HAMPDEN – The ability to convert restarts and intelligent, swarming defense can enable a team to compete with a more skilled team on the soccer field. That was the scenario Saturday afternoon as the Washington Academy Raiders from East Machias claimed their first state Class… Read More
BLUE HILL – Ethan Welch could have hung his head after Adam Groves made a nifty move around him and bore in alone on goalie Nate Beaulieu. Instead, as Madawaska’s Beaulieu charged out to contest the shot, Welch hustled back. He arrived just in time… Read More
BATH – They may have gone into the playoffs as the eighth seed among Western Maine Class C teams, but the Traip Academy Rangers have played like champions since the regular season ended. Saturday afternoon was no exception as the Rangers capped an improbable playoff… Read More
DEXTER – It was a good old-fashioned shootout between neighbors and rivals who split during the regular season. And when the final whistle blew, the Piscataquis Community High School Pirates of Guilford had earned an Eastern Maine Class C schoolboy soccer championship by upsetting Dexter… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – A year ago, about the only things Tim Therrian had to think about saving were his class notes. On a bone-chilling Saturday afternoon at Ron Marks Field, Therrian came up with some big saves and manned his net like a pit bull… Read More
GUILFORD – Schoolboy soccer matches are contested over 80 minutes, but Saturday?s Eastern Maine Class C final between top-ranked Piscataquis Community High School and No. 3 Dexter was a tale of 72 seconds. PCHS had taken control late in the first half, with a Dan… Read More
BLUE HILL – Will Rosenthal was a bit concerned Saturday about how he looked wearing white thermal underwear as part of his George Stevens Academy soccer uniform. Whatever measure of extra warmth the longjohns provided the Eagles’ junior forward in the windy, frigid conditions, he… Read More