The St. Dom’s keeper faced the unenviable task of backstopping her Saints against two-time defending Class B champion York, a team looking to earn its 40th consecutive win with a lineup that would be a force across all classes of play in Maine. After some early jitters, Slonina stood tall, and the defense in front […]
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Class B field hockey: York tops Winslow for second consecutive Class B crown
But it was classmate Isabel Bretz who came through when it mattered most Saturday. Bretz inserted the ball on a late-game penalty corner and, with the defense focused on York’s top three scorers at the top of the circle, she slid to the left post behind Winslow keeper Delaney Wood. Two passes later, Bretz tapped […]
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Field hockey: Defense does it for Leavitt Hornets
Saturday, it was a finger. After other games this season, bags of ice covered Hartford’s shins, ankles or arms. “It’s definitely really stressful, being back there, being behind the goalie with the ball just bouncing around everywhere,” Hartford said. Behind the goalie? Yep. Given a field hockey goalie’s copious padding, awkward gait and inability to […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Greely captures state crown with win over Presque Isle
PORTLAND — Seeing his team surrender the first five points of the Class B championship game, Greely coach Joel Rogers took a timeout to settle his squad down. Rogers told his team to be aggressive and to shoot. His team did just that. The Western Maine champion rattled off 33 of the next 38 points and […]
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Field hockey: York outlasts Gardiner to claim elusive Class B crown
After falling behind by a goal for the first time all season early in the second half Saturday, it would have been easy for them to feel like the chance was once again slipping away. “I told them, ‘If you want things to be different at the end of this game, you have to fight,’” […]
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Field Hockey: York surges past Spruce Mountain for Western Class B title
Scoreless at the half, York scored four goals in the final 30 minutes — three off the stick of Alie Jones — as the Wildcats claimed their ninth regional championship in the past 11 years with a 4-0 victory over Spruce Mountain on Thursday at Scarborough High School. The Phoenix’s defense bent but didn’t break […]
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Field hockey: York routs Spruce for West B crown
And it didn’t take long for the Wildcats to prove it. Taylor Simpson fired a shot through traffic and into the cage just 1:06 into the game — her first of three — and added another goal and an assist in short order as York bolted out to a three-goal lead and never looked back […]
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H.S. Football: York doubles up Mt. Blue
YORK — Randy Small, even after losing the first two games of season, liked the potential he saw in his York High School football team. The Wildcats coach said the team needed to stay patient for a couple of weeks, let some of the younger, inexperienced players get their feet wet at the varsity level, […]