Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Raider sports beat

    GIRLS BASKETBALL By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Sean Watson and his Raider girls’ basketball team continues to experience a rollercoaster ride this season. One game, the Raiders are up. Fryeburg was clutch at the foul line, sinking 18-of-22 attempts in the second half and overtime to rally past Falmouth. The next, FA […]

  • Player of the Week: Brittany Perreault

    Brittany Perreault is an outstanding student-athlete who displays exemplary commitment to her team and a strong work ethic. “Brittany is an experienced cheerleader, who plays a pivotal role on this year’s squad,” Lake Region Athletic Director Paul True said. “It is through her tremendous effort and attitude that has earned Brittany the Player of the […]

  • Player of the Week: Kate Hall

    Kate Hall has put in more time toward her sport outside of practice than any athlete Coach Mark Snow has coached. “Her dedication to her weight training, sprinting, and jumping has produced 13 state titles and two New England titles in the past two years,” Coach Snow said. Kate’s top efforts this season rank her […]

  • Player of the Week: Nicole Fox

    Nicole Fox accepts every challenge in track & field competition with a positive attitude, according to her Lake Region coach, Mark Snow. “Nicole is a first time member of the team.  She has been a positive influence on the team,” Coach Snow said. “She comes to practice ready to learn something new about her events.” […]

  • Same formula, same result — Lakers rout Raider girls

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — If the formula works, no sense to change it. Lake Region forced eight turnovers to start the game, moved the ball on offense with precision and held Fryeburg Academy to just one field goal. Opening result: A 13–2 start. End result: A 54–32 victory over the Raiders. […]

  • Defensive stops lead Laker boys over Raiders

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Quinn Piland was up for the challenge. After Fryeburg Academy’s athletic point guard Ryan Gullikson had torched the LR defense for 17 points to give the Raiders a 28–22 halftime lead, Laker Coach J.P. Yorkey decided to give Piland a crack at slowing down Gullikson. It worked. […]

  • 2013: Sports Year in Review

      By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer 2013 proved to be a very good sports year in the Lake Region: 1. How good can she be? No track record appears safe with Kate Hall around. The Casco phenom barely let the ink dry often in 2013 before she was rewriting school and state records in […]

  • Laker girls rally in a big way after first hoop loss

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Tiana-Jo Carter wanted to make amends for what she considered a bad performance the night before. Carter played with a vengeance Thursday, scoring 35 points and hauling down 23 rebounds to lead Lake Region to a 56-45 victory over Falmouth. “Tonight’s game was really important because we were down […]

  • ‘We grew up a little tonight’ — Raider girls hold off late Poland rally

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — One couldn’t blame Sean Watson for getting a little nervous. The Fryeburg Academy varsity girls’ basketball coach has seen the script before — his Raiders build up a nice lead against a quality opponent, only to see his club struggle to score in big moments and lose […]

  • Raider boys lose on last second shot

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — CJ Martin played the role of The Grinch Saturday night. The senior Poland guard stunned the Raiders by connecting on a long-range 3-point shot at the buzzer as the Knights escaped Wadsworth Arena with a 47-44 victory. Playing short-handed (two players had returned home for the holidays […]