BANGOR – Brian Hackett has thrived in the background during much of Bangor High’s run toward Saturday’s Class A football state championship game. Such is the role of a quarterback in an offense geared toward a punishing push of the football up and down the… Read More
    The Class B state football final between Winslow and Mountain Valley of Rumford will kick off Championship Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland on Nov. 20. Winslow and Mountain Valley will square off in the first game of the tripleheader at 11 a.m., according to… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Nick Tymoczko rushed for 209 yards on 32 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead No. 1 Bucksport past No. 4 Mattanawcook Academy 22-0 in an LTC Class C semifinal in high school football action Friday night. John Harvey ran 16 yards to… Read More
    Week 10 of the high school football season is Final Four time in Eastern Maine, with berths in the Eastern Maine finals on the line. Brewer is the top seed in the Pine Tree Conference Class, but after a loss at Winslow last weekend the… Read More
    HIGH SCHOOL (Final standings) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor High football team left Cameron Stadium after a 21-14 win over Messalonskee of Oakland on Friday night believing it would return next weekend for an Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal – at home. As it turned out, nothing less than an… Read More
    BANGOR – George Keefe ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries and scored another TD on a 30-yard pass reception to lead the John Bapst Crusaders to their second football win of the season, 39-6 over Stearns of Millinocket Saturday night. Kyle… Read More
    BANGOR – It was Homecoming, a home-field playoff game was at stake, and the Bangor High football team was on its collective heels at intermission. But halftime emotion evolved into second-half determination, and junior Nick Payson starred on both sides of the line of scrimmage… Read More
    ORONO – Mardy Simon ran 246 yards on 14 carries and scored five touchdowns to lead the Orono Red Riots to a 59-28 high school football victory over the Maranacook Black Bears Friday night. Simon became Orono’s first 1,000-yard rusher on the season. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BREWER – As they left the locker room and thundered down Doyle Field’s sloping hill to the playing surface, the unbeaten Brewer Witches knew they needed to make a statement early in the second half of Friday’s football game against Leavitt of Turner Center. Usually,… Read More
    As the temperature inevitably drops each fall, Maine’s gridirons begin their annual descent from plush green to frosty mud. And with that change, so, too, does the game itself change, a fact that may be in evidence during Week 6 of the high school football… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Foxcroft Academy rallied from a two-touchdown deficit with 3:02 remaining to nip Mattanawcook Academy 28-27 in high school football action Friday night. James McPhee, who had opened the scoring with a 46-yard run in the first quarter, ran the ball in from 2… Read More
    READFIELD – Duncan Markie rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown and returned an interception 66 yards for another score as Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln remained undefeated in LTC Class C play with a 27-0 victory over the Maranacook Black Bears. The 4-0 Lynx jumped… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN – Two weeks ago, the Skowhegan Indians were an 0-2 football team with limited varsity experience trying to learn a new system under a new coach. After Friday night’s 44-8 thrashing of Bangor, the Indians are still young, but confidence is growing and a… Read More
    BANGOR – If there had been seats on the Bangor sideline at Cameron Stadium, the football team would have been on the edges of them. That’s how senior T.J. Vanidestine described the Rams’ mood as they watched teammate Tyson Barron line up for what would… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Troy Niles ran 20 yards for a touchdown and Brad Perry had 91 yards on 16 carries as the Old Town Indians defeated Poland 12-6 for their first victory since 2001. The win snapped a 19-game losing streak. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    GREENVILLE – Crystal Ferris scored three goals to lift the Greenville Lakers to a 6-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Shead Tigers Friday. Hannah Breton netted two goals for 3-1 Greenville and Rebecca Martel added a goal. Rica Breton, Kahla Lander, and Tuli Palacios each… Read More
    BREWER – Jocelyn Bunker and Molly Jones each scored a goal to lead the John Bapst Crusaders to a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Brewer Witches Monday. Caroline Cassling faced nine shots and stopped eight for 2-0 John Bapst. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    READFIELD – Nick Tymozcko ran 142 yards on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns to power the Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 62-6 opening victory over the Maranacook Black Bears in high school football action Saturday. John Harvey rushed six times for 80 yards with… Read More
