It wasn’t quite the finish the Saints were aiming for, but 2016 was still a high-water mark for the program. “At the end of the day, it’s probably the best season St. Dom’s cross country team’s ever had. So we’re proud of that,” Saints co-coach Josh Brown said. “We thought we would come in a compete […]
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Teaching ways to help our planet
LEWISTON — Every other Wednesday, two dozen students stay after school to recycle at the Saint Dominic Academy elementary school campus. The Recycling Club was started eight years ago by fourth-graders in Elizabeth Dunn’s classroom. Those students have now moved on and are about to finish high school, but Dunn has kept the club going. […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Buteau’s overtime goal sends Oak Hill to Class C state title game
“She did it earlier in the season,” Oak Hill senior defender Lexi Fuller said. “Before the game, I looked at her and I said, ‘Zoe, do it again. You got it,’ and she did it.” Buteau scores game-winning goals. It’s what she does. The sophomore came through in Oak Hill’s biggest moment, scoring with 5:57 […]
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Field hockey: St. Dom’s toppled Traip in Class C South semifinal
AUBURN — Given Friday’s uncertain weather forecast, St. Dominic Academy field hockey coach Brian Kay wanted his girls score early and often in the Saints’ Class C South semifinal against recent nemesis Traip Academy. The team obliged, scoring five first-half goals en route to a 6-0 victory over the Rangers. Hannah Trottier-Braun had a hat […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: St. Dom’s holds off Sacopee Valley in Class C South quarterfinal
AUBURN — Shots and scoring chances didn’t tell whole story Tuesday. If they did, the Class C South quarterfinal field hockey game between St. Dom’s and Sacopee Valley would have been an one-sided affair for the Saints. St. Dom’s outshot Sacopee 34-5, had a 24-4 advantage in penalty corners. But the Saints struggled to put […]
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Field hockey: Strong goalies lead to strong playoff chances
“The confidence has just grown in her,” Leavitt coach Wanda Ward-MacLean said after that game. “Even if she’s not having a great day for her, she’s still confident and she gives her teammates that feeling of, ‘Yeah, we have a great goalie back there.’” DeMascio is not alone. The tri-county area boasts a handful of […]
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Field hockey: Playoff preview
The field is set, the preliminary rounds have been played, and there is no more room for error as the 2016 field hockey playoffs are ready to begin in earnest. Here is a look at what to expect in each class. Class A It’s been so automatic to hand the tag of “favorite” to Skowhegan […]
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HS Golf: Holmes, Plourde share girls’ title
VASSALBORO — Erin Holmes of Greely High School stood over her putt on the ninth hole of the Arrowhead course at Natanis Golf Club on Saturday, thoughts of birdie dancing in her head. She thought the putt would give her second place alone after playing partner and friend Bailey Plourde of Lincoln Academy had also […]
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WMC Cross Country: St. Dom’s wins Division II girls’ team and individual championships
STANDISH — The St. Dom’s girls’ team stuck together Friday during the Western Maine Cross Country Championships at St. Joseph’s College. Alexandra (Bugsy) Hammerton paced the Saints to the WMC Division II girl’ cross country championship, winning the individual Division II race with a time of 21:13, two seconds ahead of Poland’s Samantha Halmos. A […]
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CMCC Hockey: Friendship and professional goals outweigh St. Dom’s-Lewiston rivalry
Caleb Labrie, a 2015 St. Dominic Academy graduate, and Matt Poulin, a 2014 Lewiston High School graduate, will be playing on the same team in 2016-17 as members of the Central Maine Community College men’s hockey team that will play in American Collegiate Hockey Association beginning this year. The Mustangs’ coaching staff won’t need to […]