WALES — The Oak Hill football team hosted its annual Heroes Game on Saturday, with the players wearing camouflage uniform tops, and members of the military and first responders were honored before the game. It then took a couple players to be heroes for the Raiders to hold on for a 26-14 win against Old […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Monmouth Academy rises above Oak Hill, 1-0
WALES — It took Monmouth Academy’s shooters nearly all of the first half to get their trajectory right, but the Mustangs finally capitalized before halftime. That lone goal stood and Monmouth held on for a 1-0 win in an MVC girls’ soccer game against Oak Hill on Thursday. The Mustangs (3-0) missed high early, then […]
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High school girls’ soccer: Lisbon, Oak Hill call it a draw
LISBON — The flip throw-in is a weapon that several Lisbon High School girls’ soccer players have perfected over the years. One of the best for the Greyhounds might have been Gabby Ouellette, who has moved onto college. But, Ouellette has since passed the knowledge of flip throws onto little sister Sydney Douglass, who used […]
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High School Football: Oak Hill clobbers Maranacook
WALES — Matthew Strout threw a 56-yard touchdown pass and Brian Thorpe scored on a 52-yard run in Oak Hill’s season-opening 38-18 victory over Maranacook. Those two plays and a few others contradict what Raiders coach Stacen Doucette said he was expecting in the 2016 season. “He said it wasn’t going to happen,” Strout said […]
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Oak Hill football: Flash is gone, substance remains
“We want to win four. Let’s go,” a player shouted. The Raiders have won three consecutive state championships, but rather than kick back and bask in the program’s comfy standing in Class D, they are focused on No. 4. The goal is the same, but the 2016 version of Class D title chasers isn’t the […]
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2016 Sun Journal football preview: Oak Hill Raiders
Coach: Stacen Doucette (fifth year) Conference: South Class: D Last year’s results: 11-0, Class D state champions Returning players: Seniors — Adam Mooney (T/DT), Gavin Chasse (C/DT), Matthew Strout (QB/DE), Steven Gilbert (Slot/DB), Peter Flaherty (DT), Austin Noble (DE/FB), Danny Buteau (WR/DB), Brian Thorpe (LB/RB). Juniors — Darryn Bailey (WR/S), Cruz Poirier (FB/LB). Sophomores — Reid […]
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The 12 games of High School Football
Another high school football season in Maine is upon us, and for the most ardent fans across the state, the first Friday night feels like Christmas morning: So much anticipation, so much joy. Everything is new and shiny. In the spirit of Christmas, let’s look at 12 games this season — one per week — […]
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Preview 2016: Class D South preview
The preseason consensus seems to be that Winthrop/Monmouth and Lisbon are the favorites to end Oak Hill’s reign in the region. And it’s clear why that is: the Ramblers (5-4) and the Greyhounds (7-3) are talented, skilled and experienced. Who ends up claiming the top spot could be decided in the season’s first week because […]
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High School Field Hockey: Oak Hill overcomes a slow start to defeat Mountain Valley
Even the most experienced teams, like the Oak Hill Raiders, who went to the Class C State Championship game in 2015, need a reminder how important it is to one another. After a rusty first half in their Mountain Valley Conference opener against the Mountain Valley Falcons, the Raiders returned to form in the second […]
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Preview 2016: Oak Hill field hockey
Coach: Betsy Gilbert (fourth year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year: 12-6, lost in Class C state final Returning players: Seniors — Abby Asselin (F), Lexi Fuller (D), Erika Hannigan (M/F), Mercedes Pease (M), Hayden Spencer (F), Lindsay Wright (D); Juniors — Maegan Sheehy (F/D), Kiera Young (M); Sophomores — Zoe Buteau (M), Alexis Faucher […]