Local Sports

THORNDIKE – Three first half goals by the Mustangs put them in the quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Shala Davis, Gabby Allen and Sage Pound scored a goal a piece in the first 45 minutes.   Mount View will go on to face Hermon in the quarterfinals.

BELFAST – Saturday morning the best of northern Maine high school cross country descended on Troy Howard Middle School to try and win individual and regional titles. The day started with Class A runners led by Jillian Richardson for the girls and Lisandro Berry-Gaviria for the boys followed by Bangor’s Gabe Coffey.   The Class B … Read More

BELFAST – Saturday morning the best of northern Maine high school cross country descended on Troy Howard Middle School to try and win individual and regional titles. The day started with Class A runners led by Jillian Richardson for the girls and Lisandro Berry-Gaviria for the boys followed by Bangor’s Gabe Coffey.   The Class B … Read More

LINCOLN – At the top of Class D north you’ll almost always find Bucksport and Foxcroft, but this year you’ll find a team in third that can compete with them. “We dont have to line right up and say we’re going to run over you or run through you..we can sometimes be out in space … Read More

Week 8’s play of the week goes to Andrew Haining and Chance Graves of Nokomis.   Haining hit Graves for a 75 yard pass to tie their game at MCI at 21.   Warriors would take the Huskies to overtime but ultimately lose out by a score of 24-21.

Skowhegan sneaks out a win to stay atop Class B north, as well as dominant performances from Lawrence and Brewer round out the division’s highlights.   The playoff picture is now locked in with the final week of games behind those teams, hear from the Sports Blitz crew on their playoff predictions and more.

ORONO – The Black Bears have two huge games on the road against Northeastern and Boston University opportunities to gain critical Hockey East points early. The Black Bears faced the Huskies and Terriers at the same time of the season last year and capitalized.   The two wins served as a launch pad for Maine as they went on … Read More

BELFAST – MCI Huskies only needed one goal to get past Belfast in the Class B field hockey quarterfinals.     Allysah Greene score with 19 seconds left in the first half for the 5 seed Huskies, but they had a handful of chances to score again in the second half.   Belfast had multiple opportunities in second half, … Read More

FARMINGTON – Mount Blue field hockey took down Bangor Tuesday afternoon, to move on in the Class A playoffs.   Two early goals by Eva Stevens and Ellie Pelletier pushed the Cougars on to eventually win 4-0.   They move on face Cony in the Class A north semifinals.

ORONO – University of Maine football was back at practice Tuesday to start their preparations for William and Mary this weekend. The Tribe has lost three of their last four, including last week against Towson who is ranked just one above Maine.   Chris Ferguson got his first start since separating his shoulder against Yale going 30-48 … Read More