Coach: Bill Acritelli (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year: 0-13-1 Returning players: Seniors — Austin Gilboe (M), Eli Krout (D), Nate Goodine (M), Zach Whitney (M), Connor Maurias (D), William Brenner (M), Alex Bacheller (D), Bailey Morrell (D); Juniors — Mason Shink (M), Micheal Dyke (D), Landon Brochu (F), Brady Walp (M), Will […]
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H.S. Baseball: Spruce Mountain withstands wind, Medomak Valley
Gilboe gave up a ground-rule double to the first batter he faced — Adam Eutsler. Ollie Brown singled Eutsler in two batters later and the Panthers (4-6) had a quick 1-0 lead. The hits didn’t stop coming against Gilboe, who allowed lead-off hits in each of the first five innings, but the runs did for […]
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High School Outdoor Track Preview: Spruce Mountain Phoenix
Coach: Bill Biliouris Conference/Class: KVAC/Class B Last year’s results: Boys: 12th at KVACs, 22nd at Class B states; Girls: 14th at KVACs, Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Trevor Judd (racewalk), Ethan Dow (sprints), James Herlihy (sprints/jumps), Gunnar Higgins (sprints), Brad Howes (sprints/jumps), Ben Nichols (middle distance), Chad Richards (throws), Hunter Walker (throws); Sophomore — Will […]
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Spruce Mountain 2016 baseball preview
Coach: Brian Dube (fifth year) Conference: KVAC: Class: B South Last year’s record: 3-13 Returning players: Seniors — Ian O’Donnell (1B/P), Sebastian Lombardi (3B/P); Juniors — Nate Goodine (P/SS), Austin Gilboe (P/SS), Noah Preble (CF), Caulin Parker (C), Devan Pomeroy (2B); Sophomores — Shane Pelletier (LF), Landon Brochu (RF). Key losses: Bradley Hodges (1B), Matt Vigue (CF/SS), Anthony York […]
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2016 Spruce Mountain Boys’ Tennis
Coach: Bill Acritelli (First year) Conference: KVAC; Class: B Last year’s record: 3-9 Returning athletes: Seniors — Brett Semard; Juniors — William Brennar, Eli Parker; Key losses: Jake Luce, Nick Guild, Noah Parker. Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Andrew Shaw, Cam Souther. Season outlook: With just five players, the kids will be able to get more one-on-one […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Yarmouth staves off Spruce Mountain
For the Spruce Mountain boys on Saturday morning, it was a crawl. It was a trickle. It was frozen pipes. It was any other metaphor you might find valuable in the description of a game that saw the Phoenix score consecutive field goals, without a Yarmouth interruption, only once. The Clippers didn’t exactly craft an […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Leavitt runs away from Spruce Mountain
JAY — Leavitt scored in bunches Tuesday night against Spruce Mountain. The Hornets had scoring runs of six points and eight points in the first half, then finished the game on 5-0 run to finish off the Phoenix for a 41-34 victory in a KVAC girls’ basketball game at the Phoenix Dome. The Phoenix (6-11) […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue stymies cold-shooting Spruce Mountain
Four consecutive turnovers by the home team led to a 7-0 lead for the Cougars out of the starting blocks. Then the Phoenix hit six of seven shots, including three 3-pointers, to go up by six points on the opening possession of the second quarter. Their next field goal? Twenty-two excruciating minutes of game time […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain slips away from Mt. Blue
It’s the kind of game the Phoenix admittedly have found a way to lose a few times this winter. Not this time, though. Andrew Darling — he of the earlier ‘T’ — sank two free throws to reclaim the lead with 2:22 to go, and Spruce Mountain kept cashing in from the line to polish off a […]
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Boys’ basketball: Last-second shot falls shy as Spruce Mountain falls to Lincoln
JAY — Spruce Mountain had a long range prayer to reach overtime against Lincoln after trailing by double digits midway through the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. When that shot at the horn didn’t fall in, sealing the Eagles’ 52-49 KVAC Class B boys’ basketball victory at the Phoenix Dome, Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey couldn’t […]