BRUNSWICK — Coming into the season, Tom Hanson was planning on being the backup for Brunswick High School starting quarterback Pearson Cost. Fate stepped in, as Cost was injured during the preseason, and Dragons handed the junior the reigns to lead the run-oriented team, with running backs Alex Bandouveres and Will Bessey expected to share […]
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Cross country: Festival of Champions brings regions top teams together
The biggest cross country meet of the regular season takes place Saturday in Belfast. The annual Festival of Champions will gather 72 schools from around Maine, as well as five other schools from around New England and Canada. “There’s always tough competition there because there’s not just Maine teams,” Mt. Blue coach Kelley Cullenberg said. […]
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Field Hockey: Mt. Blue runs past Edward Little
AUBURN — Speed kills, and Mt. Blue High School’s speed crushed Edward Little on Thursday. The Cougars used their quick legs to beat the Red Eddies to seemingly every loose ball, and they ran away on the scoreboard as a result in a 6-0 victory at Sherwood Heights Elementary School. Mt. Blue received scoring contributions […]
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H.S. roundup: Lewiston girls’ soccer runs win streak to five with win over Lawrence
LEWISTON — Gabby Barrett fired a shot into the net from 30 yards out with 18 minutes left in the contest to give Lewiston a 1-0 victory over Lawrence in KVAC girls’ soccer action Tuesday. Kelsey St. Cyr made six saves to notch the shutout, the team’s fifth consecutive victory, while Lauren Wadleigh turned aside […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Edward Little’s quick start helps Red Eddies top Mt. Blue
AUBURN — The Edward Little girls’ soccer team had been reading press clippings, but not in search of news about its own squad. They had seen that Mt. Blue topped Mt. Ararat earlier in the season. The Red Eddies used that as a barometer in advance of Tuesday’s showdown with the Cougars. Edward Little made […]
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H.S. Cross Country: Cougars’ Hickey making giant strides
In middle school, Maggie Hickey didn’t give a lot of thought to cross country. A few years later, she’s Mt. Blue’s top runner as a sophomore and a captain for a young Cougars squad. “I was on the cross country team, but I was last or pretty close to last on the cross country team,” […]
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Field hockey: Mt. Blue stifles Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — When Brunswick High School field hockey coach Karin Paquin attends a field hockey clinic, she is excited for the future. From kindergarten to middle school, Brunswick players are lining up and learning the skills of the sport. Thursday’s 7-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference loss to talented Mt. Blue displayed what a program that […]
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Field hockey: Goalie goal a rare feat
Corinna Coulton thought she’d be huffing and puffing by the time she hit midfield, never mind reaching her intended destination nearly 100 yards away. Coulton, the Winthrop Ramblers’ goalie, earned a rare opportunity Monday when she was selected to take a penalty stroke. In field hockey, any player on the field is allowed to take […]
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Field hockey: Mt. Blue edges Oxford Hills in 2OT
Victoria Newbill, who was everywhere on the field all game long, backhanded the ball past Oxford Hills keeper Shannon Fillebrown with 2:54 to play in the second overtime to cap a penalty corner and lift the visiting Cougars to a 2-1 KVAC win. “That’s kind of what we hope for upfront, she’s the one we […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Lewiston wins third game in a row with win over Mt. Blue
LEWISTON — One quick goal early in the second half could easily have been a momentum changer Tuesday night. Mt. Blue got that tying goal in the opening minutes, but Lewiston made sure its effects didn’t linger. The Blue Devils produced the game-winner about four minutes later. That held up as Lewiston secured its third […]