AUGUSTA — Tim Farrar was too busy coaching to look at the scoreboard Monday afternoon at Augusta Civic Center. Without any official numbers to guide him, the Lewiston boys’ basketball coach thought things were going reasonably well for his Blue Devils. Then the halftime horn sounded, and Farrar allowed himself another peek toward the rafters. […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Winning is learned behavior for Lewiston seniors
LEWISTON — Beginner hockey players are all too familiar with “lemon” drills, designed to teach them balance, how to go forward and backward and stop on a dime when necessary. It’s a lot to grasp, of course, which is why most athletes gravitating to the game begin rehearsing the skills at around the same time […]
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Eastern Girls’ Hockey Final: Defense drove Red Hornets, Blue Devils to Portland
It’s the game every Twin Cities girls’ varsity hockey player or fan wanted since the first puck dropped at practice in November. The only thing neutral will be the ice. No. 1 Leavitt/Edward Little (16-3) meets No. 2 Lewiston (14-4-1) at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the Eastern Maine championship at Portland Ice Arena. The winner […]
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Girls’ Hockey, East Semifinal: Lewiston blanks two-time champ Greely
AUBURN — Greely might not bear much resemblance to the team that won back-to-back girls’ hockey state championships, but to call the Rangers a “tough out” in the Eastern Maine tournament is so overly simplistic, it’s laughable. Lewiston knew it would take a tireless effort, and yes, a friendly bounce or two to survive Saturday […]
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State Cheering Championships: Devils dethroned; Tigers take title
They’re all qualities that built Lewiston High School into a competition cheering dynasty. They also, admittedly, might have played a role in the Blue Devils’ temporary downfall Saturday morning. Other Class A rivals were flawless. Lewiston, likely starting with the highest baseline score in the state final because of its jaw-droppingly challenging routine, was not. […]
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State Cheering Championships: Lewiston in four-ocious mood
That is, never getting on a bus and riding away from a state championship meet without leaving their fingerprints on the big trophy. Bonny Eagle (1994 through 1996) and Biddeford (2008 through 2010) each won three consecutive titles. Oxford Hills (1997, 1999, 2000) and a previous senior group from Lewiston (2003, ’04 and ’06) each […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston staves off St. Dom’s at sold-out new arena
AUBURN — Yes, Lewiston weathered the emotional tumult of playing its first-ever “road” game against St. Dom’s at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Sure, Matt Poulin scored two goals. And you betcha, junior Nick Hawk was sensational with 31 saves, many of them in rapid-fire succession. But it was the Blue Devils’ less tangible, less glamorous […]
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Cheering: Lewiston wins sixth straight KVAC title
The Lewiston High School cheering program has been winning so convincingly for so long that style points matter. And therefore, the celebration was a little bit restrained Monday after the Blue Devils won the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A championship at Augusta Civic Center. Of course, some of that is because the KVAC crown […]
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Indoor track: Kendall not racing like rookie
OK, it’s a huge misstep. The Lewiston High School junior is well-versed in soccer and tennis, two sports that constantly demand quick bursts of energy. Indoor track and field sounded like a great way to pass the time and stay in shape during the winter. But surely there would be a time of transition and […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt/Little brushes off Lewiston for 10th straight win
Complicating matters for the Leavitt-Edward Little girls’ hockey team in the third period Saturday night, the minors against Taylor Landry and Danica Nadeau — overlapping by one second — took away two of the Red Hornets’ premier players. Leavitt-Little still had selfless assistant captains Amanda Grenier and Emma Martineau on the ice, however, blocking Lewiston […]