AUBURN — The pressure had been building for St. Dom’s since the 2009 quarterfinals, and the Saints found themselves scurrying through much of the first half of Tuesday’s playoff opener trying to find a release valve which a game Monmouth team wasn’t about to hand over. Finally, inside the last two minutes of the half, […]
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Cross country: Doyle shines in Class C; Monmouth, Telstar boys advance
CUMBERLAND — Abby Mace crossed the finish line a bit more out of breath than normal. The Maranacook junior, a mainstay at the top of cross country standings for three seasons, bent over at the waist, grasping for air on a sun-drenched, crisp autumn day. She sauntered over to her waiting coach and teammates. “Wow, […]
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Girls’ soccer: Monmouth tips Madison in prelims
MADISON — Lauren Beaudoin scored the game-clinching goal 22:19 into the second half as Monmouth secured a 2-1 victory over Madison in the preliminary round of the Western Class C girls’ soccer tournament Friday afternoon. Kylie Kemp converted a relay from Danielle Bumann to post the first goal of the game to put the No. […]
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Girls’ soccer: Despite graduation losses, St. Dom’s repeats as No. 1 seed
The St. Dom’s girls’ soccer team knew it would be hard-pressed to top what it achieved last year. In their first year in the Mountain Valley Conference, the Saints won 12 games, took the top seed in Western C and won the MVC title. After losing an abundance of talent, the Saints might have been […]
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Cross country: Saints claim first MVC title
AUGUSTA — The Mountain Valley Conference cross country championship has been a painful venture for Alyse Carney the last couple of years. But thanks to a gutty effort by the senior and some textbook pack running by her teammates, Carney and St. Dom’s have a fine elixir in their first Mountain Valley Conference cross country […]
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KVAC, MVC to decide cross country titles in Augusta
It could be a wet and windy Saturday in the state capital when the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference and Mountain Valley Conference hold their conference cross country championships. With heavy rains forecast for Friday, and showers extending into Saturday, cross country courses around the state could take a pounding. These races will be held on […]
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Theater At Monmouth will take ‘Errors’ on the road
MONMOUTH — The Theater At Monmouth is preparing to tour the state from Oct. 25 through Nov. 14 with its production of “The Comedy of Errors,” Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity and identical twins. The production is part of “Shakespeare for a New Generation,” a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in […]
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The Hot Corner: Growing pains and financial strains in high school football
This is a period of unparalleled growth in Maine high school football. You’ve probably read that once or twice. It’s also a time of economic malaise, suffocating educational budgets and school consolidation. Somebody likely brought that to your attention, too. Perhaps nobody within a 50-mile radius of the Downtown Lew sees the convergence of those […]
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Sights Unseen: Inside Monmouth’s Cumston Hall
The ghost stories whirling around Monmouth’s Cumston Hall were nothing more than myths to caretaker Buddy Floyd. That is, until a lonely Sunday afternoon in the palatial 111-year-old building. “It was really quiet in here that day; nothing was running and I was all alone,” remembers Floyd. “Then I heard these footsteps walking down the […]
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Monmouth grad writes book for young adults
MONMOUTH — Shelley Workinger, a 1994 graduate of Monmouth Academy, has blended sci-fi and romance in “Solid,” a book she wrote for young adults. It is the first in a planned trilogy; the second book, “Settling,” is due out next year. Workinger, who graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans in 2000 with a bachelor’s […]