Coach: Chad Truman (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year: 8-4-2, lost in Eastern A quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Katie Bowie (FB), Paige Garcia (MF), Monica Harthorne (MF), Hannah Mathieu (MF), Mikayla Morin (MF), Savanna Morin (FB), Abbey Nolan (MF), Sadie Record (MF); Juniors — Sam Bickford (G), Katey Bourget (MF), Ally Hanley […]
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25th Annual Lobster Bowl: East line ready to get defensive
HEBRON — Defensive players and coaches know the deal going into the annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. They will have to play with one arm tied behind their backs. And regardless of how well they play, the spotlight will always be on the other side of the ball. Offense sells tickets, which is vital […]
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Baseball: Former Oxford Hills and USM star Verrier catches on in Canada
Matt Verrier arrived in Moncton, New Brunswick in early June and found a city on edge. Verrier was there to play some baseball, but the city of 65,000 was preoccupied with findng a man suspected of killing three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers “The shooter was on the loose. The whole city was on lockdown […]
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Eastern A semifinal: Eagles take on familiar look to eliminate Vikings
WATERVILLE — Two-time defending Eastern A champion Messalonskee limped into this year’s playoffs, losing five of its last eight in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. As Oxford Hills discovered in Saturday’s regional semifinal, the Eagles are back to their old selves and putting together another deep postseason run. No. 2 Messalonskee scored three runs in […]
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Eastern A Baseball: Vikings survive Blue Devils’ comeback
PARIS — Brady LaFrance’s first swing in the bottom of the seventh inning was one of the ugliest anyone has seen this season. His second swing was the most beautiful the Oxford Hills Vikings have seen this season, if not in the last several. LaFrance’s two-out gap shot drove home Ty Martin with the winning […]
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H.S. softball: Vikings roll past Eagles
PARIS — As muddied as the Class A softball waters have been this season, Oxford Hills knew it couldn’t let Messalonskee hang around long. After scoring on one error in the fourth inning to snag a one-run lead, the Vikings went on a tear in the fifth, converting four hits, three errors and a hit […]
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Track and Field: One young man’s clear vision
The timed, tape-measured world of track and field and all its internal struggles appear to fit the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School junior like that just-right pair of sneakers. “It’s a matter of willpower and pushing yourself,” Stauble said. “I’ve learned my lessons, and I try to push myself now compared to when I started. […]
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College Baseball: Huskies have quite a catch in Verrier
GORHAM — Andrew Richards wanted to describe how in sync he and his fellow University of Southern Maine pitchers are with senior catcher Matt Verrier when they are looking in for a sign. Verrier was standing within earshot and called out the Huskies’ rubber-armed reliever when he exaggerated his point just a bit. “I haven’t […]
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H.S. Baseball: Chickering, Vikings blank Red Eddies, 2-0
AUBURN — The next time a high school baseball coach preaches about “winning the little battles,” he should show the footage of Walter Feeney’s at-bat Wednesday against Nate Pushard. Six consecutive times, Edward Little’s ace threw a fastball. On every occasion, Oxford Hills’ left-handed hitting senior flailed and fouled it to the third base side, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Rice, Vikings conquer Eagles
PARIS — Oxford Hills spent the first half of the high school baseball season going through the motions, and its record reflected that. With unbeaten Messalonskee, the two-time defending Eastern A champions, visiting Gouin Athletic Complex Friday, the Vikings had all the inspiration they needed to turn their focus, emotion and overall game up a […]