The unknown suits the Oak Hill Raiders just fine. Oak Hill takes on the Maine Central Institute Huskies in the Class C field hockey state championship Saturday at the University of Maine in Orono. Both teams are searching for their first state title, and neither team played a common opponent this season, with MCI playing […]
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Oak Hill field hockey goalie Abby Fuller overcomes, perseveres
Abby Fuller will not be intimidated. Ten years into her field hockey career, the senior Oak Hill High School keeper has stared down her share of shooters. She’s stopped point-blank shots, penalty strokes, tip-in attempts. She’s been scored upon, too, and even knocked over a few times in the process. But she has always bounced […]
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Class C South field hockey final: Oak Hill breezes to title over Lisbon
Oak Hill field hockey won its first regional championship in grand style, avenging a double-overtime loss to Lisbon in last year’s Class C South title game with a 3-0 victory at Fitzpatrick Stadium that was a breeze by comparison. “I’m going to remember this forever,” junior Erika Hannigan, one of three different goal-scorers for Oak […]
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Field Hockey: Timeout sparks Oak Hill to victory
LITCHFIELD — Oak Hill field hockey coach Betsy Gilbert saw her players losing in edge midway through the second half of their Class C South semifinal game against Traip Academy in a scoreless game. She quickly called time, gathered them into a huddle and gave an impassioned speech. Her team heard her loud and clear. […]
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Class B South girls’ soccer prelim: No. 12 Fryeburg rolls past No. 5 Oak Hill
WALES — Oak Hill probably saw two or three girls’ soccer teams in the Mountain Valley Conference that could compete with Fryeburg Academy. What the Raiders probably didn’t encounter was a player who could locate corner kicks, or anything in the neighborhood of the flag that could resemble a corner kick, more accurately than Esme […]
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Field Hockey: Oak Hill holds off late-surging Sacopee Valley
LITCHFIELD — The final horn couldn’t come soon enough for Oak Hill in its Class C South field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday against Sacopee Valley. The Raiders had to sweat out a surge by the Hawks that lasted much of the second half, but the Oak Hill defense stood strong and held on until that final […]
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Girls’ soccer: Oak Hill finishes strong against Boothbay
Then there’s other times, such as Thursday afternoon for the Oak Hill girls, when the avalanche doesn’t come. The Raiders followed up their second-minute goal with only a flurry of empty chances, but did find their scoring touch once again in a 4-1 victory over Boothbay. The game wasn’t even two minutes old when Oak […]
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H.S. Golf: Drouin looking for more success at states
LITCHFIELD — Conor Drouin was fashionably late when his freshman golf season began four years ago. He missed the first few days of practice during the 2011 season amid confusion over when practices started. Coach Michael Pelletier didn’t know what he had when the 5-foot-5 freshman finally did attend practices, so decided to take it […]
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H.S. Football: Gilbert, Elwell turn tide with defensive gem as Oak Hill overtakes Lisbon
The play that turned another grueling installment of the Route 9 rivalry in the undefeated Raiders’ direction was a rare one in which the Greyhounds veered a different way. Connor Elwell jarred the ball loose from Tyler Halls’ grasp on an option keeper midway through the second quarter. Steven Gilbert cradled up the friendly hop […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Lisbon looks to break Oak Hill’s recent spell
It is the undercurrent or subplot to an NFL or major college football game almost every week: Teacher versus student. Assistant coaches grow under the tutelage of a wise, veteran coach, become students of the game and move on to hang their own shingle over a program. And of course they achieve varying degrees of […]