Class A The Edward Little boys captured their first Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference title last year and could have the talent to challenge Mt. Ararat and Brunswick for another if some promising sophomores and a big freshman class can lend enough support to some talented upperclassmen. Senior Darnnell Hairston and junior Connor Harris could medal […]
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High school swimming overview
Class A Dual meets have been a strength for Edward Little and Lewiston in recent seasons. For 2011-12 season, both are hoping to make bigger splashes in the conference and state meets. The Edward Little girls boast a veteran, big-meet tested squad led by Melissa Paione, the New England champion in the 100 yard breaststroke. […]
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2011-12 Boys’ Hockey Outlook
Eastern Class A At the end of the playoffs last March, given everything teams had remaining on their roster cards when you eliminated graduating seniors, two of the Twin Cities’ three Class A hockey teams appeared headed in very different directions. Lewiston had more than a dozen seniors, including a half dozen conference all-stars. St. […]
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Girls’ basketball: Tough act to follow
AUBURN — Ashlee Arnold has a tough act to follow. The Edward Little junior had a breakout season last year and helped lead her team to the KVAC championship and the Eastern A semifinals. Topping that won’t be easy, but Arnold and her team are determined to make it happen. “This team is really excited […]
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Girls’ hockey: Blue Devils edge Red Hornets
AUBURN — Three games into the season, Lewiston and Leavitt/Edward Little are still learning a bit about themselves as hockey teams. If Saturday’s early-season matchup is any indication, both teams now know their potential lies beyond the regular season. In a palpable playoff atmosphere, with spectators lined around both ends of the rink, Lewiston benefited […]
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High School Hockey: Leavitt hires Boucher
Dave Boucher went to officiate a pair of soccer games this fall, and a hockey coaching opportunity appeared. Boucher, of Lewiston, who last coached four years ago at Brunswick High School and previously had coached at Edward Little, is the new head coach of the Leavitt Hornets. “It really is a coup, we couldn’t be […]
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Getting a head start: Girls’ hockey teams take to the ice
LEWISTON — Their nerves disappeared as their skates made the season’s first cut into a freshly lain sheet of ice at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Less than nine months removed from its first Maine Principals’ Association-sanctioned girls’ ice hockey state title, St. Dominic Academy was back on the ice Monday, the first day girls’ hockey […]
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Huddle Up: Rivals made memories for a lifetime
“Don’t get too attached,” Lewiston coach Bill County said with a wide grin as he eyed one of his seniors walking past him holding the Alan Clark Sr. Memorial Trophy, the prize awarded to the victors in the annual Battle of the Bridge. “I’ll bring it to class on Monday,” Joe McKinnon replied, never breaking […]
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High school cross country: Lisbon’s Thomas finishes second in state in Class C
Saturday’s state cross country meet at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland was all about history. Kennebunk’s Abbey Leonardi won an unprecedented fourth Class A state title and Nick Morris of Scarborough edged Messalonskee’s Harlow Ladd by .02 of a second in the closest finish ever in a state meet to win the boys’ Class […]