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Girls’ hockey: Saints escape Red Hornets

LEWISTON — Brianna Stanley could only see — and stop — so many shots Friday. Stanley, who made a run deep into the playoffs last season with the Leavitt girls’ hockey team, was charged this season with being the backbone of the newly-formed Leavitt/Edward Little cooperative team. After a 10-win season, Stanley was used to […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Eddies warm up, dismiss Devils

LEWISTON — Barring a miracle or an unmitigated disaster, depending upon which side of the river you call home, the outcome of Thursday’s Edward Little-Lewiston girls’ basketball KVAC season finale was never in doubt. Anybody affiliated with the top-ranked Red Eddies wouldn’t be truthful if they said the score against the winless Blue Devils was […]

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Boys’ Basketball: EL explodes past Lewiston

LEWISTON — If trailing at halftime in the first segment of their home-and-home series didn’t get Edward Little’s attention, watching Lewiston win its last four games and climb into the Eastern Class A boys’  basketball picture surely did. “Definitely,” EL senior Brandon Giguere said. “We didn’t want to lose to Lewiston.” Any anxiety or mystery […]

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HS skiing: Eddies, Cougars, Black Bears lead the way

EDITED RUMFORD — It didn’t take long for Edward Little’s James Jackson to get riled up Wednesday. Jackson, the first skier out of the gate in the field of 60 boys at the KVAC ski championships, had to ski off course after a coach got in his way more than halfway through the run. The […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Morse completes sweep

AUBURN — There were two things the Edward Little girls’ basketball team didn’t want to see Saturday night. The Red Eddies didn’t want to see Morse’s Nikoline Ostergaard have a good night offensively, and EL certainly didn’t want to see itself struggle to score. Both of those scenarios were on display as EL hosted Morse […]

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Boys’ hockey: Eddies double up on Rams

AUBURN — Trevor Haley picked the perfect time to make a good first impression. Haley, a sophomore and a defenseman by trade, filled in at forward for Edward Little coach Craig Latuscha as injuries continue to claim a handful of his players. He may stay at forward after his debut. Haley slapped home a pass […]

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Boys’ basketball: Red Eddies conquer Vikings

AUBURN — Bo Leary can pose matchup problems for opponents. If a team uses size and strength to defend the Edward Little senior, he’ll beat the opposing player with a quick step off the dribble. If a more nimble defender tries his work on Leary, he’ll overpower him. Tuesday night, the Oxford Hills Vikings used […]

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Class A Cheering: Devils dance, dominate

AUGUSTA — Five thousand spectators walk through the swinging doors at Augusta Civic Center every year to watch the regional cheerleading championships. Their respective knowledge of the technicalities of the sport probably falls somewhere between the extremes of rabid and clueless. You didn’t have to understand much about terminology or technique, or be score sheet […]