LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy’s Tightest Five contest at Bear Bones Beer will continue with the semifinal round at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Mark Turcotte will host 10 hopefuls as they perform their best five minutes of original material, with five advancing to the finals. Along with bragging rights, the winner’s prize package includes […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon lets loose to down Oak Hill
Both teams showed something different in Saturday’s Class D South semifinal, but the Greyhounds’ surprise was far more successful in a 42-9 victory at Thompson Field. Lisbon senior quarterback Tyler Halls and sophomore running back Lucas Francis traded roles to start the second half Saturday. Francis began taking snaps, and on the first play of […]
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H.S. Football: Portland ends Oxford Hills’ run
“What the coaches said in general, and I said to them, we need to forget this score and remember what a great season we had,” Oxford Hills coach Mark Soehren said. “We can’t let this define what we’ve done.” The Vikings finish the season with a 5-5 record. They won a playoff game for the […]
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H.S. Football: Winthrop/Monmouth picks off Dirigo
Brooks collected three of the Ramblers’ four interceptions and classmate Alec Brown ran for four touchdowns as part of a 38-8 victory over Dirigo in a Class D South semifinal at Maxwell Field. “We’ve kind of held him back a bit, just to keep him fresh,” Ramblers coach Dave St. Hilaire said. “He’s such a […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (5-4) at No. 1 PORTLAND (7-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Physically, the Vikings aren’t scared of anybody. And emotionally, they are coming off their first playoff win in 16 years. But they’re making their way to Fitzpatrick Stadium two weeks earlier than every team dreams of at the start of the regular […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon collide again in Class D South
This will be the 10th meeting between the two teams in the past five years, with a playoff matchup coming in each. The Greyhounds finally broke an eight-game Oak Hill winning streak with a 36-14 regular-season win at home, the same place Saturday’s Class D South semifinal will take place. “The first matchup wasn’t that […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Bangor bounces Edward Little from playoffs
BANGOR — Bangor High School senior midfielder Megan Conner said her team has been telling dynamic freshman midfielder Eliza Jansujwicz to “be more selfish” and shoot the ball more. Jansujwicz heeded the advice and rifled a perfectly placed 18-yard left-footed shot into the corner just 1:55 into the second half to extend Bangor’s lead over Edward […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Mustangs jump on NYA’s mistakes in victory
MONMOUTH – The Monmouth Mustangs capitalized on the North Yarmouth Academy Panthers mistakes Saturday afternoon in the Class C South boys’ soccer semifinal. Miscommunication and defensive breakdowns by the Panthers led to goals for the Mustangs in the 2-1 victory. The Panthers had their chances and controlled the play in the first half, as they had […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Giguere leads Waynflete’s comeback over Monmouth
MONMOUTH — The Waynflete Flyers had to do something to alter momentum with 20 minutes to go in their Class C South girls’ soccer semifinal against the top-seeded Monmouth Academy Mustangs. A formation change was an order and things started to go their way as they put pressure on the Mustangs’ defense. Junior midfielder Lydia […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Overtime goal ends Edward Little’s season
AUBURN — Edward Little boys’ soccer coach Tim Mains paced around the bench tapping the head or shoulder or shaking the hand of just about every Red Eddies player. He lingered on the sideline until nearly everyone had left before slowly taking the long walk to the parking lot. Special seasons aren’t supposed to end […]