PRESQUE ISLE — The Orono Red Riots captured the school’s first girls’ soccer state title Saturday with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Waynflete Flyers of Portland at the Dr. Gehrig T. Johnson Athletic Complex. Sophomore midfielder Isabel Henderson sent a cross into the goal area from the left corner onto the head of […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Waynflete flies past Monmouth, into state final
PORTLAND — If defense wins championships the Waynflete boys’ soccer team has a pretty good chance to lift the gold ball Saturday. The Flyers punched their ticket to the state final with their 12th shutout victory of the season, a 4-0 win over Monmouth Academy in the Class C South regional final Wednesday at the […]
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Girls Soccer: Waynflete sinks St. Dom’s with second-half spree
AUBURN — St. Dom’s and Waynflete wrote another chapter in their girls’ soccer playoff rivalry Tuesday, and as the story has gone in recent years the Flyers continued their winning ways. No. 6 Waynflete outlasted the third-seeded Saints in a 5-0 victory in a Class C South quarterfinal. The perennial playoff matchup between schools in […]
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Legion Baseball: Pratt brothers leading Franklin County’s rise
Among that small batch of kids were Andrew Pratt — a sophomore at the time — and his younger brother Ryan — an eighth-grader. Four years later, Franklin County (10-4) has gone from a sub-.500 ball club with nine athletes on the roster to a legitimate Zone 2 contender with a lineup loaded with talent. The Pratt brothers have […]
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Legion Baseball: Franklin County runs winning streak to 8 in victory over Highland Green
While they did strand nine more batters on base Tuesday, the Flyers — once again — found a way to win. Franklin County used a three-run fourth inning to stretch its winning streak to eight after a 4-1 victory over Highland Green in a rain-shortened, six-inning Zone 2 American Legion baseball contest. “I’ve said to […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Knights top Flyers on senior day
As sophomores, the Knights advanced to the playoffs for the first time in a number of years before missing out on the postseason all together as juniors. Now, as seniors, Poland returns to the playoffs, and it does so with a little bit of momentum. Senior Ainsley Parent and junior Carly King scored for the […]
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Boys’ Western C Final: Flyers ground Black Bears
AUGUSTA — Waynflete got a taste of what winning its first Western Class C title would be like in 2013. But that taste turned sour when the Flyers lost to Boothbay in the regional final. This time, the Flyers were able to savor the sweetness of victory. Serge Nyirikamba, the tournament’s most outstanding player, tallied […]