    AUBURN – The Bangor Rams opened the 2004 season with a solid display of complementary football Friday night, using balanced offense, aggressive defense and a strong kicking game to defeat Edward Little 29-6 at Walton Field. Coach Mark Hackett’s club amassed 337 total yards, 251… Read More
    BELFAST – Josh Aldus rolled up 160 yards on 24 carries and scored on touchdown runs of 12 and 18 yards to carry the defending Class B state champion Belfast Lions to a 36-6 football victory over Oak Hill of Sabattus. Garren Horne also had… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Saturday night’s preseason football clash of reigning state champions between Belfast and Foxcroft Academy was less about winning and more about building toward the games that really count – beginning next weekend. The Oakes Field scoreboard said Foxcroft won 22-18, though Belfast held… Read More
    Past performance suggests the West will be favored to win the 15th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic scheduled fort 7:30 p.m. Friday at Waterhouse Field in Biddeford. After all, the West has won 12 of the first 14 games in the series. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PORTLAND – Lisbon High School controlled the football for nearly two-thirds of Saturday’s state Class C championship game at Fitzpatrick Stadium. But it is Foxcroft Academy that now controls the Gold Ball. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    PORTLAND – Senior tailback Joey Marsh rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns as Deering of Portland defeated Brunswick 28-0 at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday to win its first state Class A football championship since 1959. Brunswick, the Eastern Maine champion, had a chance to… Read More
    Week 12 of the high school football season is Championship Saturday, with six surviving teams set to compete in three state finals at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. Gold Balls await the winners. Class B: Belfast Lions (8-2) vs. Gorham Rams (8-2), 6 p.m.: Belfast is… Read More
    Two young and talented football teams stand between Eastern Maine champions Belfast and Foxcroft Academy and the Gold Balls symbolic of statewide supremacy – hardware that will be distributed Saturday when the state finals are played at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. In Class B, Gorham… Read More
    WINSLOW – Another cold, blustery November day, another Eastern Maine Class B football title game, and another Winslow vs. Belfast battle. Thanks in no small part to a stubborn defensive effort, an efficient, ball-control offense and special teams-aided field position, the third-seeded Lions were able… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – It was a dive a year in the making, and it required additional time to complete. But when quarterback Josh Withee dove into the end zone on the third play of Foxcroft Academy’s first overtime possession Saturday, the Ponies had outlasted Stearns of… Read More
    BANGOR – Arron Chaffin was emotional, tears in his eyes and a plaque in his hands as his teammates on the Brunswick football team kissed the Pine Tree Conference championship award. A few minutes later, the starting nose guard was much more analytical in discussing… Read More
    BANGOR – Shaun Sullivan had no guarantee he’d be the starting quarterback for Bangor High School this fall, after his junior year as a backup to Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalist Zak Ray ended prematurely due to a concussion. Far from it. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    A rivalry played out most recently on the basketball court will be renewed in a different setting Friday night as Bangor hosts Brunswick with the Eastern Maine Class A football championship at stake. The schools met in the Eastern A basketball tourney each of the… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Given his preference, Derek DiFrederico might not be the quarterback of the Stearns High School football team. “I’d probably rather play tailback than quarterback,” said DiFrederico, a senior who will lead the 9-1 Minutemen into Saturday’s LTC Class C championship game at 10-0… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Visualization has been a big part of Bobby Gilbert’s relationship with football. When his grandfather used to drive him 35 miles from Greenville to watch Foxcroft Academy football games, Gilbert envisioned playing the sport one day – even though his hometown high school… Read More
    WINSLOW – Senior fullack Derek Runnells accounted for just over half of top-seeded Winslow’s total yardage as he ran for 273 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Black Raiders to a 47-19 semifinal rout over No. 4 Oak Hill of Sabattus Saturday. The… Read More
    ORONO – Chris Woodman rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries as the Bucksport Golden Bucks downed Orono 42-0 in an LTC Class C football regular-season finale. The win was the fifth straight for third seed Bucksport, which will take a 7-2… Read More
