LEE HORTON (38-7) Maranacook at Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale Mountain Valley at Oceanside Spruce Mountain at Poland Edward Little at Portland Oak Hill at Madison Dirigo at Freeport Mt. Blue at Brunswick Nokomis at Leavitt Lewiston at Bangor Lisbon at Wells Gray-New Gloucester at Lake Region Oxford Hills/Buckfield at Cheverus Old Orchard Beach at Telstar RANDY WHITEHOUSE (36-9) […]
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Huddle Up: Whitehouse talking points, Week 5
As we enter the second half to the 2018 high school football season, some folks are going to start trying to project playoff seedings via whatever number of Heal point scenarios they can dream up. I am not one of those people. I gave up projecting Heals several years ago after failing on a few […]
Weekend Blitz and top 10: Season's midpoint could be its high point for competitive games
Edward Little (2-2) at Portland (3-1) Friday, 7 p.m. No better place for Red Eddies to stake a claim for Super Saturday reservations than Fitzpatrick Stadium against the favorites to represent A North. Lewiston (0-4) at Bangor (1-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils played perhaps their best game of the year against Portland last week, […]
H.S. football: Confident Lajoie standing out on both sides of ball for Ramblers
Dylan Lajoie during Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale football practice Wednesday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — Poland’s Zach Cote had just made another catch near the Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale sideline when Ramblers coach Dave St. Hilaire heard a voice laced with urgency, directed at him through the post-play din of grunts and whistles. It was from […]
Girls' soccer: Monmouth owns second half, edges Spruce Mountain
MONMOUTH — After a first half largely devoid of on-target shots, Monmouth finally found the frame in the second half. Only one of those shots went in, but that was enough for the Mustangs to come away with a 1-0 victory over Spruce Mountain in an MVC girls’ soccer clash at Chick Memorial Athletic Field […]
Barbara A. Coburn
ORANGE, Mass. — On Sept. 18, Heaven became a little sweeter as Mom stepped into eternity. Barbara Coburn, 77, recently of Orange, Mass., was born Barbara Ann Ward to Elsie (Gordon) and William Ward on Aug. 15, 1941, in Monmouth. She married her knight in shining armor, Clayton E. Coburn, of Sabattus on July 22, 1962. […]
Monmouth Community Players announce cast of 'The Foreigner'
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Community Players are proud to announce the cast for the opening show of the 2018-2019 season, Larry Shue’s “The Foreigner.” This show is being directed by Bill McLean of Monmouth, with Ginger Smith of Winthrop as assistant director and Josie French of Lewiston as producer. The crew is rounded out by […]
Monday Morning QB: 'Janek can' for Oxford Hills
On a hold by Noah Oufiero, kicker Janek Luksza watches his extra point attempt. The kick was good against Bangor in Paris on Saturday. (Brewster Burns Photo) Oxford Hills lost senior slot Cam Slicer for the season with a broken right ankle suffered in practice before last week’s loss to Sanford. That means more work […]
Local roundup: Hersi's four goals lead Lewiston rout of Camden Hills
LEWISTON — Bilal Hersi scored four times as the Lewiston boys’ soccer team eased to a 7-0 victory at home against Camden Hills on Saturday. Hersi paced the Blue Devils (6-0-1) and received help from Suab Nur, Cooper Millett and Jama Mohamed, who scored a goal apiece. Joel Musese, Abdiraham Daud and Enock Citenga all […]
Girls' soccer: Monmouth offense overwhelms Mt. Abram
SALEM — Monmouth Academy girls soccer coach Gary Trafton spent the preseason worrying where the team’s goals would come from after losing the program’s single-season goal-scoring leader from last year’s side to graduation. Saturday’s convincing 7-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Mt. Abram may have served to alleviate Trafton’s concerns. Junior Audrey Fletcher scored four […]