Athletics

LMS Soccer teams made the journey down to Ellsworth this afternoon. After a couple of hard fought games, both teams are coming home with a loss. Boys 3-0, Girls 1-0. Teams are back home Thursday vs Brewer.

LMS Field Hockey squared off with the Hawks at home this afternoon. 48 minutes of play wasn't enough and apparently, neither was 5 minutes of overtime. Final score 2-2. Great job ladies, rest up, Nokomis comes to town next week.

LMS Field Hockey avoided the rain for a game in Brewer this afternoon. The team faced a tough Witches squad who handed our Coyotes a 5-0 loss. The team has a quick turnaround as they face Hermon at home tomorrow.

The Pioneers Portal is Now open for prospective players to sign up! Mark the date of the coaches meet and greet with parents and skaters for October 21, 6:30pm at Brewer High School. https://forms.gle/aEUK8XQUhuyBQypr6

The OTHS Cross Country teams competed today at the 25th Annual Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions Meet in Belfast with 100 schools from Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and Nova Scotia. Senior Owen Dunn started things off running a personal best 20:16.03 5k in the 2nd boys unneeded race. Senior Lily Heitmann followed that up with a 1st place finish in the girls unseeded race, the 1st individual race win for Old Town at this long running meet, running a time 22:59.43. And in the last race of the day, in the 7 race day, the girls seeded race, senior Liz Preble led the way running a Festival of Champions personal best time of 21:57.26, and was followed by Izzy Howard (24:14.23) and Linzy Heitmann (24:36.96) to close out a very good day. The teams wrap up the regular season next Saturday at the Pendale Invitational in Hermon.

LMS Soccer battled the elements in Hermon tonight. The girls worked hard but ended in a 5-0 loss. The boys took their first win of the season with a hat trick from Aiden Sockbeson, final score 3-2! Teams are back in action Tuesday at Ellsworth.

Varsity field hockey with a 4-0 win over Orono. Addison Hill with 2 goals, 1 assist. Molly Albert with 1 goal. Nevaeh Manos with 1 goal, 1 assist. Grace Madden with 1 assist. Meredith Cyr with 1 assist.

LMS Cross Country competed in their third meet of the season last night at Bangor High School. Both girls and boys teams finished 4th with 30 finishes going to:
Heidi Carlson 10th, Libby Lebsack 19th, Connor Wilson 11th and Ben Lundstrom 26th. Great job everyone!

LMS Field Hockey was back in action at home tonight vs the Broncos from Reeds Brook. The score read 3-1 Broncos at the half, but our girls battled back in third to tie things up ending in a 3-3 tie. The team is back in action Monday at Brewer.

Congratulations to Allison Carey and Mya Betters for qualifying for the State Meet today as they excelled in the field of 29 at the PVC Girls Qualifier. Mya led the field with a score of 90 today. Both will also represent the Coyotes at the team class B meet tomorrow.

The cross town rivalry was a live and well tonight at Victory Field as our LMS Football team took on the Riots of Orono. The first half saw Orono take a commanding 25-0 lead. But our boys fought till the final whistle, ending with their first loss of the season 31-14. Heads up boys, we travel to Dexter next week.

LMS Soccer @ Ellsworth has been postponed to Tuesday 10/6 Boys 3:00/Girls 4:30. (Bus 1:15)
LMS Field Hockey vs. Nokomis have been postponed to Wed. 10/14 at 3:30.

LMS Athletics weekly calendar.

The OTHS Cross Country teams hosted the 76th Sectional XC Invitational today at the Victory Field Athletic Complex, with 15 schools competing. The girls team finished up 6th place, led by Elizabeth Preble in 15th with a time of 22: 50.64, followed by Lily Heitmann in 24th, Linzy Heitmann in 35th, Izzy Howard in 40th and Harper Oakes in 45th. For the boys, Owen Dunn finished 33rd with a time of 21:06.22. We also recognized our four seniors, Lily Heitmann, Elizabeth Preble, Owen Dunn and Koston Hurley and we want to thank them for their dedication and commitment to OTHS XC, and a special thank you goes out to Lily and Elizabeth for four amazing seasons. Next up is the Festival of Champions Meet in Belfast next Saturday.

LMS soccer teams were back at home tonight taking on the Lions from Belfast. The girls played tough, leading for most of the game 1-0, but a couple late goals by the Lions sealed the deal, ending with a 2-1 loss. The boys came out firing but slowed down in the second half, losing 4-0. Teams travel to Ellsworth on Tuesday.

LMS Cross Country competed in their second meet of the season yesterday at Mattanawcook Academy. Girls team finished 4th, while the boys finished 3rd. Individual places were as follows. Heidi Carlson 6th, Libby Lebsack 27th, Vivian Lundstrom 30th, Chloe Lane 32nd, Ameila Bonawitz 33rd, Limel Emery 41st, Jayda Jackson 42nd, Marley-Marie Merchant 44th. Connor Wilson 10th, Danny Pelletier 11th, RJ Meigs-McDonald 18th, Ben Lundstrom 20th, Lucas Doty 23rd, Ezra Craig 29th, Aaron Bonawitz 30th, William Chabot 36th, Alden Kanoti 39th, Melvin Doucette 41st. Great job team!

Final scores today- Field Hockey over Hampden 7-1 and Football with a tough battle, losing to OOB 22-12. We were happy to kick off River Fest with our football players and cheerleaders being accompanied by area youth cheerleaders and football players with us tonight.

LMS field hockey was back at home today after a long trip down to Belfast yesterday. The team faced a strong Bangor squad with the final score ending in 5-3 defeat. Next up is Nokomis on Tuesday.

LMS football moves to 4-0 on the season after they battled Warsaw to a 34-26 win! Great job team!