The cover of “One Goal,” by Amy Bass. The book follows the Lewiston High School soccer team on its journey to a state title while also exploring the players’ journeys to Lewiston. (Submitted photo) In November 2015, two weeks after the Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team won a state championship for the first time, […]
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Boys' soccer: Lewiston jettisons Mt. Blue in double overtime
FARMINGTON — Lewiston sophomore forward Bilal Hersi felt a sense of duty to his team and an obligation to himself to score the winning goal. That opportunity presented itself with 58.9 seconds left in double overtime. Hersi booted the ball from 10 yards out and into the net, providing the fast-passing, sure-footed Lewiston Blue Devils […]
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In the Crease: Together, continued change is possible
To watch him pace the sideline during one of his Lewiston High School boys’ soccer games is to watch a bundle of human emotion slowly wind itself tightly — every pace quicker with each passing minute of a tough contest. To hear him — if you can, as the season wears along — is divine. […]
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Class A East Boys’ Soccer: Devils’ defense delivers in clutch
LEWISTON — It couldn’t be this easy. If you’ve followed the fortunes of Lewiston boys’ soccer for a season, or two, or 20-plus, you knew it wouldn’t be this easy. After back-to-back heartbreaks in the Class A East championship, the Blue Devils were six minutes away from an unblemished, unscored-upon march through the regional tournament […]
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McGraw feels career got a boost
LEWISTON — Mike McGraw took over as head coach of the Lewiston High School varsity boys’ soccer program in 1982. He had been an assistant to Paul Nadeau, the team’s coach since its inception. As 10 seasons turned to 20, and then 30, McGraw reflected each year, wondering how many more he would coach. Through […]
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Farmington board holds to rules, postpones application review
FARMINGTON — Planning Board members approved applications for construction of a Family Dollar store, a new barn for L. Herbert York and a parking lot expansion for William Marceau on Monday. But by a vote of 4-3, they declined to review an application for construction of additional storage buildings because the application was submitted a […]