If they’re mulling over a team motto, the Orono Red Riots may want to consider using “What a difference a year makes” for the 2001 football season. Gone is the feeling of awkwardness and unfamiliarity that permeated Orono’s 2000 preseason camp as coach Wally Covell… Read More
Mike Corneil, first-year Hampden Academy football coach, has something of a dilemma. He knows football. He knows his team. But he doesn’t know the opposition. “It’s one of those things where, I think that I’m not that familiar with the league so I don’t know… Read More
Three games into the 2000 campaign, Waterville’s Frank Knight found himself in the kind of situation a coach dreads. “Looking back, it was a half-empty, half-full situation,” Knight admits now. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Friday, Aug. 31 Bangor at Skowhegan, 7 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BUCKSPORT – For the past two years, Bucksport has been a near-miss team. The Golden Bucks have finished the last two seasons with 4-5 marks, good for sixth in the LTC Class C rankings. But they haven’t been able to secure that elusive playoff berth. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – There’s a lot that’s different in Dover-Foxcroft this year. Foxcroft Academy will be playing its games on a new field. The Ponies will be changing in shiny new locker rooms. They will be taking their cues from a new quarterback. And they will… Read More
In a constantly changing world, the Belfast football team has been a model of consistency. Butch Arthers, Butch Richards, and Hal Halliday have walked the sidelines, conducted the practices, and wiped their players’ noses since 1992. They have also produced four Eastern Maine championships and… Read More
Over the years, low-key Winslow coach Mike Siviski has elevated good-natured preseason poor-mouthing to an art form. His team always has holes to fill. The Black Raiders – to him, at least – are never the favorites. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
MILLINOCKET – The minute star running back Justin Cummings picked up his final carry and ran for his last bit of yardage as a high school player, the Stearns football team knew its dependence on Cummings to carry the offensive load was over. Cummings led Stearns to the… Read More
LINCOLN – It’s every young football player’s dream come true: a chance to play quarterback for the high school team … only in Jon Carney’s reality, things are a little bit different. The junior will be Mattanawcook Academy’s third starting quarterback in as many years,… Read More
As the 2001 season – also known as 1 AG (after Gabby) – dawns for Bangor, it’s apparent that very few things will deviate from former head coach Gabby Price’s formula for high school football success. The Rams will continue to utilize the I-formation on… Read More
If they weren’t already called the Crusaders, John Bapst’s football team might want to go with a caricature of Rodney Dangerfield as its team logo. Like Dangerfield, the Crusaders haven’t been getting much respect lately, but they know it’s something you have to earn. It’s… Read More
Getting off to a good start isn’t just a hope or a clich? with Brewer High School’s varsity football team, it’s a necessity. The early part of the season hasn’t been too kind to the Witches in recent seasons and fourth-year head coach Josh Emmett… Read More
The wing-T offense is preparing to take flight again this season in Skowhegan. And with “Captain” B.J. Dunlap at the controls, the Indians are hoping to put some points on the scoreboard in the Northeast Division of the revamped Pine Tree Conference. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
OAKLAND – For a team about to make a big step up in competition, the Messalonskee Eagles have a big message: Bring it on. Messalonskee has been an LTC Class B contender for several years. Now the Eagles are moving up to the Class A… Read More
FAIRFIELD – As Lawrence football coach Brad Bishop sat in his office (which is actually the equipment room as the school builds new locker areas), the loud music and clanging coming from the weight room above made it hard to hear him talk about the Bulldogs’ prospects for… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Last year, Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield lost to Winthrop 22-0 in the State Class C championship game. Coach Bill Cowan said he knows why. “Speed. That was where we were weak a year ago. Winthrop was just too fast,” he said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Daryle Weiss has a simple philosophy about teaching and coaching: “Give me the ‘toughest’ ones.” The New Jersey native will be right in his element this fall at Rockland District High School, where he has joined the staff as a special education teacher and as… Read More
Experienced. Senior dominated. Optimistic. Words not recently associated with Mount Desert Island football. But Coach George “Toogie” McKay looks up and down his lineup and sees reason to use those words. “We rebuild here. We don’t reload. It’s been a process for three years. But… Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that folks in Dexter were wondering whether football would go the way of the dinosaur. Just two years ago, the undermanned Tigers were mired in an 11-game losing streak and the program was on the brink of extinction. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MADISON – Bart Barnum was as eager as he had ever been to play football when he lined up last year in an exhibition game against Foxcroft Academy. After all, the Madison tackle had missed the previous season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in… Read More
EASTERN MAINE Class A, Pine Tree Conference googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
OLD TOWN – Old Town coach Ian Braun thinks this is the year his team can reach a higher level. The Indians have posted 0-9 and 2-7 marks the past two seasons. But Old Town returns 11 letterwinners, including four starters on the offensive line… Read More