WALES – Chris Noyes rushed for two touchdowns and the Brewer defense limited host Oak Hill to minus-4 yards of offense after intermission as the Witches earned a 32-6 Pine Tree Conference Class B football victory Saturday. The win lifts coach Ed Ortego’s club to… Read More
MILLINOCKET – The Stearns football team has relied heavily on its defense so far this season. But the squad hadn’t been tested much before Friday night’s game against LTC rival Bucksport. The Minutemen looked shaky at times, but they held up against Bucksport’s tough passing… Read More
BANGOR – They had lingered in Trevor Lagrange’s mind for a full year. Just six inches separated the Bangor High football team from victory against Skowhegan when they last met on the football field, the Rams coming up that short of a tying touchdown in… Read More
ORONO – Senior fullback Jonathan Smith ran for 199 yards on just 12 carries and scored three second half touchdowns as Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield triumphed 27-0 over Orono in football action Friday night. Kevin Williams, who ran for 70 yards on 10 carries… Read More
Midseason showdowns with postseason ramifications highlight week four of the high school football schedule. Skowhegan Indians (3-0) vs. Bangor Rams (2-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Cameron Stadium: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
Twelve Lawrence High School football players have been suspended from the team for the rest of the season due to violations of the Fairfield school’s athletic code involving substance abuse. One other player has been suspended for four weeks, SAD 49 Superintendent Dean Baker said… Read More
BANGOR – George Keefe threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as the John Bapst Crusaders beat the Dexter Tigers 32-0 for their second straight win Saturday night at Cameron Stadium. Keefe had TD runs of 39 and three yards. He threw a… Read More
FARMINGTON – Caldwell Field in Farmington is normally an unfriendly place for opposing football players, but Mike Prentiss found a pal in Hurricane Isabel on Friday night. “I loved it,” said Prentiss. “It started raining as soon as we started playing, and it ended as… Read More
ORONO – The Stearns football team was expecting to see Orono run in Friday’s LTC Class C matchup. But with the Minutemen playing tough defense, there wasn’t a whole lot of running from the opposition. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
ROCKLAND – Josh Fogg returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown with 2:21 left to seal a 22-14 football victory over Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln for the Rockland Tigers Friday night. Rockland had taken a 16-0 lead with two TDs in the last 4:19… Read More
Week 3 of the high school football team finds the Bangor Rams trying to rebound from their first loss of the season, and Foxcroft Academy and Bucksport squaring off in the latest edition of their LTC rivalry. Bangor Rams (1-1) vs. Mt. Blue Cougars (1-1),… Read More
DEXTER – A little early-season success is breeding confidence for the Stearns High School football team. Plagued by an 0-3 start last season, the Minutemen are now 2-0 this year after handling Dexter 35-0 in LTC play Saturday afternoon. Stearns dominated defensively, limiting Dexter to… Read More
READFIELD – Junior tailback-quarterback George Keefe rushed for 115 yards and all three touchdowns and the John Bapst defense did the rest as the Crusaders snapped a 41-game losing streak with a 22-6 victory over the host Maranacook Black Bears Saturday. “It was unbelievable,” said… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Disappointed after scoring just one offensive touchdown a week ago in their season-opening victory at Maine Central Institute, the Foxcroft Academy Ponies took out their frustrations on the Orono Red Riots. Foxcroft, the reigning Eastern Maine Class C champion, amassed 439 total yards,… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Joey Carmichael threw four touchdown passes, three in the second quarter, Friday night to lead Bucksport to a 32-6 LTC football victory over Rockland at Carmichael Field. Josh Johnson caught four passes for 135 yards and two TDs, and John Harvey caught four… Read More
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DEXTER – In a football game full of young players, it’s not surprising a veteran played the starring role as Mattanawcook Academy pulled away from Dexter 30-14 in an LTC Class C season opener Saturday. Senior tailback Tyler Gardner rushed for 82 yards on 17… Read More
BELFAST – Paul Herman rushed for one touchdown, returned an interception for another and recorded a safety to help the Belfast High School Lions roll to a 53-0 football victory over the York Wildcats Saturday. Nick Arthers led the offense for Belfast with 113 yards… Read More
HAMPDEN – The Hampden Academy football team was understandably excited for its season opener this year, and it showed in the Broncos’ opening drive against Falmouth Friday night. Things didn’t go as smoothly for Hampden in the rest of the game, but it was a… Read More
