RUMFORD — Throughout its girls’ soccer season, Mountain Valley has persevered with the help of a total team effort. That wasn’t enough, however, those traits weren’t enough Wednesday afternoon in a Class C West girls’ soccer quarterfinal at Chet Bulger Field. The skill level of No. 6 Waynflete was simply to great to overcome. Freshman […]
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H.S. Boys’ Soccer: Perfect season packed with international flavor
RUMFORD — Every year, like most communities throughout the state, Mountain Valley High School welcomes foreign exchange students who are the equivalent of juniors or seniors. Soccer being the world’s game, one or two of the boys usually play and typically help out the Falcons’ program a little bit. This fall? “We got a lottery,” […]
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Field Hockey Playoffs: Switcheroo sparks Allison, Falcons past Warriors
RUMFORD — Scoring the game-winning goal in a field hockey playoff game has plenty to do with skill, of course. There’s also an enhanced value at this time of year to being in the right place at the right time, however. Or in Chelsea Allison’s case, the left. Being relocated from one wing to the […]
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H.S. Boys’ Soccer: Falcons fly past Greyhounds, stay unbeaten
Since then? Blowouts, which explains why the Falcons were momentarily flustered when Lisbon pulled even late in the first half Tuesday afternoon. “We had that good, quick start, and then we got flat for a little bit,” Mountain Valley coach J.T. Taylor said. “I think we kind of got complacent with that goal. They’re in […]
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H.S. Football: Falcons fly past Patriots, 38-14
Ian Austin ran for two touchdowns and passed for another, and Kyle Farrar and Josh Mason both rushed for more than 100 yards, propelling Mountain Valley to a 38-14 Class C West football victory Friday night at Gray-New Gloucester. “It wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take it,” said Mountain Valley coach Steve LaPointe, whose team improved […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Lake Region roars back against Gray-NG
NAPLES — Lake Region erased a halftime deficit with four third-quarter touchdowns Friday night and earned its first Class C West football win of the season, 42-18, over Gray-New Gloucester. Gray-NG (0-4) led 18-14 at the break before Donovan Eaton recovered a fumble in the end zone to put the Lakers (1-3) in front. Jordan […]
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H.S. Football: Young Falcons follow well-rounded leader
RUMFORD – Many adjectives and identifying words get attached to Caleb Gauvin’s name, but “bored” and “lazy” aren’t among them. Forget smashing through stereotypes. The Mountain Valley senior football player sometimes shatters the apparent limitations of the 24-hour day. It isn’t enough that Gauvin is captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams. President of […]
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Field hockey: Winthrop cages Mountain Valley in MVC tilt
The play went back and forth, and each team had its share of opportunities, but neither was able to crack through as the Ramblers and Falcons battled to a 0-0 stalemate. Winthrop goalie Corinna Coulton (12 saves) and Falcons counterpart Kassie Thibodeau (11 saves) proved to be the difference at the Hosmer Field Complex. Mountain […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: St. Dom’s shuts out Mountain Valley
AUBURN — There were three sounds every time Mountain Valley ran a penalty corner in St. Dom’s defensive zone early in the second half of Monday’s MVC field hockey game. The thump of the ball off the sender’s stick, followed by the thud against the stick of the Falcons’ recipient … echoed almost immediately by […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Poland shuts out Lake Region
NAPLES — Ted Tibbetts stopped just short of calling it the most impressive win in his four years as head coach at Poland, but Friday night’s 42-0 Class C West football rout of Lake Region is certainly in the discussion. Six different Knights scored touchdowns, and Poland’s defense pitched a shutout against the Lakers for […]