STANDISH – Bonny Eagle senior defensive end Jeff Amell’s late first quarter strip of South Portland quarterback Michael Salvatore on Oct. 29 turned into points for the Scots, as Amell rumbled 69 yards to paydirt. The play was the start of a big night for the Bonny Eagle defense, who stopped the Red Riots‘ offense […]
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GIRLS SOCCER : Gorham ousted from playoffs
CUMBERLAND – Losing in the playoffs is hard. Losing an overtime game in the playoffs? Well, that really stings. That’s just what happened to the sixth-ranked Gorham girls soccer team in Cumberland on Tuesday night, as they battled No. 3 Greely to a scoreless tie for 80 minutes before surrendering the decisive goal 6:13 into […]
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FIELD HOCKEY REGIONAL FINAL: Scots’ playoff run ends as Cheverus scores five unanswered goals
SCARBOROUGH – Whatever mojo had helped to lift Bonny Eagle field hockey past two higher ranked opponents in the 2010 playoffs, it ran out on Tuesday night. Flush from their upsets of Westbrook and Thornton Academy, seventh-ranked Bonny Eagle was gored by a fourth-ranked Cheverus Stags team that outmuscled, outhustled, and at times simply outplayed […]
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FIELD HOCKEY : Bonny Eagle pulls off upset of Trojans
SACO – Bonny Eagle field hockey is beginning to look increasingly like a team of destiny rather than an upstart from the basement of the rankings. After knocking out second-ranked Westbrook on Oct. 19, the seventh-seeded Scots were tested in yet another overtime thriller on Oct. 23, this time against Thornton Academy. And, once again, […]
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FOOTBALL – Scots suffer first loss
Despite fumbling the opening kick and twice falling behind by a touchdown in the first half, Bonny Eagle (6-1) was able to rally back against Cheverus (7-0) to tie the score at 14 apiece in a battle of unbeatens on Oct. 16. Although the Scots took the lead 20-14 in the third quarter, poor special […]
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BOYS SOCCER: Blown call costs Rams comeback victory against Riots
GORHAM – High school sports often showcases questionable officiating, but rarely does it cost a team a game. Unfortunately, on Oct. 12, the roulette of blown calls accomplished just that. On a night that should have seen the stands at Gorham High School erupt in abject jubilation at an amazing late-game comeback win, the moment […]
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FIELD HOCKEY: Westbrook dominates Scots, secures No. 2 playoff berth
WESTBROOK – On the same Tuesday afternoon that saw second-ranked Cheverus knocked off by Thornton Academy, No. 3 Westbrook had the critical task of putting away a Bonny Eagle Scots team that was determined to play spoiler. A win for the Blue Blazes combined with a loss by the Stags would likely lead to Westbrook […]
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FIELD HOCKEY – South Portland beats Bonny Eagle in 2OT
The South Portland field hockey team got a big win on Friday afternoon, topping Bonny Eagle 3-2 on the road in double overtime. The Riots’ Rebecca Roberts got the game-winner as South Portland held off the Scots, who erased two Riot leads in the contest.
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Field hockey: Scarborough clings to victory over Blazes
SCARBOROUGH – It was a battle between two powers of Western Class A field hockey on Oct. 4, as the Scarborough Red Storm (10-1) looked to rebound from their first loss of the season against rising star Westbrook (8-2). And although the Blazes battled back against a 2-0 deficit to cut the Scarborough lead to […]
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Blazes fall to Riots
WESTBROOK – Going into Friday night’s game against Westbrook, the South Portland football team knew they were going to be in for a battle. Never mind the fact that the Blazes had been blanked by Bonny Eagle in the season opener and the Riots (2-0) were coming into the game off a win over defending […]