BANGOR – Mike Prentiss is new at this running back stuff, but don’t confuse that with inexperience. The Bangor High School senior, making his varsity debut at tailback after switching from split end during preseason, rushed for 198 yards and four touchdowns on 14 carries… Read More
The 2003 high school football season begins on gridirons from Millinocket to Kittery this weekend, with more than 60 programs sharing the dream of a Nov. 22 date at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland to play for a state championship. Five new programs have joined the… Read More
In sandlot baseball, there’s an old saying: “You have to earn your ups.” Such is the case with the Belfast High School football team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
WINSLOW – Winslow High School’s bid for a third straight state Class B championship ended not on the football field last fall, but at a meeting three days after the Black Raiders’ final game. It took three tiebreakers to determine which two teams from among… Read More
MILLINOCKET – During each of the last two seasons, the Stearns Minutemen have started their season with three losses, then recovered to win five of their last six to make the playoffs, only to lose to Foxcroft Academy in a road semifinal playoff game. This… Read More
LINCOLN – Last season, a veteran Mattanawcook Academy team made its fifth straight postseason appearance. With 17 of 22 starters graduating from last year’s 6-4 team, it will be a whole new group of Lynx that will try and secure the program’s sixth straight playoff… Read More
BANGOR – Dan O’Connell admits he had some preconceived notions about John Bapst when he was a standout football player at Bangor High and Bates College in Lewiston. Then he took an assistant coaching post at the private school last fall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ROCKLAND – High school football is a team sport. You play 48 hard minutes, and in the end, you either win or lose as a team. For the Rockland Tigers, that’s how third-year head coach Daryle Weiss views things for the upcoming season. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
It was the kind of win you build a season on. So even though it came at the end of last fall, Waterville football coach Frank Knight has reminded this year’s team how it felt to upend Bangor in the Pine Tree Conference quarterfinals. “It… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Paul Withee was talking with a visitor after a recent morning practice when a player walked by, heading home for some rest before an afternoon session. “Now [the player] had to rotate at linebacker last year and only played half the downs on… Read More
DEXTER – Trying to find the right starting lineup for a high school football team can be like trying to put together a puzzle. Coach Haggie Pratt knows how some of the pieces fit for his 2003 squad, but he has been working during the… Read More
How do you follow up a year in which your team was undefeated during the regular season and advanced to the conference semifinals? Partly because of the way last season ended in disappointing fashion and partly because it was just a step toward a larger… Read More
When your football team is coming off a 1-7 season, you have a new coach, your roster numbers only 33 players, and you’re one of the smallest schools – enrollment-wise – in a conference featuring some of the largest schools in the state, optimism might be hard to… Read More
OLD TOWN – Shawn Myers and Jimmy Feero are not only co-captains of this year’s Old Town High School football team, they’re the only seniors on the 27-player squad. That means their importance to the squad won’t be measured solely on game day. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Rams had a 2002 football season of extremes, losing their first two games, then winning six straight before having their quest for a second consecutive state Class A championship ended in a first-round playoff loss. The 2003 edition will rely on… Read More
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BREWER – After consecutive 7-3 seasons that landed the Brewer Witches in the Eastern Maine Class B playoffs, a third straight trip to postseason play will require significant contributions from new sources. Of the 54 players in preseason camp, only two were returning starters from… Read More
HAMPDEN – As the yard lines were being painted on Hampden Academy’s new artificial-turf football field, the players were walking in the other direction, relieved that a week of triple sessions was at its end. Relieved, but excited, too, given that many believe the new… Read More
Football isn’t for everybody, but for those young men who enjoy it, it can be one of the most rewarding college experiences. This fall, for the first time since the late 1930s, Husson College will field a football team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BAR HARBOR – In the seven years Mark Shields was an assistant football coach at MDI High, he backed up longtime coach George “Toogie” McKay, just as an assistant should. But McKay resigned earlier this year after 22 seasons, and Shields is making a lot… Read More
