Coach: Bruce Nicholas (first year) Conference: North Class: A Last year’s record: 1-7 Returning players: Seniors — Chad Dumais (G/NT), Nate Mercier (G/DT), Stefan Porter (TB/DB); Juniors — Keyshawn Green (T/DT), Jared Rubin (QB). Key losses: Quintarian Brown (TB/DB/KR), Stone Colby (FB/LB), Ace Curry (slot/DB), James Flynn (slot/DE), Julian Smedley (G/DE), Griffin Morin (T/DT), Ryan […]
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Lewiston football: Bruce Nicholas brings new look, lofty long-term aspirations
Bill County was the only head coach the Blue Devils had known since the turn of the century, covering the lifetime of most current players. In the Sun Journal’s tri-county coverage area, only Dick Mynahan of Lisbon has spent more years shepherding his program. County and Mike Hathaway of Leavitt were the only others to […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Quintarian Brown, Ace Curry still teammates, and both healthy
DOVER-FOXCROFT — If it wasn’t an ankle injury, it was a hamstring injury. If not a pulled hamstring, a strained neck. And if all the bones and tendons were working properly, muscle cramps carried out their debilitating effects. That was Quintarian Brown’s football career at Lewiston High School in one painful paragraph. Or, if you prefer […]
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Class A girls’ tennis championship: More smashing success for Lewiston, Murphy
LEWISTON — You don’t win 12 state championships and 19 regional titles as a girls’ tennis coach without succeeding in a few specific, key areas. Making the game fun. Finding and polishing diamonds in the rough. Serving as a second mother or grandmother figure. Anita Murphy, 72 years young and in her 37th year running the […]
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Class A East girls’ tennis championship: Lewiston back on top, ending three-year Brunswick reign
WATERVILLE — Based on the results of Lewiston and Brunswick’s two recent girls’ tennis matches, two things looked like a safe bet in Wednesday’s Class A East championship. One, the final score almost certainly would be 3-2, as it was when the Blue Devils won the collision that ended the regular season, and when the Dragons […]
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H.S. baseball playoffs: Dragons sidestep Devils
BRUNSWICK — With the way Brunswick ace John Parker and Lewiston senior righty Kyle Ullrich were pitching in Tuesday’s Eastern A preliminary baseball game, the biggest fear was if the game was going to get completed before the threatening weather arrived. But a perfectly-executed slap bunt by Dragons No. 8 hitter Pearson Cost loaded the […]
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H.S. Football: Lewiston promotes Nicholas to head coaching post
LEWISTON — Bruce Nicholas is the same age as the retired coach, Bill County, he is replacing at the helm of Lewiston High School football. His have-clipboard, will-travel passion for youth sports has always given him a much younger image, however. And Nicholas, 56, hopes that energy will fuel what he sees as a multi-year plan […]
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H.S. Softball: Edward Little fights back against Lewiston, 18-10
AUBURN — The team with a dozen losses wasn’t supposed to send 11 batters to the plate and score six runs in the first inning. Not that it was a complete shock, this being the second meeting of the season in the Lewiston-Edward Little softball rivalry. The Devils’ three one-run losses in the past two […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little puts away Lewiston in sixth; Norcross-Plourde spins another shutout
The Blue Devils are vastly improved. Unfortunately for them, the Red Eddies are playing like championship material. Edward Little spun its fourth consecutive shutout Friday night, 10-0, under the bulbs at the Auburn Suburban Little League complex. It was shortened to six innings by virtue of the mercy rule thanks to seven runs on one […]
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High school girls’ lacrosse: Lewiston runs past Edward Little
LEWISTON — Patience allowed Edward Little to surprise Lewiston with a first-half lead in the school’s girls’ lacrosse game at Don Roux Field on Friday. Patience also helped the home-standing Blue Devils recover, pass and ultimately topple the Red Eddies in the teams’ KVAC showdown, 8-1. Kristina Blais keyed the Devils’ surge with three goals […]