RUMFORD — Rylee Sevigny scored two goals and Leigha Carrier tallied what proved to be the winning goal as top-seeded Mountain Valley dominated the second half to defeat No. 8 Traip Academy, 5-1, in a Class C South field hockey quarterfinal on Wednesday. The two teams battled to a 1-1 tie at halftime on goals […]
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H.S. Baseball: Traip pulls away from St. Dom's
Traip’s Charlie Driscoll slides head first into second with a stolen base before the ball gets to Saint Dominic’s Hunter Hughes during Friday afternoon’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Traip pounced early and often en route to a 11-2 victory over St. Dom’s in a Western Maine Conference baseball contest Friday. Charlie […]
Softball Notes: Leavitt gets familiar with new foes
Leavitt coach Fred Apt holds baserunner Leah Maheux up at third base as the ball comes in from the outfield to Paige O’Connell of Fryeburg Academy in Turner last Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal File Photo) Leavitt softball coach Kevin Leonard called it “frustrating” that his team’s schedule used to only include fellow Kennebec Valley Athletic […]
H.S. softball: Eddy pitches Traip past Buckfield in opener
KITTERY — Traip Academy pitcher Reilly Eddy had a dominant first start of the season, striking out 16 Buckfield batters and taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 3-0 victory in a softball season opener. The Bucks (0-1) broke up the no-hitter on a Cara Merrill triple in their final turn at the […]
C South girls' quarter: Boothbay eases past Traip
AUGUSTA — The Boothbay Region High School girls basketball team’s tournament run started slower than the Seahawks expected. They quickly made up for lost time. Page Brown scored 24 points and top-seeded Boothbay rolled past No. 9 Traip Academy, 59-40, in the Class C South quarterfinals at the Augusta Civic Center. Boothbay remained unbeaten at […]
Hall-Dale boys survive test from Traip
Hall-Dale High School’s Ashtyn Abbott, right, runs into Traip High School’s Charlie Driscoll during their Class C South quarterfinal Saturday in Augusta. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The Hall-Dale boys basketball team was in trouble. Or at least the scoreboard said as much. The Bulldogs themselves never fretted. “If you’ve watched us, you know that […]
Maranacook beats Traip to reach Class C boys' soccer state title game
Maranacook Community High School’s Silas Mohlar, left, goes head-to-head with Traip Academy defenders during the Class C South boys’ soccer match Wednesday in Readfield. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) READFIELD — These Black Bears saved their best for last, both in terms of the season and the regional championship Wednesday. Top-seeded Maranacook set aside a helter-skelter first […]
No. 2 Monmouth falls to No. 7 Traip in C South boys' quarterfinal
The Traip Academy Rangers celebrate tying the game at one with Monmouth Academy in second half of a rain soaked game in Readfield onThursday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) KENTS HILL — If you’re going to travel 110 miles to play soccer in the rain, you might as well go home wet and happy. That was the […]
HS Baseball: Opportunistic Saints swamp Rangers
Traip Academy’s Teddy Driscoll can’t find the ball in a cloud of dust and sand as Saint Dominic Academy’s Hunter Hughes slides in with a stolen base during Saturday afternoon’s game in Auburn. AUBURN — Long known for its opportunism on offense, St. Dom’s has to be even more aggressive this season because, with a […]
H.S. Football: Oak Hill sticks Traip in the mud
WALES — A lot of the Oak Hill players have seen plenty of playoff action over the past few years, including back-to-back-to-back state championships in class D football, but Saturday they knew none of that mattered as they began their quest for another. With sloppy field conditions, Oak Hill’s defense took care of business, not […]