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 […]
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High School Hockey: Girls hockey opens this weekend for area teams
BRUNSWICK — As most Maine high school athletic teams opened practices for its winter sports teams around snowflakes this week, girls hockey squads have been practicing for a couple of weeks now. After early morning practices and a rather quick preseason, the 2018/19 season opens this weekend with Brunswick, Mt. Ararat/Morse and Yarmouth/Freeport all hitting the ice. Here’s a […]
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 […]
Class B Cross Country: York boys end 70-year drought
Belfast — A while back, Ted Hutch came across some microfilm of this newspaper that included a story about York High winning a state championship in cross country. Alfie Walker of Fryeburg Academy was eighth in the Class B South regional and hadn’t beaten any of the top contenders for the cross country state title. That […]
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 […]
High School Football: Gardiner races past Morse to reach C South semifinals, 26-12
GARDINER — The offensive rejuvenation for the Gardiner High School football team didn’t come in the form of elaborate schemes, or tricky formations, or dusted-off plays from the back of the Tiger playbook. “I only called three plays,” coach Joe White said. It came, rather, via a road-grading offensive line. And a whole lot of Nate […]
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, […]
Boys Soccer Prelim: Leavitt edges Morse, 2-1 in Class B south prelims
TURNER – Leavitt High School boys soccer coach Zac Conlogue had one prediction before the Class B South preliminary game against the No. 10 seed Morse — It wasn’t going to be settled in regulation. He had good reason for his prediction. The two teams battled to 2-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference draws in their two […]
Girls Soccer Playoff: Lake Region scores second-half goal to slip past Morse, 1-0 in prelim action
BATH – When you get to the postseason, you can throw most everything out the window as far as team records and other season accolades are concerned. While only one win separated Lake Region and Morse, the Shipbuilders entered the Class B South high school girls soccer tournament the number six seed and played host […]
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