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Rachel Foster will attend the University of Maine this fall as a student in its Honors College as part of a seven-year curriculum that will help her become a doctor of osteopathic medicine. Foster graduated from Houlton High School in June having led the Shiretowners… Read More
PINEHURST, N.C. – Ricky Jones of Thomaston improved his position Tuesday in the U.S. Amateur golf tournament but still missed qualifying for the match-play competition which starts today. Jones, a four-time winner of the Whited Ford Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament, posted a 3-over-par 73… Read More
Dexter Regional High School opened preseason soccer practices this week with two new varsity coaches. Peter Murray, the Tigers’ longtime boys varsity basketball coach, is the school’s new boys varsity coach. He replaces Paul Shaw, who stepped down after six years to focus on his… Read More
The University of Maine’s field hockey team is anxiously waiting for the finishing touches to be applied to its new field located beyond the softball field’s outfield fence. They will play on FieldTurf Tarkett PUR, a synthetic surface similar to AstroTurf that was used during… Read More
ST. AGATHA – Kenny Tarr knocked in the game-winning goal with 24:33 remaining in regulation to lift Ashland to a 4-3 high school boys soccer win over Wisdom Tuesday. Tyler Condon scored two goals while Jacob Paradis added a goal for Ashland. Bobby Gardner made… Read More
Motivation doesn’t have to be negative As a former participating parent of Bangor Youth Football, and a friend of several current players parents, I feel it may be time to make the practice of disparaging the players’ friends as “sissies” because they play soccer instead… Read More
The hot days of summer may be winding down, but it surely felt like a true mid-August morning as high school football, soccer, field hockey, cross country and volleyball teams around the state joined their counterparts in Aroostook County in kicking off preseason practices Monday. Read More
I came away from the Senior League World Series banquet the other night at the Elks Club, feeling warm and satisfied that the spirit of volunteerism was alive and well as far as Senior League baseball was concerned. Parents, coaches, and tournament coordinators were gathered… Read More
Hallowell’s Johnny Clark knows what he is going to do with the $30,000 he pocketed for his win in the Toyota Tundra 250 at Wiscasset Raceway Sunday night: pay off the brand new Chevy Monte Carlo he drove to Victory Lane. He hadn’t driven it until practice on… Read More
In the days leading up to this year’s fifth annual Fort Kent International Muskie Derby, some were a bit concerned. The water was high … very high. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
Dan Chasse grew up in Fort Kent and has been playing golf since he was six. So, when the local school board decided bring the varsity golf team back this fall after Chasse had talked with athletic administrator Paul Michaud about it “for about two… Read More
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The University of Maine women’s soccer team was picked to finish fourth in the America East preseason coaches poll released Monday. Maine coach Scott Atherley returns 13 letterwinners off last year’s team, which went 6-8-3, 4-3-1 in AE play. Boston University was chosen to win… Read More
PINEHURST, N.C. – Ricky Jones of Thomaston had one bad hole Monday in his opening round of the U.S. Amateur golf tournament, but it may cost him a chance to qualify for match play competition starting Wednesday. Jones triple bogeyed the par-4 eighth hole on… Read More
MARS HILL – Nathan Beaulieu scored the game-winning goal off a corner kick with 1:47 remaining in overtime to lift Madawaska to a 2-1 victory over Central Aroostook in a schoolboy soccer matchup Monday. Andrew Deschaine scored with 24 minutes left to tie the game… Read More
There are lots of typical sounds to hear at a ballpark: The crack of the bat, the roar of a crowd, and the cries of vendors selling peanuts, soda, and hot dogs. Anyone attending Sunday’s Portland Sea Dogs game at Hadlock Field heard some decidedly… Read More
Viktoriya Rybalko of Ukraine, who was a star sprinter and jumper at the University of Maine from 1999 to 2003, came up short in her attempt to qualify for the women’s long jump finals. Rybalko, 25, jumped 6.43 meters in her third and final attempt… Read More
Strategy is as much a part of the Senior League World Series as pitching, hitting and defense, given such issues as pitch-count rules and special pinch runners. And picking the strategic move of the weeklong event is a no-brainer, as it came during the pivotal… Read More
WISCASSET – The Pro All-Stars Series North Super Late Model Toyota Tundra 250 boiled down to a two-lap finish between the driver who led the most laps over the first half of the race and the driver who led the most laps over the second half. Read More
BANGOR – Upper Deerfield, N.J., built an early lead in most bizarre fashion during Saturday’s Senior League World Series championship game at Mansfield Stadium – getting three bases-loaded walks in the first inning and having two batters hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second. Read More