Chris LeBlanc remembers the good old days of Madison High School football. The Bulldogs were a perennial Class C power in the 1980s and 1990s, winning six regional crowns and four state championships from 1982 through 1994. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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The last two seasons have been unthinkable for football fans in Fairfield. The word would have been unbelievable two years ago, but going 2-6 in 2001 and 1-7 last year has forced the demanding Lawrence High School football fans to rein in their usually stratospheric… Read More
This year, the Maine Central Institute Huskies of Pittsfield have something to prove. After back-to-back 2-7 seasons, second-year coach Tom Bertrand feels this is the year his team can get back to the playoffs in a wide-open LTC. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORONO – Last year, Orono made strides in the LTC Class C ranks, finishing with a 4-5 record and a sixth-place finish in the final Crabtree point standings. This year, the Red Riots would like to continue to move up the standings and return to… Read More
The Bucksport Golden Bucks have been one of the most successful programs in Eastern Maine Class C for the past two seasons and could be in the thick of the playoff hunt again this season. After losing in the EM Class C championship game last… Read More
BANGOR – If preseason football games are about discovery and resolution, Bangor batted .500 in its 28-6 victory over Lewiston at Cameron Stadium on Friday night. And both results were good news for the Rams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BIDDEFORD – As Jeff Parenteau staggered off the grass at Waterhouse Field Friday night, Chris Preble took a few steps toward the Belfast running back. Did you signal that you wanted to come out, asked Preble, the Stearns of Millinocket football coach and an assistant… Read More
As much as a week of triple-session practices has been good preparation for the East and West squads that will meet in Friday night’s 14th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, it’s also a physical challenge for even some of the most well-conditioned football players in the state. Read More
WATERVILLE – For some participants, the 14th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl represents one final chance to don the football pads and play a game that has been a focal point of their athletic lives. For others, it represents a transition from high school standout… Read More
Belfast running back Jeff Parenteau says he is finally over his team’s heartbreaking loss last month to Scarborough in the Class B football state football game. If there was any lingering pain, Saturday’s announcement that Parenteau is one of three finalists for the 32nd annual Fitzpatrick Trophy should… Read More
After two weeks of two- and three-a-day practices, nine or 10 weeks or regular season practices and games, and two or three weeks of postseason practices and games, state championship Saturday is upon us. Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland will host all three (A, B, and… Read More
When your high school’s football team has won five Eastern Maine titles, notched two state championships, and reeled off nine straight seasons in which the primary running back has rushed for 1,000 or more yards, it’s hard to make a lasting impression. But at least… Read More
Versatile. Strong. Big. You can call the Foxcroft Academy football team a lot of things. Coach Paul Withee is hoping that you’ll call them state champions on Saturday. The Ponies will meet defending Class C state champion Boothbay Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland at… Read More
Regional pride is on the line, as well as the chance to make a new addition to the school trophy case, as the high school football season winds down to the last two weeks. This week, action shifts exclusively to Saturday as Eastern and Western… Read More
BELFAST – Heading into Saturday’s LTC Class B football semifinal game, Morse coach Greg Nadeau thought his team shaped up as unbeaten Belfast’s equal. After the Lions shook off a sluggish start, finished with a flourish, and walked off with a 28-12 victory over No. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – There were a lot of different things to examine as likely keys to Friday’s LTC Class C semifinal football playoff game between Stearns and host Foxcroft Academy. Individual matchups (quarterbacks Derek DiFrederico of Stearns and Josh Withee of FA), unit matchups (Stearns’ stingy… Read More
BREWER – It’s a play you draw up in a sandlot football game. You send your buddy down about 10 yards and throw him the ball. He laterals to your other buddy who then moon walks into the end zone for the touchdown. It’s the… Read More
LINCOLN – For weeks Bucksport’s John Harvey, known as one of the fastest players in high school football, has battled an ankle injury that has hindered his progress. After a week of rest, the sophomore hauled in two touchdowns and grabbed two key interceptions to… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – Matt Bennett threw first-half touchdown passes of 60, 64 and 17 yards Friday night to spark the fifth-seeded Red Eddies of Auburn into the Pine Tree Conference title game with a 20-14 upset victory over previously unbeaten and top-seeded Skowhegan at Reggie Clark Field. Read More
