LISBON — The Oak Hill Raiders have been dominant all season long, and the defending Class C South champions put forward one of their best efforts of the season Friday afternoon, taking out rival Lisbon 5-0 on the road. “Today’s effort was 100 percent team effort,” Oak Hill coach Betsy Gilbert said. “These girls have […]
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H.S. Football: Game of the week — Oak Hill at Lisbon
One point has been the difference in both of those playoff matchups, so both coaches (Lisbon’s Dick Mynahan and Oak Hill’s Stacen Doucette) will be stressing details to their respective teams. The Raiders (3-1) enter the contest having just suffered their first loss of the season, which came last Friday at Winthrop/Monmouth. That was Oak […]
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Field hockey: Buteau, Oak Hill log emotional win over Winthrop
LITCHFIELD — Zoe Buteau channelled all of her remaining energy, all of her raw emotion from a tough week, and all of the skill she’s worked so hard at perfecting into one of the sweetest field hockey goals of the season Wednesday at Carrie Ricker School. That the Oak Hill sophomore’s goal came with 26.7 […]
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H.S. Football: Game of the week — Oak Hill at Winthrop/Monmouth
“Last year’s playoff loss was a tough one to swallow,” Ramblers coach Dave St. Hilaire said. Now a chance at revenge finally comes for the Ramblers, who host Oak Hill in a Class D South clash Friday night. Both teams enter the contest undefeated (Winthrop/Monmouth 4-0, Oak Hill 3-0) and tied atop the D South […]
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H.S. Football: Running the ball can’t be stopped
The first organized game of football took place in 1869. The first legal forward pass didn’t come for another 37 years. As much as the pass has gained popularity over the last 110 years, especially over the past 10-20 years at various levels, there always has been and always will be a place in football […]
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H.S. Soccer: Shutdown defense opening opportunities for Raiders
WALES — See the void, fill the void. Oak Hill is playing some of the stingiest defense in the Mountain Valley Conference this season following those simple instructions. The Raiders are 6-2-1 on the strength of a team defense that has surrendered just six goals, posted four shutouts and, at times, frustrated the most prolific […]
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H.S. Football: Second-quarter scoring binge more than enough for Raiders’ defense
WALES — Oak Hill’s offense put up every point scored in Saturday’s Campbell Conference Class D tilt with Medomak Valley in the span of 2 minutes and 26 seconds in the second quarter. The Raiders’ defense had to work a little harder to hold up its end of the bargain. After not bending at all […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Oak Hill dispatches defensive Hall-Dale late
WALES — Oak Hill and Hall-Dale were deadlocked in a scoreless battle heading into the final minutes of their MVC girls’ soccer game Tuesday. Then the game came down to situational soccer. The host Raiders took advantage of their late opportunity and converted the lone goal of the game with 2:11 left in a 1-0 […]
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Field hockey: Oak Hill runs away from Lisbon
The Oak Hill senior defender missed her most recent opportunity from the line, but Friday, against Lisbon, she had her chance for redemption and buried it. Fuller’s goal with 2:09 to play in the first half doubled Oak Hill’s lead. The Raiders tacked on another in the second half and held off a hard-charging Lisbon […]
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High school roundup: Lisbon field hockey edges Falcons in OT
RUMFORD — Chase Collier scored early in overtime to give Lisbon a 2-1 field hockey victory over Mountain Valley on Monday. After a scoreless half, the Greyhounds and Falcons each tallied a goal in the second half. Sydney Ploured scored for Lisbon off an assist from Mallory Fairbanks. Chelsea Allison had Mountain Valley’s goal, which […]