AUBURN — When Ashee Arnold hobbled off the court early in Tuesday’s basketball game, it was likely going to be a defining moment. With one of the Red Eddies top players and scorers going to the bench with an injury, it was the kind of opportunity Oxford Hills could seize. Instead, it was EL that […]
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Barnies finding basketball opportunity in Turkey
AUBURN — One of the first questions Troy Barnies asked when he got to Istanbul, Turkey, was where he could find the weight room. The question raised some eyebrows among his teammates and coaches. Professional basketball is big in Turkey, and the country has produced several NBA players (Hedo Turkoglu, Mehmet Okur and former Boston […]
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Girls’ basketball: EL sizes up Bangor
AUBURN — Just when it got too close for comfort, Edward Little’s size mattered. Playing against a predominantly taller Bangor team, the Red Eddies only had one player that could matchup with the collection of 6-footers on the roster. But when senior center Crissy Lewis scored three field goals in the final quarter it made […]
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Boys’ high school roundup: Pelletier, EL skate past Waterville
WATERVILLE — Jared Pelletier netted a hat trick in the third period to lead Edward Little to a 5-1 win over Waterville in boys’ hockey action Friday night. With the scored tied at 1-1 early in the final period, Pelletier banged home a rebound of a Travis Landry shot to give the Red Eddies (2-2-1) […]
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HS boys’ basketball: Eddies leave Devils blue
LEWISTON — It can’t be this easy, can it? It wasn’t for Edward Little, which had to be asking itself that question after missing just two shots in the first quarter while storming out to an 11-point lead over unbeaten rival Lewiston on Friday night. The Red Eddies held onto their stockings through their nightmare-before-Christmas […]
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HS girls’ basketball: EL fends off Lewiston
LEWISTON — One basket followed another. As the Lewiston girls’ basketball team scored and scored again in the third quarter Friday night, the Blue Devils were shaking up what appeared to be a comfortable Edward Little lead. The Red Eddies 16-point cushion was suddenly down to eight, and EL was calling timeout. “I was biting […]
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Boys’ high school basketball: A drop in the bucket for Red Eddies
AUBURN — Same old Edward Little. Just a little younger. The Red Eddies still have a centerpiece named Leary. They have four new starters who have been in the system and followed the program’s edict of getting bigger, stronger and smarter, to the letter. EL looks more like five, 6-foot-2½-ish interchangeable parts than ever, actually, […]
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Hockey: Cony knocks down Edward Little
AUBURN — What happens in the present can very well determine what happens in the future. The Edward Little boys’ hockey team learned that the hard way Saturday night. The Red Eddies took some bad penalties in the second period. Two of those lead to Cony power-play tallies early in the third. That broke open […]
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Video: Edward Little High School Chamber Choir singers perform at luncheon
LEWISTON — Edward Little High School Chamber Choir members are directed by Beth Labrie as they perform for the Senior College “Food for Thought” luncheon program at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College on Friday.
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Girls’ basketball: Eagles turn it around on Eddies
AUBURN — The team that headed for the locker room at halftime Friday night was different than the one that took the floor for the second half. And you could say that for both teams. The Edward Little girls’ basketball team had finished the half with 11 straight points and had a nice 15-point lead […]