POLAND — Chris Aube and his Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball team walked off the court Friday night looking weary, beleaguered and glad it was over. The Patriots also looked victorious. It didn’t come easy, but G-NG outlasted a spunky Poland team for a 30-28 win. The already banged-up Patriots had to overcome the loss of […]
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Boys’ hockey: Arnold leads Patriotic Knights
AUBURN — On a senior-laden team, you knew he was there, even as a freshman. With another large group of seniors alongside him as a sophomore, he stood out. After exploding to the top of his team’s scoring list as a sophomore and helping lead his team through a rough campaign as a junior, Kolby […]
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Class B Cheering: Hornets ride it out, snag second
AUGUSTA — Leavitt had almost everything it needed to be successful at Saturday’s Western Class B cheerleading championship. Close-knit, senior-led team, strengthened by a trip to last year’s state competition? Check. Confidence at its peak after finishing at the head of the class in its final exhibition meet? Check. Transportation for the 45-minute ride from […]
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Chamber chorale seeking sopranos
POLAND — Cantus, a community-based chorale group from the Poland area, is seeking new members. Cantus sings primarily sacred music and mixes in classical works seasonally. The group performs music in a variety of genres, from ancient to modern. It performs music suitable for church services as well as public performances. The choir was started […]
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Legion to meet AUBURN — American Legion Post 31 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the post home. The Legion will also host a public breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at its Washington Street location. Cost is $5 a plate. Pantry is empty POLAND — The Tri-Town Food […]
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Sabine steers Oak Hill past MCI
PITTSFIELD — Maggie Sabine netted 17 points, had eight steals, six assists and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead Oak Hill to a 59-38 rout over MCI in a girls’ basketball tilt Tuesday. Chassidy Hilchey and Darby Beaulieu chipped in for the powerhouse Raiders (10-3) with 10 points each, the only players in double figures. […]
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Girls’ roundup: Saints win heavyweight ice hockey battle
GORHAM — Lauren Ratsep collected her own rebound after a one-timer on a feed from Marisa Zamrock and slipped it into the net with 1:08 to play in regulation, lifting St. Dom’s to a 3-2 win over Scarborough in a battle of the state’s top two girls’ hockey teams Monday. Ratsep finished with a goal […]
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Boys’ basketball: Knights deny Patriots
POLAND — Tyler Tracy wasn’t aware how close he came to being a footnote in history until a few minutes after Monday night’s renewal of the Route 26 rivalry between Gray-New Gloucester and Poland was history. Tracy’s Poland Knights knocked off Gray-New Gloucester, 58-47, to deny Patriots coach Tony DiBiase his 400th career victory. That […]
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Hockey: Blue Devils overcome Patriotic Knights
LEWISTON — It took about a period for Lewiston’s top line — and the rest of the squad — to find its legs. It took all of 45 seconds of the second period for it to strike. And it didn’t stop. Colt Steele and Ben Wigant scored a pair of goals, Sam Cloutier added another, […]
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Poland library institutes new program series
POLAND — Friends of Ricker Library will launch a new series of programs to be held at noontime once a month in the Poland library. Attendees may bring a brown bag lunch to the upstairs reading room of the library, while they listen to a presentation about a current topic or book. The Check It […]