The criteria used at a Monday meeting by the LTC to set Classes B and C playoff seeds in football were not in compliance with that established by the Maine Principals’ Association. However, the MPA authorized the conference to go ahead with the process, according to MPA assistant… Read More
It’s full-bore playoff time in the Maine high school football ranks as the Class B and C schedules shift into postseason mode. No. 3 Leavitt (6-3) at No. 2 Brewer (7-2), Doyle Field, 7 p.m. Friday: The Witches are limping into the playoffs after suffering… Read More
When a nine-game LTC regular season couldn’t decide a playoff schedule for either Class B or C teams, conference officials met Monday in Pittsfield and sorted things out. With three teams tied for the third and fourth playoff spots, the final result in Class B… Read More
BREWER – The question for the Winslow Black Raiders entering Friday night’s game at Doyle Field was whether running back Ricky Vigue’s balky right knee was in good enough shape to stand up to a hard-hitting Brewer defense. It took Vigue just two plays to… Read More
BANGOR – Waterville football coach Frank Knight, the players, and likely some of the fans were getting that d?j? vu feeling toward the end of the first half of Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference quarterfinal playoff game. The seventh-seeded Purple Panthers had staked themselves to… Read More
ORONO – Lance Cowan set two school season records to lead the Orono Red Riots to a 21-6 high school football victory over the John Bapst Crusaders Friday night. Cowan caught three passes for 59 yards to set marks in both categories. He finished the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Foxcroft Academy Ponies turned in another balanced offensive effort and a stifling defensive performance to finish the regular season at 9-0 with a 40-0 high school football victory over the Dexter Tigers Friday night. Quarterback Josh Withee connected on an 8-yard touchdown… Read More
While football teams in Classes B and C still have one more week of the regular season to play, it’s already playoff team in the Pine Tree Conference (Eastern Maine Class A) and the Southern Maine Activities Association (West). Waterville (4-4) at Bangor (6-2), Cameron… Read More
BANGOR – The last thing the Messalonskee football team needed Friday night was to fall behind early to Bangor. But that’s exactly what happened as the Rams’ Mike Prentiss took the opening kickoff and raced 69 yards for a touchdown. From there the Rams rolled… Read More
BELFAST – An unidentified Brewer player pretty much encapsulated Friday night’s battle of unbeatens in one sentence. “They are just taking it to us,” said the stunned player shortly after Belfast scored its second touchdown in a two-minute span late in the third quarter. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
JAY – Rockland’s Mike Curtis scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns Friday night as the Tigers rallied to beat Jay 42-28. Both of Curtis’ touchdowns covered 35-yards and Austin Podziewski added a one-yard touchdown run in the final quarter as 3-5 Rockland overcome a 28-22 deficit. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Week eight of the high school football season brings a marquee LTC matchup and the regular-season finales for teams in the Pine Tree Conference as the playoff picture clears up. Brewer (7-0) at Belfast (7-0), 7 p.m. Friday: Nothing much more needs to be said… Read More
WATERVILLE – Waterville was getting the best of Bangor during Saturday’s Pine Tree Conference football showdown at Drummond Field. Bangor quickly blew away that edge. The Rams scored nine points in a span of two minutes in the third quarter, snatching the momentum on their… Read More
DEXTER – Aaron Vafiades had 30 carries for 134 yards and one touchdown to lead the Dexter Tigers to a 21-7 high school football victory over the Orono Red Riots Saturdayl. Vafiades also had nine tackles, two sacks, and one fumble recovery to lead the… Read More
BREWER – Any thoughts that the Brewer football team might look past Old Town Friday night to its encounter next week with undefeated Belfast were put to rest just over three minutes after the Witches took the opening kickoff. That’s when quarterback Sean Collins crashed into the end… Read More
LINCOLN – All season long, the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx have relied on their offensive balance to frustrate opponents and keep them off balance. That offensive versatility came in handy Friday night on a crisp, cold, fall Friday night on the frost-covered Alumni Field turf as… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Belfast needed only two quarters to roll up a big chunk of offense en route to a 39-0 high school football victory over the Mount Desert Island Trojans Friday night. Jeff Parenteau paced Belfast with 11 carries for 93 yards in a… Read More
