KENTS HILL — Pressure mounted in multiple ways when No. 10 St. Dominic Academy and No. 7 Kents Hill School met in a Class C South girls’ basketball preliminary round game Tuesday. The visiting Saints unleashed a full-court pressure that kept the Huskies to just 15 first-half points, but the hosts then put the pressure […]
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H.S. basketball: C South teams set to tip off postseason
Oak Hill’s Kaitlyn Ridley, left and Winthrop’s Aaliyah WilsonFalcone jockey for position under the basket as they vye for a rebound during a game last month in Winthrop. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Hebron Academy, Mt. Abram, St. Dominic Academy and Winthrop help open the girls’ basketball postseason Tuesday in Class C South preliminary games. Winthrop finished […]
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Girls' basketball: Oxford Hills, Gray-NG carry top seeds into postseason
Poland Regional High School’s Sarah Moody, center, gets her hand tangled with Gray-New Gloucester’s Jordan Grant as Grant goes up for a layup during their game in Gray earlier this season. At right is Poland’s Moragn Brousseau. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal File Photo) It might not have been as pretty as last year, but after 18 […]
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Girls' Hockey: Rangers top line ends Saints chance for a third title
Greely’s Courtney Sullivan, center, celebrates a goal during Saturday night’s playoff game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — There will be a new girls’ state hockey champion in 2018. The Greely/Gray New Gloucester Rangers knocked off the two-time defending state champion St. Dominc Academy Saints 7-2 in a […]
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H.S. roundup: Mt. Blue’s Charles wins another KVAC Nordic title
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue’s Meghan Charles earned a KVAC Nordic skiing championship for the second consecutive day at Titcomb Mountain on Friday. Charles followed up Thursday’s girls’ classic title with a first-place finish in Friday’s freestyle race, which she finished in 18:02.6, more than 30 seconds ahead of second-place Laura Parent of Maranacook. The Black […]
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York boys, Greely girls win WMC indoor track titles; Post helps Gray-NG place third
Elizabeth Brown of Greely competes in the long jump at the Western Maine Conference track championships in Gorham on Friday. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) GORHAM — Members of the York High School boys’ indoor track team are always competing, each trying to surpass a teammate. “It’s always more fun with competition,” senior […]
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Girls' hockey: Five finalists named for inaugural Becky Schaffer Award
Becky Schaeffer, center, is honored during her senior season of high school at Yarmouth High School in 2006. The Maine Girls’ High School Hockey Coaches Association will award a prize in honor of Schaeffer to the top senior player in the state beginning this season. High school girls’ hockey players in Maine finally have an […]
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Girls' hockey: City teams have sights set on state title
Lewiston’s Sara Robert and Cheverus’ Hannah Woodford battle for control of the puck during a hockey game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee earlier this season. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal File Photo) Save for one contender, if you’re looking for who might be hoisting the girls’ hockey state championship trophy in a week and a half, stick […]
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H.S. roundup: Both Buckfield teams bitten by Valley in OT
BUCKFIELD — Alexis Davis drilled a 3-pointer to start overtime and Kennedy Savoy made 3 of 4 free throws in the extra period to lift visiting Valley past Buckfield, 41-39, in girls’ basketball action Monday. The Cavaliers (6-11) found themselves down 26-11 at halftime, but outscored the Bucks (1-16) 17-3 in the third quarter to […]
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Girls' hockey: Greely/Gray-NG gets revenge on St. Dom's
AUBURN — Scoring quickly worked for the visiting team Thursday. When the Greely/Gray-New Gloucester and St. Dominic Academy girls met on the ice for the second night in a row Friday, that held true. The Rangers scored two goals in the first two-plus minutes and held on for a 4-1 victory over the Saints at […]