Three Maine rowers earned Olympic medals Sunday as the U.S. women’s eight won the gold for the first time since 1984 and the men’s eight finished third during the final day of competition at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Anna Goodale of Camden and Elle… Read More
LIMESTONE – Kelly Peers scored two second-half goals as Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics opened its schoolgirl soccer season with a 5-3 victory over Easton. Jasmine Cote, Victoria St. Pierre and Eva Smith also scored for Limestone, while Audra Kirk made four… Read More
WINTERPORT – Greg Young of Raymond captured wins in both the Super Pro/Pro Final and the Super Pro Eliminator features Sunday at Winterport Dragway. Young beat out Robin Reynolds of Winterport, who placed second in the Super Pro/Pro Final. In the Super Pro Eliminator, Phil… Read More
BEIJING – Even Michael Phelps couldn’t believe his eyes. He said he had to take off his goggles to make sure it was his name, and not Milorad Cavic, next to the No. 1 after a thrilling finish in the Olympic 100-meter butterfly. Phelps, who… Read More
BANGOR – Upper Deerfield, N.J., and Willemstad, Curacao, reached the same destination Friday with semifinal victories in the Senior League World Series at Mansfield Stadium. But they got there in vastly different ways. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – Graduation losses and plugging holes in the lineup are hardly new things to college football coaches. It’s the unexpected losses, however, that can trip you up like a shoestring tackle on special teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
AUBURN – Friday was a long day at Fox Ridge Golf Club for John Hickson of Topsham, and there was still work to do. “I have to get back and close up the shop,” said the staffer at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Topsham. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
The Toyota Tundra 250 at Wiscasset Raceway Sunday will be a homecoming for Corey Williams. And he would like nothing more than to pocket the $30,000 winner’s purse to take back to North Carolina. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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FORT FAIRFIELD – Josh Booth scored off of a Travis Noyes assist with 26:14 left in the first half to lead Fort Fairfield to a season-opening 1-0 high school boys soccer win over Wisdom of St. Agatha Friday. Austin Dufour turned away three of seven… Read More
AUBURN – Windham native Shawn Warren was one of those people who wondered why a touring pro would need to take time off from playing golf. Now that he’s touring himself, he understands. “In past years, I’ve made a schedule [that was full of tournaments],”… Read More
BEIJING – Anna Willard of Greenwood qualified for the final in the inaugural Olympic women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday by placing sixth in her heat. Willard, a 2002 graduate of Telstar High School in Bethel who now lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., was timed in 9… Read More
Willemstad, Curacao, has taken probably the most circuitous route possible to Saturday’s Senior League World Series championship game. It lost to a team from Maricaibo, Venezuela, in the Latin America regional championship game, but gained new life when the Venezuelan team was disqualified from the… Read More
Every once in a while you hear about an adventure and say, “I want to go there.” This past July, Alan Groh of Ellsworth went on such an adventure. Alan, his brother Nelson, Alan’s son Brandon, and their friend Jim Appleton canoed the Thelon River… Read More
BEIJING – Michael Phelps made it 6-for-6 at the Beijing Olympics, closing in on Mark Spitz with another world-record swim Friday morning. Phelps dominated right from the start of the 200-meter individual medley and powered away to win in 1 minute, 54.23 seconds. He knocked… Read More
Devin Lyshon has played plenty of baseball games in front of 50 or 75 fans – fans extremely dedicated to the fortunes of his team or his opponent, but nevertheless a smattering of support that reflects the competition for free time during the brief period between heating seasons… Read More
BANGOR – The Pearl City Senior League All-Stars were primed for defeat. Less than two hours earlier they suffered a 2-1 loss to Canada that knocked the Hawaiians out of contention for the Senior League World Series title. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR – It would’ve been easy for the Senior Leaguers from Upper Deerfield, N.J., to fold. They had pushed across three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning of Thursday’s Pool B showdown with Willemsted, Curacao, only to see the Latin American champs jump… Read More
BANGOR – Eleven of the 12 players representing the Whalley Little League of Surrey, British Columbia, in this year’s Senior League World Series were veterans of the experience, either here in the 2007 SLWS or at last year’s Junior League World Series in Taylor, Mich. Read More
Deb Smith is returning to her adopted home. Smith, an outstanding softball player at the University of Maine who went on to become the America East Coach of the Year at her alma mater in 2002, has been named the new softball coach at Maine. Read More
