OXFORD — A unique and sometimes difficult journey began in December of 2014 when students participating in Oxford Hills Middle School’s Aspire Higher race team program announced they had chosen a young driver from Waterford to pilot their partially-completed Super Late Model in 2015. Through countless ups and downs, wrecks and other setbacks, both driver […]
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Girls’ Lacrosse: Saints win a thrilling showdown against Morse to stay undefeated
AUBURN — The St. Dominic Academy Saints and the Morse Shipbuilders entered Tuesday’s girls’ lacrosse contest both undefeated in Class B North. The game lived up to its billing and featured a “sudden victory overtime” to decide a victor with the game tied a seven. Caroline Gastonguay’s third goal of the game gave the Saints […]
Gertrude E. ‘Trudy’ Morse
1933 – 2016 SOUTH PARIS — Gertrude E. “Trudy” Morse, 82, of Norway, and truly the heart of the Morse family, died late Thursday afternoon, Jan. 21, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, with her loving family by her side. Trudy was born on Jan. 30, 1933, in Norway, daughter of Stanley and […]
Boys’ basketball: Morse holds off Lewiston
BATH — Scoring was hard to come by in the first half of Friday night’s boys’ high school basketball game between Morse and Lewiston. The host Shipbuilders weren’t scoring inside, so to begin the second half, they kicked it out to sharp-shooter Dakota Freeman. The junior hit three treys in a row to begin the […]
Boys’ Hockey: Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse shocks Lake Region/Fryeburg/Oxford Hills in OT
BRUNSWICK — Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse kept shooting, and shooting, and shooting against Lake Region/Fryeburg/Oxford Hills on Thursday night. All those shots were almost for not, as the Eagles faced defeat with less than a minute left to play. But clutch goals by Tyler Halls and Tyler Lacascio turned near-certain defeat into a 4-3, overtime victory over […]
High School Boys’ Hockey Preview: Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse Eagles
Coach: A.J. Kavanaugh (first year) Region/Class: Northern Maine Class A Last year’s record: 3-15 Key returning athletes: Seniors – Austin Fournier (forward), Andrew Gardiner (defense); Juniors – Ryler Austin (defense), Tyler Halls (forward), Mark Abreu (forward), Steven Schuman (forward), Parker Lacey (goalie). Key losses: Ben Bishop, Tyler O’Connor, Kyle Lussier, Jon Roux. Promising newcomers: Sophomore […]
H.S. Girls’ Hockey: Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland breaks through against Mt. Ararat/Morse
BRUNSWICK — Like trying to break through ice, the Leavitt/Edward Little/Poland girls’ hockey team kept chipping away at getting onto the scoreboard. It took 16 shots to get there, but the Red Hornets finally broke through against Mt. Ararat/Morse with a goal that proved to be just the beginning in a 3-0 victory at Bowdoin […]
H.S. Football: Levi Craig’s five total TDs lead Leavitt past Morse, 43-14
Now, given a new schedule of Class B South opponents to dissect, the Hornets suddenly are a second-half team. Leavitt scored on the third play of the third quarter, a 55-yard connection between seniors Levi Craig and Max Green, and it was a sign of more to come Friday night in a 43-14 victory over […]
High school softball: Fryeburg handles Morse in West B prelim
FRYEBURG — Mackenzie Buzzell and Makayla Cooper paced a relentless offense Wednesday as Fryeburg Academy rolled to a 12-0 preliminary round win over Morse High School. The Raiders (11-6) plated four runs in the first, five in the second and three in the third to earn the mercy-rul win. Buzzell went 4-for-4 with three runs […]
H.S. lacrosse playoffs: Shipbuilders dismantle Saints
BATH — When the St. Dominic’s Academy boys’ lacrosse team visited McMann Field to take on Morse nearly one month ago, the Saints took advantage of a three-minute Shipbuilders stick infraction to erase a four-goal deficit before coming away with an 8-7 overtime win. The loss sent Morse into a tailspin, with four losses in […]