Logan Pray of Greeley High School rolls over Oak Hill goalkeeper Paige Gonya after Gonya made a second half save in Wales on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) WALES — Greely turned the tide of Thursday’s Class B South girls’ soccer quarterfinal in a hurry to start the second half, scoring two goals in the first […]
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Local roundup: Buckfield girls win in overtime
NEWCASTLE — Isabell Laughton scored two goals to lead the Buckfield girls’ soccer team to a 3-2 Class D South quarterfinal overtime win over Temple Academy on Wednesday. The Bucks will next play Richmond in the D South semifinals. No. 5 Buckfield improves to 9-5-1 while fourth-ranked Temple finishes at 11-3-1. Cape Elizabeth 3, Gray-New Gloucester […]
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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 […]
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Boys' soccer A North quarter: Mt. Blue beats Brunswick, sets up meeting with Lewiston
BRUNSWICK — In a goal-oriented sport, anything can happen, and there is often a fine line between a win and a devastating loss. Take, for example, Wednesday’s Class A North boys’ soccer quarterfinal between fourth-ranked Brunswick and No. 5 Mt. Blue. In the first half, the host Dragons dominated possession and outshot the Cougars by […]
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Girls' soccer C South quarter: Mt. Abram, Knight foil Lisbon
Lisbon goalkeeper Sarah Haggerty jumps on a shot by Kaylee Knight of Mt. Abram during the second half in Lisbon on Wednesday. Haggerty made the save. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LISBON — The Lisbon goalie was on the ground, Mt. Abram was down 1-0 in the second half and Kaylee Knight was hurtling toward a wide […]
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As rain persists, schools using Lewiston's fields for postseason games
Players from Lewiston and Oxford Hills prepare for the opening kickoff during the first football game ever played on the new field at Lewiston High School in August. The Cony football team plans to use Lewiston’s fields on Nov. 2, and soccer teams will also use them for postseason games. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — […]
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Girls' soccer A North quarters: Messalonskee flies by Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills’ Cecelia Dieterich (10) heads the ball over Messalonskee players at Thomas College in Waterville on Tuesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) WATERVILLE — After four successive early exits from the playoffs, the Messalonskee girls’ soccer team feels like it has something to prove. On Tuesday night at Thomas College, the Eagles began making their […]
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Local roundup: Edward Little boys' soccer falls to Bangor in overtime
BANGOR — Jack Bourassa netted the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime as Bangor took a 2-1 triumph over Edward Little in a Class A North boys’ soccer quarterfinal Tuesday at Husson University. The Rams’ overtime goal came on a free kick that was deflected into the net. Connor O’Brien led off the scoring for […]
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UMF soccer teams heading to NAC playoffs
UMF’s McKenna Brodeur (18) watches as teammate Hadlee Yescott (20) and Northern Vermont-Lyndon’s EmmaLee Smith go for the ball in a North Atlantic Conference regular season finale at Leib Field in Farmington on Tuesday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Two convincing wins against Northern Vermont-Lyndon means the University of Maine at Farmington’s men’s and women’s soccer […]
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Boys' soccer B South quarters: Greely corners Gray-NG, wins 3-0
CUMBERLAND — Greely held most of the possession in the first half of its quarterfinal matchup with Gray-New Gloucester to the tune of 10 corner kicks in the first 40 minutes alone. On the Rangers’ fourth and fifth corners, just 123 seconds apart, Chase Cornwall put in two balls at the near post to give […]