AUBURN – With a summer schedule that includes having played in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and upcoming appearances in the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur events, one might wonder when he gets any work done. As do many businesspeople, the comptroller of Dragon… Read More
AUBURN – John Hickson of Topsham admitted to being hungry Thursday after his rain-lengthened second round of the 90th Charlie’s Maine Open Golf Championship. Not necessarily for victory, although he’s tied for the lead at 7-under-par 137, but for food. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR – The Bryan National West Senior League team from Texas had its destiny in its own hands. A win would have sent the Texans into the Senior League World Series semifinals at Mansfield Stadium. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
AUBURN – Golf is all about ball control, and Maine natives Shawn Warren of Tampa, Fla., and Jeff Seavey of Homosassa, Fla., showed what it means to be able to control the ball during the opening round of the 90th Charlie’s Maine Open Golf Championship on Wednesday. Read More
BANGOR – Boynton Beach, Fla., had two things working against it during Wednesday’s Pool A contest at the Senior League World Series against the host Maine District 3 champions from Bangor. The U.S. South champions were struggling defensively – as evidenced by five errors –… Read More
BANGOR – It took three games, but the U.S. East team finally got the big inning it was looking for in the Senior League World Series en route to becoming the first team to advance to the semifinal round. The regional representative from Upper Deerfield,… Read More
Caribou High School, which has a strong tradition in cross country, is gearing up for its annual alumni cross country races, set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the high school. The meet was originally scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22, but had to be re-scheduled… Read More
HERMON – Winterport’s Keith Kingsbury started on the pole and won the Big Enduro feature at Speedway 95 and claimed the three-race Series championship. Alvin McNevin of Clifton finished second with Duane Walton of Glenburn in third, Newport’s Shawn McNevin fourth and Clifton’s Roger Smith… Read More
BANGOR – Willemstad, Curacao, righthander Dmitri Eugenia said he didn’t have a good curve against Vilnius, Lithuania, in their Senior League World Series game Wednesday night because he was having trouble gripping the ball. “It was too cold,” said Eugenia. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR – Dr. Carlos Esguerra knows wherever he goes, he may be called upon for help – even if he’s at the Senior League World Series. Esguerra, a cardiologist with a practice in Manila in the Philippines, was at Mansfield Stadium at noon Wednesday to… Read More
BANGOR – Don’t expect East Boynton Beach (Fla.) Senior League outfielder Matt Overton to be nervous playing in the Senior League World Series at Mansfield Stadium this week. Five years ago, he played in the Little League World Series in Williamsport as his East Boynton… Read More
It was 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Paul Byrd, now of the Boston Red Sox, sat in the Cleveland dugout, his head still spinning. “They [Cleveland management] told me a couple of days ago that I had cleared waivers, so I figured no other team… Read More
BANGOR – Girl Scouts of Maine has received a $1,250 matching grant from the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf for the Girls Golf Program of Greater Bangor. This award, funded by the USGA and administered by LPGA and USGA, will help expand the scope of the program… Read More
Rowing The U.S. men’s eight crew advanced to the final with a win in the second-chance race, keeping alive hopes of defending the Olympic title. Three members from the 2004 team are back. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey program is undergoing a substantial facelift. With associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Guy Perron’s decision to take a scouting job with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and Grant Standbrook’s decision to retire as the volunteer assistant, there will be a new… Read More
Turface, a clay-based soil conditioner and modifier, is one of Ron St. Pierre’s favorite products. It’s also how the Senior League World Series managed to avoid losing an entire day’s worth of play Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BANGOR – It was a classic pitcher’s duel: flame-thrower vs. finesse pitcher with good movement on his ball. And it was Bryan National West Little League’s (Tex.) David Williams Jr. who came out on top over the Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curacao’s Jurickson Profar. Read More
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AUBURN – The first round of the Charlie’s Maine Open at Fox Ridge Golf Club has been postponed to Wednesday due to rain. The tournament remains a 54-hole event with the second round being played on Thursday and the final round on Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
HAMPDEN – At the urging of a couple of friends in the local soccer community, Kiaran McCormick decided to apply for the boys varsity coaching vacancy at Hampden Academy. “It was something I did for the experience of the interview,” said the 24-year-old McCormack, a… Read More
