Halfway through the season we’re starting to see some trends pop up from all of our local teams, whether positive or negative, with Spruce Mountain’s speed being one of them. Gray-NG’s youth and drop-off from last year’s senior class is another, as well. What trends are you starting to spot at the halfway point from […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Time to ask teams: ‘Who are you?’
One local football coach said after a game Friday night that his team was “still trying to find our identity.” Never mind that said coach and team had just won a game scoring 51 points while giving up just six. But Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky, who uttered those words, makes a good point about […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Amidon strikes York past Gray-NG
GRAY — One minute was the difference in an 80-minute battle between Gray-New Gloucester and York on Saturday afternoon. Maddie Amidon scored two goals 57 seconds apart midway through the first half, and then she added the nail in the coffin late in the second in a 3-0 WMC girls’ soccer victory for the Wildcats […]
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Boys’ Soccer: York gets best of Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Homecoming is a time for old friends to reconnect. Unfortunately for Gray-New Gloucester’s current boys’ soccer players, connecting was hard to do. By the time the Patriots did start putting passes together, they were down 2-0 and visiting York held on at the end for a 2-1 WMC victory at Myles Burbank Memorial […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce Mountain sprints past Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Quality trumped quantity when Spruce Mountain and Gray-New Gloucester met on the gridiron Friday night. The Patriots ran 39 plays to the Phoenix’s 16, but Spruce Mountain scored on four of them, jumping out to a 30-0 lead and running away with a 51-6 victory in a Class C South football game at […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. The Red Eddies played Portland close for a half, and played Cheverus close for 48 minutes, but lost both games. They will need to play very well for 48 minutes against an Eagles team that is better than their 2-2 record and nearly beat Thornton Academy on the road. SANFORD (2-2) AT […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. This is a big swing game for the Red Eddies. A win against a traditional power would put them into the top half of Class A North. They could be encouraged by rival Lewiston playing the Stags close, but the Red Eddies also had a nail-biter last week. LEWISTON (0-3) AT BANGOR […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Lewiston 31, Bangor 17 Portland 41, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 14 Hampden 22, Mt. Blue 16 Marshwood 26, Leavitt 21 Spruce Mountain 27, Gray-NG 12 Wells 16, Mountain Valley 14 Poland 22, Lake Region 21 Lisbon 20, Dirigo 16 Winthrop/Monmouth 28, Old Orchard Beach 22 Oak Hill 34, Medomak Valley 13
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H.S. football: Freeport blanks Gray-New Gloucester
POWNAL — What a difference a year makes. Last season, coach Paul St. Pierre’s first leading the Freeport High School football team, didn’t go well, including a 36-0 loss at Gray-New Gloucester. That setback was part of an 0-8 season for Freeport. On Saturday at Pownal Recreation Field, the Falcons returned that loss to the […]
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Page 2: Wil’s pigskin prognostications
Cheverus 34, Lewiston 14 Leavitt 24, York 16 Mt. Blue 22, Lawrence 20 Freeport 26, Gray-NG 22 Mountain Valley 44, Lake Region 6 Yarmouth 41, Poland 8 Cape Elizabeth 38, Spruce Mountain 34 Winthrop/Monmouth 20, Dirigo 14