Winthrop celebrates its win over Spruce Mountain in the Class C field hockey state championship Saturday at Deering High School in Portland. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Last year the Winthrop Ramblers felt the agony of the defeat after a state final loss to St. Dominic Academy in overtime. In 2018, they experienced the […]
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Field hockey: Winthrop vs. Spruce Mountain showdown highlights state title showdowns
Spruce Mountain’s Harmony Castonguay, left, tries to slow down Winthrop’s Gia Francis as she moves up the field during a field hockey game in Winthrop in September. (Sun Journal file photo) The six field hockey teams set to compete in state championship games Saturday have had an extra week to ponder and plan for their […]
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D South football semifinal: Well-rounded Wells takes down Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s Ian Steele helps take down a Wells runner during Thursday’s Class D South semifinal in Wells. (Sienna Barstow/Journal Tribune) WELLS — The Wells football team punched its ticket to the Class D South regional final by taking down Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale 41-22 at Warrior Memorial Field on Thursday night. “I’m happy as heck. There was a […]
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H.S. football: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale, Oxford Hills playoff game dates changed
With Parker Lafrance out in front of him, Oxford Hills’ Colton Carson looks for some running room at Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris on Oct. 12. (Brewster Burns photo) Mother Nature wrapped up October by meddling with the high school football playoff schedule. Now she’s getting nosy in November. Playoff games involving Oxford Hills and Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale originally […]
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H.S. field hockey: Winthrop's Moriah Hajduk a two-way standout
Winthrop’s Moriah Hajduk, right, fires a shot at the net while being defended by Spruce Mountain’s Avery Williams during a September game in Winthrop. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) One of the Winthrop’s best offensive players is also one of its best defenders. Senior Moriah Hajduk is listed as a midfielder, but depending how the game is […]
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Field Hockey: Winthrop, Spruce Mountain hope extra week doesn't hurt momentum
With the rain washing out the field hockey state championships from this past weekend to this upcoming Saturday, it gave teams an extra week to prepare for their biggest games of the season. So how are Winthrop and Spruce Mountain — the Class C finalists — handling it? They both would rather have played this […]
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Field Hockey: Winthrop, Spruce Mountain hope extra week doesn't hurt momentum
Winthrop’s Moriah Hajduk, left, and Spruce Mountain’s Auri Armandi battle for a loose ball during a regular season game in Winthrop earlier this year. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal File Photo) With the rain washing out the field hockey state championships from this past weekend to this upcoming Saturday, it gave teams an extra week to prepare […]
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H.S. football: Ramblers' Evan Burnell and Jevin Smith flourishing in expanded roles
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s Evan Burnell, right, and Jevin Smith at practice in Winthrop on Thursday. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — Evan Burnell and Jevin Smith went into the preseason with a common goal. And a message they were hoping to get across to their Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale coaches. “Jevin and I would hit the field, we’d hit the sled, […]
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Field hockey state championships postponed, cross country still up in the air
Spruce Mountain and Winthrop will have to wait another week to face off in their biggest game of the season. The forecast for heavy rain Saturday has forced the postponement of the state field hockey championship games for a week. The Class A, B and C title games will now be played on Nov. 3. […]
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Boys' soccer C South quarter: Maranacook takes over in second half, downs Winthrop
Maranacook’s Duncan Rogers pursues the ball with Winthrop’s Ian Dow during a Class C South quarterfinal Wednesday in Readfield. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) READFIELD — Don Beckwith loves to remind his players that things don’t always have to be pretty, they just have to work. In the second half Wednesday night, the Black Bears were effective […]