POLAND — Jake Moody and CJ Martin staged a shooting clinic in the first half of Friday night’s Western Maine Conference game between Wells and Poland. Both cooled off a bit in the second half, but Poland had Tyler Michaud and Alan Young to pick up the slack. Wells lacked that luxury, and watched the […]
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HS Hockey: Eddies blank 26ers, 4-0
AUBURN — An early shorthanded goal set the bar high for Edward Little’s penalty kill Saturday night. And the Red Eddies gave themselves too many opportunities to try to meet that standard going forward. While they didn’t get on the board a man down again, the Eddies’ special teams did play at a high level […]
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Girls’ basketball: Falcons topple Knights
FREEPORT — Western Maine Conference opponents know to have success against Freeport, they must contain Falcons forward Nina Davenport. The first time around, the Poland High School girls’ basketball team did a good job of that in a season-opening victory in early December. In Tuesday’s rematch, the Knights had no answer for the Freeport leader, […]
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Preview 2013: Poland Boys’ Basketball
Coach: Tyler Tracy (fourth year) Last year’s record: 4-14 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — C.J. Martin (5-10 guard), Josh Gary (6-4 forward), Tyler Michaud (5-10 guard), Shawn Murphy (6-3 forward), Billy Bickford (6-1 forward), Coady Lagasse (6-0 guard); Juniors — Alan Young (6-3 forward), Derek Michaud (5-7 guard), Adam Moody (6-2 forward), Zach Lowe (6-3 forward), […]
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For better or worse, Phoenix will rise in B West via the MVC
Expectations are high at Spruce Mountain for the 2012-13 basketball season. The Phoenix have virtually everyone back after reaching the Western B quarterfinals last year, and a spot among the Mountain Valley Conference’s elite is there for the Class B school’s taking. What Spruce does beyond that is anyone’s guess, though. Like most Class B […]
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H.S. Hockey: New coaches at Leavit, Poland/GNG warming up for season
Two years ago, Joe Hutchinson and Travis Jalbert were assistants on Dave Boucher’s coaching staff at Leavitt. In six weeks, they will be on opposite benches, working towards turning their respective ice hockey programs around. Hutchinson is succeeding Boucher as Hornets’ coach, while Jalbert is the new head coach for the Poland/Gray-New Gloucester cooperative. Although […]
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H.S. Football: Poland takes Shaker Hill
GRAY — The Battle of Shaker Hill quickly turned into a lopsided victory for the Poland Knights, but the one-sided football finale didn’t stop either coach from handing out kudos to their players who experienced a frustrating season on both sides of the scrimmage line. The Knights ended their season on a high note and […]
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B West soccer prelim: Knights oust Phoenix, 2-0
POLAND — If Poland believed in omens, it certainly could have lost some of its edge when its first shot in Friday’s Western Class B soccer preliminary glanced off the bottom of the crossbar and a couple of inches in front of the goal line. Instead, the eighth-seeded Knights shook off the bad luck, beat […]
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H.S. Football Clipboard: Knights have knack for finishing with flourish
It’s a nice consolation prize, but frankly, the Poland football team is tired of it. When you think of high school football teams consistently winning their final game of the fall, you probably picture a perennial power such as Cheverus hoisting the Gold Ball, again and again. With a majority of Maine teams qualifying for […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Freeport frustrates Poland, 2-0
POLAND — This habit of playing late-season girls’ soccer games with playoff implications is equally new to Poland and Freeport. The upstart WMC and Western Class B rivals each are in that frame of mind for the second year in a row. Wednesday night it was the Falcons who made the surroundings look like familiar […]