Randy: Lee, I really could have used a week off last week to relax and get ready for the football semifinals. I could have watched the World Series, a little college football, and ignored the weather reports warning me I wasn’t going to have electricity for three days. It’s probably just as well that I […]
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Head to head: Some not-so-bold playoff prediction
Randy: All right, time to put it all on the line and make some playoff predictions, Lee. In Class A, I’ve got Bonny Eagle and Edward Little. I am not comfortable with either pick. The Scots rolled through A South for seven weeks, then suffered a couple of key injuries and got rolled for big […]
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Head-to-head: Smashmouth vs. spread
Randy: I’m excited to be heading down to Wells Friday night to watch two unbeaten teams, Wells and Lisbon, slug it out in a big Class D South game, It’s the kind of matchup that has me thinking about the way high school football has evolved here in Maine and whether it’s for the better. […]
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Head to Head: Mid-season progress report
Randy: We’re halfway through the season (obligatory “Can you believe it?”). It’s a good time to look at where things stand and where they may be headed. I’ll start out in Class A. Big picture, there aren’t any surprises — North is wide open, South is a three-team race. With that said, there are some […]
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Head to Head: Instant replay therapy session and possible Class E regrets
Randy: We interrupt our weekly discussion of local high school football to take on an issue of much greater importance, an issue that hasn’t surfaced in Maine, yet, but must be addressed before it spreads here and ruins the sport we love so much. It is an idea, according to some, whose time has come. […]
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High school football: Head to Head with Randy Whitehouse and Lee Horton
Lee: Put that Oxford Hills win over Portland into context for me. I know it’s only the first game of the season, but it seems like a massive feat to me. From what I understand, the Vikings don’t have the most illustrious football history (though I do see there was a state championship game appearance […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Lee and Justin
Horton: As I wrote in Monday Morning Quarterback — I took care of the first week for Wil Kramlich, which I think makes me Jimmy Garoppolo — Winthrop/Monmouth beating Lisbon 31-12 was the biggest surprise of Week 1. The Ramblers were picked to win the game on this page last week, so obviously the victor […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Time to put regionals in neutral?
That leads to my talking point for this week’s edition. We recently saw the regional field hockey championships contested in Portland and Waterville. Regional baseball title games are held in Standish, Augusta and Bangor. North and South tennis championships are played at an off-campus location. Hockey regionals drop the puck at a neutral site. (Well, […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Better to say ‘bye,’ or hello to another game?
Sometimes words have two meanings, as Led Zeppelin taught us, and when we’re in late October or early November, bye has only one connotation to those of us paid to keep our tunnel vision directed at high school football. It’s the off week which some of the best teams in the state receive as a […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Predictions
Although they aren’t battle-tested going into the Class A North playoffs, the Portland Bulldogs have a team that’s built for this time of year. Hard to say which element I like more: the one-two punch at running back, or the smothering defense that hasn’t allowed a point in, oh, a month. Seeds will hold up […]