Finally, it paid off. The Hawks used full-court pressure for nearly the full game, and it broke St. Dominic Academy at the end. The fourth quarter belonged to the Hawks, who only led once, but it was the only lead that mattered in a 35-34 WMC boys’ basketball victory at Callahan Family Memorial Gymnasium on […]
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Girls’ hockey: Cornelio hat trick help leads St. Dom’s over Falmouth
AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team had its normal start Monday. The Saints started out slow, but the offense picked up as the game went on in a 6-0 victory over Falmouth at Norway Savings Bank Arena. The game was a battle between the top teams in the state — the Saints are […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston lights up rival St. Dom’s
AUBURN — In the first period, St. Dominic Academy goalie Goalie Kyle Welsh appeared to be impenetrable. In the second, Lewiston’s attack proved unstoppable. The tale of two periods, of two longtime rivals, had a happy ending for the Blue Devils, who turned a close game into a blowout in the blink of an eye […]
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St. Dom’s pulls away from Lewiston in girls’ hockey
So St. Dominic Academy started working on shooting it when the Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill goalie couldn’t see the puck. The Saints finally found openings midway through the first period, leading to one goal, then another, and a third came on a shorthanded breakaway. St. Dom’s put three more goals in during the second period, and one […]
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Running clock showing little mercy in high school hockey
Thanks to a mercy rule, the game got over as fast as it could. The “Mercy Rule,” created by the National Federation of State High School Associations, and implemented by the Maine Principals’ Association, kicks in via a running clock once a team reaches a 10-goal deficit in the third period of a game. If […]
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Boys’ hockey: St. Dom’s stings Edward Little
AUBURN — Five minutes. That’s all it took for Edward Little’s solid start to fade away, and for rival St. Dominic Academy to all but seal up another resounding victory in the series. The Saints scored twice late in the first period, twice more early in the second and skated away to a 6-0 win […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Dom’s evades Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland
AUBURN — Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland’s game plan worked to perfection Saturday night, and it still wasn’t enough to get undefeated rival St. Dominic Academy. The Red Hornets held their rivals well below their scoring average for the season, but the Saints scored just enough to skate away with a 2-1 victory in a girls’ hockey game […]
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Local roundup: Monmouth boys rally past Mt. Abram
SALEM — Monmouth finished strong to claim a 56-49 boys’ basketball victory over Mt. Abram on Friday. The Mustangs (2-7) trailed by five points after three quarters, but outscored the Roadrunners 23-11 in the final frame. Hunter Richardson and Mat Foulke paced Monmouth’s offense with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Trevor Chaput put up 14 […]
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What to look forward to in Maine sports in 2017
Of course, 2016 did high school sports fans a favor by setting up all kinds of intrigue for 2017. Several tri-county area teams enter the new year without a loss — Edward Little, Spruce Mountain and Winthrop boys’ basketball, Oxford Hills, Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball, Lewiston boys’ ice hockey and St. Dom’s girls’ ice hockey. […]
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Boys’ Hockey: St. Dominic Academy swats away unbeaten Bangor
It was a bit of a shock, then, when St. Dominic Academy scored on consecutive shots just 39 seconds apart late in the second period of Tuesday’s Class A North tilt en route to a 3-1 victory as part of the St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic hockey tournament at Norway Savings Bank Arena. After scoring […]