Spruce Mountain players celebrate with the Class C South championship trophy after defeating Mountain Valley on Wednesday in Biddeford. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) BIDDEFORD — The game plan was simple for the Spruce Mountain Phoenix against Mountain Valley in the Class C South field hockey regional final: keep doing what got them this far. […]
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Weather forecast moves field hockey regional finals to Wednesday
Mountain Valley, Mt. Blue, Spruce Mountain and Mountain Valley will have to wait an extra day before playing their regional final games. With rain forecast for Tuesday, the Maine Principals’ Association has pushed all field hockey regional finals to Wednesday. The South regionals will be held at Biddeford’s Waterhouse Field. The Class B game between […]
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C South field hockey semifinal: Spruce Mountain downs Dirigo
JAY — Spruce Mountain came out “full force” against Dirigo in Saturday’s Class C South field hockey semifinal, scoring two goals in the first half and another one minute into the second in a 4-1 victory. Now the Phoenix are headed back to the regional final, where they’ll face top-seeded Mountain Valley on Tuesday The […]
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Girls' soccer B South prelim: Greely finishes off Spruce Mountain
JAY — Julia Martel and Kaci O’Grady scored two goals apiece, including a pair exactly two minutes apart midway through the first half, to pace No. 10 Greely to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Spruce Mountain in a Class B South girls’ soccer preliminary round game Saturday at Taglienti Field. Despite being the host […]
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H.S. golf: Greely’s Smith takes home girls’ title; Leavitt has strong finishes
VASSALBORO — Greely’s Rachel Smith signaled the start of play as she took a rules official’s offer to blow the starting horn for the shotgun start for the MPA Individual State Championships. Then she had one of the closing putts of the day as she captured the girls’ individual state championship with a 6-over 78. Smith […]
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H.S. football: Spruce Mountain slips away from Oak Hill
Spruce Mountain’s Zak Toothaker runs the ball down the field for the first Spruce Mountain touchdown of Friday night in Livermore Falls. Oak Hill’s Reid Cote follows from the left. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE FALLS — Spruce Mountain quarterback Jack Bryant clutched the football like he was holding on to a winning lottery ticket during […]
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H.S. field hockey: Mountain Valley holds off Spruce Mountain's second-half push
Spruce Mountain’s Ashlyn Williams takes a swing at the ball as Mountain Valley’s Courtney Carrier gets a stick in her path during Tuesday afternoon’s field hockey game in Jay. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) JAY — After handing Winthrop its first loss of the season Monday, Mountain Valley field hockey coach Melissa Forbes couldn’t have asked for […]
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Phoenix, Greyhounds battle to tie
LISBON — When Mountain Valley Conference schools Lisbon and Spruce Mountain play a high school field hockey game, it’s usually a battle until the end. On Monday morning, the end occurred after the second overtime as the two teams played to a 1-1 tie at Lisbon High School. Spruce Mountain sits at 8-4-1 and atop […]
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H.S. football: Spruce Mountain eludes feisty Poland
Poland’s Gavin Tibbetts dives but can’t stop Spruce Mountain’s Zach Toothaker from scampering into the end zone for a touchdown after making a nifty catch during the first half of Friday night’s football game in Poland. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) POLAND— Spruce Mountain and Poland cut loose and lit up the night sky in the air […]
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Girls' soccer: Monmouth owns second half, edges Spruce Mountain
MONMOUTH — After a first half largely devoid of on-target shots, Monmouth finally found the frame in the second half. Only one of those shots went in, but that was enough for the Mustangs to come away with a 1-0 victory over Spruce Mountain in an MVC girls’ soccer clash at Chick Memorial Athletic Field […]