SACO — Defenseman Randy Jones hears his Portland Pirates teammates’ ages and laughs. “This is a first for me, it really is,” Jones said. “Going to Oklahoma, there were three or four guys older than me, so I didn’t feel quite as ancient.” At 32 years old, “ancient” might not be the way most people […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Seniors have helped Phoenix rise
LIVERMORE FALLS — Spruce Mountain senior Tristan Castonguay has an answer ready for those who would suggest the fast-rising Phoenix are still a year away from being Campbell Conference Class C champions. “We’ll see Friday night,” said Castonguay, a senior guard/linebacker. That’s when the third-seeded Phoenix (8-2) will challenge top-seeded Leavitt (9-0) for the Western […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Regional finals pit Leavitt vs. Spruce Mtn., Dirigo vs. Oak Hill
The local regional football finals feature rematches of a pair of intense regular season meetings between Spruce Mountain and Leavitt in Class C West and Dirigo and Oak Hill in Class D West. If last weekend’s action is any indication, football fans looking for even more intense and exciting sequels are in for a treat. […]
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C West semifinal: Phoenix fly past Warriors
WELLS — Spruce Mountain knew the storm was coming. The third-seeded Phoenix were already bracing themselves for No. 2 Wells’ sharp rebuttal to a 22-0 first-half deficit even before the Warriors cut into the lead with a touchdown before the intermission. So the defense, which held Wells to 48 total yards in the first half, […]
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Western Class C Football Quarterfinal: Spruce Mountain speeds past Freeport
LIVERMORE FALLS — As a rule of thumb — or ankle, or knee, or hamstring — every team is banged up at this advanced stage of the football season. The teams that polish off new playmakers while the tried-and-true headliners miss a play here and a series there are the ones who generally survive. No. […]
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Field hockey: York routs Spruce for West B crown
And it didn’t take long for the Wildcats to prove it. Taylor Simpson fired a shot through traffic and into the cage just 1:06 into the game — her first of three — and added another goal and an assist in short order as York bolted out to a three-goal lead and never looked back […]
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H.S. Football: Spruce wins coin flip for No. 3 seed
After seeing its five-game winning streak come to an abrupt end against undefeated Leavitt, Spruce Mountain caught a little bit of a break Saturday from the football gods. Spruce Mountain won a coin flip with Yarmouth and earned the No. 3 seed in the six-team Western Class C playoffs. Yarmouth will go in at No. […]
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Western Class C Football: Leavitt runs away from Spruce Mountain in showdown
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was the worst-case scenario in a big football game on a bitterly cold night. Facing fourth-and-9 from his own 13-yard line, Leavitt punter Mitchel Davis’ fingers couldn’t quite get a grip on the ball without the moment’s hesitation that can lead to disaster. In the middle of his life flashing before […]
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B West soccer prelim: Knights oust Phoenix, 2-0
POLAND — If Poland believed in omens, it certainly could have lost some of its edge when its first shot in Friday’s Western Class B soccer preliminary glanced off the bottom of the crossbar and a couple of inches in front of the goal line. Instead, the eighth-seeded Knights shook off the bad luck, beat […]
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Western B Field Hockey: Phoenix seize opportunity, shut out Raiders
JAY — Miss an opportunity during the regular season and there is no sense in dwelling on it. Another one will come along. Miss an opportunity during the playoffs and it’s likely you’ll have nothing but time to dwell on it. Seventh-seeded Fryeburg Academy had a chance to seize control early in Wednesday’s Class B […]