LEWISTON, Maine — The Fryeburg Academy football team captured its first state championship since 1965 when the Raiders defeated Hermon 28-0 at Lewiston High School’s Don Roux Field in Lewiston on Saturday.
FA (9-2) last won a state football championship in 1965, when its cast of Raiders went undefeated and won the Class B title.
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