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Class C boys’ semifinal: Waynflete dismisses Dirigo

AUGUSTA — Dirigo counts on defense, namely forced turnovers, to fuel its high octane attack in boys’ basketball. There were only two problems on Thursday night. Waynflete didn’t make mistakes, and the Flyers did make shots. The result was a convincing 60-45 victory by the No. 4 seed against the top-ranked defending champions in a Class […]

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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Waynflete takes out Wiscasset again

AUGUSTA —Wiscasset couldn’t keep Waynflete from hitting 3-pointers on Monday night. Consequently, for the third time this decade, the Wolverines couldn’t stop the Flyers from soaring into the Class C South boys’ basketball semifinals. No. 4 Waynflete sank six bonus balls in the first half to build a double-digit lead at Augusta Civic Center. Despite […]

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Boys’ basketball: Waynflete gets last word, puts away Poland

POLAND — When the 3-pointers stopped falling for Poland on Saturday night, the Knights didn’t get stops at the other end of the court as convincingly or consistently, either. It added up to a fourth-quarter flourish for Waynflete, in the form of a 17-4 finishing kick and a 58-45 WMC boys’ basketball victory. Abel Alemayo, Milo […]

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Girls’ hockey: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill takes out Cape Elizabeth/Waynflete/South Portland

LEWISTON – It took Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill half a period to warm up in Wednesday night’s high school girls’ hockey game against Cape Elizabeth/Waynflete/South Portland, but once the Blue Devils (2-0) got hot, they stayed that way. The hosts put four goals in the back of the net during the closing half of the opening period […]

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Orono girls tip Waynflete in double overtime for ‘C’ state soccer title

PRESQUE ISLE — The Orono Red Riots captured the school’s first girls’ soccer state title Saturday with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Waynflete Flyers of Portland at the Dr. Gehrig T. Johnson Athletic Complex. Sophomore midfielder Isabel Henderson sent a cross into the goal area from the left corner onto the head of […]

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Lowe’s overtime goal gives Washington Academy boys’ Class C state title

PRESQUE ISLE — Junior striker Oneko Lowe has been the centerpiece of the Washington Academy offense all year long, but the defense of Waynflete School of Portland did not give him much room to maneuver throughout Saturday afternoon’s Class C soccer state championship contest at the Dr. Gehrig T. Johnson Athletic Complex. Great scorers always […]

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Boys’ Soccer: Waynflete flies past Monmouth, into state final

PORTLAND — If defense wins championships the Waynflete boys’ soccer team has a pretty good chance to lift the gold ball Saturday. The Flyers punched their ticket to the state final with their 12th shutout victory of the season, a 4-0 win over Monmouth Academy in the Class C South regional final Wednesday at the […]

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Class C South girls’ soccer final: Waynflete ousts Monmouth in OT

Monmouth discovered that the hard way Wednesday afternoon in the Class C South girls’ championship at Chick Field. Ava Farrar’s service from the corner had a tricky trajectory and slipped through goalkeeper Mikayla Cameron’s fingers. Cameron dove valiantly after the ball. Players from both sides flailed at it. But it was Flyers’ senior co-captain Arianna […]

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Girls Soccer: Waynflete sinks St. Dom’s with second-half spree

AUBURN — St. Dom’s and Waynflete wrote another chapter in their girls’ soccer playoff rivalry Tuesday, and as the story has gone in recent years the Flyers continued their winning ways. No. 6 Waynflete outlasted the third-seeded Saints in a 5-0 victory in a Class C South quarterfinal. The perennial playoff matchup between schools in […]