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H.S. football: Oxford Hills rallies to knock off unbeaten Bonny Eagle

After a pass reception, Oxford Hills’ Alex Turner turns upfield to face Bonny Eagle defender Will Whyte. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Oxford Hills Mark Soehren had an even-keeled message for his team even though it trailed unbeaten Bonny Eagle 15-7 at halftime. “We were OK,” Soehren said. “We just said, ‘Let’s just go play.’” […]

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Eddies advance to Unified regional final with win over Scots

Edward Little’s Josh Dumont goes up for a basket during Thursday afternoon’s Unified Basketball game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little hung on by its fingernails to win last week’s Unified basketball quarterfinal against Gray-New Gloucester by one point. The top-seeded and unbeaten Red Eddies finished the game with a 19-9 run […]

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Girls’ hockey: Mynahan scores a natural hat trick in Blue Devils win over Gorham/Bonny Eagle

LEWISTON — Jordan Mynahan had herself a third period. Lewiston/Oak Hill/Monmouth trailed entering the final frame, but the junior forward scored a natural hat trick to lead the Blue Devils to a 6-4 win over the Gorham/Bonny Eagle Rams on Wednesday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “I think we just started passing it more cross […]

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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10

1. Bonny Eagle (10-0) (1) The Scots thwarted away an upset bid by Scarborough that Thornton Academy couldn’t do the week before. The only unbeaten team in Class A now gets to try and finish a perfect season by beating Portland on its home turf. 2. Portland (9-1) (2) The Bulldogs made it back to […]

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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10

The Scots got an extra week to prepare for Sanford, which they dismantled by 36 points three weeks ago. Bonny Eagle knows how to win this time of year, and something inexplicable would need to happen for an upset. 2. Thornton Academy (8-0) (2) The Trojans got an extra week to stew over a close […]

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‘Fireballing’ opens the Maine Highland Games

TOPSHAM – In a decades-long tradition of Scottish Clansmen across the Atlantic, Bill Cunningham hoisted a blazing ball of iron over his head Friday evening and began swinging. For several minutes, to the awe of a crowd of New England highlanders, Cunningham and brother-in-law Alan Lord hurled the “bonfires on a stick,” before yielding to […]