PARIS — Bangor tailback Logan Lanham wasn’t himself during last week’s 49-7 loss to Cheverus, so the coaches decided they needed to push their work horse during practice this week to get him back into form for the regular season finale at Oxford Hills. The senior responded well to the whip all week and Friday […]
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Field hockey: Win or lose, Vikings talk it out
PARIS — Communication is key in virtually every sport, but there are few where the athletes, coaches and fans talk as much about the importance of talking than in field hockey. The Oxford Hills Vikings take communication to a whole new level. Like their peers in the stacked Eastern Class A tournament, which for fifth-seeded […]
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H.S. Golf: Oxford Hills’ Letourneau captures share of title
VASSALBORO — After a bogey on his first hole of the day and with the toughest hole on the Tomahawk Course at Natanis up next, Oxford Hills’ Cam Letourneau wasn’t so much thinking about finishing well as much as he was surviving his round. “It was tough, I was thinking, ‘Oh, what’s this going to […]
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Field hockey: Playoffs loom as seeds are set
Lisbon is in a familiar position. So is Winthrop. And Leavitt. And Spruce Mountain. And, of course, Skowhegan and Scarborough. People hoping for new blood atop the Maine field hockey standings and in the playoffs are going to have to hope an underdog or two wins. Otherwise, many of the same schools who made it […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Cougars edge Vikings
PARIS — With a little bit of extra hustle and an accurate, blistering shot from just inside the circle, the Mt. Blue Cougars secured for themselves the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Class A playoffs on Monday. Mikayla Oswald ran down a ball that appeared to be going out of bounds beyond the end […]
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HS Football: Rams get first win at expense of Vikings’ playoff hopes
PARIS — Taking over a winless team is never an ideal situation for a coach, particularly when his predecessor resigned due to reasons that had little to do with the team’s win-loss record. But one of the advantages of being in such a situation, as Lewiston alumnus Matt Riddell is discovering in his two-week tenure […]
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Field Hockey: Oxford Hills explodes early, weathers furious Lewiston rally
Lewiston, a program marked by myriad coaching changes and spotty success in the past decade, simply wanted to put on a show that six seniors playing in their final home game would someday remember with pride. So it ended up being one of those rare days on which both teams could celebrate hitting the mark […]
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High School Golf: Vikings conquering all foes
NORWAY — There’s no celebration time for the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School golf team. Don’t get the Vikings wrong. The first major goal in every team sport is to win every regular-season game, or match, or meet. Oxford Hills did that. Twelve up, twelve down. It’s a deserved source of pride, both now and […]
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Class A Football: Bulldogs crash Vikings’ homecoming
PARIS — You know that old, college homecoming trick, where the powerhouse program schedules Catatonic State or some school with five directional words in its name as a glorified scrimmage? Well, what unfolded Saturday for Oxford Hills was the reciprocal of that. Portland administered the medicine in the form of a 68-0 rout at Gouin […]
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Girls’ soccer: Morin (four goals), Vikings shelf Red Eddies
AUBURN — Mikayla Morin’s shots had struck so much wood so far this season, the Oxford Hills junior midfielder was bound to break out big once she started finding her range. But Morin and the Vikings’ couldn’t have expected the career-high four goals she scored Thursday in a 4-2 win over Edward Little. Morin scored […]