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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications

Mountain Valley 24, Spruce Mountain 16 Edward Little 34, Lewiston 20 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 35, Bangor 8 Dirigo 27, Old Orchard Beach 20 Poland 26, Gray-New Gloucester 14 Skowhegan 34, Mt. Blue 20 Oak Hill 36, Traip 14 Lisbon 38, Medomak Valley 6

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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz

Friday, 7 p.m. The goal is simple for the Hornets: win and they’re in the playoffs. But that would mean beating a Biddeford team that will be motivated after losing its first game of the season last week. SPRUCE MOUNTAIN (4-3) at MOUNTAIN VALLEY (4-3) Friday, 7 p.m. A home game in the first round […]

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Field hockey playoffs: Mt. Blue gets past Brewer

FARMINGTON — Brewer’s defense was a nuisance all afternoon, but it didn’t help that Mt. Blue’s offense was tentative and missing its trademark ferocity in a Class A North field hockey quarterfinal at Caldwell Field on Wednesday. The No. 8 Witches defense packed it in around their net whenever the No. 1 Cougars threatened to […]

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Girls’ Soccer: Mt. Ararat has the final say against Mt. Blue

FARMINGTON — No Mt. Blue High School senior wanted to end the season with a loss on senior night. But the Cougars’ 1-0 loss in a girls’ soccer game to Mt. Ararat wasn’t exactly a letdown, either, under the lights at Caldwell Field on Monday night. The playoff-bound Eagles (6-8) pressed all game, and the […]

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Field hockey: Strong goalies lead to strong playoff chances

“The confidence has just grown in her,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-MacLean said after that game. “Even if she’s not having a great day for her, she’s still confident and she gives her teammates that feeling of, ‘Yeah, we have a great goalie back there.’” DeMascio is not alone. The tri-county area boasts a handful of […]

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Field hockey: Playoff preview

The field is set, the preliminary rounds have been played, and there is no more room for error as the 2016 field hockey playoffs are ready to begin in earnest. Here is a look at what to expect in each class. Class A It’s been so automatic to hand the tag of “favorite” to Skowhegan […]

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Football: Dragons thump Cougars

BRUNSWICK — It might have been easy for the Brunswick High School football team to overlook this game. After handing Brewer its first loss of the season last week and taking control of Class B North, the Dragons played host to a two-win Mt. Blue team on Friday night.  Not so much. On his very […]

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Roundup: Edward Little edges Brewer in boys’ soccer

BREWER — Edward Little spread the ball around, using four different goal scorers in a 4-3 victory over Brewer in a KVAC boys’ soccer contest Friday. Jacob Kyajohnian, Christian Beliveau, Safi Ahmed and Jarod Norcross Plourde each scored in the victory. Joel Musese had two assists and Nick Hathway had an assist for the Red […]

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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications

Spruce Mountain 34, Leavitt 20 Mountain Valley 35, Poland 12 Edward Little 22, Deering 14 Windham 27, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 20 Oak Hill 26, Dirigo 22 Wells 63, Gray-New Gloucester 0 Lewiston 28, Massabesic 12 Brunswick 48, Mt. Blue 12 Lisbon 34, Old Orchard Beach 14