Noah Jordan, 7, of Norway negotiates the bicycle safety course, with assistance from Grace Boothby of the Mexico Police Explorers, at Saturday’s Mountain Valley Kids Fest for Child Advocacy. It was hosted by the Rumford Eagles. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times)
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Boys’ lacrosse: Edward Little holds off Mt. Ararat, 13-10
Edward Little’s Dawson Tracey fires the ball past Mt. Ararat’s Gabriel Crowley during Thursday afternoon’s lacrosse game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Thursday’s KVAC boys’ lacrosse game between Mt. Ararat and Edward Little came down to control. The host Red Eddies proved the better team at controlling the ball — possession, faceoffs, ground […]
Girls' lacrosse: Messalonskee finds groove, flies past Lewiston
Lewiston’s Grace Dumond drives through a sea of Messalonskee players during Wednesday night’s lacrosse game at Bates College in Lewiston. From the left are Katie Luce, Chloe Tilley, Emily Crowell and Shauna Clark. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Messalonskee weathered one Lewiston comeback and didn’t allow another in a 14-8 KVAC girls’ lacrosse matchup Wednesday […]
Edward Little baseball remains unbeaten, topples Mt. Ararat
AUBURN — There are few secrets on the baseball diamond when Mt. Ararat and Edward Little face off each season, with the squads meeting in the Class A North postseason the past two years. Last year, it was the upset-minded Eagles who got the better of the Red Eddies in the semifinals. On Wednesday in […]
H.S. Tennis Notebook: Mountain Valley and Dirigo set to clash
On Wednesday, Mountain Valley and Dirigo take their rivalry to the tennis court when the Cougars host Mountain Valley in the girls’ match, while the boys’ teams will battle in Rumford. Both matches will start at 4 p.m. The Falcons’ girls’ team is relying on its youth during their strong, 5-1 start to the season. […]
Gagne, Poland no-hit Yarmouth; Oxford Hills sweeps
Arianna Boulanger of Dirigo High School throws the discus during a meet in Wiscasset on Tuesday. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) POLAND — Ally Gagne went the distance, struck out 10 and allowed no hits as Poland defeated Yarmouth 6-0 in a WMC softball contest Tuesday. Morgan Brousseau and Shelby LaFrinea each had a pair of […]
Oxford Hills too much for Mt. Ararat in KVAC softball contest
Mt. Ararat’s Ema Hawkes slides into second base safely as Oxford Hills’ Kaisa Heikkinen attempts to apply the tag during their game in Paris on Saturday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — It had been a while since Oxford Hills and Mt. Ararat had been able to play outdoors, but the Vikings seemed to take it […]
H.S. roundup: Leavitt softball buzzes by Maranacook
READFIELD — Leavitt started rolling in the middle innings of a 12-4 win over Maranacook in a KVAC softball action Wednesday. The Hornets scored four times in the top of the fourth and added five more runs in the fifth. They scored single runs in the first, second and sixth innings. Leah Maheux had a […]
Alan C. Gates
NORWAY — Alan C. Gates, A.K.A. “The Dictator,” 70, of South Paris, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 3, at Stephens Memorial Hospital after a short battle with lung cancer. Mr. Gates was born May 19, 1947, to Stanley and Priscilla Coady Gates, in Philadelphia, Pa., the second of three children: older brother William Gates of Vermont, […]
RED EDDIES' DAY — EL shuts down Windham to win AA North boys' title
Edward Little celebrates their win of the Class AA North boys’ basketball finals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Edward Little’s boys’ basketball team didn’t want to be left out of the party the girls’ team has planned for next weekend, so it used its calling-card defense to […]