WALES — Oak Hill didn’t face many average opponents on its journey to a third consecutive Class D football championship game. Lisbon, Winthrop/Monmouth and Dirigo all demonstrated that they would have been worthy representatives of the Campbell Conference. To put things in the perspective of a sports world dominated by statistics, however, here is what the […]
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The Hot Corner: Just another senior moment for emotionally charged Oak Hill
WALES — You can’t throw a water bottle at the Oak Hill football huddle without hitting a senior. If a senior gets hurt, a classmate replaces him. When a senior makes a rare mistake, another one provides a play to balance the books and protect the lead. There’s little doubt that maturity is the primary reason […]
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Class D South football championship: Oak Hill outlasts Lisbon, 21-20
The Raiders get a stop, helped by the fickle fate of a loose pigskin, to protect the lead in the fourth quarter. Then they bleed the clock dry. It worked again on a blustery Saturday afternoon, and yet again at Lisbon’s expense. After the Greyhounds’ third unanswered touchdown of a titanic comeback ended in a […]
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H.S. Football: Therrien takes Oak Hill to new heights
WALES — Nobody’s perfect, but the football season Dalton Therrien has put together at quarterback for Oak Hill is startlingly close to that standard. Therrien has completed 60 percent of his passes for 17 touchdowns against no interceptions. He is the Raiders’ leading rusher with 737 yards and 11 TDs. Nine opponents have succeeded in sacking […]
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Class D South Football Final: No secrets between Oak Hill, Lisbon
Two Class D championship runs showed Oak Hill the value of regular-season losses as teachable moments and motivators. The Raiders were knocked off by Old Orchard Beach and Winthrop in 2013 and Dirigo in 2014 before hoisting championship gold. Now Oak Hill enters the Class D South title game undefeated, at home, against a Lisbon […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon series not one-sided as it looks
If those people get restless and seek another gridiron topic that seems to defy logic and the laws of probability, may we suggest certain elements of the high school rivalry between Class D South regional finalists Oak Hill and Lisbon? They collide at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, in Wales, in a playoff game for the fourth […]
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Class D South football semifinal: Oak Hill survives Winthrop/Monmouth
“This senior group has seen it all in the past,” Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette said. “They kept their composure and made the plays when it got tough.” Two of those upperclassmen provided the go-ahead heroics when Dalton Therrien threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Connor Nilsson on the opening play of the fourth quarter. […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Oak Hill hopes to continue run against Winthrop/Monmouth
Winthrop/Monmouth committed the cardinal sins the first time it played two-time reigning Class D football champion Oak Hill this season. The Ramblers watched the Raiders take an early lead, then sabotaged their own comeback hopes with a pair of second-half turnovers. Let top-seeded, undefeated Oak Hill dictate the tempo and mood of a game, as […]
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Class C field hockey: MCI edges Oak Hill for Class C state title
Against a stalwart Oak Hill back line, the Huskies stood stymied in the first half of the Class C state field hockey championship. But they got just enough of a peek early in the second to make the difference. Addie Williams fired a low liner to the left corner of the cage on a feed […]
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Class B field hockey: York tops Winslow for second consecutive Class B crown
But it was classmate Isabel Bretz who came through when it mattered most Saturday. Bretz inserted the ball on a late-game penalty corner and, with the defense focused on York’s top three scorers at the top of the circle, she slid to the left post behind Winslow keeper Delaney Wood. Two passes later, Bretz tapped […]