One of the toughest things to do in high school sports is to build tradition where none has ever existed. That's the case with boys soccer at Oak Hill.

Here are my top 10 boys and girls teams in the state

BOYS
1. Scarborough
2. Bangor
3. Falmouth
4. Brunswick
5. Mt. Ararat
6. Greely
7. Presque Isle
8. Portland
9. Lisbon
10. Richmond

GIRLS
1. Waterville
2. Gorham
3. Brunswick
4. Falmouth
5. Marshwood
6. York
7. Presque Isle
8. Winslow
9. Medomak Valley
10. Mt. Abram

Here are my top 10 boys and girls teams in the state

BOYS
1. Scarborough
2. Bangor
3. Falmouth
4. Greely
5. Mt. Ararat
6. Brunswick
7. Presque Isle
8. Portland
9. Edward Little
10. Richmond

GIRLS
1. Waterville
2. Gorham
3. Falmouth
4. Brunswick
5. York
6. Marshwood
7. Presque Isle
8. Winslow
9. Medomak Valley
10. Mt. Abram

Here are my boys and girls top 10 high school soccer teams.

Depending on the interest in golf or cross country, Richmond will field a team in those sports now and then, But the only real fall sport in this town of 3,000 or so residents along the Kennebec River is soccer.

A third of the way into the season, high school soccer races are taking shape around the state.

Is there room for soccer in Gardiner? I'm not simply talking about fielding boys and girls teams, that's been going on for a long time. The question is, can Gardiner field successful soccer teams along with strong football and field hockey programs?

Former Mt. View High School soccer standout Cody Zane signed a letter of intent to play his college soccer at the University of Rhode Island.

"Cody brings us depth and versatility in the midfield and defense and I can only see him getting better each time he steps on the field," URI head coach John O'Connor said in a statement released by the school.

Zane, who transferred to North Yarmouth Academy for his senior year, had 18 goals and seven assists in 64 high school games.

The Maranacook boys soccer team sported a variety of unusual haircuts, true to custom this time of year.