIXFIELD — With the jumble of teams jockeying for position in Class D South this season, there was plenty of incentive for Dirigo and Spruce Mountain to step up and play with a purpose Friday. A pair of rushing touchdowns by Logan Smith and Brett Frey in the first half helped Spruce Mountain along, and […]
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Brewer football marches past Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Cougars became mired in a Witches’ brew that was sweetened with a dash of Brewer’s powerful ground game and stubborn defense. The Witches had little difficulty moving the ball, rolling up 33 unanswered points in the first half and eventually marching off with a 36-14 victory at Caldwell Field on […]
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Richardson, Sclafani win cross country races at Leavitt in Turner
Girls from eight high schools compete near the start of the cross country meet at Leavitt Area High School in Turner on Friday. It took a personal best that he wasn’t expecting to run, but the speed of Friday’s cross country race ultimately played into Oxford Hills’ Dominic Sclafini’s hands. “I was kind of surprised […]
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H.S. field hockey: Mt. Blue finishes off Edward Little
Edward Little’s Jordan Cummings (1) races after the ball as Mt. Blue’s Keegan Andrews (8), Adelle Loss (24) and EL’s Anna LeBlanc follow in a field hockey game at Caldwell Field in Farmington on Thursday. Mt. Blue won, 3-0.Coach Greg Perkins tries to rally the Edward Little Red Eddies at Caldwell Field in Farmington on […]
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Girls' soccer: Cougars pounce to collect first win
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue girls’ soccer coach Fred Conlogue’s halftime chat set his Cougars straight and perhaps inspired senior forwards Jocelyn Daggett and Sierra Keim. The pair took matters into their own hands and each scored second-half goals, steering the Cougars to a 2-0 win over the Cony Rams and providing Mt. Blue (1-3) with […]
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HS Field Hockey: Cougars feast late in second half, blank Vikings
Oxford Hills’ goalie Kaisa Heikkinen, right, makes a leg pad save on a shot from Mt. Blue’s Samantha Ellis during Tuesday afternoon’s filed hockey game at Gouin Field in Paris. Heikkinen made numerous spetactular saves, but a constant barrage by the Cougars got 4 past a trio of Viking goalies as Mt. Blue went on […]
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Cougars eyeing short-term and long-term goals with a new golf coach at the helm
Coach Butch McKenna with the Dirigo golf team, from left, Sam Skibitsky, Tucker Olsen, Wyatt Lufkin, Chandler Redmond, Nolan DeGroot, Jacob Gaudin and Samuel Holmes at the Oakdale Country Club in Mexico. MEXICO — Butch McKenna has one goal in his first season as Dirigo’s golf coach, and it doesn’t involve wins and losses. “They […]
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Par for the Course: Alexander grows into the game
Trevor Alexander, 36, always believed that his best sport was baseball. He was totally into baseball as a youngster, and was named Class A Player of the Year by The Sun Journal in 1999, as a senior at Mt. Blue High School. He was a pitcher at Wheaton College and for Lenders Network of the […]
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H.S. football: Mt. Blue runs over Hampden
FARMINGTON — Somewhere toward the end of the second quarter, Mt. Blue’s offense found ways of converting on third-down situations. And then came those sustained drives that opened the door to the end zone and allowed the Cougars (1-1) to run away with a convincing 34-0 victory over Hampden Academy (0-2) in a football game […]
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Field hockey: Hackett, Dirigo rally back to beat Oak Hill
DIXFIELD — Freshman Kailey Hackett scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner midway through the second half, as Dirigo rallied to beat Oak Hill 4-2 in Mountain Valley Conference field hockey at sunny Harlow Park on Thursday. There was a lot on the line in the early season clash between the two teams, however, the […]