Meghan Abel of Greely/Gray-New Gloucester covers the puck as Emily Demers of Portland/Greely gets tangled with Kerry Roberts of Greely while breaking towards the net in the third period Thursday. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — In a wild back-and-forth shootout, the All-State forward scored five goals. But the game was won by the team […]
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David Higgins resigns as Greely football coach
After 10 seasons of doing more with less as the Greely High football coach, David Higgins announced his resignation Monday. Higgins, 62, had an overall record of 51-43. This season the Rangers went 5-5 in the competitive Class B South with only 22 players. Greely qualified for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season and […]
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H.S. football: Overachieving but undermanned Greely program weighing its options
The Greely football team huddles up during practice last month. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Greely High School’s football team has been celebrated for doing a lot with a little. But next year’s varsity roster is expected to be even smaller than this year’s band of 22 Rangers. Administrators, coaches and booster members in Cumberland […]
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B South girls' soccer quarterfinal: Greely gets going in second, beats Oak Hill
Logan Pray of Greeley High School rolls over Oak Hill goalkeeper Paige Gonya after Gonya made a second half save in Wales on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) WALES — Greely turned the tide of Thursday’s Class B South girls’ soccer quarterfinal in a hurry to start the second half, scoring two goals in the first […]
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Boys' soccer B South quarters: Greely corners Gray-NG, wins 3-0
CUMBERLAND — Greely held most of the possession in the first half of its quarterfinal matchup with Gray-New Gloucester to the tune of 10 corner kicks in the first 40 minutes alone. On the Rangers’ fourth and fifth corners, just 123 seconds apart, Chase Cornwall put in two balls at the near post to give […]
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Girls' soccer B South prelim: Greely finishes off Spruce Mountain
JAY — Julia Martel and Kaci O’Grady scored two goals apiece, including a pair exactly two minutes apart midway through the first half, to pace No. 10 Greely to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Spruce Mountain in a Class B South girls’ soccer preliminary round game Saturday at Taglienti Field. Despite being the host […]
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H.S. golf: Greely’s Smith takes home girls’ title; Leavitt has strong finishes
VASSALBORO — Greely’s Rachel Smith signaled the start of play as she took a rules official’s offer to blow the starting horn for the shotgun start for the MPA Individual State Championships. Then she had one of the closing putts of the day as she captured the girls’ individual state championship with a 6-over 78. Smith […]
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Gramins' overtime goal gives Brunswick Class B boys' lacrosse title
Brunswick’s Max Gramins (10) is huggsed by teammates Aiden Glover, left, and Conner Foye, right, fololwing Gramins’ game-winning overtime goal in the Class B state championship game Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Brunswick senior Max Gramins didn’t see his game-ending goal as much as he felt it. Flattened by a […]
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H.S. softball: New teams add intrigue into state finals
Of the eight teams to make it to Saturday’s softball state championship teams, only three made it to the final day of the season last year, and only two of the four champions can be repeats. One of this year’s finalists has the chance to win its school’s first softball state title, while three others […]
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H.S. softball: Greely edges Gray-NG 1-0 in Class B South semifinal
Gray-New Gloucester shortstop Lydia Espling tags out Greely’s Kelsey Currier trying to steal second during the Rangers’ win in a Class B South semifinal in Gray on Saturday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Mistakes are magnified during a pitchers’ duel, and even more so in the playoffs. Greely was the beneficiary of “one little hiccup,” […]