PORTLAND — Another year, another triple-header of high school football action at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. The Class C championship was decided Friday night in Orono, as Winslow overwhelmed Leavitt, 62-14, to earn the crown. Join the Sun Journal staff for a live, interactive chat and live updates from portland all day long. Thornton Academy […]
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H.S. Football Top 10: Thornton-Cheverus could shake up standings
1. Thornton 5-0 (Last week: 1) After outscoring first five opponents 274-13, Trojans get challenge when Stags saunter in. 2. Windham 5-0 (2) Eagles backed up Cheverus stunner with old-fashioned, leather-helmet style 6-0 win in Bangor. 3. Bonny Eagle 4-1 (3) Nearly 200 passing yards, three rushing TDs for Zach Dubiel against Noble. 4. Cheverus […]
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The Hot Corner: Coach’s one-and-done continues troubling trend
The inmates have won again with the resignation of Spruce Mountain High School boys’ soccer coach Larry Thornton after one (ayuh, one) game at the helm. Yes, I know we live in a kids-are-awesome, adults-are-wrong society, and that I shouldn’t be surprised. As someone paid to follow these patterns, however, I can’t help but notice […]
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H.S. softball: Skowhegan slugs way to A crown
The Skowhegan softball team wanted Thornton Academy to know what to expect Saturday afternoon and a barrage of hits and runs in the first inning signalled that effectively. “I think it let them know that this was going to be a contest,” Skowhegan coach Lee Johnson said. “They weren’t just a team showing up and […]
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Class A West Hockey Semifinal: Red Storm trounce Trojans
LEWISTON —The Scarborough Red Storm controlled the game from start to finish Saturday in the 7-1 victory over the Thornton Academy Golden Trojans in the Western Class A hockey semifinals. “One of my assistants has been here for 15 years, and he said he has never seen a Scarborough team play all three zones like […]
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Area roundup: Cony fights off Oxford Hills in 3OT
PARIS — Emily and Hayley Quirion combined for 39 points as Cony finally washed its hands of Oxford Hills after three overtimes in a 68-62 victory in a girls’ basketball game Thursday. The Vikings held 25-24 advantage at halftime. Oxford Hills’ Anna Winslow scored 21 points and Mikayla Morin and Tainna Sugars each had 11. […]
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Calais man convicted of six child sex assault crimes, acquitted of two others
MACHIAS — A Calais man accused of sexually abusing three young girls was found guilty Friday of six of the eight charges filed against him. The Washington County Superior Court jury of six men and six women found Clifford Thornton II, 52, not guilty of the most serious charge of gross sexual assault and guilty […]