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
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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
AUBURN – It was an ugly start to a beautiful effort by the Bangor Rams on a clear, pleasant Friday night as they wound up their preseason with a 31-0 victory over Edward Little, one of the three new kids on the Pine Tree Conference block this season. Read More
BIDDEFORD – Chris DeVinney can remember every field goal he ever made in high school. Every … single … one. Good memory? Not exactly. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Barry Terrill reaped many benefits from his experience as a football player at Orono High School. The former all-state lineman, who won a state championship with the Red Riots in 1996, hopes to establish that same winning attitude as the head coach at John Bapst… Read More