With two undefeated Class A girls basketball teams set to meet Wednesday in Newport, the coaches of the Nokomis and Hampden squads might look to a game between undefeated teams from last weekend. The Skowhegan girls pulled off the biggest upset of the season so… Read More
With a lot of cram sessions, late nights, and caffeine-laced drinks in his future, Old Town High School teacher/coach Ian Braun decided that football would not be. After seven seasons as the Indians head football coach and two before that as an assistant, Braun is… Read More
Southern Aroostook girls basketball coach Jon Porter has had his share of good teams – the Warriors won an Eastern Maine Class D title in 1997 and have been to the tourney every year since he took over the team seven years ago – and it looks like… Read More
When Brewer High swimming coach Kathy Cahill was selected to run in the Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, she received a blue commemorative shirt to honor her participation. But Cahill doesn’t have the shirt anymore – she… Read More
Injuries have taken their toll on several girls basketball teams a few weeks into the season. Andrea Blanchard and Lauren Withey of Camden Hills; Ashley Marble of Woodland; and Mount View of Thorndike’s Heather Carter are a few of the athletes whose ailments have sidelined… Read More
Maine high school indoor track and field will have two new wrinkles this season. The biggest of these is the addition of a new event. The 3200-meter (4-by-800) relay doubles the number of relay races offered and brings to 14 the number of events run… Read More
CALAIS – Lanna Martin didn’t mean to spoil the surprise when she walked into the Calais High gym Monday afternoon and saw the painted banner hanging above the bleachers. Only the presence of the sign was a surprise. Its message, which congratulated guard-forward Martin and… Read More
You’re one of the four captains on Bangor’s varsity football team. You’ve helped lead your team back from a crushing five-point loss in the previous season’s state championship game with a perfect regular season and the top seeding in your conference despite the fact that… Read More
Once Calais High guard-forward Lanna Martin decided she wanted to play basketball for an NCAA Division II school, deciding which college to play for was easy. “Everyone I talked to said I should go with my gut feeling,” said Martin, who will head to St. Read More
Former Bangor High varsity swimmer Jason Thomas of Bangor has accepted a partial athletic scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee next fall. “I guess it’s in the back of every person’s mind to someday swim at that level,” said Thomas, 19. “It’s great because… Read More
After two seasons on the sidelines in the fall and on the bench in the winter, Randy Morrison has stepped down as Calais’ boys varsity soccer and basketball coach. Despite having a number of key players back this winter, Morrison decided now was the time… Read More
The game of football is won on the field through physical strength, endurance, instinct, intelligence, and execution, but when it comes to Bangor’s 2001 Class A state championship, it’s impossible to overstate the part that emotion, heart and support played in this season of seasons. Read More
For the eighth time in the last nine years, Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland will host the Class A state championship football game. For the first time in that same span, one team will have a definitive home field advantage as it plays some of its… Read More
For the eighth straight season, the LTC Class B playoff pairings bear the hoof prints of the Foxcroft Academy Ponies. Despite a youthful roster with just seven seniors, all of whom are starters, and several upperclassmen who were first-year varsity players, the Ponies have gone… Read More
Old Town High principal Terry Kenniston believes the school’s new athletic director will bring a new perspective and fresh ideas to the school. That’s a big reason Old Town’s AD search committee recommended that the school system hire Matt Haney, a University of Maine graduate… Read More
No one wanted the Penquis’ girls soccer team to continue its postseason run more than Patriots coach Kerrie Alley. But a win instead of a 4-3 loss in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class C championship would have just postponed the inevitable. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Casual observers of Eastern Maine high school football wouldn’t think much of the fact that Stearns of Millinocket is once again involved in the playoffs. For those in the know, however, the fact the Minutemen earned the No. 3 seeding in the LTC Class C… Read More
Soccer teams from Winslow High, John Bapst of Bangor and Falmouth will get an unusual and unprecedented experience when they play in the boys and girls Class B state championship games this weekend. The two state finals will be held at the MBNA-owned Point Lookout… Read More
Pending school committee approval, Steve Van Dolman will become the third man to call himself Brewer High School’s varsity hockey coach in the last four years. The 31-year-old Van Dolman, who served as head JV coach and varsity assistant to Paul Henderson last season, has… Read More
The Class A Hampden and Class D Lee girls soccer teams have a lot in common. Both squads feature well-rounded offenses, dominating sweepers and fullbacks, and both the Broncos and Pandas are 17-0 and set to play in an Eastern Maine final Saturday. And both… Read More
Successful football seasons aren’t exactly a rarity in Bucksport, but after two straight 4-5 seasons with no playoff appearances, people have reason to be excited about their Golden Bucks. The Bucks are the lone 6-1 team in the Eastern Maine Class C ranks, hold a… Read More