ORONO – Katie Clark Herbine, a former member of the University of Maine women’s basketball team which made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, has returned to the Black Bears as the associate athletic director for compliance and senior woman administrator, UMaine athletic director Blake James announced recently. Read More
BANGOR – Timely hitting and effective pitching once again paved the way for the Senior Leaguers from Boynton Beach, Fla. The U.S. South representatives rode a solid pitching performance from Ryan Pistey and clutch hits up and down the lineup to a 6-2 Pool A… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine – The coach of Deering High School’s championship baseball team has reportedly resigned. WGME-TV in Portland says former University of Maine pitcher Mike D’Andrea is stepping down little more than a week after three assistants were fired amid allegations of underage drinking at… Read More
BANGOR – It was an uncharacteristically slow start, but by the finish of Monday morning’s Pool B game, the U.S. Southwest team was in a good position in its first game of the Senior League World Series. The regional representative Bryan National West Little League… Read More
BANGOR – District 3 champion and host Bangor stranded seven baserunners in a Senior League World Series-opening 7-2 loss to the Whalley Chiefs from Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday and knew they needed to do a better job hitting in the clutch on Monday against Asia Pacific titlist Makati… Read More
Dresden native Stan Meserve has won points championships at four of Maine’s six tracks. He is now keeping busy doing the race setups for JR Motorsports in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. His primary responsibility is the setups for Brad Keselowski in the No. 88, U.S. Navy… Read More
I am pleased and honored to be the guest speaker at the Senior League World Series banquet this Friday at the Elks Club in Bangor. What an extravaganza Little League for the older boys has become. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Caribou High School girls soccer coach Todd Albert has good reason to be optimistic about the upcoming season. After all, the Vikings posted a strong 10-3-1 regular-season record last fall – after winning only two games the year before – and reached the Eastern Maine… Read More
Shawn Warren, a Windham native who now spends nine months a year in Tampa, Fla., showed Monday that he may be the favorite to pick up his second pro golf title in three weeks. Warren won the Maine Open Golf Championship pro-am with a 7-under-par… Read More
BANGOR – He was proudly waving a flag from the Philippines. Mount Vernon’s Mark Grenier had good reason to wave the flag for Asia-Pacific champions Makati City in their Senior League World Series game against District Three titlist Bangor on Monday: that’s where he spent… Read More
BANGOR – For a while, Monday’s Senior League World Series Pool B matchup between U.S. East champ Upper Deerfield, N.J., and U.S. Central representative New Philadelphia, Ohio, was shaping up to be a pitchers duel. The boys from Jersey changed that in a heartbeat, erupting… Read More
BANGOR – Before Boynton Beach, Fla., ace Michael Kelly even threw a pitch, his teammates staked him to a quick two-run lead. Kelly made that stand up and his offense backed him up even more, as he fired a 97-pitch complete-game as the U.S. South… Read More
WARWICK, R.I. – The Eastern Maine Eagles finished with two wins in the Summer Blast AAU 10-year-old baseball tournament over the weekend. The Eagles defeated the Rhode Island Reds 7-5 in Saturday’s opening game and lost to the Rhode Island Rays 12-5 in the nightcap. Read More
Rowing Maine natives Anna Goodale of Camden and Elle Logan of Boothbay will advance with their eight-woman rowing team to Sunday’s finals after claiming victory in Monday’s heat at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, according to USRowing.org. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Mainers in the minors are enjoying varying degrees of success as most enter the stretch run of their minor league baseball seasons. Camden’s Mike MacDonald continues to adjust to life in the bullpen as a reliever – and starter – for the Toronto Blue Jays… Read More
BANGOR – Some arrived early, some arrived late. Some teams arrived without much of a family or fan contingent and others were accompanied by hordes. Some came from down the street while others traveled across the ocean and a few time zones. From as near… Read More
BANGOR – The five-hour time difference between Maine and Hawaii didn’t bother Pearl City pitcher Sheldon Milan one bit Sunday. He held the Asia-Pacific All-Stars from Makati City, Philippines, to two runs on one hit in 6 1/3 innings of work as the U.S. West… Read More
BANGOR – The Whalley Chiefs won the Canadian Senior League championship with an explosive offense that produced 86 runs in seven games. That attack was subdued for much of the team’s Senior League World Series Pool A opener at Mansfield Stadium on Sunday afternoon, but… Read More
BANGOR – It took Willamstead, Curacao, 4 2/3 innings to figure out New Philadelphia, Ohio, lefthander Matt Wheeler, but the Latin Americans did it in a big way in Sunday night’s Pool B matchup at Mansfield Stadium. Willamstead connected for five straight two-out hits in… Read More
