OLD ORCHARD BEACH — In a game befitting the teams’ high-flying mascots, Spruce Mountain and Old Orchard Beach flew around the field Friday in a Class D South showdown. When the final whistle blew, the Phoenix rose above the Seagulls for a 33-32 victory. Spruce Mountain (5-2) did little flying to start the game, and […]
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Former Old Orchard Beach fire chief pleads not guilty to arson
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A former Maine fire chief charged with arson after he allegedly discarded a cigarette and ignited a blaze that scorched 42 acres has pleaded not guilty. WMUR-TV reports Ricky Plummer pleaded not guilty Thursday. He had submitted his resignation in May. He was charged with arson after prosecutors say he intentionally […]
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Football: Dirigo holds off Old Orchard Beach
DIXFIELD — Second verse, same as the first for Dirigo High School. One week after earning the fourth seed with a win over Old Orchard Beach, the Cougars hosted the Seagulls again at Harlow Park on Friday. This time, though, there were no secrets — just hard-nosed football in a Class D South quarterfinal. Cooper Chiasson […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Old Orchard Beach stuns Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Records don’t mean anything once a game begins. That was proven in a big way Monday. Buckfield entered its girls’ soccer game against Old Orchard Beach sporting a 7-2 record, while the Seagulls came in with a 1-6-2 mark. Yet it took only a few minutes for the assumptions of those records to […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill holds off Old Orchard Beach
WALES — The Oak Hill football team hosted its annual Heroes Game on Saturday, with the players wearing camouflage uniform tops, and members of the military and first responders were honored before the game. It then took a couple players to be heroes for the Raiders to hold on for a 26-14 win against Old […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinals: Hickey, Winthrop roll Old Orchard Beach
AUGUSTA — Jacob Hickey and Winthrop spent the entire MVC boys’ basketball season dealing with diamond-and-one, box-and-one, triple-team-against-one and any other gadget-defense-versus-one an opposing team and its coach dared to unleash. Knowing that Class C South quarterfinal foe Old Orchard Beach prefers to hang its hat on a 1-3-1 zone, no matter the opponent, the Ramblers […]
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H.S. Football: Old Orchard Beach gets first win with 41-0 rout of Telstar
BETHEL — Mandated running time, high school football’s version of the mercy rule, performed its magic admirably Saturday afternoon at Telstar. The Rebels’ second half was better than their first. The mounting injury toll, something Telstar can ill afford if its 19 players are to complete the entire Class D South season, was kept in check. […]
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Western C quarterfinal: Dirigo tops Old Orchard Beach, wins in playoffs for 10th consecutive year
AUGUSTA — Riley Robinson had a sore back, lungs that were worn out from their first real test after a dozen days resting that injury, and a fresh, four-inch abrasion tricking blood from beneath his left eye. Winning, that feeling to which the Dirigo boys’ basketball program has become so accustomed in the past decade, […]
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Class D West Football Semifinals: Lisbon loses Bourget, but Grover rolls over OOB
Junior tailback Shawn Grover, all 5-foot-7, 140 pounds of him, certainly tried. Grover, the latest in a long line of little engines that could in the Greyhounds’ camp, rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, lifting No. 1 Lisbon to a 25-12 victory over relentless No. 4 Old Orchard Beach in the Class D West […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill overwhelms OOB
WALES — You know him. He walks into a room, lightens the mood, makes everyone smile and inspires them to have a better day without saying a word. Kyle Flaherty was that guy Saturday for the Oak Hill football team. After sitting out most of three games with twin quadriceps injuries, Flaherty brought his commanding […]