NORTH ANSON — It was quick and it was clinical, even if it wasn’t effortless. Effort, at least early on, was part of the problem. Monmouth Academy boys soccer coach Joe Fletcher was so dispirited by his team’s lack of effort that he plucked all four members of his starting midfield off the pitch at […]
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Girls' Soccer: Mustangs eke out win over Cobras
N ANSON, ME – SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Monmouth Academy’s Alicen Burnham (8) gains control of the ball against Carrabec High School in North Anson on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. (Staff Photo by Michael G. Seamans/Staff Photographer)N ANSON, ME – SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Monmouth Academy’s Abbie Crawford (20) battles with Carrabec High School’s Caitlin Crawford (16) […]
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WATCH: Week 2 high school football recap
Sun Journal sports reporters Randy Whitehouse, Adam Robinson and Lee Horton discuss Friday night’s games involving tri-county area teams.
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H.S. football: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale stuffs Oak Hill
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s Ian Steele (32) carries the ball while Oak Hill’s Isaac Austin (66) tries to tackle him Friday night in Winthrop. (Jennifer Bechard photo) WINTHROP — Evan Burnell was a nervous wreck. The Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale senior defensive lineman had watched an otherwise quiet Oak Hill offense march 64 yards down the field on its final possession […]
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Boys' soccer: Hall-Dale handles Monmouth with well-rounded effort
Hall-Dale High School’s Ian Stebbins leaps over Monmouth Academy goalie Connor Davies during a soccer game Wednesday in Farmingdale. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Just a couple of match days into the new season, a pair of Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer heavyweights sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Hall-Dale’s 3-0 victory over Monmouth […]
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Girls' soccer: Oak Hill stuns Monmouth, holds on for win
Monmouth’s Jordyn Gowell, left, and Oak Hill’s Sadie Waterman battle for the ball during Tuesday’s game in Monmouth. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Oak Hill got the first shot it wanted, but it took the Raiders all 80 minutes to put away Monmouth in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer game Tuesday. Eliza Whisenant scored […]
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Boys' soccer: Monmouth storms past Spruce Mountain
JAY — Monmouth Academy’s defense was as threatening as the thunderstorms that rolled over Spruce Mountain High School on Monday afternoon. Dark clouds closed in on the field as the volume of thunder increased, forcing the Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer game come to a close with 30:39 left in the second half. But the […]
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Author Monica Woods to give talk at Cumston Public Library
Cumston Public Library in Monmouth invites the public to a talk by Maine author, Monica Woods, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12. Woods is a novelist, memoirist and playwright. Her most recent novel, “The One-in-a-Million Boy,” has been published in 20 foreign editions and won a 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) and the New England Society […]
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WATCH: A sideways look at the first night of high school football
This ended up not being our best effort, but we couldn’t put the first Friday night of 2018 to bed without breaking down the action. Things quickly got sideways, and stayed that way, as Sun Journal sports reporters Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Adam Robinson discussed the games involving tri-county area teams.
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H.S. roundup: Dirigo, Mountain Valley open football seasons with wins
OLD TOWN — In a physical battle, the Dirigo Cougars defeated Old Town Coyotes 15-14 in the football season-opener for both teams Friday night. After the Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter, Dirigo started to chip away at the deficit in the third quarter. Alex Gorham put the Cougars on […]