Lee Horton

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FAIRFIELD — A month and a half ago, few baseball observers had high expectations for the Mt. Blue Cougars. At the beginning of the season, Messalonskee, Bangor, Skowhegan and Mt. Ararat were the favorites in Class A North. Mt. Blue, meanwhile, was coming off a 3-12-1 campaign in 2024. As the playoffs approach, though, Mt. Blue is right there with those teams — and, in some cases, well ahead of them.

3 days ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

Lewiston's Michael Caron hits an RBI single in the top of the third inning of the Blue Devils' 6-0 win over Edward Little on Tuesday in Auburn. Emily Bontatibus/Sun Journal AUBURN — The playoffs were already off the table, but Lewiston’s eight seniors wanted to end their high school baseball careers in style.

3 days ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

Edward Little's Emily Poulin hits a two-run double double in the bottom of the fourth inning against Lewiston Tuesday in Auburn. Emily Bontatibus/Sun Journal AUBURN — Edward Little got going in the third inning and beat rival Lewiston 11-1 in five innings in a regular season finale softball game Tuesday at Central Maine Community College.

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Joshua Newhall has been hired as head coach of the Dirigo football team, the high school announced Friday. Newhall spent the past five years as the defensive coordinator at Mt. Blue, and before that was the defensive coordinator at Madison Area High School, his alma mater, from 2017-2019. At Dirigo, Newhall is replacing another former Mt. Blue defensive coordinator, Craig Collins, who left the Dixfield school after four seasons to become Mt. Blue’s head coach.

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Lee Horton

PARIS — Oxford Hills girls lacrosse coach Jenna Durgin called a timeout with to calm her players and remind them to slow down instead of forcing offensive opportunities. Two minutes remained in the fourth quarter, and the Vikings were leading Mt. Blue by three goals. “I said to them, it doesn’t matter how many goals you win by, right,” Durgin said. “You don’t get extra points for winning by more goals, you just need one goal to win.