Not many headliners dot the schedule as the Maine high school football season heads into its seventh week, but several teams are looking to either continue streaks and/or build up more momentum as they face big tests just before playoffs start. Old Town (0-6) at… Read More
BANGOR – Adam Russell rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries to power the Dexter Tigers to a 40-0 high school football victory over the John Bapst Crusaders Saturday night. Aaron Vafiades also scored three touchdowns. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – This is the Bangor football team people expected to see this season. The defending Class A state champions won their fourth straight game, only this time they made it look easy as they totally dominated an undermanned Oxford Hills of South Paris squad… Read More
BUCKSPORT – One of his team’s finest traits, Foxcroft football coach Paul Withee believes, is its ability to keep an even keel no matter the opposition. But what if the team on the other sideline beat the Ponies by one point in last year’s Eastern… Read More
HAMPDEN – Trainer Kapler and John Higgins each ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Hampden Academy Broncos to a 48-6 high school football win over the Old Town Indians Friday night. Broncos posted their first win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Matt Barnett ran for two early touchdowns to help power the Stearns Minutemen to a 27-14 high school football victory over the Maine Central Institute Huskies Friday night. Quarterback Derek DiFrederico hit Anthony Arsenault with a 66-yard touchdown pass late to clinch the… Read More
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HAMPDEN – In their four games leading up to Friday night’s matchup with the Broncos, Brewer’s undefeated run had come primarily through the benefit of a solid running game led by seniors Seth Emerson and Josh Caldwell. Friday night turned out to be a coming… Read More
OLD ORCHARD – Senior tailback Mike Curtis scored three touchdowns, including a 76-yard kickoff return, to lead the Rockland Tigers to a 22-14 high school football victory over the Old Orchard Beach Seagulls Friday night. Curtis also ran for a 25-yard TD in the first… Read More
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BANGOR – The script for Friday night’s football game at Cameron Stadium, besides being totally soaked, read more like a checklist. For Bangor head coach Mark Hackett, the goals were to make a statement, return to a more run-oriented power game, get everyone involved, and… Read More
BANGOR – A lady named Isidore finally showed up at Cameron Stadium Friday night in the fourth quarter of Bangor’s 3-0 football win over Lewiston. More than a few football games around the state were postponed for a day because of the rain the remnants… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – A balanced defensive attack paved the way as the Foxcroft Academy Ponies earned a 54-0 victory in their homecoming contest against John Bapst of Bangor on a night when 16 other games were called off as rain blanketed the state. “There was no… Read More
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BREWER – Senior tailback Seth Emerson led a powerful running attack with 137 yards on 14 carries as the unbeaten Brewer Witches defeated the Fryeburg Academy Raiders in high school football action 28-16 Saturday at Doyle Field. Court Rancourt had 94 yards and one touchdown… Read More
FARMINGTON – The situation was all too familiar for the Bangor Rams, only this time the stakes were even higher. Only three games into the regular season, the Rams found themselves in their second overtime. And with an 0-2 record, they had to come out… Read More
BUCKSPORT – This isn’t really Joel Sankey football. The Bucksport coach has been known for his preference to air the ball out over the years. This year Sankey is asking his quarterback to simply turn and hand the ball off. Friday night at Carmichael Field,… Read More
ORONO – The Pony Express delivered seven rushing touchdowns as Foxcroft Academy rolled to a 50-7 high school football victory over the Orono Red Riots Friday night. “We’re not satisfied yet because we don’t feel like we’ve put a whole game together offensively and defensively,”… Read More
Who would have predicted that Bangor would be 0-2 at this point in the season? Or that Brewer would be 2-0? Perhaps the Brewer prediction would have been more realistic. But the fact is the Rams are making the long trip to Farmington looking for… Read More
BANGOR – Two games into the 2002 football season, the Orono Red Riots have already attained two-thirds of the victory total they had all of last season. The 2-0 Riots showed what a difference a year of seasoning, added depth, and added talent can make… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Gunner Siverly is a football player. He’s also a track star. And Friday night the senior running back melded the two sports perfectly to spark the Bucksport football team. Siverly opened the game for the Golden Bucks by returning the opening kickoff 83… Read More
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