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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt Little bounces back, blanks Yarmouth-Freeport

YARMOUTH — A little bit of angst and apprehension are normal when you’re returning to the rink after your first loss in two months. Prior to Thursday evening’s get-it-out-of-the-system game at Travis Roy Arena, the Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey coaching staff reminded the Red Hornets what followed their previous loss to Scarborough: Twelve consecutive wins. […]

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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt-Little can’t slow down Scarborough

Lizzy Gross ignited Scarborough with a natural hat trick and later assisted goals by Alyssa Hulst and Sami Shoebottom, launching the undefeated Red Storm to a convincing 5-1 victory at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Streaks and bragging rights were on the line in an afternoon clash of the top-ranked teams on each side of the […]

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HS Hockey: Eddies blank 26ers, 4-0

AUBURN — An early shorthanded goal set the bar high for Edward Little’s penalty kill Saturday night. And the Red Eddies gave themselves too many opportunities to try to meet that standard going forward. While they didn’t get on the board a man down again, the Eddies’ special teams did play at a high level […]

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LHS wins fifth straight regional cheering title

In the current throw-caution-to-the-wind climate of Class A East cheering, a championship performance doesn’t have to meet that standard. And even though Lynnette Morency and her Lewiston High School powerhouse admittedly helped create that atmosphere, the coach isn’t sure how she feels about it. “A lot of people are stepping up their stunting skills, I […]

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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 […]

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Boys’ Basketball: Jensen, Middleton give Red Eddies a shot

AUBURN — Athletic 6-foot-5 basketball players who can shoot are a rare commodity in Maine. Having two such gems playing together on the same team is a luxury that few high school coaches in the state will ever know. Edward Little coach Mike Adams is the envy of coaches in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference […]

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H.S. girls’ basketball: Norcross’ game shapes up

So when Kory Norcross heard suggestions from her grandfather, John Huard, she took his words to heart. Huard was a former NFL linebacker and coach in the Canadian Football League. “He’s always picked on me and told me that I needed to get in shape and start jumping rope,”  the Edward Little senior guard said. […]

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H. S. girls’ basketball: Red Eddies respond to Dragons’ rally

AUBURN — The comfortable double-digit lead suddenly didn’t feel so comfortable. After opening up the advantage Wednesday night, the Edward Little girls’ basketball team watched Brunswick close the gap to end the third. It forced the Red Eddies to refocused for the final quarter, and that’s just what EL did in a 55-50 win over […]