Once upon a time, there was a Wild West rancher. He owned the biggest spread this side of the biggest body of water around. He was a tyrant. He groused at neighbors, refused all entries of cooperation with the community, closed his farm to visitors,… Read More
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HERMON – Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs claimed victory as points leader Brenton Parritt of Steuben flipped his car in the Pro-Limited feature Saturday night at Speedway 95. Parritt’s car turned over just three laps into the race. He was uninjured. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
HERMON – Jimmy Cox pitched a three-hitter in a 6-1 win and the Union Street Cleaners went on to post a 4-2 victory in the second game of a three-game series to beat Montville for the Bay League baseball title Sunday. In game one, Scott… Read More
In case you missed the race or the accompanying post-race hype, undefeated Deweycheatumnhowe did indeed win the 83rd running of the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 2, but a Maine-owned horse also distinguished itself in the $1.5 million race. Velocity… Read More
BANGOR – The North Cumberland Little League of Upper Deerfield, N.J., gained the upper hand in its 2008 Senior League World Series opener Sunday by scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Righthanders Chet Godfrey and Jack Tyler made sure the U.S. Read More
BEIJING – The 2008 Olympic debuts of three rowers from Maine were pushed back Sunday when races in the men’s and women’s eights were postponed due to inclement weather. Anna Goodale of Camden and Elle Logan of Boothbay Harbor are teammates on the U.S. women’s… Read More
The Olympics always have drawn worldwide attention, but in recent years the event has turned into something much more than a series of sporting events that pit the best athletes against one another in the quest for gold. More than a competition of pure physical… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine football defensive line has undergone changes over the last few years but never those of the wholesale kind. This year’s Black Bear squad will debut one of the youngest front fours in recent memory with preseason All-Colonial Athletic Association… Read More
BANGOR – The teams are arriving from around the globe, all with dreams of winning a world championship. That’s the grand prize of the 2008 Senior League World Series, which begins with opening ceremonies at Mansfield Stadium on Saturday evening. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
When a bear meandered through a Bangor neighborhood a few weeks back, the reaction to that bruin (and the critter’s ultimate demise) caused plenty of cyberspace discussion. While I’ve got no interest in reopening that tired debate, I did sit down with two of the… Read More
ORONO – Last season, it was a quarterback controversy or competition, and a bit of a complication for the University of Maine football team. This season, it’s a quarterback augmentation, improvisation, and anything but a complication, unless you happen to be one of the opposing… Read More
BANGOR – The second annual Bangor High School girls soccer alumnae game will be held on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Bangor High School soccer field. The alumnae will play the current varsity team, and proceeds will benefit the Danielle Marie Thompson Scholarship… Read More
Cheryl Stokes, president of the Atlantic Sports Group that brought the Maine Tide and Maine Sting soccer teams to Bangor this past spring and summer, said the teams will be back next year and she has already started preparing for it. The Tide, the women’s… Read More
Bangor native Derek Damon, who racked up 51 goals and 60 assists in his 160-game men’s hockey career at the University of Maine, has signed a one-year deal with Assat Pori of the Finnish Elite League. The 6-foot, 195-pound Damon, a center, was the 10th-leading… Read More
AUGUSTA – Due to unplayable field conditions at McGuire Field, Saturday’s scheduled games at the state American Legion baseball tournament have been moved to the University of Southern Maine at Gorham. Four teams remain in the event, which originally was scheduled to conclude Wednesday until… Read More
OAKVILLE, Ontario – The Whalley Little League of Surrey, British Columbia, earned its second straight trip to the Senior League World Series on Friday evening by finishing off an unbeaten run through the Canadian championships with a 11-1 victory over Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. The… Read More
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is hosting the 11th annual Becoming an Outdoorswoman introductory skills weekend. The program will run from Sept. 19-21 and will be held at Camp Caribou on Pattee Pond in Winslow. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
As much as I enjoy fly casting for native brook trout and landlocked salmon, over the last few years smallmouth bass fishing with ultralight gear has become a rewarding portion of my summer angling. Bronzebacks, as those glistening amber gamefish are nicknamed, are very acrobatic, leaping and cavorting… Read More
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