Yarmouth proved themselves the veteran team on Thursday night, Oct. 22, when they swept the visiting Scots from the playoffs in straight sets, 25-6, 25-14 and 25-11. “The big difference was, I think, we’ve never been in the playoffs before,” said Bonny Eagle head coach Kelley Champagne. “So my guess is the girls started a […]
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Volleyball: Scots shut out Riots, set to enter playoff fray
The Scots closed their schedule with a three-sets-to-none victory over the visiting Red Riots on Saturday morning, Oct. 17. Now 10-4, Bonny Eagle moves into the postseason ranked ninth, one slot behind Yarmouth (also 10-4) and one ahead of Cheverus (4-10). “I think the cohesive nature of our team gave us the edge,” said Bonny […]
Scots fly past Eagles, but neither secures a playoff spot
Ryan Moody didn’t score Bonny Eagle’s first goal against visiting Windham on Saturday, Oct. 17 – that honor belonged to Devin Borchard – but he did score their next five, and he scored them in all sorts of ways: on a needle-threader from way out, on a nimble dance through heavy coverage in close, on […]
Boys Soccer: Gorham skunks Hawks, cruises into postseason
Seven different Rams added a goal apiece in Gorham’s 7-0 win over visiting Marshwood on Tuesday night. Erik Andreasen opened the scoring early in the first half, and the Rams never looked back from there. “We had three real nice goals in the first half,” said Gorham head coach Tim King. “Then you go to […]
Bonny Eagle girls soccer to take on Deering in first playoff appearance in years
Enjoying their best season in about 10 years, the Bonny Eagle girls soccer team traveled to Massabesic High School Tuesday to take on the Mustangs, who got on the board early in the last game of the season. But the Scots, aided by a goal from Desiree Wright, battled back to tie the game at […]
Girls Soccer: Scots take down Blazes in must-win match
The Scots’ Madi Freeman gave her team an early lead in Westbrook on Saturday morning, and she did it in style, heading a pinpoint ball past Blazes’ keeper Kelsey Cavanaugh. It was all the offense Bonny Eagle would need, as their defense successfully shut Westbrook out – but it wasn’t all they mustered up, and […]
Boys Soccer: Experienced Gorham squad dispatches Windham
Ram Cody Elliot kicked off the scoring in Gorham’s 8-0 road victory against Windham on Tuesday evening, Oct.13, and his teammates took over from there. Jackson Fotter and Sam Burghardt added two apiece as the No. 3 Rams cruised to 10-1-1 on the year. “I thought we played well,” said Gorham head coach Tim King. […]
Boys Soccer: Red Riots steal victory from Blue Blazes
The Riots’ Ahmed Suja pick-pocketed a key victory from visiting Westbrook on Thursday night, Oct. 1, scoring two quick late-game goals to turn a South Portland deficit into a thrilling, 2-1 W. “Sheer will?” South Portland head coach Bryan Hoy said, chuckling, when asked what allowed Suja to notch two rapid-fire goals and spin the […]
Football: Rekindled Scots run roughshod over Deering
Bonny Eagle’s Cam Day lit a fuse late in the first quarter at Deering on Friday night, Oct. 2, running a 20-yard keeper into the end zone to bring his team within one point of the Rams. That fuse slowburned until after the half, when Nick Clark exploded for the Scots, notching two breakaway TDs […]
Boys Soccer: Spartans pull out overtime win against Scots
Bonny Eagle’s Ryan Moody blasted two goals – including one to tie the action late in the second half – against Sanford on Saturday morning, Sept. 26, but the Spartans’ Mitch Duncan earned two as well, and his second sealed a 3-2 OT win for the visitors. “I wasn’t surprised that it was that tight,” […]