As if it needed any more inspiration, the No. 4 Bangor High field hockey team got a little present at a recent practice that could provide a spark as the Rams open their playoff run Wednesday with a game against No. 5 Lawrence of Fairfield at 3 p.m. Read More
The Ellsworth girls soccer team may have been knocked out of the playoffs because of an incorrectly followed overtime rule, but the Eagles likely won’t pursue a protest. Ellsworth, ranked fifth in Class B’s Southeastern division, played No. 4 Mount View at Thorndike Saturday and… Read More
Nine years after a one-year-and-done appearance and almost two decades after it ceased to be an annual extracurricular offering, cross country is back at Houlton High School. With only two girls and four boys currently on the team rosters, the return of the sport hasn’t… Read More
When Deidra Ham entered Lee Academy four years ago, she never envisioned that she would score 22 goals as a rookie. She had broken her collarbone as an eighth-grader and hadn’t played much in the previous season. But Ham was named an all-star as a… Read More
Three seasons after resigning his post as the Brewer boys varsity basketball coach, Mark Savage is likely headed back to the coach’s box – for the Brewer girls team. Brewer Superintendent Betsy Webb met with Savage Tuesday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
With all the running, rolling on the ground and laughing that goes on at a Hampden girls soccer practice, it’s easy to see the Broncos are having fun this season. The good times aren’t limited to practice – Hampden has given up only two goals… Read More
If former John Bapst and Bangor High School boys basketball coach Bob Cimbollek has anything to say about it, time-influenced controversies will be a thing of the past at the Bangor Auditorium. Some fans said the clock was stopped too long in the waning moments… Read More
Waterville High has found another former University of Maine star to coach its girls basketball team, while Central Aroostook has hired a replacement for that ex-Black Bear. Waterville has tabbed former Central Aroostook coach Julie Bradstreet to coach its girls squad. Craig McFarlane has been… Read More
For the first time since its storied, undefeated, state championship season in 1970, Brewer’s varsity football team is 3-0. Despite fielding a very young team with only three starters back on offense and four on defense, the Witches have excelled out of the gate with… Read More
Dexter’s Kristy Veazie had already scored one goal in Monday’s field hockey game against Orono and her sister Brittany wanted to set her up for a couple more. The trouble was, Kristy was a little nervous. The early score put her one goal away from… Read More
Brothers are opponents on field Orono player Brandon Terrill has edge over Bapst coach Barry Terrill
Friday night’s football game between John Bapst of Bangor and Orono was more than a battle between two improved teams trying to make up for several sub-par seasons. It was an LTC Class C civil war as Bapst’s coach is an Orono graduate and the older brother of… Read More
Last Friday’s girls and boys soccer games between Camden Hills and Rockland may have provided a taste of what’s to come for the state championships in November – not necessarily the two teams involved, but the field on which they played. The Tigers and Windjammers… Read More
Seven years after she began her quest to turn Old Town into a statewide cheerleading powerhouse, Kristen Braun has decided to take some time off. In 14 varsity seasons (seven fall, seven winter), Braun has transformed the Indians’ program from a low-funded afterthought to one… Read More
These days, everyone is searching for time to spend with family. In an effort to do just that, Brewer girls basketball coach Tim Thornton resigned last month, Witches athletic director Dennis Kiah said. “I think what happens is, the time and effort that goes into… Read More
In terms of distance, Jay Kemble’s 14-mile move isn’t anything drastic, but in terms of time, it’s fairly significant. Kemble resigned as Old Town High School’s varsity baseball coach to take the same job with John Bapst in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HODGDON – David Carmichael scored two goals to power the Houlton Shiretowners to a 3-0 season-opening victory over the Hodgdon Hawks Monday. Chris Austin also knocked in a goal for 1-0 Houlton and Dan Sussman added an assist. James Skehan stopped two of four shots. Read More
With just three days left before the fall high school sports season gets underway, Stearns High School may be losing its head football coach. Stearns principal Paul MacDonald said Thursday coach Tom Bertrand has interviewed with another school and may not return to his football… Read More
A former high school and University of Maine basketball star is leaving her high school coaching position. Julie Bradstreet, who skippered the Central Aroostook of Mars Hill girls basketball team for nine seasons, resigned last week, said SAD 42 superintendent Roger Shaw. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
A longtime familiar face at Aroostook County high school athletic events and the Eastern Maine Class A basketball tournament in Bangor is retiring. Dwight Hunter, the Caribou High athletic director, is in his 41st and final year of service at the school. His resignation will… Read More
In 27-year-old Jason Mills, Mike Thomas said he got exactly what he wanted for the vacant John Bapst boys basketball coach position. “I was looking for someone young and enthusiastic,” said Thomas, the athletic director at the Bangor school. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
