Oxford Hills’ Shane Kubicek fights for control of the ball with Edward Little’s Chase Martin, right, during the season opening soccer game in Auburn on Tuesday night/ Edward Little’s Christian Beliveau comes into the play on the left. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little trailed two different times in the first half against Oxford […]
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Girls’ soccer preview: Davis a veteran presence in goal for Gray-NG
GRAY — This season, as usual, the Gray-New Gloucester girls’ soccer team will be facing some of the best offensive players in the state, according to head coach Kiaran McCormack. Luckily for the Patriots, they have a proven veteran goalie standing between those players and the back of the net. Yet it’s taken Chelsea Davis […]
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Boys’ soccer preview: Ashton mounting a comeback for Monmouth
Nate Ashton, a Monmouth Academy senior, is back on the pitch after breaking his leg last season. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Everything was looking good for Nate Ashton and the Monmouth boys’ soccer team. Then Ashton’s season came to a crashing halt. A collision with an opposing goalie early in the 2017 season put […]
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2018 Boys Soccer Preview Capsules
Buckfield Bucks Coach: Kyle Rines (seventh year) Class: D South; Conference: East-West Last year’s results: 15-2, lost in D South regional final. Returning athletes: Seniors — Noah Wiley (F), Dylan Harvey (F), Cole Merrill (D), Jacob Toomey (M), Abram Cormier (D), Hunter White (F), Corey Umstead (D); Juniors — Dan Perry (D), Caleb Chabe (M), […]
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Eye on the ball
Dakota Bosquet, left, Robert Tremaine and Sadira Dulac play soccer at Auburn Middle School on Tuesday afternoon. Bosquet and Tremaine will begin their senior year at Edward Little High School in a couple of weeks. Dulac will start her senior year at Lewiston High School. “We have to make the most of our senior year,” […]
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Timeout: Sticking around and being team player is worth your while
This one goes out to all the high school athletes who might never start a varsity game — or who think about giving up and getting a part-time job. Twenty years from now, it won’t matter that you only played an entire half of a varsity football or basketball. Kudos to any kid for showing […]
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New Lewiston complex will be open for first day of practice Monday
A view of the nearly completed athletic complex at Lewiston High School, taken Tuesday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The sound system hasn’t been completed, but having Lewiston High School’s new athletic fields available for the start of fall sports practices next Monday is music to Athletic Director Jason Fuller’s ears. “Everything should be ready […]
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Revs settle for draw with Orlando City
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Scott Sutter finished Yoshimar Yotun’s free kick in the 93rd minute in give Orlando City a 3-3 tie with the New England Revolution on Saturday night, with each team snapping a three-game losing streak. Yotun also had a free kick in the 71st minute that Amro Tarek headed home to make […]
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Girls’ soccer: Bisher replaces Latuscha as Edward Little coach
Edward Little’s new girls’ soccer coach, Miles Bisher. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Somewhere along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, Miles Bisher realized that he belonged 3,000 miles away. Through the wonders of technology Bisher was able to find a reason to stop his thru-hike, and instead set forth back to his native Maine, and to his […]
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Bates College roundup: Sheikh named new men's soccer coach
New Bates College men’s soccer coach Tyler Sheikh. (Knox College Photo) With just over five weeks to go before the new season starts, the Bates College men’s soccer team now has a new coach. Tyler Sheikh was announced as the ninth head coach in the 56-year history of the program Monday. Sheikh, a native of […]