Coach: Mark Soehren (fourth year) Conference: North Class: A Last year’s record: 4-5, lost in Class A East quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Matt Smith (QB/S); Kyle Dexter (RB/LB), Gunnar Docos (T), Kaleb Currier (DE), Jake Spinhirn (RB/DB), Caleb Jewell (WR/CB), Cordell Stewart (WR); Juniors — Ryland VanDecker (FB/LB), John Bowen (WR). Key losses: Brady […]
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Oxford Hills/Buckfield football: Vikings building on breakthrough season
PARIS — Finishing with a .500 record and losing in the first round of the playoffs might not sound like cause for raucous celebration. Considering that Oxford Hills had reached neither of those milestones since 2005, it is impossible to overstate how much ending those nine-year droughts meant to the Vikings, past, present and future. “It’s […]
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2015 Cross country preview: Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Vikings
Coach: Kristin Dacko (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year’s results: Boys: 10th in Eastern Class A Girls: 11th in Eastern Class A Returning athletes: Seniors — Ben Andrews, Bailey West; Juniors — Zane Dustin, Logan Hallee, Nate McNutt, Chasity Pike-Rainey, Morgen Ray, Caitlyn Riggott, Kelsey, Riggott; Sophmores – Cameron Bancroft, Graham Huckins, Isaac McNutt, […]
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2015 Field hockey preview: Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Vikings
Coach: Cindy Goddard (28th year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: 9-5 regular season. Returning players: Seniors — Sydney Jackson (D), Brooklyn Smith (D), Lexie Caron (F); Juniors — Alicia Albert (M), Arianna Greene (M), Bailey Wood (F), Erin Morton (M), Emma Davidson (D), Haley Wakefield (M), Anna Huff (G). Key losses: Shannon Fillebrown, Abby […]
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2015 Oxford Hills golf preview
Coach: Mike Grace (12th year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last Year’s Results: 10-0 Returning Athletes: Senior — Mac Kim; Juniors — Ken Kozak, Trey Dekutoski.Key losses: Cam Letourneau, Chris Burns. Promising Newcomers: Senior — Andrew Fleming; Freshmen — Connor Ward, Abigail Kenney, Abigail Steeves, Anthony MichaudSeason Outlook: The Vikings are a young and inexperienced team that’s […]
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Zone 2 Legion quarterfinals: Nick Bowie’s blast helps Bessey Motors overcome nine errors in 14-7 win
PARIS — The format now switches from single-elimination to double-elimination for the semifinalists in the Zone 2 American Legion baseball tournament. No matter for the top-seeded team. Bessey Motors cannot afford, or stomach, another performance like Tuesday afternoon. Bessey blew a 6-0 lead and committed nine errors before battling back to take out No. 8 Highland […]
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Lobster Bowl: Davis Turner of Oxford Hills can’t weight for college
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thirteen pounds. Those are the first things noticeable about Davis Turner’s appearance at Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl XXVI camp this week. He’s substantially bigger than the high school senior who dominated games at linebacker for Oxford Hills last September and October. And before you rush to judgment, let it be known that this isn’t […]
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High school softball: Edward Little runs over Oxford Hills in East A quarterfinal
The No. 4 Red Eddies erased a decade-and-a-half’s worth of pain Thursday with a 13-1 victory over fifth-seeded Oxford Hills in six innings in an Eastern A quarterfinal. Sarah Hammond picked up the win in the circle. “They’ve worked hard,” Edward Little coach Elaine Derosby said. “They’ve pulled together. Our goal at the beginning of […]
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Eastern A Local players to watch: Edward Little: Sarah Hammond, Jr. P, Emmy Lashua, Fr. C, Jordyn Reynolds, Jr. 1b; Oxford Hills: Anna Winslow, Sr. 1b, Annika Kahkonen, Sr. 2b, Shannon Fillebrown, Sr., OF, Erika Whitman, Jr. P/3b, Cody Akers Jr. P/3b. Favorites: Messalonskee is the top seed and has finished strong. Teams will have to […]
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High school baseball: Brunswick handles Oxford Hills
Brunswick will enter the Eastern A postseason with an 8-8 mark and the No. 8 seed in the Heal Point Standings, giving the Dragons a home preliminary game next week, likely against Lewiston. Oxford Hills, at 9-7, will likely be the No. 5 seed. In Wednesday’s game, the Dragons found the holes, with five bloop […]