After a six-year hiatus from the high school varsity coaching ranks, Mark Hundhammer is back as the new boys soccer coach for Brewer High School. The former University of Maine-Machias men’s and women’s head coach, who last coached high school ball in 1994, will take… Read More
A self-imposed exile from coaching lasted only a few days for Bangor resident and John Bapst Memorial High School alumnus Mike Miragliuolo. Just a little more than a week after resigning as varsity baseball, boys basketball, and girls soccer coach at his alma mater, Miragliuolo… Read More
Back in 1988, Mike Corneil had a chance to apply for a head football coaching position at Hampden Academy. Instead, the young coach decided to sit on his assistant varsity job. But a few years later the prospect of being the boss started to intrigue… Read More
Peter Belskis turned Ashland soccer into one of the premier Class D programs in the state, but after 27 years coaching the boys, Belskis is retiring. He will keep his health and physical education teaching position, which he has held since 1974. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Ben Shorey of Ellsworth established a national and meet record at the Adidas National Scholastic Track and Field Championships in Raleigh, N.C., Friday. Shorey, who will attend the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this fall, finished the one-mile racewalk with a time of 6 minutes, 11.05 seconds. Read More
After coaching the Foxcroft girls basketball team to its best-ever finish this season, David Carey is moving on to new challenges: helping his son Matt get ready for a varsity basketball career. And learning to be a spectator. Carey, who coached the Ponies for four… Read More
If Judy Marshall has her way, last weekend’s first-ever high school tenpin tournament will get the bowling ball rolling toward varsity high school sport status. Despite a low turnout (only four of the 39 teams invited actually competed), Saturday afternoon’s Maine State High School Bowling… Read More
The Bangor High girls basketball team won so many sportsmanship awards this winter that at least two of the Rams’ senior captains can’t exactly remember which banner is which. Is the black one from the conference or is it the blue one? And where did that red one… Read More
Joe Campbell and Alison Smith of Bangor High School have been named the Big East Conference players of the year. Campbell, who led the Rams to a 21-1 record and the Class A state championship, received the boys award while Smith, who paced the Rams… Read More
Several Eastern Maine athletes enjoyed successful outings at recent postseason meets in the sports of wrestling and track and field. Topping the list was Ellsworth senior Ben Shorey, who won the one-mile racewalk events at the Nike Indoor Track and Field Championships in Landover, Md.,… Read More
After 16 straight years as a varsity coach and physical education teacher, Bob Sinclair is, at least for the time being, moving off the field, out of the gym, and into the front office. Sinclair, who has been a varsity football coach at Hampden Academy… Read More
For the Mount Desert Island and Calais girls basketball teams, a loss each in the regular season helped turn things around for both squads. Not that things were going all wrong for the Class B Trojans and Class C Blue Devils at the time of… Read More
BANGOR – Joe Campbell netted a team-high 17 points to power the Bangor boys basketball team to a 74-49 victory over Old Town in a Class A matchup at Red Barry Gymnasium. Jim Shea followed up with 12 points for the Rams, and Shawn Bouchard… Read More
Before the North Haven girls basketball team heads to the Augusta Civic Center for its tournament quarterfinal game next week, the Hawks will take side trip to Rockport. Why the pit stop? There are no regulation-size basketball courts on the Penobscot Bay island, and North… Read More
It seems that Dexter wrestling coach Dave Gudroe’s son Adam started some kind of trend when he became the first Tiger to win his 100th match as a junior three years ago. And it appears to be catching on. Two Dexter wrestlers have accomplished the… Read More
BANGOR – It didn’t count on the judges’ scoring sheets, but for Ashley Daigle and Madawaska’s varsity cheering squad, Saturday afternoon’s encore performance was invaluable. For Daigle and her Owls teammates, performing together at the Eastern Maine Class C regional cheering championship in the Bangor… Read More
ROCKPORT – Like most of the girls basketball teams that won regional or state championships last year, the Camden-Rockport (now Camden Hills) girls had a strong senior class that dominated. The Windjammers earned the Class B state crown with six seniors, including All-Maine first-teamer Meg Cressler, standout point… Read More
ROCKLAND – For the 22 years Buddy Wood coached the Washington Academy of East Machias boys basketball team, he never thought he’d need any black and orange ties. Those were the colors of WA’s neighbor and rival, Machias High School, and certainly not for the coach who led… Read More
Dick Barstow has made plenty of stops in his storied coaching career, and he’s had success with almost every girls basketball team he has coached. That success has translated into four state titles in different classifications, seven Eastern Maine championships and 15 or 16 trips… Read More
Maine’s YMCA, high school and college swimmers will certainly miss Norm Palmer, the longtime swimming official who is retiring after the state championships in February. Palmer, 76, presided over his final Bangor home meet Thursday night as the Bangor girls beat Brewer at Husson College. Read More
Jlynn Frazier got good news about her injured left knee after seeing a Bangor sports medicine specialist Tuesday. Frazier, the starting point guard for the Bangor High girls basketball team, said Dr. Gary Parker thinks the pain and swelling in her knee is due to… Read More