READFIELD — Max McQuillen missed Maranacook’s first nine baseball games with two fractures in his back. It sounds serious, because it is. One swing Friday afternoon against Spruce Mountain was pretty much all McQuillen was medically cleared to take. And one was all he needed. McQuillen’s no-doubt pinch home run to right field with one out […]
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Video: FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting
GARLAND, Texas — Federal agents searched an apartment in Phoenix in an investigation into a shooting outside a suburban Dallas venue hosting a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons, the FBI confirmed Monday. Police officers shot and killed two gunmen who opened fire on a security officer outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland on […]
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Spruce Mountain baseball preview
Coach: Brian Dube (fourth year) Conference: KVAC Class: B Last year’s record: 7-9 Returning players: Senior — Bradley Hodges (1B); Juniors — Ian O’Donnell (C/P); Sebastian Lombardi (3B/P); Sophomores — Nate Goodine (SS/CF), Noah Preble (LF/CF), Austin Gilboe (P/2B). Key losses: Scottie Hall, Lucas Preble, John McKenna, Brandon Stearns. Promising newcomers: Senior — Matt Vigue (CF/SS), Anthony York (3B/P), Shane […]
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Preview 2015: Spruce Mountain track and field
Coach: Bill Biliouris Conference: MVC; Class: B Last year’s results: Boys: fourth in MVC, 11th in Class B ; Girls: 13th in MVC, 19th in Class B. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Adam Wilcox (distance), Alex Greenleaf (distance), Sam Brenner (racewalk); Juniors — Cody Williams (sprints), Zack Black (sprints, throws), Trevor Judd (racewalk), James Herlihy; Sophomores — […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Forest Hills grabs Western D title over Hyde
AUGUSTA — During Forest Hills’ Western D regional final against Hyde, Tigers coach Anthony Amero told his team that as long as they were within 10 points heading into the fourth quarter, they were going to be regional champions. It was an odd thing for Amero to say, considering the top-seeded Tigers streamrolled through their regular-season […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: No. 9 Cape Elizabeth shocks No. 1 Spruce Mountain
PORTLAND — Another No. 1 regional seed has gone down in the girls’ basketball tournament, and this one hits close to home. Felled by 16 percent shooting, No. 1 Spruce Mountain saw its undefeated season dissolve in stunning, heartbreaking fashion Tuesday night in a 32-30 Class B West quarterfinal loss to No. 9 Cape Elizabeth […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain hopes change of leagues overturns tourney fortunes
JAY — Seventeen. Thirteen. Sixteen. Eleven. Spruce Mountain’s win total on the boys’ basketball court didn’t trend in the right direction this winter, especially when you consider that four of the top six in the Phoenix rotation are seniors who have performed in that capacity since sophomore year. Look beneath the surface, examine the benefits […]
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Boys’ basketball: Different game, same result as Leavitt stuns Spruce Mountain
Not even two months after souring Spruce Mountain’s then-undefeated football season on its way to another regional championship, Leavitt — with much of the Hornets’ lineup still visibly hobbled from that journey — handed the Phoenix their first boys’ basketball loss as a member of the KVAC, 51-49, on Monday night. This one was much […]