Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Indoor Track States: Kate Hall goes out with bang: 3 titles, 2 records

    Lake Region’s Kate Hall won state titles in her three events — long jump, 55 meters and 200 meters — all four years. “An athlete can do no better than that!” Coach Mark Snow said. Kate broke or tied the state record eight times in those 12 titles. On Monday at the Class B State […]

  • Player of the Week: Evan Kellough

    Evan Kellough has probably been the most consistent player on the Ice Cats ice hockey team in terms of effort and attitude during a tough stretch this season. “Evan’s energy level and enthusiasm to play has not wavered the entire season,” Ice Cats Coach Dave Lepage said, “and as the team enters the home stretch […]

  • Prelim: Raiders nearly dig themselves out of a big hole, fall short in rally against GNG

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — If Tuesday was going to be Jonathan Burk’s final high school basketball game, he was going down fighting. With his team struggling mightily at both ends of the court in the Class B West preliminary game against ninth-ranked Gray-New Gloucester, Burk nearly brought the Raiders back from […]

  • York provides good playoff primer for Laker boys

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer York gave the Lake Region boys’ basketball team just what they needed on Senior Night. The Wildcats pushed the Lakers to the limit, which should help them in their first tournament game this Saturday at the Expo. And, the seniors Nick Hall and Quinn Piland played key roles in […]

  • Raider defense secures playoff home court game against Capers

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Mackenzie Buzzell always draws the toughest defensive assignment so, at times, her offense suffers a bit. Fryeburg Academy Coach Sean Watson doesn’t mind. “It is brutal the things we ask her to do on defense, doing it 30 to 32 minutes of the game,” the coach said. […]

  • Lakers open with strong start at WMC Indoor Track Championships

    GORHAM — Mark Snow knew early on that his Lake Region squad was headed for a good showing at the Western Maine Conference indoor track and field championships last Friday. The meet inside the University of Southern Maine field house in Gorham started out well with three of four Laker hurdlers making it into the […]

  • FA indoor track team captures seven titles at WMC Championships

    GORHAM — Although the conference championship indoor track and field meet lasted just under seven hours last Friday, Fryeburg Academy Coaches Kevin McDonald and Bobby Collins enjoyed what they saw. Raider athletes did not let fatigue or the length of the meet affect them as they returned home with seven individual champions. “Coach Collins and […]

  • Western Maine Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships results

    Western Maine Conference Championships Girls’ Division Junior Results 55 meters: 1. Skye Collins, FA, 7.87; 3. Catherine Christiansen, LR, 8.08 200 meters: 1. Skye Collins, FA, 28.10; 25. Brea Conder, FA, 33.03; 31. Grace Condon, FA, 35.58 400 meters: 1. Morgan Smith, York, 1:04.03; 7. Hannah Chadwick, LR, 1:09.06; 14. Grace Condon, FA, 1:20.81 55 […]

  • Yarmouth shoots the lights out, roll past LR boys

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer YARMOUTH — As fans settled into the stands for Saturday’s matinee, several Yarmouth supporters expected “a close game.” What they got was a Clipper shootout. Temps were near sub-zero as the wind whipped up newly fallen snow outside, but the top-ranked Class B West leading Clippers were red-hot shooting […]

  • Raiders fail to match York’s physical play

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — With a chance to cement a home basketball playoff game, the Raider boys picked a terrible night to turn in a bad outing. Fryeburg failed to match York’s physical play in the paint as senior center Justin Frecker was a wrecking machine in the second quarter, scoring […]