The game plan has been rehearsed. The team dinner has been digested. Travel arrangements have been made and revised. All that is left for Oak Hill is to find a way to beat a formidable Bucksport team on Saturday and win its first state football championship in a generation. Among those rooting on the Raiders […]

Hearkening back to summertime predictions that had them finishing in the middle of the Western Class D pack, Oak Hill has worked through a frigid week of practice eager to once again play the role of underdog going into Saturday’s Class D championship game against unbeaten Bucksport (2:30 p.m., Fitzpatrick Stadium). Awaiting the Raiders (9-2) […]

WALES — Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette calls them “Fire and Ice.” He’s not describing Alex Mace and Kyle Flaherty’s relationship. They have been best friends since kindergarten. When one junior running back substitutes for the other, they shake hands rather than high-five. They are virtually inseparable in and out of school, and usually reflecting […]

Game 1: Oak Hill 52, Telstar 29 The Raiders rode a dominant first quarter to their highest scoring output of the season. Led by Luke Washburn and Samson Lacroix, the defense forced three fumbles in the first 12 minutes, while touchdowns runs by Alex Mace, Parker Asselin, Kyle Flaherty and Asselin’s TD pass to Mace […]

WALES — One of the luxuries Stacen Doucette was thankful to have when he took over as head coach at Oak Hill last year was a junior quarterback who already had two years of varsity experience under his belt. Doucette had heard how Parker Asselin, who has also been a fixture on the Oak Hill […]