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High school girls’ hockey preview: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill Blue Devils

Coach: Ron Dumont (eighth year) Negion: North Last year’s result: (20-0-1), won state championship. Returning athletes: Seniors — Corinne Laberge (F), Monica Field (F); Juniors — Chloe Morin (F), Emily Bemis (F), Brianna Girardin (F); Sophomores — Jaylin Cloutier (D), Jordan Mynahan (F), Meagan Gosselin (G). Key losses: Erica Lemieux, Makaela Field, Allison Frechette, Erin […]

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Girls’ Hockey: Lewiston sets out on a different path

LEWISTON — The microcosm of this year’s Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill girls’ hockey team can be found in the crease. Last year the Blue Devils knew exactly what they had in all-state senior goaltender Paige Fontaine. In front of Fontaine was a loaded roster that knew it was good. Head coach Ron Dumont said the road was […]

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Jeff Tweedie: Winthrop/Monmouth football’s engine that could

A program manager for the Maine Department of Transportation, he lives in a cozy, country home, tucked into a hillside. He is indebted to his wife and wholly devoted to his three children, twin teenage sons and a preschool daughter. His avocation for the past five years: Defensive coordinator and line coach for Winthrop/Monmouth youth […]

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Percy R. Hanscom

1932 – 2015 AUBURN — Percy R. Hanscom, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 8, at Clover Manor in Auburn. He was born in Bar Harbor on June 26, 1932, the son of Stanley and Mildred Gray Hanscom. Percy was a graduate of Bar Harbor High School. On Oct. 2, 1954, he married Helen Martha McPherson. She […]

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H.S. Football Playoffs: Oak Hill hopes to continue run against Winthrop/Monmouth

Winthrop/Monmouth committed the cardinal sins the first time it played two-time reigning Class D football champion Oak Hill this season. The Ramblers watched the Raiders take an early lead, then sabotaged their own comeback hopes with a pair of second-half turnovers. Let top-seeded, undefeated Oak Hill dictate the tempo and mood of a game, as […]

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Boys’ Soccer: Waynflete flies past Monmouth, into state final

PORTLAND — If defense wins championships the Waynflete boys’ soccer team has a pretty good chance to lift the gold ball Saturday. The Flyers punched their ticket to the state final with their 12th shutout victory of the season, a 4-0 win over Monmouth Academy in the Class C South regional final Wednesday at the […]

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Class C South girls’ soccer final: Waynflete ousts Monmouth in OT

Monmouth discovered that the hard way Wednesday afternoon in the Class C South girls’ championship at Chick Field. Ava Farrar’s service from the corner had a tricky trajectory and slipped through goalkeeper Mikayla Cameron’s fingers. Cameron dove valiantly after the ball. Players from both sides flailed at it. But it was Flyers’ senior co-captain Arianna […]

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High School Football: Winthrop/Monmouth stuffs Maranacook

WINTHROP — It wasn’t always pretty, but Winthrop/Monmouth displayed the kind of football that wins high school playoff games in Maine. Led by a stout defense and a sustained offensive attack, the Ramblers pulled away from Maranacook, 27-3, in a Class D South quarterfinal at Maxwell Field on Friday night. The No. 4 Ramblers’ night […]