LISBON — There are nights in basketball when the ball just will not go through the netting. On Tuesday, the Lisbon High School Unified team tried to score against eighth-seeded Morse in a South semifinal matchup, with shot after shot hitting the rim and bounding away, even circling the full 360 degrees of the circular iron […]
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Greyhounds Advance: Lisbon moves into Unified semifinals
LISBON — Lisbon High School’s Noah Austin has had himself a week. Celebrating his 18th birthday on Thursday, the Maine High School boys hockey Travis Roy Award finalist had a solid encore, leading the Greyhounds to a 64-47 Unified basketball South quarterfinal win over Thornton Academy. Austin pulled in 11 rebounds and dished out nine assists […]
Hockey Honor: Eagle Austin a finalist for Travis Roy Award
LISBON — Noah Austin of Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse/Hyde, Luke Chessie of Thornton Academy, Jacob Henry of Bangor, Donato Tocci of Portland/Deering and Garrett Tracy of Falmouth are the finalists for the Travis Roy Award, given to the best senior high school boys hockey player in Class A hockey. Class A coaches vote on the award, which will […]
Class A South Boys Hockey Semifinal: Tigers edge Red Riots, 3-1
LEWISTON — Biddeford goaltender Justin Larnerd seemed to have everything in control in Saturday’s Class A South boys high school hockey semifinal against South Portland/Freeport/Waynflete at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. With Red Riots forward Bradley McMains closing in on the keeper during a second-period penalty shot, Larnerd kept his eye on the puck, eventually poking it […]
Boys Class A South Hockey: Red Riots hold off Stags, advance to Class A South semifinal
PORTLAND — South Portland/Freeport/ Waynflete jumped out to a 3-0 lead before holding off Cheverus and adding an empty-netter late for a 4-2 victory over the Stags in boys high school Class A South hockey quarterfinal action at Troubh Arena. With the win, the third-seeded Red Riots (11-8) move on to face No. 2 Biddeford in […]
Class A North Boys Hockey: Red Eddies top Eagles, 2-1, in overtime
AUBURN — There were two keys coming into Tuesday’s Class A North boys high school hockey quarterfinal against Edward Little at Norway Savings Bank Arena for Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse/Hyde. First, stay out of the penalty box. Second, receive a stellar goaltending performance from freshman Sean Moore. Behind Moore’s 42-save performance and a goal with 1.5-seconds remaining in […]
Area teams meet: Freeport and Brunswick square off in Unified hoops
FREEPORT — While the high school basketball state championships are set to be played this upcoming weekend, the Unified schedule is in full force, and on Tuesday, Freeport used a strong second half to pull away for a 61-44 victory over Brunswick on Senior Day at Freeport High School. The teams hit the hardwood after a […]
Column: Dragons, Falcons gave us all reasons to be proud
BRUNSWICK — Saturday was not the result that our area basketball teams wanted. Both the Freeport and Brunswick high school girls teams fell in regional finals at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Saturday, with the Falcons dropping a 42-31 decision to top-ranked Gray-New Gloucester and the Dragons suffering a 54-33 setback against No. 1 Greely. […]
Class B South Girls Basketball: Bad start derails Falcons, 42-31
PORTLAND — In two regular season meetings this year, the Freeport High School girls basketball team played Gray-New Gloucester close in the opening quarter, then watched as the Patriots pulled away for two lopsided victories. On Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena in the Class B South regional final, it was the start that bit the Falcons […]
Class B South Girls Hoops: Freeport ‘frees’ itself from Capers
PORTLAND — Freeport took advantage of 21 trips to the free-throw line in the second half, connecting on 14 and forcing overtime, eventually pulling away for a 49-42 victory over Cape Elizabeth in Thursday’s girls Class B South high school basketball semifinal at Cross Insurance Arena. The win puts Freeport in its second regional final in […]
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