Monmouth Academy’s Cam Armstrong kicks the ball away from Winthrop High School’s Noah Grube on Tuesday in Monmouth. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — Monmouth scored on a penalty kick to open the scoring Tuesday against Winthrop and closed it with a Ramblers own goal. In between, Nate Ashtonorchestrated of 80 percent of the rest of […]
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H.S roundup: Mt. Ararat draws even with Lewiston in boys' soccer
LEWISTON — Travis Nadeau notched a goal with 7:10 remaining in regulation as Mt. Ararat rallied to earn a 1-1 tie against Lewiston in boys’ soccer action Saturday afternoon. Cooper Millett recovered a missed penalty kick and sent the ball into the goal at 30:45 of the second half for the Blue Devils (10-0-2). Jamie […]
16-year-old Bello boots Atlanta United past Revs
ATLANTA (AP) — Sixteen-year-old George Bello scored his first professional goal and Atlanta United stayed in front of the Supporters’ Shield race with a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday. Bello opened the scoring in the 17th minute, settling Leandro Gonzalez Pirez’s pass along the left wing and finishing with a low, […]
Local roundup: Blanchard leads Mountain Valley football to win over Madison
Jacob Blanchard scored all four of Mountain Valley’s touchdowns in a 26-20 football win over Madison on Friday. The Falcons (4-2) scored twice in the first quarter on a 25-yard run and a 58-yard run by Blanchard. They led 14-6 at the half. Blanchard scored twice more on kickoff returns in the third and fourth […]
H.S. roundup: Poland boys' soccer takes shots, takes out Lake Region
NAPLES — Cooper Keene, Daulton Bolduc and Jay Hawkes scored one goal apiece as Poland dispatched Lake Region 3-2 in boys’ soccer action Thursday. The Knights had 20 shots on goal, while the Lakers only managed five shots in the losing effort. Richmond 6, Rangeley 0 RICHMOND — Dakotah Gilpatric’s hat trick had the Bobcats […]
Girls' soccer: Oxford Hills fends off tenacious Mt. Blue
Oxford Hills’ Cecelia Dieterich (10) pursues Mt. Blue’s Ace Provencher (37) in a girls’ soccer game in South Paris on Thursday evening. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) PARIS — Oxford Hills girls’ soccer coach Chad Truman was aware his players were worn out from playing the day before and the Mt. Blue Cougars were coming down the […]
Girls' soccer: Lisbon battles past Hyde
BATH — Lisbon tallied four unanswered goals to pull away for a 4-1 victory over Hyde in Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer action Thursday. The Greyhounds won their fourth consecutive game, improving to 8-3-1, while Hyde fell to 4-7. With Hyde playing in the MVC for the first time this season, neither team knew what […]
Girls' soccer: Oak Hill shuts out ill Wiscasset
WALES — The Wiscasset girls’ soccer team went into Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference game against Oak Hill with a lot of players under the weather. Nearly the entire Wolverine squad, including head coach Duane Goud, coughed their way through 80 minutes of soccer in a 3-0 loss to the Raiders. Wiscasset (1-11) goaltender Lily Souza […]
H.S. roundup: Winthrop girls' soccer edges Mt. Abram with early goal
STRONG — Jillian Schmelzer scored what ended up being the only goal just four minutes into the game for Winthrop in a 1-0 girls’ soccer win over Mt. Abram on Wednesday. Schmelzer’s goal came via an assist from Aaliyah WilsonFalcone. Mt. Abram (7-4) goalkeeper Emily Kidd saved eight shots, while Brooke Burnham saved four shots […]
For Lewiston boys' soccer team, the devil is in the defense
Lewiston’s Mardoche Kikobo drives down the field during a recent soccer game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — It’s been more than a calendar year since the Lewiston boys’ soccer team has allowed more than one goal in a game. There have been 11 shutouts in that span, including in last year’s Class A […]