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Nordic Skiing: Gerencer starts fresh in final season

Emily Gerencer still attends St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, but instead of competing for Maranacook in Nordic skiing, this winter the senior will be competing for a different school: Leavitt Area High School. Joined by fellow St. Dom’s student Mark D’Alessandro, in his first year of Nordic competition, the two decided that Leavitt, a ten-minute-shorter […]

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Dallas Berry kicks Dirigo into Class E football final

Maranacook’s Joe Albert, left, dives in to help teammates try to bring down Dirigo’s Mike Packard during Friday night’s playoff game in Dixfield. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) DIXFIELD — Dallas Berry’s right foot foiled Maranacook again. Berry, a sophomore who kicked three extra points that were the difference in Dirigo’s 21-18 win over Maranacook during the […]

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Dirigo-Maranacook kickoff moved to 6 p.m.; Leavitt playoff game moved to Saturday in Lewiston

Rain continued to disrupt the high school football playoff schedule on Friday as Leavitt postponed, and moved, its Class C South semifinal, while Dirigo moved its game time up an hour. The Class E semifinal between No. 2 Dirigo and No. 3 Maranacook was moved to a 6 p.m. kickoff on Friday night at Harlow […]

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Boys' soccer C South quarter: Maranacook takes over in second half, downs Winthrop

Maranacook’s Duncan Rogers pursues the ball with Winthrop’s Ian Dow during a Class C South quarterfinal Wednesday in Readfield. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) READFIELD — Don Beckwith loves to remind his players that things don’t always have to be pretty, they just have to work. In the second half Wednesday night, the Black Bears were effective […]

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Boys' soccer: Nur flicks Lewiston past Maranacook

Lewiston’s Abdilahi Abdi and Maranacook’s Richard Down pursue the ball during Tuesday evening’s soccer game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Lewiston needed patience to get a hard-to-come-by goal against Maranacook on Tuesday, according to coach Mike McGraw. The Blue Devils sure were patient in scoring their lone goal, which came with 2:05 remaining […]

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H.S. football: Ramblers take over early, throttle Black Bears

Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale running back Ian Steele runs with ball Friday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — With a game against Class E Maranacook sitting between a dramatic win over Poland and a marquee matchup with Class D power Lisbon, it would have been understandable if the Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale football team showed up Friday […]

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Boys' soccer: Maranacook knocks Mt. Blue from ranks of the unbeaten

Mt. Blue’s Eli Yeaton takes control of the ball while Maranacook’s Aric Belanger defends Tuesday at Maranacook Community High School. (Jennifer Bechard photo) READFIELD — The Maranacook boys’ soccer team continues to be the measuring stick by which the rest of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference finds out how they stack up. For the second […]

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Winthrop homeowner fears house will collapse

WINTHROP — A family who lives near the south end of Maranacook Lake is worried that its house could collapse in the next year because of delays in a taxpayer-funded project to restore a nearby dam and stream bank. While Winthrop officials have expressed sympathy for Patricia and Tom Heiss and are considering intermediary steps […]