LEWISTON — From the first week of December through the third week of February, choosing co-favorites to win the Class A hockey state championship could have been accomplished by plucking names written on folded pieces of paper from an unused helmet. So why should the second Saturday of March have been any different? Falmouth and […]
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Class A Hockey Final: St. Dom’s felled by Falmouth in OT
LEWISTON — Everyone thought, and rightfully so, that Saint Dominic Academy was this schoolboy hockey season’s poster personality for overcoming lost causes and jarring disappointments. Falmouth High School defenseman Jake Grade skated off with that unofficial title in about a four-minute window Saturday night, however. And as a result, his team is a back-to-back Class […]
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Class B Hockey Final: Eagles healthy, experienced and unbeaten
LEWISTON — From the outside looking in, Messalonskee crushed Class B East hockey this winter. On the way to their third consecutive regional championship, the Eagles scored just a hair beneath seven goals per game. They defeated Bangor and Falmouth, the top two tournament seeds in Class A East and West, respectively. The record book […]
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Class A Hockey Final: Saints’ red line is colorful group
AUBURN — It’s difficult to define the Saint Dominic Academy “red” line of Tyler Sirois, Calvin Stewart and Mike Richard. That likely explains why they get their names in the newspaper, individually or collectively, with the frequency of football offensive linemen. You can’t call them scorers. Each had two goals apiece during the regular season. […]
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Class A West Hockey Final: It’s Falmouth, again
LEWISTON — St. Dom’s drive for 25 will have to go through the defending champions. No. 1 Falmouth won back-to-back Class A West crowns in impressive fashion Tuesday night, scoring four goals in the first 17 minutes and grinding out a 5-2 win over No. 2 Scarborough in the final at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Tyler […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints take out Rams; play for 25th title Saturday
LEWISTON — Magical? Not really. Heavenly? OK, if we must go there. It has been a Saintly surge through mid-February into early March for Saint Dominic Academy, one that will end in the same manner as so many winters past: With a quest for Maine schoolboy hockey’s holy grail. Two goals in the final 1:50 […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints seek another reversal of fortune
LEWISTON — March matters most. Saint Dominic Academy hopes that trend continues when it meets Bangor High School for the Class A East hockey championship Tuesday. Game time is 6 p.m. at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. No. 1 Bangor (16-3) has earned consecutive trips to the regional final and defeated No. 3 St. Dom’s (12-7-1) twice […]
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Class B West Boys’ Basketball Final: Poland shocks Greely for first regional title
Having already lost to Class B West boys’ title game opponent Greely by 23 points in the regular season, the Knights were down by 19 Saturday more quickly than you could say, “in over their heads.” Brimming with confidence, flaunting size, strength and facial hair, overflowing with all-conference players, Greely was a lock to hit […]
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Class B West Girls’ Final: Lakers tip Warriors for sixth title in nine years
PORTLAND — Lake Region won its third straight Class B West girls’ basketball title and sixth in nine seasons Saturday, pulling away from Wells in the second half for a 59-51 victory at Cumberland County Civic Center. Senior center Tiana-Jo Carter scored 24 points, ripped down 18 rebounds and took home the Mike DiRenzo Award […]
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Class A East Girls’ Championship: Vikings’ defense too tall an order for Eddies
AUGUSTA — Oxford Hills survived four overtimes to beat Skowhegan by four points, then outlasted Messalonskee by a bucket. Anybody who had been paying attention to Tourney 2014 knew the Vikings had a chance to beat top-seeded Edward Little. They were the ones who dealt the Red Eddies their only prior loss of this girls’ […]