LEWISTON — A team comprised almost exclusively of seniors is the ultimate blessing-or-curse experiment in high school sports. If one or two of those athletes play with the compulsion that they know it all, or have one foot already out the gymnasium door or one eye already fixed upon June, it can be disastrous. Get […]
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Boys’ basketball: Myers, Dillingham step up for Lewiston in win over Brewer
One in December. One in January. See the pattern developing? “I want to start a four-in-a-row streak on February 14,” Lewiston coach Tim Farrar said. “That’s when I’d like the streak to start.” That’s the beginning of the tournament, and it would mean a state championship, something that hasn’t happened since 1960. The Gold Ball […]
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Girls’ basketball: Kristina Blais scores 22, leads Lewiston to third win
LEWISTON — Twelve losses against one win, with minimal chance to make the tournament, are enough to persuade many high school basketball teams to pack it in and play out the string. Not the Lewiston girls, who have answered the bell in late January with their three best offensive games of the season. Thursday’s 52-42 […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lewiston comes back to top Bangor; Isaiah Harris, Trever Irish lead the way
After giving away a 15-point lead and falling behind Bangor with just under six minutes remaining, the Blue Devils rode the shoulders of Isaiah Harris, Trever Irish and Tykeem Gaines to an authoritative 61-49 KVAC victory. When the Blue Devils are healthy, dribbling in the same direction, and sharing the basketball among their cadre of […]
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Boys’ basketball: Fleming’s buzzer-beater boosts Oxford Hills past Lewiston in OT
PARIS — If you want to see strength against strength, athleticism against athleticism, there won’t be a much better exhibition than the final eight seconds of boys’ basketball overtime Tuesday night between Oxford Hills and Lewiston. And even though it was one-against-three, the Vikings’ strength, which answers to the name Andrew Fleming, came out on […]
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Boys’ basketball: Vikings’ defense, free throws close out Devils
Or a bounce. Or a technical foul. Like the one that transformed a three-point lead to seven with 49 seconds remaining Tuesday night and launched Oxford Hills to a 62-51 victory over Lewiston. “Patrick Macro got the defensive rebound that led to the whole donnybrook,” Oxford Hills coach Scott Graffam. “That was a huge rebound […]
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Girls’ basketball: Oxford Hills overwhelms icy Lewiston
LEWISTON — As a first-year varsity head coach, Lynn Girouard of Lewiston can rest assured that she’ll never see her team struggle to shoot the ball as mightily as it did Tuesday night, ever again. Already facing an uphill climb against reigning Class A East champion Oxford Hills, Lewiston dug itself a canyon by connecting […]
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Lewiston boys’ basketball preview
Lewiston appears to be the forgotten, or at least overlooked team, in KVAC boys’ basketball. Coaches didn’t put the Blue Devils in the preseason top eight. That’s an odd development, considering that they are coming off another journey to the regional quarterfinals, graduated only two players and welcome back 11 seniors. It’s an intriguing mix […]
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AHL hockey: Portland Pirates end scoring drought in win over Albany Devils
PORTLAND — Whether they wanted to or not, the Portland Pirates made franchise history Saturday against the Albany Devils. It wasn’t a feat worth celebrating, though the Pirates did snap a two-game losing streak in the process. The Pirates set a new franchise record for the longest scoring drought at 169 minutes, 2 seconds, surpassing the […]
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H.S. Football: Deering drops Lewiston to 0-5
Let Deering score. Down by one point, burning up the second of his three chances to stop the clock, County knew it was the right, if desperate call. Even if the quizzical looks required him to be more of a salesman than a teacher. “I don’t think I’ve ever done that in my career. I […]