These were among the top individual performances in Week 1 of the high school football season.
Monmouth Mustangs
Watch: Winthrop football opens with an impressive shutout win over Leavitt
The Ramblers convert turnovers into points and deal the Hornets their first setback since November 2021.
Watch: High school squads open season with ‘Midnight Madness’
Some teams in Maine kicked off fall practices hours before sunrise. So did Varsity Maine.
Golf: Only two women competed at the Charlie’s Maine Open, and both craved a chance to play
Abby Flanagan and Alexis McCormick sought to fine-tune their games ahead of Women’s Am.
C South baseball: Sacopee Valley gains revenge with regional title victory over Monmouth
After 1-0 loss to Monmouth Academy, Hawks get payback with early offensive output, strong pitching.
C South baseball: Sacopee Valley gains revenge with regional title victory over Monmouth
After 1-0 loss to Monmouth Academy, Hawks get payback with early offensive output, strong pitching.
Baseball: Maranacook rallies in seventh, but Monmouth holds on to reach regional final
Maranacook scores four times in the top of the seventh, but, Monmouth, the defending Class C state champions, hold on to get to the South final for the second straight season.
Softball: Spruce Mountain stuns Monmouth in extras in C South semifinal
The Phoenix rally, the Mustangs answer, and then Spruce Mountain secures a long-awaited victory over its MVC rival to reach the regional final.
Baseball: Monmouth multi-sport athletes have sights set on another state championship
Six Mustangs are trying to complete the trifecta of winning soccer, basketball and baseball titles in the same school year. But they acknowledge the challenges that lie ahead, starting with Saturday’s semifinal against Maranacook.
Baseball: Monmouth routs Lisbon in C South quarterfinals
Sammy Calder pitches three shutout innings and contributes three singles and three RBIs, and Luke Harmon doubles twice in the top-seeded Mustangs’ win over the ninth-seeded Greyhounds.