JAY — Spruce Mountain baseball coach Brian Dube earned his 200th victory as the Phoenix defeated Winslow 15-3 in five innings Monday. Austin Gilboe picked up the victory on the mound for the Phoenix (9-4), while also tallying three hits and three RBIs at the plate. Jordan Daigle and Shane Pelletier each had two hits […]
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H.S. softball: Unbeaten Madison rallies from five down to beat Monmouth
Monmouth’s Abby Ferland slides and beats the throw to Madison catcher Ashley Emerly in the fifth inning Friday at Monmouth Academy. MONMOUTH — Monmouth softball co-coach Dave Kaplan was proud and excited because he and the Mustangs found out they could play with 2016 state champion and 2017 unbeaten Madison. That revelation, however, came with […]
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Mt. Blue business students place in KVBEL meet
FARMINGTON — Business students from Mt. Blue High School, under the advisement of business teacher Regina Savage, competed against students from Skowhegan and Madison high schools in various areas of business at the final Kennebec Valley Business Education League meet of the school year March 27 at Mt. Blue High School. The competition gives students the […]
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#Tourney17: Winthrop seals the deal in Class C South
Winthrop’s Andrew Pazdziorko, center and temmates hoist the championship plaque after defeating Madison Saturday night at the Augusta Civic Center to advance to next weekend’s state championship game in Bangor.Winthrop’s Spencer Steele, left and Andrew Pazdziorko celebrate after defeating Madison to advance to next weekend’s state championship game in Bangor.Winthrop’s Cameron Wood takes a jump […]
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Boys' basketball: Big second half elevates Madison to C South semifinals
AUGUSTA — Madison and Boothbay stayed within four points of each other the entire first half. The second half was completely different. The Bulldogs quickly created separation and pulled away to win Monday’s Class C South boys’ basketball quarterfinal, 63-41, at Augusta Civic Center. The Bulldogs scored the first seven points of the second half […]
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Roundup: No. 5 Madison holds off No. 12 St. Dom's
MADISON — The Madsion Bulldogs held on to post a 39-35 victory over St. Dominic Academy in a Class C South preliminary round basketball game on Tuesday. Madeline Wood led all scorers with 13 points to lead the No. 5 Bulldogs (14-5). She had a key layup with about 1:30 to go to seal the […]
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New buyers of closed Madison paper mill hope to bring new life to site
MADISON (AP) — The buyers of a recently shuttered Maine mill say they are looking forward to bringing “new economic life” to the property. Madison Paper Industries closed in May, putting about 200 people out of work. The Morning Sentinel reported (http://bit.ly/2ignFgs ) a sale of the mill was announced Friday. A joint venture of […]
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Local Roundup: Bessey leads Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball to blowout win over Maranacook
JAY — Alex Bessey and the Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball team lit up Maranacook on Monday, 57-37. Bessey finished with 26 points, including four 3-pointers, to go along with five steals and five assists. Haley Turcotte added 12 points and six rebounds, and Morgan Dalton had seven points, six assists and five steals. The Phoenix […]
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Girls soccer: Madison runs over Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Even the elements couldn’t slow down Madison, which was constantly headed in the right direction Tuesday afternoon in an MVC girls’ soccer game against Mountain Valley. The Bulldogs controlled the action and seemingly shot at will, led by Madeline Wood, who scored three of her four goals in the first half. Meanwhile, the […]
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Paco, the Madison parrot that does wolf whistles, is on the lam
MADISON — A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the “Star Wars” films is on the loose in Maine. Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel his 10-year-old Timneh African Grey parrot named Paco became spooked last week and flew off his shoulder. The 10-inch-tall charcoal gray bird has […]