Gorhamite Joanne Lannin has a love affair with writing: Lannin wrote sports and features for the Portland Press Herald for 22 years, has taught English and journalism at Bonny Eagle since 2003, writes a monthly column for Maine Women magazine and has just self-published her third book, “Finding a Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit […]
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Season Review: Westbrook
Westbrook is on the rise in southern Maine fall sports, that much is plain. A number of Blazes teams posted their strongest seasons of recent years in 2015. Jeff Guerette’s football squad, for example, went 5-3 through their regular schedule (they went 3-5 in 2014), opening with a near-win against the always-strong Leavitt Hornets and […]
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Season Review: Gorham
Gorham assembled a number of admirable runs into the postseason this fall, looking traditionally strong on the soccer pitch, where Tim King’s boys went 12-1-1 in the regular season to earn the No. 2 slot in the A South bracketing. Cheverus, continuing to ride a wave of playoffs magic, upset the Rams 2-1 in the […]
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Season Review: Gorham
Gorham assembled a number of admirable runs into the postseason this fall, looking traditionally strong on the soccer pitch, where Tim King’s boys went 12-1-1 in the regular season to earn the No. 2 slot in the A South bracketing. Cheverus, continuing to ride a wave of playoffs magic, upset the Rams 2-1 in the […]
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Cross Country: Westbrook, Gorham, Bonny Eagle runners travel to New Englands
Bonny Eagle, Gorham and Westbrook were all well represented at the New England cross-country championships in Thetford, Vt. on Saturday, Nov. 14, with Amy Beaumier and Elisabeth Redwood appearing for the Lady Scots, State Champion Anna Slager and teammate Jesse Southard stepping in for the Rams and Josh Lombardo doing the Blazes’ honors. “A lot […]
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Cross Country: Westbrook, Gorham, Bonny Eagle runners travel to New Englands
Bonny Eagle, Gorham and Westbrook were all well represented at the New England cross-country championships in Thetford, Vt. on Saturday, Nov. 14, with Amy Beaumier and Elisabeth Redwood appearing for the Lady Scots, State Champion Anna Slager and teammate Jesse Southard stepping in for the Rams and Josh Lombardo doing the Blazes’ honors. “A lot […]
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Football: Bonny Eagle strong in regional final loss to TA
Despite a two-touchdown day for QB Zack Brannon and exceptional team defense, the No. 3 Scots couldn’t quite handle first-ranked Thornton in Saturday, Nov. 14th’s A South Regional Final. Oh, Bonny Eagle hung with the Trojans – went blow-for-blow with the reigning State Champs on their home turf – through the first half, and the […]
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Football: Falmouth shuts out Westbrook in semifinals
Despite moving the ball well throughout the game, Westbrook simply couldn’t cap a drive at Falmouth on Friday evening, Nov. 6. Surprisingly, the Blazes failed to score a single point in their Class B semifinal bout with the Yachtsmen, who eventually claimed a 32-0 W. “We were expecting to be competitive,” said Westbrook head coach […]
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Football: Bonny Eagle downs Deering, heads to Regionals
Ben Autry sealed a 20-19 Scots’ W at Deering on Friday night, Nov. 6, reeling in a final-seconds interception to halt the Rams’ end-game drive. Frankly, though, Bonny Eagle’s victory can only be characterized as a team win: Three different Scots attackers earned the team’s three TDs, their special teams posted critical PATs the Rams […]
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Girls Soccer: Gorham batters Hawks, loses to Bangor in state final
Freshman Emma Forgues – the Gorham girls soccer is flush with young talent – put her team ahead of visiting Marshwood early in the A South Final on Wednesday night, Nov. 4, and from there they never looked back, eventually walloping the Hawks 4-0. That W shuttled Gorham into the State Championship match, their first […]