Oxford Hills quarterback Colton Carson breaks through the line, aided by a block by JJ Worster, against Cheverus in Saturday’s Class A North semifinal at Gouin Athletic Complex. (Brewster Burns photo) The Oxford Hills Vikings took a few drives to get their offense and defense back into the flow of football against Cheverus after earning […]
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D South football semifinal: Oak Hill ekes by Madison in overtime
Oak Hill’s Samuel Lindsay carries the ball while being taken down by Madison’s defense in a Class D South semifinal game Friday in Madison. (Jennifer Bechard photo) MADISON — Two teams. One play. With a regional final appearance on the line. And in the end, it is the Oak Hill football team that is moving […]
Game of the Week: Raiders, Bulldogs meet again under rare circumstances
Oak Hill’s Gavin Rawstron (9) tackles Madison’s Thomas Dean (31) in the first quarter in Madison in September. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) It’s been six years since the No. 6 and 7 seeds squared off in a regional football semifinal. Waterville and Belfast pulled off quarterfinal upsets in what was then known as Class B […]
Monday Morning QB: Raiders were prepared to weather storm
Oak Hill’s Caleb Treadwell, top, celebrates after diving through the mud as teammate Gabriel Bergeron, bottom, takes his turn at the end of Saturday’s playoff game against Lisbon in overtime. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Bad weather is often considered the great equalizer in football, and it’s not unkind to apply that axiom to seventh-seeded Oak Hill’s […]
H.S. football: Raiders upset Greyhounds in D South mud bowl
Oak Hill High School’s James Borkowski, Jr., right, and Gavin Rawstron, bottom, tackle Lisbon’s Lucas Francis during Saturday playoff football game in Lisbon on October 27, 2018, in Lisbon, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — Oak Hill spent nearly the entire first 48 minutes of Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal backed up in its own […]
B South girls' soccer quarterfinal: Greely gets going in second, beats Oak Hill
Logan Pray of Greeley High School rolls over Oak Hill goalkeeper Paige Gonya after Gonya made a second half save in Wales on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) WALES — Greely turned the tide of Thursday’s Class B South girls’ soccer quarterfinal in a hurry to start the second half, scoring two goals in the first […]
Girls' soccer: Oak Hill reloads despite roster turnover
Monmouth’s Libby Clement, left, and Oak Hill’s Gabbie Chessie vye for a 50/50 ball during a game in Monmouth in September. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal File Photo) WALES — Replacing 10 seniors isn’t usually a good recipe for success, yet for the second season in a row the Oak Hill girls’ soccer team won double-digit games, […]
H.S. soccer roundup: Gray-NG girls' win, Oak Hill boys fall in prelim games
NEWCASTLE — Bri Jordan scored two goals as Gray-New Gloucester coasted to a 6-0 triumph over Lincoln Academy in a Class B South girls’ soccer preliminary game Saturday evening. The Patriots led 4-0 at the half. Laurel Thomas, West Duffy, Emma West and Jordan Grant also found the back of the net for Gray-New Gloucester. […]
H.S. football: Greyhounds pick off Raiders
Lisbon’s Isaiah Thompson runs the balls down the field into Oak Hill’s Hill’s defense during Saturday afternoon’s football game at Oak Hill High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) WALES — Lisbon has been in more close games than coach Chris Kates would prefer, but the Greyhounds showed in Saturday’s season finale at Oak Hill that they […]
Game of the Week: Greyhounds, Raiders renew no-nonsense rivalry
Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis scores Lisbon’s first touchdown of a 20-14 win over Oak Hill last year. (Sun Journal file photo) Any self-proclaimed high school football connoisseur who hasn’t sampled the Lisbon-Oak Hill rivalry isn’t truly a connoisseur. It’s not as celebrated as the city rivalries, and documentary filmmakers haven’t chronicled it. That seems fitting […]