Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Lake Region weekly sports recaps

    BASEBALL Raiders 4, Lakers 3: Tucker Buzzell walked with the bases loaded as Fryeburg Academy edged the Lakers last Wednesday at the Academy. The Lakers opened the scoring in the first inning as sophomore Tristen Chaine singled, Jordan Williams walked and Nate Smith doubled. Hunter Day tied it up for the Raiders, and in the […]

  • Laker weekly recaps

          TRACK & FIELD The weather was dismal again, but the girls’ team broke 24 personal records and narrowly won the meet.  Wells won the meet 83.5 to 83, but that was not decided until the last few seconds of the girls’ 4×400.  Hannah Chadwick trailed Kate Macolini of Wells by a couple […]

  • Raider weekly recaps

      GIRLS’ LACROSSE At this point in the season, the Raider girls’ lacrosse notched a victory against Wells and dropped six losses against Class B South. “Our record does not reflect the tremendous amount of improvement the girls have achieved both as individuals and as a team,” first-year FA Coach Julia Taylor reported. “The team […]

  • Player of the Week: Olivia Deschenes

    Olivia Deschenes is a gifted and hard working athlete, who excels in both lacrosse and field hockey. “Olivia is one of our best defensive players and plays a key role in our zone defense,” Lake Region varsity girls’ lacrosse Coach David Keenan said. “She is tough and determined competitor who never quits.” Unfortunately last week, […]

  • Player of the Week: Taylor Davis

    As a goalie, Taylor Davis has been strong commanding and leading the Lake Region defense. “He is a kid who was converted from midfield to goalie early in the season due to a team need there,” Lake Region varsity boys’ lacrosse Coach Josh Plowman said. “His goalie form and ability to make routine saves has […]

  • Football 101 — BA football coach Matt Burgess taking football to the Far East

        Matt Burgess has had a long career of coaching football in Maine — from a decade-long stint at Bridgton Academy (where he is a Class of 1988 graduate) under longtime Head Coach Rick Marcella, to a four-year tenure as Head Football Coach at Gardiner High, and now back to Bridgton Academy under Head […]

  • Anna Lastra selected to receive Hall of Fame scholarship

    Anna Lastra, a senior at Fryeburg Academy, will be one of five scholar-athletes to receive $5,000 scholarships from the Maine Sports Hall of Fame at the 41st annual induction ceremony on Sunday, May 1 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. There were more than 200 entrants for the scholarship program. Anna earned a grade […]

  • Fryeburg Academy presents Winter Sports honors

      FRYEBURG — As a child of a Fryeburg Academy teacher, Nicholis L’Heureux-Carland grew up “on campus.” He watched older Raiders compete in a wide variety of sports, thinking one day he too would wear the navy and white. Now a senior, Nicholis wondered how did three plus years zip by. A captain and a […]

  • Sport shorts: Quinn wins 3-point contest at McDonald’s All-Star game

    ALL STARS — Fryeburg Academy seniors Lexi L’Heureux-Carland and Julia Quinn were selected to play in the annual McDonald’s Senior All-Star basketball game at Husson University in Bangor this past Saturday, March 12. Julia won the Maine Athletic Fundraising 3-Point Shooting Competition, topping Dominique Lewis of Lawrence High School in a 15-second shoot-off. Both players […]

  • Five Raiders qualify for Nordic New England finals

      Over the weekend, the Fryeburg Academy Nordic Ski Team qualified five skiers for the New England Championships. It is the most Nordic athletes to represent FA at New England’s (NE’S) in over two decades. “I couldn’t be happier for these kids! It has been a tough winter, but luckily we held on to good […]