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College Football: Turner, Lucas among 16 UMaine additions
Dexter Turner was interested in becoming a Maine Black Bear, and Jack Cosgrove was interested in making him one. The coach just wanted the relationship to carry a little more weight. So Turner, a Pine Tree Conference All-Star at Oxford Hills in 2012, hired a personal trainer, enrolled at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., put […]
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College Football: Oxford Hills standout Turner verbally commits to Maine
Dexter Turner had a number of attractive offers to play college football next fall. But when it came time to make a choice, it was really no contest. The former Oxford Hills star defensive end Dexter Turner announced Tuesday he has verbally committed to enroll and play football at the University of Maine starting in […]
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KVAC Wrestling Championships: Hankey, Geiger, Skowhegan come out on top
TOPSHAM — Malik Geiger likes to be the last man standing in his weight class, but not necessarily on the mat. “Usually I’m not very dominant on my feet, but occasionally I get a good match or two,” said Geiger, an Oxford Hills junior. Geiger stayed on his feet for the most part and dominated […]
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LHS wins fifth straight regional cheering title
In the current throw-caution-to-the-wind climate of Class A East cheering, a championship performance doesn’t have to meet that standard. And even though Lynnette Morency and her Lewiston High School powerhouse admittedly helped create that atmosphere, the coach isn’t sure how she feels about it. “A lot of people are stepping up their stunting skills, I […]
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Area roundup: Cony fights off Oxford Hills in 3OT
PARIS — Emily and Hayley Quirion combined for 39 points as Cony finally washed its hands of Oxford Hills after three overtimes in a 68-62 victory in a girls’ basketball game Thursday. The Vikings held 25-24 advantage at halftime. Oxford Hills’ Anna Winslow scored 21 points and Mikayla Morin and Tainna Sugars each had 11. […]
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HS Skiing: Racers live on the edge at Leavitt Invitational GS
GREENWOOD — Telling dozens of teenagers to get a grip and live on the edge might seem like contradictory advice, but it was the only way to go at Monday’s Leavitt Invitational giant slalom race at Mt. Abram. Skiers struggled to stay upright on the icy, appropriately-named Boris Badenov slope, but those who did certainly […]
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Boys’ basketball: Devils survive slugfest with Vikings
“But every game is like that,” he said. “It’s fun.” Few games are quite like this one, however. What it lacked in artistry, it more than made up for with tournament-like intensity and a fittingly frantic finish. “Well, what did you expect?” Lewiston coach Tim Farrar said. Farrar’s Blue Devils held on to win a […]
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HS Basketball: Vikings hang on to edge Rams, 51-50
PARIS — Andrew Fleming is a sophomore whose understanding of the game of basketball will never be described as sophomoric. With Cony contesting Fleming’s every move from the moment he left the locker room, Oxford Hills’ 6-foot-5 swingman found other ways to impact Friday night’s KVAC barnburner with Cony — crashing the boards, facilitating for […]