    Week 9 of the high school football season in Classes B and C has different meaning to different teams. For some, it’s the final test of gridiron might for the 2003 campaign; for others it’s a final tune-up before post-season play. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    OAKLAND – Senior running backs Mike Prentiss and Tyler Heber combined for five touchdowns to lead Bangor to a 33-7 high school football victory over Messalonskee on Friday night. The victory in the regular-season finale propels the Rams into next week’s PTC quarterfinal round. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Week 8 of the high school football campaign marks the end of the regular season in Class A, but the continuation of playoff posturing in Classes B and C. Winslow (6-0) vs. Belfast (5-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Belfast: These schools have produced nine of… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Joey Carmichael passed for two touchdowns and Nick Tymoczko rushed for two more scores as the Bucksport Golden Bucks defeated the Dexter Tigers 32-13 Saturday in high school football action. Chris Woodman scored the game’s first TD for the Bucks on a 65-yard… Read More
    BANGOR – The game’s first play began is slow motion, a short kick bouncing aimlessly down the field. But once Tyler Heber gained control, slow motion became fast forward, as the 5-foot-6 senior returned the opening kickoff 78 yards for a touchdown Friday night to… Read More
    HAMPDEN – In dropping two straight games after a three wins in a row, the Hampden football team knew it needed a spark. Friday night’s game against Mount Desert Island should have been a good way to turn around the season. It was homecoming, after… Read More
    TURNER – Touchdown runs by Chris Noyes and Andy Frost gave the Brewer Witches a 14-0 lead and they held the Leavitt Hornets to a single score the rest of the way en route to a 16-7 schoolboy football victory Friday night. After a scoreless… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The undefeated Ponies scored 25 first-quarter points en route to their seventh high school football victory, a 45-7 defeat of Maranacook of Readfield Friday night. Quarterback Josh Withee opened the scoring on a 7-yard run. Lincoln Robinson followed with a 1-yard touchdown run,… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Mike Prentiss is putting up rushing numbers worthy of consideration for the Fitzpatrick Trophy. But Bangor High School’s senior tailback, who has run for more than 1,150 yards, realizes he owes much of his success to a cohesive offensive line. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – Kyle Harrington had five carries for 45 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Oak Hill football team to a 42-14 victory over MDI Saturday in high school action. Adam Labbe completed five of nine passes for 113 yards and two… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Chris Fox rushed for three touchdowns on runs of 26, 9 and 25 yards Friday night while pacing the Witches to a 41-0 football victory over Old Town at Victory Field. Court Rancourt got Brewer started with an 85-yard kickoff return for… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Nick Tymoczko had seven carries for 92 yards and scored two touchdowns Friday night to help lead Bucksport to a 20-7 Class C football victory over Maine Central Institute. John Harvey had a 74-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter… Read More
    Thirteen months after helping save the life of a bus driver having a seizure, Hampden Academy football coach John Sparacio has had his own medical crisis. Sparacio has been hospitalized since Thursday afternoon after suffering some kind of cardiac arrhythmia during the team’s practice. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    DEXTER – Billy Green’s one-yard touchdown plunge up the middle on fourth down in overtime gave the Dexter Tigers their first high school football win of the season, 6-0, over the Orono Red Riots Saturday. Offense was hard to come by in this game as… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor football coach Mark Hackett likes to keep things simple, even when facing a Lawrence of Fairfield team dealing with personnel losses and inexperience. And for the Rams, it means simply getting the ball to Mike Prentiss. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Jonathan Smith rushed for four of his five touchdowns and 203 of his 235 yards in the second half Friday night to lead the Maine Central Institute Huskies to a 50-32 high school football victory over Rockland. Smith finished with 18 carries, scoring… Read More
    The Brewer Witches have played their own version of Road Rules during the first half of the high school football season. Week 1 offered a trip to the Sebago Lake region and a narrow loss to Lake Region of Naples. That was followed by a… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s a credit to the quality of the Foxcroft Academy football program that when the Ponies defeat a team by 33 points, much of the post-game conversation is about the competitiveness of the opponent. Foxcroft wore down John Bapst 41-8 at Cameron Stadium… Read More