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    FAIRFIELD – Ashley Robinson scored the game-winner with seven minutes remaining to lead Hampden Academy past the Lawrence Bulldogs 3-2 in a schoolgirl soccer match Tuesday. Michaela Stephenson scored two goals and Kate Chambers had two assists for the 10-4 Broncos. Julia Snyder made 15… Read More
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    BANGOR – Amy Sanz scored off a Shelby Bradford assist with a minute left in the second overtime as Husson University defeated Colby College of Waterville 3-2 in women’s soccer play Tuesday. Megan Clement and Megan LaJoie scored first-half goals for the 12-4 Eagles. Shelby… Read More
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    The members of the Northeastern University defensive staff must be shaking their heads after watching film to prepare for Saturday’s Colonial Athletic Association game against UMaine. The Black Bears produced yet another incarnation of their offense Saturday night and ground out a 41-40 double-overtime victory… Read More
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    BANGOR – Dominique Veilleux scored the winning goal 2:30 into overtime off an Alex Doten assist to lead Calvary Chapel to a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Highview Christian at University College on Monday. Stephen Berenyi had two second-half goals for the 6-6-2 Sabers of… Read More
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    DEXTER – Senior fullback Blake Ford rushed for 279 yards on 11 carries and scored four touchdowns Saturday as the Calais-Woodland Silverados earned a 48-14 LTC Class C football victory over Dexter. Ford scored on runs of 60, 57, 59 and 13 yards for 4-3… Read More
    CARIBOU – Russ Mortland scored two goals in the second half Saturday to propel Presque Isle to a 4-0 boys soccer victory over archrival Caribou. Warren Zubrick tallied a goal and two assists while Josh Allen added a goal and an assist for 13-0-1 Presque… Read More
    VASSALBORO – David Gushee and Ryan Gay must feel like each other’s shadow when it comes to high school golf bragging rights. For the third straight year, Gorham’s Gushee and Gardiner’s Gay tied for the Class A individual state golf championship at Natanis Golf Course… Read More
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    LINCOLN – Motivation can come in many forms in this technological age. For the Bucksport football team, motivation Friday night came from the World Wide Web, and the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx were the victims as the undefeated Golden Bucks pulled away after intermission for a… Read More
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    ORONO – Nicole Palazzo’s unassisted power-play goal 6:15 into the third period and Amanda Nagel’s 42 saves gave Sacred Heart a 3-2 women’s hockey victory over the University of Maine on Friday, its first win over the Black Bears in nine tries. Lexie Hoffmeyer’s first-period,… Read More
    Former University of Maine men’s hockey coach assistant coach Campbell Blair, now the top assistant at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, admitted he was really looking forward to Friday night’s game against the Black Bears in the Alaskan Goal Rush Tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska. “This will… Read More
    ORONO – With Mahaney Diamond being renovated, University of Maine baseball coach Steve Trimper was forced to make other arrangements for fall practices this year. With some creative scheduling and the help of the folks at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, the Black Bears are enjoying… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Foxcroft Academy recovered from a 14-0 halftime deficit and scored 20 unanswered points Friday night to pull out a 20-14 LTC football victory over Rockland at Oakes Field. Wade Witham scored the winning touchdown on a 12-yard run with 1:19 left in the… Read More
    BANGOR – Zachary Averill scored an unassisted goal 35:25 into the first half Friday to lead Lee Academy to a 1-0 boys soccer victory over Bangor Christian. A.J. Harris turned away 10 of 18 shots for the 6-7-1 Pandas. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has suspended his son from the Hawkeyes football team after he was cited for drinking underage. James Ferentz, a freshman offensive lineman, was cited by Iowa City Police for drinking underage early Friday morning. Read More
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    ORONO – Christi Holmes, a junior civil engineering major at the University of Maine, will compete in her first triathlon Sunday at the Black Bear Triathlon and is trying to raise money in the process to pay for a guide/service dog. The dog is to… Read More
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    HOWLAND – Kaitlyn Mallett broke the 2-2 tie with about 10:30 left in regulation on a penalty kick to give the Lee Academy boys a 3-2 soccer win over Penobscot Valley Thursday. Mallett and Heidi Sappier scored first-half goals for the 6-6-2 Pandas. Felicia Thorton… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE – Shawn Parker scored a pair of goals and assisted on another as Madawaska improved to 12-0-2 with a 4-3 boys soccer win over Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook Thursday. Nathan A. Beaulieu and Andrew Dechaine had the other goals for Madawaska and… Read More
    STANDISH – Kayla Nowell scored the winner off a Kerrie Boutin assist 5:39 into the second overtime to lift Saint Joseph’s College to a 3-2 field hockey victory over Colby College Thursday. Alyssa Dunn tied it at 2-2 with 4:54 remaining in regulation for the… Read More
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    GORHAM – Heidi DeHaan scored her second goal and the game-winner with 2 1/2 minutes left in the second overtime to lead the University of Southern Maine women past Colby College of Waterville 2-1 Wednesday afternoon. The 4-7-1 USM Huskies’ victory snapped a seven-game winless… Read More
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    BIDDEFORD – The University of Maine-Farmington scored three unanswered goals Tuesday to earn a 3-1 field hockey victory over the University of New England. Alyssa St. Pierre, Hattie Agnew and Ashley Wentworth scored for the 7-5 Beavers. Emma Deans provided two assists. Bethany Marshall and… Read More
    WABI-TV, Channel 5 in Bangor, will air the University of Maine men’s hockey team’s season-opening series in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday and Saturday nights. The Black Bears will play the Alaska-Anchorage on Friday at 8:30 and Alaska Goal Rush Tournament host Alaska-Fairbanks on Saturday at… Read More
    ORONO – Lily Barry scored the game-winner with 3:57 left in the second overtime Tuesday to lift Hermon to a 2-1 high school field hockey victory over Orono. Barry also scored with 12:13 left in the first half off a Jaimie Beers assist for 5-9… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – Irene Lewey scored two unassisted goals Tuesday afternoon to lead Washington Academy to a 4-2 girls soccer victory over Highview Christian of Charleston. Brandilyn Hodgdon had a goal and an assist for the 10-1-1 Raiders. Andi Flannery added a goal. Jesse Hardy… Read More
    VAN BUREN – Susan Lavertu scored two goals in the first four minutes to lead the Madawaska Owls to a 4-2 schoolgirl soccer victory over Van Buren Tuesday. Kallie Pelletier made it 3-0 only 51/2 minutes into the game and Lavertu added a second-half goal… Read More
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    FORT KENT – Thomas Levesque scored two first-half goals 19 seconds apart to lead the Fort Kent Warriors to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer win over the Caribou Vikings Monday. Judson Tagget scored just 27 seconds into the second half for 8-4-1 Fort Kent. Matthew Harvey… Read More