MONMOUTH —Anyone familiar with the history of Monmouth cross country would have a hard time imagining the Mustangs as a "Cinderella story," but that's exactly what they were in 2008 when they won the Class C boys' state championship. "The last five races leading up to states we had people sick, we had people out, so it looked like we were nowhere near ready," senior Elliott Kahl said. "We got lucky it all ended up coming together."

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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Dacie Manion underwent an interesting training experience this summer. The Old Town High School junior took six weeks off from running and did some hiking with her family in Colorado, which she figured would help with discipline and toughness in her mentally challenging sport.

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Corey White scored four goals as Easton defeated East grand 7-1.
Holden Turner tallied three goals and assisted on two of White’s goals for Easton. Cody Tompkins made five saves on six shots. Andrew Gilman scored off a Logan Crone assist for East Grand,  Abe Brittain and Alex Brittain combined to make 25 saves on 32 shots

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"The addition of Randy Livingston and Mike Procopio, along with Head Coach Austin Ainge, gives the Red Claws an outstanding coaching staff as we enter our inaugural season," said Jennings. "Randy Livingston brings a wealth of experience as a player and coach at the NBA D-League and NBA level. Mike Procopio rounds out our staff with his exceptional background as a player development coach. It is a testament to what we are building here in Maine that coaches of their caliber wanted to be a part of the Red Claws."

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BANGOR, Maine — A year ago, John Bapst senior Dan Keefe was all that stood between a winning touchdown for Bucksport and bitter defeat for the Crusaders. Saturday night, he found himself in an eerily similar situation, once again with the game on the line. In 2008, Bucksport back Nate Warren ran through him to give Bucksport a one-point victory, but this time around, Bapst’s 5-foot-8, 150-pound defensive back made the play of the game.

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Katie Whitten scored on a second-half rebound during a goal-mouth scramble to break a 1-1 tie in a mutual season-opener. Jordan Leveille had tied the game in the first half after PCHS’s Sammi Brown had opened the scoring.

Jocelyn Thomas made nine saves on 18 shots for the winners while Meranda Hunt finished with 17 stops on 28 shots for PCHS.

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Laura Nicholson scored the tying goal with 36:18 remaining in the game as the Wolverines and Deer Isle-Stonington battled to a tie through two overtimes.

Kira Burleigh stopped 13 of 14 shots for Schenck.

Meaghan Robinson scored for the Mariners in the first half on an assist from Esther Adams. Chelsea Brown made 16 saves on 19 shots.

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Katherine Bragg scored three second-half goals to lift the Patriots past the Cougars of Stacyville.

Katahdin’s Melissa Duffy scored the game’s first goal unassisted with 32 minutes left in the contest before Bragg responded with goals at 25:30, 18:20 and 4:00.

Meredith Bean assisted on the first goal, Whitney Holmes set up the second and the third was unassisted.

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Chelsea Nickerson, Chandler Guerrette and Kayla Richards scored two goals each as Presque Isle rolled past Bucksport Saturday.

Jenna Stephenson, Brooke Long-Postell, Megan Ireland and Alyssa Huston each added a goal for the Wildcats. Kelsey Park stopped the only shot she faced.

Carrie Daigle made 14 saves on 31 shots for Bucksport in the loss.

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Molly White scored four goals to power Woodland past Calvary Chapel Christian of Orrington Saturday. Anne Refsdal netted two goals while Kasey Burke scored one for the Dragons. Kelsey Worden stopped 11 of 14 shots.
Meagan Warman, Jessica Owens and Jacqueline Veilleux had a goal each for the Sabers.

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At Thorndike, Alonia Horton scored two first-half goals to lead Mount View past Camden Hills of Rockport. Cheyenne Dyer assisted Horton’s second goal for 1-0 Mount View. Rebecca Kimball saved all three shots to earn the shutout. Sarah Nason turned away three of six shots for 0-1 Camden Hills.

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The York High School boys soccer team started it season in fine fashion on Friday with a 5-0 shutout of Poland in a Western Maine Class B contest."I was very happy with the result," York coach Jeff Smith said. "The kids came out strong from the opening whistle. We got a (penalty kick) in the first two minutes of the game that their keeper made a nice save, but we kept the pressure on them all day. We moved the ball well and it was the first game in awhile where we played a full 80 minutes."

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by Bryan Thompson,  Poland at York
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Jake Leithiser scored two goals en route to a 5-1 vistory over Hermon. Lucas Baillargeon scored a goal and an assist, Jacob St. Peter and Josh Moul scored one goal each, and David Wilcox added an assist for Old Town. Lee Larry and Cody Cross combined to make six saves on seven shots.Colton Gross scored an unassisted goal for Hermon. Justin Cullens made 13 saves on 24 shots.

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Derrick Bellevance scored three goals to lead Penobscot Valley over Piscataquis. Ryan Scopino had a goal and an assist while Charlie Gardner had an assist for PVHS. Jake Jones stopped six of 12 shots. Dylan Izbicki made 13 saves on 35 shots for the 0-1 Pirates.

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