Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Spring sports preview: Fryeburg Academy

    VARSITY BASEBALL Head Coach: Gregg Corbin, 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Stu Frost JV Coach: Steve Barker Key returning players: Trevor Henschel (captain), Brandon Ludwig (captain), Nick L’Hereux-Carland, Matt Boucher, Keegan Jones, Ben Southwick and Henry Santana. Players to watch: Hunter Day (captain), Trevor Henschel, Brandon Ludwig, Nick L’Hereux-Carland, Keegan Jones and Ben Southwick. Strengths: Senior […]

  • April 2, 2015

  • Champion! Kate Hall delivers on biggest track stage

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The night before the National Indoor Track & Field Championships, Kate Hall barely caught a wink of sleep, her dad said. While Kate did not fixate on a certain “target” distance for the long jump, she was totally focused on what it would take to compete for a title […]

  • In a league of her own: Kate Hall sets two new all-time N.E. marks

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer No one in New England has ever run faster than Kate Hall of Casco, and no one has ever jumped farther. The Lake Region senior closed out her high school indoor career in record-setting fashion at the New England Championships held over the weekend at the Reggie Lewis Center […]

  • Anna Lastra completes comeback at N.E. Championships

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — When Anna Lastra learned that she had a stress fracture, she easily could have put the brakes on indoor track and started to look ahead to the spring. Instead, she never gave up on her goal. Saturday, it paid off for the Fryeburg Academy junior. Entered in […]

  • 11-0 Cape Elizabeth run dashes Laker Region’s title dream

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — When Lake Region and Cape Elizabeth met in the regular season, they were locked up in a see-saw affair. Eventually, the Lakers escaped with a five-point home win. The same story line unfolded in the Class B West Finals Saturday, but an “X” factor titled the final […]

  • Revenge was theirs; Lakers stun top-ranked Yarmouth in semis

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — Standing on the biggest stage, so far, of his high school basketball career, Marcus DeVoe experienced what it is like to be in a “zone.” With a smooth flick of the wrist, DeVoe torched Yarmouth for a tourney record seven 3-pointers en route to a game-high 24 […]

  • Quarter hoops: Lakers net late free throws to hold off Phoenix

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — As Jackson Lesure stood at the foul line and was staring toward the basket with 7.1 seconds left on the clock, his dad yelled out, “We need just 1 — Ice.” Acting as though ice was running through his veins, the Laker junior guard coolly made both […]

  • Quarter hoops: Greely ends frustrations, Lake Region girls’ run

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — Like most teams, Lake Region’s center of attention was Ashley Storey — Greely’s talented 6-foot-plus center. Throughout Tuesday’s quarterfinal against the third-ranked Rangers, Lake Region tried to contain Storey through double teams. The risk is someone else is open. That someone proved to be Isabel Porter, who […]

  • Prelim hoops: Capers turn the tables on Raider girls

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — In crunch time, Madeleine Bowe was money. The junior guard was 4-for-4 from the foul line in the last 30 seconds to help lead Cape Elizabeth to a 34-26 victory last Wednesday over Fryeburg Academy. The victory moved the Capers to Tuesday’s Class B West quarterfinal, which […]