AUGUSTA — Edward Little put all its tournament chips on shutting down Mt. Blue senior center Cam Sennick Tuesday night, and it nearly hit the jackpot. The seventh-seeded Red Eddies locked the third-seeded Cougars in a physical, pulse-pounding four quarters in the Eastern Class A semifinals, refusing to go away even when the Cougars decided […]
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Boys’ hockey: Saints’ power too much for EL
AUBURN — After a listless first period, the St. Dom’s hockey team certainly made up for it in the second. The Saints went 4-for-4 on the power play and outshot the Edward Little Red Eddies 20-4 in the middle period en route to a 10-1 win at Ingersoll Arena. Early in the second period, Red […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Scarborough sweeps Class A states
GORHAM — In a day which saw multiple state records fall at the State Class A Indoor Track Championships, one thing remained the same. For the eighth straight year, the Scarborough girls were crowned champions. For the third time in four years, the Red Storm boys rode the buses home with the first-place crown as […]
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H.S. Basketball Tournament Notebook: All isn’t lost for Devils
Perhaps the sting of Saturday’s 60-52 Eastern Class A quarterfinal loss to Edward Little hasn’t gone away yet. As weeks go by and yield to moments of reflection, however, Lewiston will recognize the 2011-12 season as one of enormous strides in its boys’ basketball fortune. Other than a run of four regional titles and one […]
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Swimming, indoor track championships begin today
Two of the most enduring championship streaks in Maine high school athletics will be challenged starting Monday as the state swimming and indoor track and field championships get under way. On Monday, the Scarborough girls will pursue their eighth consecutive Class A indoor track title at the University of Southern Maine. On Tuesday, the Bangor […]
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H.S. Skiing: State championship overview
Class A Among area teams — and state-wide — the Class A overall skiing championship has truly, unofficially been the “Mt. Blue Invitational” for many years. In girls’ overall competition, the Cougars have won the state crown in every season but two since 1992, and the boys failed to win the title only twice since […]
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Eastern A Boys’ Basketball: Eddies down Devils with colossal comeback
AUGUSTA — This is our house. It has devolved into the most overused rallying cry in sports. Student sections chant it. NFL linebackers scream it. Edward Little didn’t waste words Saturday evening at Augusta Civic Center. The Red Eddies just went out and proved their point. From the depths of a 15-point deficit late in […]
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The Hot Corner: EL wakes up echoes
AUGUSTA — Mike Adams probably used up his quota of heart-quickening halftime speeches in the catacombs of Augusta Civic Center the past five years. If not, well, surely he’d spent the leftovers on an up-and-down, on-and-off, relatively inexperienced 2011-12 team that might be responsible for what few grays are hidden in that there’s-no-way-he’s-40 coiffure. So […]
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Class A wrestling: Cougars crown two champions
WINDHAM – With three seconds left in his wrestling match, Tyler Craig thought he was going to be a state champion. With two seconds left, the Mt. Blue freshman thought he was going to be ill. “I felt really sick,” Craig said. “It’s a miracle that I made it. I felt like my body just […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Eastern A tournament overview
Players to watch Hampden — Christian McCue (Sr. G), Fred Knight (Sr. C), Logan Poirier (Sr. F), Zach Gilpin (Soph. F); Lewiston — Shawn Ricker (Sr. G), Luke Cote (Sr. G), Corbin Hyde (Sr. F), Josh Thomas (Jr. G); Mt. Blue — Cam Sennick (Sr. C), Eric Berry (Sr. G), Nick Hilton (Sr. F), Blake […]