BRUNSWICK — Area wrestling teams are enjoying growth in their programs and after a successful 2017/18. They will look to build on that success and take that increased confidence to the next level this upcoming season. Mt. Ararat/Brunswick returns a number of strong juniors for another season, while adding a talented group of freshmen to the program. Morse will rely […]
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Boys Ice Hockey Preview: Area hockey teams eye postseason as season openers near
BRUNSWICK — With the girls high school ice hockey teams getting their regular season underway over the past two weeks, the boys are ready for the puck to drop this upcoming weekend. Mt. Ararat/Hyde/Lisbon/Morse returns a solid core of experienced players for coach A.J. Kavanaugh, including seniors goalie Cade Charron and top scorer Noah Austin. “When you have one […]
Maine High School Football Change: 8-man football coming, eliminating 11-man Class E
AUGUSTA — It’s first down and goal to go for proponents of eight-man football in Maine. The Maine Principals’ Association football committee voted Thursday to replace the Class E developmental league with an eight-man division next year. Classes A, B, C and D would continue to play the traditional game if the principals association approves eight-man […]
Short Football Numbers: Greely ponders its high school football future
CUMBERLAND — Greely High School’s football team has been celebrated for doing a lot with a little. But next year’s varsity roster is expected to be even smaller than this year’s band of 22 Rangers. Administrators, coaches and booster members in Cumberland said they have to start looking at options — including joining forces with another […]
HS Football Quarterfinal: Oak Hill Raiders earn sloppy upset of Lisbon
Lisbon — Oak Hill spent nearly the entire first 48 minutes of Saturday’s Class D South high school football quarterfinal backed up in its own end. The seventh-seeded Raiders needed overtime to finally make No. 2 Lisbon’s defense protect its goal line. But that was all they needed. Sophomore quarterback Gavin Rawstron wasted little time in […]
Class A Cross Country: Mt. Ararat’s Berry-Gaviria wins again
Belfast — Lisandro Berry-Gaviria’s plan worked to perfection. As for Sofie Matson’s face-plant, that worked out as well as could be expected. In the end, both runners successfully defended their Class A cross country state championships on a raw Saturday morning, with times faster than any others who followed in the other meets at Troy Howard […]
State Championship: Berry-Gaviria of Mt. Ararat successfully defends cross country state title
BELFAST — Falmouth sophomore Sofie Matson and Mt. Ararat junior Lisandro Berry-Gaviria won top individual honors Saturday at the Class A cross country state championships. In defending their state titles, Matson and Berry-Gaviria ran the fastest times of the day over the 5K course at Troy Howard Middle School in a meet moved up and condensed […]
Postseason HS FootbalL: Area teams set for football playoffs
BATH — The high school football season has reached the postseason, and all five area teams are hoping for success. Here is a look at the exciting regular season and the upcoming playoffs, with the goal to raise a championship trophy in mid-November: Brunswick The Dragons enter Class B North postseason play with a 5-3 record, […]
Girls Soccer Playoff: Mt. Abram Roadrunners stun Lisbon Greyhounds
LISBON — The Lisbon goalie was on the ground, Mt. Abram was down 1-0 in the second half and Kaylee Knight was hurtling toward a wide open Greyhound net with the soccer ball. The sophomore striker punched in the tying goal and also scored the game-winner with 52 seconds left in a Class C South quarterfinal […]
High School Football: Lisbon Greyhounds pick off rival Oak Hill, 47-27
WALES – Lisbon has been in more close games than coach Chris Kates prefers, but as the Greyhounds showed in Saturday’s high school football season-finale at Oak Hill, they sure know how to close those close games out. Lucas Francis and Cam Bourget returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the span of three plays with little […]
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