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The Sun Journal Top 10: Looking back on a banner-raising year in sports

To grasp the greatness of the sports year in the tri-county, take a look at what didn’t make the list of the area’s top 10 sports stories of 2017. For instance, the biggest schools finally made some noise in football. Edward Little, Lewiston and Oxford Hills beat out the Portland-area schools for the top three […]

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L/A Nordiques fall to North Iowa

BLAINE, Minn. — The North Iowa Bulls scored three first-period goals and never looked back, skating to a 5-2 victory over the L/A Nordiques on Sunday in the NA3HL Showcase. Connor Clemons, Dayton Honkanen and David Dolter each scored for the Bulls in the opening period. The Nordiques responded in the second period with goals […]

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NA3HL: L/A Nordiques lose key divisional game to Northeast Generals

Kyle Secor of the L/A Nordiques collides with Nicklas Norrefjord of the Northeast Generals during the first period in Lewiston on Sunday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)  LEWISTON — The L/A Nordiques did something for the first time all season. They were shut out. The Coastal Division-leading Nordiques dropped a 3-0 decision to the second-place Northeast Generals […]

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Colisee, Nordiques owner talks new team, finances

LEWISTON — Is Lewiston-Auburn big enough for two junior hockey teams? Jim Cain, owner of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston and the team that calls it home, the L/A Nordiques, thinks so. But don’t ask him to try the model the newly formed Twin City Thunder is using. “(The second team) doesn’t have a […]

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NA3HL hockey: Roc City trips up L/A in OT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Brandon Corey completed a natural hat trick in dramatic fashion, scoring just over three minutes into overtime to lift host Roc City over the Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques, 6-5, in NA3HL action Sunday afternoon. The Royals trailed 5-3 with time winding down in the third period when Corey scored a pair of goals 74 […]