Michael Wrigley, top, of Wells battles with Dalton Berry of Dirigo in the 196-pound weight class at the Class B state wrestling championships at Wells High School on Saturday (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) WELLS — When the Wells High wrestling team posed for a team picture after winning its second straight Class B state […]
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College roundup: CMCC women beat SMCC, finish with unbeaten conference record
AUBURN — The Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team finished off a second consecutive undefeated Yankee Conference season with an 87-53 win over Southern Maine Community College on Monday. Alex Bessey scored 17 points and tallied nine assists, eight rebounds, four blocks and two steals for the Mustangs (26-1, 16-0). Brooke Reynolds scored a […]
Class B South Wrestling: Wells defends title, Mountain Valley runner-up
RUMFORD — With the support of her family and teammates, Zoe Buteau always feels unstoppable on a wrestling mat. Buteau’s confidence was evident at Saturday’s Class B South wrestling championships at Mountain Valley High School, as the Oak Hill junior picked up her first regional title in the 120-pound class. Next Saturday at Wells High […]
Monmouth's Grandahl signs with Division II Merrimack to play soccer
Emily Grandahl, a senior at Monmouth Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent Thursday to play soccer at Merrimack College, a Division II soccer program in the NorthEast-10 Conference. Emily was a four-year starter at Monmouth Academy, where she helped the Mustangs reach the playoffs four consecutive years, including two appearances in the regional final. […]
And One Basketball Notes: Sautter on verge of history at Lisbon
Lisbon’s Jonah Sautter drives past Mountain Valley’s Taylor Pelletier and banks one in for two points during the first half of a game in Lisbon this season. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) With his final point in last Thursday’s game against Mountain Valley, Lisbon senior Jonah Sautter joined an exclusive club. With his first point against Oak […]
Girls' basketball: Monmouth jumps on Mountain Valley early, cruises to 39-point win
RUMFORD — Monmouth cruised from the start Saturday and finished its regular season with a 63-24 girls’ basketball win over Mountain Valley. The Mustangs scored the first 12 points of the game and held a 20-4 lead by the end of the first quarter. “We knew they were good, but we weren’t expecting them to […]
Roundup: CMCC women, Bates men collect wins
AUBURN — With two minutes to go in the third quarter, the Moose of UMaine-Augusta led by 17 points. Behind the stellar play of Kristina Blais and Alex Bessey and a big second half by Jordyn Reynolds, Central Maine Community College raced past the Moose for the 74-64 win. Reynolds led the way with a […]
College Basketball: Reynolds, bench lead Mustangs
ALBANY, NY — Brooke Reynolds scored 14 points and Central Maine Community College’s bench nearly outscored the entire Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences team in a 76-48 women’s basketball win on Sunday. Reynolds also had seven rebounds, seven steals and five assists for the Mustangs, who improved to 20-1. Natalie Thurger led CMCC […]
Cheering: Lisbon repeats as C South champion; Sacopee Valley edges Monmouth for 2nd
The Lisbon High School Cheering squad, performing the routine that won then the the Class C South regional title at Augusta Civic Center on Saturday morning. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — The Lisbon cheering team has one goal for every time it performs its routine: be clean. Perfect is a pipe dream, but clean is […]
Girls' basketball: Monmouth wears down Richmond
Richmond’s Sydney Tillton, left, and Monmouth Academy’s Destiny Clough battle for a rebound during a game Thursday in the Foster Memorial Gym at Monmouth Academy. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team started fast out of the gate Thursday night. And then, to wrap things up, the Mustangs did it again. […]