FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue High School students and staff took “a bite out of hunger” when they collected the equivalent of 32,740 pounds of food to help those in need. The food went to the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, which distributes it to local food pantries around the state to help address food […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit swat away Minutemen in OT
MIDDLETON, Mass. — Walker Hamilton scored 2:26 into overtime to lift the visiting L/A Fighting Spirit over the East Coast Minutemen, 3-2, in an NA3HL game at Essex Sports Center on Sunday. The win gave the Fighting Spirit a weekend sweep of the home-and-home series, after Saturday’s 4-1 win in Lewiston. Hamilton’s goal finished off […]
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Local roundup: Fighting Spirit fend off Minutemen
MIDDLETON, Mass. — Dylan Vrees started what he finished for the L/A Fighting Spirit on Sunday, putting the game away late in the third period for his second goal in a 4-2 NA3HL victory over the East Coast Minutemen at Essex Sports Center. Vrees started the scoring midway through the first period, with assists from […]
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Fighting Spirit spread the scoring around to beat Minutemen, 5-1
L/A fired 46 shots on goal and had five different players score to solve Montecalvo and defeat the Minutemen, 5-1. “We’re just knowing where each other is, making good passes and crashing the net,” said Andrew McCormick, who scored the third L/A goal. Crewz Berry and McCormick scored in the final 57 seconds of the […]
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NA3EHL Playoffs: Spirit complete sweep of Stars with 3-1 victory
That’s where the Spirit’s inaugural NA3EHL junior hockey season will continue after the team punched its ticket to the East Division championship round. L/A completed a sweep of its contentious best-of-three semifinal series on Saturday night, dispatching the New England Stars, 3-1, at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Linder Kenyon, Dylan Vrees and Clay Janowiak scored for […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit win feisty series opener, 5-1
That was the toll of Friday night’s opener in the best-of-three NA3EHL East Division semifinal series. Yet somehow the rivals will lace up, sharpen the blades and do it again Saturday. Dylan Vrees and Thomas Puetz collaborated on the first goal in the Spirit’s 5-1 victory at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. By the end of the […]
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Junior Hockey: Stars shut out Fighting Spirit, end 8-game win streak
LEWISTON — For the second time this successful and explosive inaugural season for the Lewiston/Auburn Fighting Spirit, an NA3EHL opponent decided that eight is enough. The Spirit’s snowman-shaped winning streak melted Saturday night, courtesy of the New England Stars. Ryan Gauvin scored both goals for the Tyngsboro, Mass., outfit, which skated away from Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
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Junior hockey: Fighting Spirit bounce back from first loss, win big
The second half of a weekend swing in New Jersey was a chance to see how the L/A Fighting Spirit would bounce back from a loss. Just fine, thanks. Led by Colby Siering’s hat trick, the Fighting Spirit rebounded from their initial defeat of the season with a convincing 8-2 win Sunday afternoon over Skylands. […]
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Hockey: Fighting Spirit top Maine Wild
BIDDEFORD — The Lewiston-Auburn Fighting Spirit spread the scoring responsibilities around as six different players put the puck into the net for a 6-0 victory over the Maine Wild in NA3EHL hockey action at the Biddeford Arena on Saturday evening. Thomas Kuntz got the scoring started with an assist from Mike Heffernan at the 2:01 […]
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Poland High supports School Spirit Challenge
Hundreds of students, parents and teachers packed the Poland Regional High School gym for a special two-hour pep rally for the School Spirit Challenge on Thursday morning. During the winter sports season, CBS 13’s “Daybreak” show has been broadcasting live at high schools all over southern and central Maine. It’s been a way for schools […]