“It’s the one we’ve been struggling with the most,” Messalonskee coach Katie McLaughlin said. “We must have done that one thirty times in practice (Wednesday).” On Thursday, it only took one try. Allison Corbett backhanded the ball out of the air past Oxford Hills keeper Shannon Fillebrown with 10:32 to play in regulation and the […]
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Cross country notebook: A season of coaching changes
Cross country running teams saw quite the turnover in terms of coaching for the start of the 2014 season. Of the 14 schools that offer the sport in the tri-county area, five have hired new coaches — Lewiston, Lisbon, Oxford Hills, St. Dom’s and Telstar. That doesn’t include Spruce Mountain, either, which just added the team […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Rams tough on Vikings
But senior striker Alli Boulier scored goals 2:09 apart to complete her hat trick and cement Bangor’s 4-1 triumph Saturday afternoon. Boulier, whose corner kick tied it 1-1 in the first half, gave her team some valuable breathing room with 10:47 left off a Mary Butler pass. She then collected her fourth goal of the […]
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Golf notebook: It’s all about the numbers for some teams
Oxford Hills coach Mike Grace can give you a dozen reasons why his golf team is suffering a shortage of personnel, but none of those explanations will make a difference this season. The longtime coach has learned to make do instead of complaining about a depth problem that also haunted the Vikings last season. Grace knows […]
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2014 Oxford Hills football preview
Coach: Mark Soehren (third year) Conference: East Class: A Last year: 1-7 Returning players: Seniors — Brady LaFrance (QB/CB), Malik Geiger (FB), Davis Turner (FB/ILB), Brennan Gillespie (C), Creighton Medeiros (RT), Patrick Macro (WR/SS); Juniors — Kyle Dexter (H-back/OLB), Gunnar Docos (LT), Kaleb Currier (WR/DE), Jake Spinhirn (slot). Key losses: Ethan Edwards (T/DE), Ethan Child […]
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Oxford Hills football: Fullbacks’ friendly competition fuels resurgent Vikings
PARIS — It is football’s matter-of-fact, shoulder-shrugging blanket statement, aimed at concealing any apprehension when a standout player gets hurt. Next man up. Sometimes it’s merely a smoke screen from a coach and a team who know they’re in trouble. On other occasions, a star is born. In the case of Oxford Hills, “next man […]
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2014 Oxford Hills cross country preview
Coach: Kristin Dacko (first year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: Boys: Eighth at KVACs, ninth at Class regionals; Girls: 10th at KVACs, ninth at Class A regionals. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Jacob West; Junior — Ben Andrews, Charles Lang; Sophomores — Logan Hallee, Zane Dustin, Nate McNutt, Morgen Ray. Girls: Seniors — Julia […]
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2014 Fall Preview: Oxford Hills field hockey
Coach: Cindy Goddard (27th year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: 9-5 Returning players: Seniors — Shannon Fillebrown (G), Abby Angevine (F/M), Amber Jenkins (M), Dehlia Shaw (B), Whitney Morse (F), Caroline Feeny (G); Juniors — Sydney Jackson (B), Taylor Fillebrown (B), Lexie Caron (F), Natalie Delvisco (F); Sophomores — Erin Morton (M), Emma Davidson […]
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2014 Prevewi: Oxford Hills golf
Coach: Mike Grace (11th year) Conference: KVAC. Class: A Last year: 12-0. (KVAC champs; fifth place in states) Returning players: Seniors — Cam Letourneau (defending Class A co-champion), Chris Burns. Junior — Mac Kim. Sophomores — Trey Dekutoski, Ken Kozak. Key losses: Briana Morris, Ben Morton, Tom Lentz. Season outlook: The Vikings have only five […]
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Fall Preview 2014: Oxford Hills boys’ soccer
Coach: Chris Morin (seventh year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: 5-9 Returning players: Senior — Joey Gallant (F); Juniors — Andrew Fleming (MF), Jake Beauchesne (G), Tyus Ripley (F), Blake Slicer (FB), Kelton Loper (MF). Key losses: Matt Beauchesne (F), Luke Davidson (FB) Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Chris St. Pierre, Jake Padgett. Season outlook: […]