East and West seniors split a pair of all-star games at University of Southern Maine in Gorham Saturday night, March 15, with Messalonskee’s Josh Towle propelling the East to a 4-2 victory in the Class B battle and Thornton’s Drew Lavigne hashing a hat trick for the West in their 7-5 Class A triumph. Though […]
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Bonny Eagle’s Cole earns Mr. Basketball honors
His parents probably still call him by his first name, but to the rest of us, he’s Maine’s new Mr. Basketball. Bonny Eagle’s one and only Dustin Cole recently captured that accolade, beating Zach Gilpin and Isaiah Bess, both of Hampden Academy. The announcement was made at the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball […]
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Gorham falls in state hockey final
Jared Wood’s two goals in the Class B West Final last Wednesday night helped vault his Rams past their Greely opposition and into Saturday afternoon’s State Championship – but come that bout, they faced Maine’s toughest offense in Messalonskee, and couldn’t keep up. Tucker Buteau scored early to keep Gorham even, but the Eagles soon […]
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Boys Hockey: Gorham advances past Kennebunk into regional final
Gorham’s Shawn Sullivan broke open a locked-horns game Friday night, dumping the contest’s lone goal in the Kennebunk net mere moments after a late-third faceoff. With just under a minute and a half remaining, Gorham needed only hold on – and they did, winning 1-0 and advancing to the B West finals. The win, captured […]
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Bonny Eagle upsets Falmouth, set to meet nemesis Portland in regional final
With just one minute to play, Dustin Cole at the line gave third seed Bonny Eagle the narrow edge they would maintain till game’s end Wednesday night, thrusting the Scots beyond No. 2 Falmouth 62-61 and into Saturday night’s Class A West Final with Portland. The winner of that matchup heads to the state championship […]
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Scots start slow, build big win over Spartans
Bonny Eagle looked a little sleepy in the early going against Sanford Monday morning. Until, that is, Dustin Cole and Nick Dubay combined with Ben Malloy to prod their team to wakefulness, then collaborated with Jon Woods to secure the lead for good. And of course, once Cole gets going, five opposition players are hardly […]
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States’ top wrestlers clash at Noble
Wrestlers from 20 schools all over Maine gathered at Noble High School in North Berwick on Saturday, Feb. 15, and for the third year running, Marshwood took first place and Massabesic second. Not every school brings an athlete in every weight class to States. Windham, for instance, brought six wrestlers (Samantha Frank, 106 pounds; Sebastian […]
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Boys Swimming: North Southwesterns splash into Cape
Swimmers from across southern Maine gathered in both Westbrook and Cape Elizabeth for a two-day competition this past weekend, Friday and Saturday the 7th and 8th of Feb. Southwesterns, the sport’s lead-in to States, are divided tongue-tyingly into “South Southwesterns” and “North Southwesterns,” the latter of which took place at Cape’s Richards Community Pool. The […]
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Boys Basketball: Scots steamroll Eagles, 101-51
Dustin Cole doesn’t do anything lazily, and he especially doesn’t score 39 points that way. But he sure can make a three-point shot look languid. Relaxed. Easy. Really, he can do that with most any shot; his three just happened to take center stage for a while Friday night, Feb. 7. As did Ben Malloy’s, […]
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Girls Swimming: South Southwesterns make waves in Westbrook
Swimming’s Southwesterns, a major dustup requiring two days and two pools, unfolded this past weekend, Friday and Saturday the 7th and 8th of Feb. The sport’s lead-in to States, Southwesterns are divvied into “North Southwesterns” and “South Southwesterns,” the latter of which took place in and around the Davan Pool at the Westbrook Community Center. […]