Tyler Bridge of Wells grabs a rebound in traffic in the first half Thursday in the team’s Class B South quarterfinal against Gray-New Gloucester at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — As impressive as the Wells High offense was, the Warriors sure were persistent on defense. Call it a […]
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Freeport topples Wells in B South quarterfinal
PORTLAND — As a freshman, Johanna Bogue Marlow played on a Freeport girls’ basketball team that won two games. Three years later, Bogue Marlow and her teammates are to heading to where the Falcons haven’t been in more than four decades – the regional semifinals. Tuesday morning at the Portland Expo, Bogue Marlow stole a […]
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B South boys' quarterfinal: Top-seeded Wells survives Freeport
PORTLAND — Poor free throw shooting by top-seeded Wells through most of Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal kept No. 8 Freeport in the game. Wells, which had lost to Freeport by 15 points just 11 days earlier, knew it was tempting fate, so it put its fate in t he hands of forwards […]
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Wells romps to another state crown, first in Class D
Foxcroft defenders bring down Wells full back Nolan Potter during the Class D football state championship at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — It took seven and a half minutes for the Wells football team to get a first down in Saturday’s Class D state championship against Foxcroft Academy. But once […]
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Wells completes unbeaten season, thumps Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley knew it was in for a dogfight Friday against top-ranked Wells, and the Warriors proved every bit as solid as the Falcons expected. Running back Nolan Potter and quarterback Michael Wrigley each ran in two touchdowns, the Warriors broke things open early and held strong on defense to remain unbeaten with […]
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H.S. Football: Warriors grind down Greyhounds with big plays
Wells hosted undefeated Lisbon in football. Lisbon quarterback #5, Lucas Francis, rolls out on a keeper while pursued by Wells defender Matt Tufts (44). WELLS — Lisbon was offering strong enough resistance to Nolan Potter’s inside running early in Friday night’s battle of unbeatens, and Wells wasn’t finishing off drives into the red zone as […]
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Game of the Week: Greyhounds, Warriors clash is a throwback
Miss the good old days when high school offenses tried to pound each other into submission? Have we got the game for you. Lisbon and Wells aren’t identical, but they will see a lot of themselves when they look across Warrior Memorial Field on Friday night. Both teams boast a perfect 6-0 record into Week […]
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Game of the week: Raiders begin tough stretch with their toughest opponent yet, unbeaten Wells
September visits to the coast can often be refreshing. The air is a little crisper and the beaches are a lot less crowded. Oak Hill spent the last two Friday nights on the coast and, after losing to Old Orchard Beach and Oceanside of Rockland, is probably glad it doesn’t have to return any time […]
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250 pound black bear killed crossing road in Wells
The bear was crossing Sanford Road near Highpine Loop Road when it was struck by a vehicle, according to police. WELLS — Wells Police are reminding Mainers to bring in your bird feeders and secure your trash because bears are out and looking for food. Police say they received many inquiries about an accident involving […]
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Waldoboro man killed after hitting plow truck on Maine Turnpike
Updated 10:20 a.m.: WELLS — A Waldoboro man was killed Friday morning after a pickup truck he was driving hit a plow truck on the Maine Turnpike. Troopers say 48-year-old Michael Sands of Waldoboro was killed instantly when the pickup truck hit the rear of a turnpike plow truck in the far-left northbound lane. The […]