Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg gets a foot on a loose ball ahead of Monmouth Academy’s Shane Kenniston during a 2-2 tie in Monmouth last month. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) The prevailing thought is that games only get tougher in the playoffs. For Mountain Valley and Leavitt, that might be even more true. After facing respective conference […]
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Girls' soccer: Monmouth strikers form a triple scoring threat
Monmouth Academy’s trio of strikers from left to right: Alicen Burnham, Audrey Fletcher and Tia Day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Three is better than two. The Monmouth Academy girls’ soccer team already had two dynamic scorers in senior Tia Day and sophomore Audrey Fletcher, but when freshman Alicen Burnham got bumped up from the […]
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Boys' soccer: Leavitt's last line of defense is first-rate
Bryce Pelletier, Alex Tedesco, Julian Clement and Josh Peterson are the starting defensive unit for the Leavitt boys’ soccer team. TURNER — Leavitt boys’ soccer coach Zac Conlogue doesn’t have to think much about his defense during games. And now that the regular season is over and only one playoff game guaranteed, he doesn’t have […]
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Girls' soccer: Leavitt and Lincoln Academy run out of time, settle for tie
Leah Maheux, right, of Leavitt shoots on goal while being defended by Kate Peters of Lincoln Academy during the first half in Turner on Wednesday. Maheux scored on the kick to put the Hornets up 1-0. TURNER — Wednesday night’s KVAC Class B South girls’ soccer game between Lincoln Academy and Leavitt ended with a […]
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Girls' soccer: Richmond shuts down St. Dom's, 2-0
RICHMOND — Troy Kendrick had a simple-sounding game plan for Tuesday’s matchup with St. Dominic Academy. The Richmond head coach didn’t want to let Avery Lutrzykowski score, which is what she did twice in a Saints win in the first meeting between the teams this season. The Bobcats achieved that goal, shutting Lutrzykowski out, as […]
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Boys' soccer: Lisbon scores early, then keeps Mountain Valley quiet
Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg, left and Lisbon’s Ben LeClair vye for a head ball during Wednesday afternoon’s boys’ soccer game in Lisbon. LISBON — It’s roughly an 80-minute drive from Mountain Valley High School to Lisbon High School, or the same amount of time as a regulation high school soccer game. After making that length-of-a-game […]
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Boys' soccer: Mountain Valley, Monmouth play to disappointing draw
Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg gets a foot on a loose ball ahead of Monmouth Academy’s Shane Kenniston during a 2-2 tie in Monmouth on Tuesday. MONMOUTH — It takes both the head and the heart to win a soccer game. Mountain Valley and Monmouth Academy each lacked one of those at one point or another […]
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Girls' soccer: Oxford Hills off on the right foot
Ceceila Dietrich of Oxford Hills scores on a penalty kick during Tuesday’s game against Leavitt. PARIS — Oxford Hills’ victory over Leavitt on Tuesday was just one win on the schedule. Yet it was an important win for the Vikings because it wasn’t their first win and it won’t be their only win. Those were […]
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Girls' soccer: Oxford Hills overwhelms Leavitt, 6-3
PARIS — Oxford Hills had one player it had to key on from Leavitt’s offensive attack. The Hornets, meanwhile, had two Vikings they had to keep their eyes on. Each of those targeted players scored twice, and the Vikings’ double trouble led to them doubling up the visiting Hornets, 6-3, in a KVAC girls’ soccer […]
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Girls' soccer: Oak Hill overcomes Wiscasset's trap
Oak Hill’s Lindsey Weeks, right, and Wiscasset’s Lily Souza both eye a loose ball during the Raiders’ 4-1 win in Wales on Monday. WALES — Sydney Drew broke Wiscasset’s offsides trap and Julia Ahlberg made sure a momentum-shifting shot didn’t break the goal line in Oak Hill’s 4-1 MVC girls’ soccer victory Monday at Fairchild […]