Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils have surrendered the most points (203) in Class A, and Bulldogs’ two-fisted attack of Chaison-Lapine and Esposito has the ability to pad that number. Sanford (2-3) at Edward Little (2-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Red Eddies are done with Portland, Windham and Cheverus, for now, but Spartans showed they’re no slouch […]
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The Hot Corner: Sox future, Theriault crash, Fleming commitment all on menu
October has arrived. Time to enjoy some comfort food and fatten up for the impending, endless winter. With that in mind, three square meals, inspired by weekend leftovers, for your rumination and (in)digestion: • There is a growing fan frenzy for the Boston Red Sox to cut ties with ailing manager John Farrell and remove […]
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Oakes’ Week 5 pigskin prognostications
Sanford 28, Lewiston 13 Windham 35, Edward Little 7 Oxford Hills/Buckfield 20, Massabesic 6 Mt. Blue 41, Gardiner 8 Leavitt 30, Falmouth 22 Cape Elizabeth 28, Mountain Valley 7 Gray-New Gloucester 26, Lake Region 13 Spruce Mountain 32, Poland 20 Oak Hill 20, Winthrop/Monmouth 13 Lisbon 27, Boothbay 0 Maranacook 35, Telstar 0 Dirigo 20, […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Tossing around goose eggs
Oakes: So, like, I know we chose a verbal profession, but let’s get numerical this week. Four weeks complete mean that we are halfway (scary, huh?) through the high school football season. There are 78 varsity teams in the state, including one that already closed ranks for the year, but let’s gloss over that topic […]
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The Hot Corner: High school football’s development at unsafe crossroads
The health of high school football in Maine is measured the same way, to its detriment, as the economy. Some programs are entrenched at the top of the heap. They’re impervious to recession, migration, even coaching and administration changes. Barring a zombie apocalypse, they will always have a surplus of player participation and fan support. […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: You get a playoff berth! Everybody gets a playoff berth!
Oakes: You and I don’t always agree on social issues, boss man, but I know both of us have lamented the increasing stench of our “everybody gets a trophy” culture. Well, much as I love our local high school football scene and almost everything about it, I must reluctanctly admit that it is an agonizing […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ pigskin prognostications for Week 4
Bangor 21, Lewiston 7 Cheverus 40, Edward Little 21 Portland 35, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 0 Leavitt 22, Marshwood 12 Mt. Blue 42, Hampden 6 Spruce Mountain 28, Gray-New Gloucester 26 Wells 34, Mountain Valley 13 Poland 20, Lake Region 15 Dirigo 19, Lisbon 14 Winthrop/Monmouth 21, Maranacook 6 Oak Hill 48, Telstar 0
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The Hot Corner: Patriots muffle another chatty would-be nemesis
When will the rest of the National Football League, teams and paid observers alike, learn? Just shut up. Stop treating Week 1, Week 2 or even Week 10 of the regular season when you’re playing the New England Patriots as if it’s the be-all, end-all of your franchise’s existence. Don’t advertise your hatred in the […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Top 10 list inspires class envy, lively debate
Oakes: Look down below! It’s our Top 10 list. I don’t know if it’s inspired by David Letterman or not, but we have been putting ours out there every week of football season since the early 1990s. (Yes, I say we because I was here then, which has both its advantages and depression-inducing qualities). It […]
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H.S. Football: Oakes’ Week 3 forecast
Edward Little 20, Oxford Hills 14 Cheverus 35, Lewiston 7 Lawrence 23, Mt. Blue 20 Leavitt 30, York 14 Gray-New Gloucester 34, Freeport 6 Cape Elizabeth 34, Spruce Mountain 22 Yarmouth 27, Poland 8 Mountain Valley 26, Lake Region 18 Oak Hill 40, Boothbay 0 Winthrop/Monmouth 21, Dirigo 14 OOB 42, Telstar 6