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H.S. Football Roundup: Oak Hill, Lisbon roll

KITTERY — Oak Hill wrapped up the second undefeated football regular season in school history and its first since 1982 on Saturday, taking care of Traip, 32-6, at Memorial Field. Dalton Therrien threw three touchdowns and Cruz Poirier rushed for two more to lead two-time defending state champion Oak Hill (7-0), which is the No. 1 […]

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Field Hockey: No. 7 Traip ends No. 2 St. Dom’s season

“We didn’t have as many girls as we usually do,” Sullivan said. “I wasn’t even standing in the right position. Usually, we have three girls stacked up and then one behind them, and I just came to the side instead.” Her swing-and-miss wasn’t her first of the afternoon, either. “I did that when we first […]

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High school football: Dirigo trounces Traip

KITTERY — Quarterback Riley Robinson threw for touchdown and ran for two touchdowns as the Cougars reached in to their bag of tricks en route to a 28-8 triumph against Traip Academy in a Class D football game at Memorial Field on Saturday afternoon The long trek down I-95 was certainly worth it. Dirigo (4-2), […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Monmouth bottles up Traip in prelim

MONMOUTH — Traip Academy’s scouting report on Monmouth Academy didn’t mention anything about a full-court press.  Traip coach Scott Blake observed the Mustangs’ regular-season finale against Madison and didn’t see Monmouth press at any point. Monmouth’s full-court pressure undoubtedly caught the Rangers off guard as the Mustangs forced 25 turnovers in a 50-25 victory over […]

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H.S. Football: Dirigo dismisses Traip, 35-12

KITTERY — Dirigo’s punishing ground attack and special teams play have drawn the most attention this Class D West football season, but the Cougars showed Saturday that their passing game is equally dangerous. Riley Robinson hooked up with Gavin Arsenault five times for 117 yards, capped by a touchdown in Dirigo’s 35-12 win over Traip […]

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The Hot Corner: Football forfeits tough, like the game itself

Football is a bundle of contradictions. What do you expect from a game whose most esteemed coach borrowed the one-liner, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing,” and made it famous? It is a game both brutally honest and sometimes beholden to an it’s-legal-until-you-get-caught philosophy. It teaches invaluable life lessons, brutal ones, and occasionally foolish […]

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H.S. Football: Oak Hill shuts out Traip Academy

WALES — It didn’t take long for Oak Hill High School’s senior day to become the Alex Mace show.  Playing in his final regular season home game, Mace had arguably the best game of his high school career Saturday afternoon. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior running back/defensive back rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on […]

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H.S. Football: Traip to forfeit three wins

Traip Academy of Kittery has self-reported the use of an ineligible football player to the Maine Principals’ Association and expects to forfeit its Class D West wins over Telstar, Maranacook and Boothbay. Athletic director Mike Roberge and football coach Ron Ross confirmed the forfeits to Seacoast Online and WGME-TV on Wednesday. The MPA has not […]

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H.S. Football: Traip trounces Telstar, 40-6

KITTERY – Anthony Sowell amassed 122 yards on the ground in the first half Saturday, including two long touchdowns in the second quarter, and Traip ran away with a 40-6 Class D West football victory over Telstar. Sowell scored on a 54-yard run 11 seconds into the second quarter and a 31-yard ramble less than […]