If two wrongs don’t make a right, just imagine the mess a chain of missteps and unfortunate decisions leaves in its wake. The easy thing to do Tuesday morning, when word got out that Telstar will forfeit this weekend’s scheduled Class D West football quarterfinal at Lisbon, was criticize Telstar. The school, the program, its […]
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The Hot Corner: Rain reigns over this week’s sports-related discussion
The past week’s foul weather triggered multiple conversations pertinent to outdoor activities and athletic endeavors. Amazingly, some of them weren’t even profanity-laced. Most of us were more than mildly miffed that Mother Nature chose to play the bucket-over-the-door trick on all attempts to exercise, do yard work, or watch neighborhood kids play games from Tuesday […]
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Oakes’ football forecast for Oct. 24-25
Edward Little 34, Lewiston 28 Bangor 21, Oxford Hills 7 Mt. Blue 35, Skowhegan 33 Cape Elizabeth 48, Mtn. Valley 14 Poland 36, Gray-NG 0 Spruce Mountain 28, Leavitt 26 Winthrop/Monmouth 22, Maranacook 8 Dirigo 34, Traip 6 Oak Hill 21, Lisbon 16
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Oakes’ football forecast for Oct. 17-18
Portland 34, Lewiston 6 Edward Little 28, Deering 24 Windham 26, Oxford Hills 14 Mt. Blue 35, Brewer 27 Leavitt 36, Wells 20 Spruce Mtn. 54, Lake Region 14 Cape Elizabeth 48, Gray-NG 12 Yarmouth 34, Poland 21 Mtn. Valley 35, Freeport 15 Lisbon 20, Dirigo 13 Oak Hill 35, Traip 7 Winthrop/Monmouth 26, Boothbay […]
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Head to Head: What’s in a rivalry?
Oakes: Well, whippersnapper, I have reached a certain level of reluctant acceptance that football rivalries aren’t what they used to be. Some of this is probably a product of our society reexamining how it feels about the us-versus-them culture, and adults regulating kids’ behavior in kind. You probably aren’t old enough to remember it, but, […]
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The Hot Corner: City, sport still pack wallop together
Boxing is alive and well in Lewiston. I admit, I had my concerns, if not doubts. When Matt Peterson and Nick DiSalvo of New England Fights announced in August that they were bringing the prize ring to Androscoggin Bank Colisee in October, it wasn’t completely unlike Five Finger Death Punch declaring its intentions to put […]
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Weekend Blitz: Playoff implications abound for Vikings, Cougars
Oxford Hills (2-3) at Deering (2-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Looks like a battle for No. 5 in Class A East, which means avoiding either Windham, Bangor or Cheverus in a quarterfinal. Lewiston (0-5) at Bangor (4-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Strange things usually happen when Devils visit Rams, and in this case, out-of-towners hope a miracle […]
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Oakes’ football forecast for Oct. 10-11
Oxford Hills 13, Deering 8 Bangor 35, Lewiston 7 Edward Little 22, Noble 12 Mt. Blue 20, Gardiner 6 Leavitt 55, Mountain Valley 14 Spruce Mountain 56, Gray-NG 6 Wells 33, Poland 7 Lisbon 34, Maranacook 0 Traip 20, Telstar 0 Oak Hill 38, Boothbay 0 Dirigo 26, OOB 6
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The Hot Corner: Patriots have earned patience, not panic
This was a good week to avoid watching sports television. Listening to talk radio. Spending more than five minutes in the office. Leaving the house. All anybody wanted to discuss, from the point of view of either frustrated pink-hat fan or contrarian heckler, was the awfulness of the New England Patriots. It’s the sort of […]
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Oakes’ football forecast for Oct. 3-4
Last week: 10-0 (1.000) Season: 39-5 (.886) Lewiston 19, Deering 18 Cheverus 42, Edward Little 7 Portland 27, Oxford Hills 8 Brunswick 41, Mt. Blue 20 Spruce Mountain 42, Poland 14 Leavitt 54, Lake Region 6 Mountain Valley 35, Gray-NG 7 Lisbon 27, Traip 6 Winthrop/Monmouth 32, Telstar 6 Oak Hill 33, Old Orchard Beach […]