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Adam Craig’s relationship with travel and terrain transcends his current occupation as an Olympic mountain biker. Life in rural Maine draws most kids to explore the great outdoors early in life, and the 26-year-old Exeter native was no exception. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Six years is not a long time to draw from when considering historical aspects of most events. But the 2008 Senior League World Series begins Sunday at Mansfield Stadium, marking the seventh time the world’s best 14- through 16-year-old Little Leaguers have converged on Bangor… Read More
BANGOR – Maine District 3 champion Bangor has held its own against some of the best teams of 14- through 16-year-old baseball players on the planet during three previous appearances as the host team for the Senior League World Series. The team has won one… Read More
Scotia Speedworld in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a “mini-Martinsville,” according to Hallowell’s Johnny Clark. “The characteristics are identical, but one is a quarter-mile and the other is a half-mile,” said Clark. “It has concrete corners and it is flat, flat, flat. It [requires] a lot… Read More
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. – The North Cumberland Little League of Upper Deerfield, N.J., on Thursday evening became the ninth team to qualify for the 2008 Senior League World Series. The New Jersey champions defeated Wilmington, Del., 7-3, to cap off an undefeated run through the… Read More
Lynn Coutts, a member of the University of Maine’s Sports Hall of Fame, is reportedly among the finalists for the head softball coaching job at her alma mater. Coach Stacey Sullivan didn’t have her contract renewed after going 70-84 in three seasons at the helm,… Read More
AUGUSTA – The rain-plagued State American Legion baseball tournament, originally scheduled to be completed Wednesday, will not resume until Saturday due to inability of Morton and McGuire fields to dry sufficiently for play. The original 10-team field was pared to four after Tuesday’s action, with… Read More
Rolland Ranson knew he was witnessing a special athlete the first day he watched Viktoriya Rybalko practice at the University of Maine. “She single leg-hopped the entire [Alfond] Stadium stairs [bottom to top] many times with each leg, and then double leg-hopped, and then ran… Read More
THORNDIKE – With less than two weeks before the start of preseason high school football practices, the final head coaching vacancy in Eastern Maine has been filled. Jack Brady, for the last 14 years an assistant varsity coach and junior varsity coach at Belfast Area… Read More
BANGOR – When she was 5 years old, Alexa Rancourt’s father put a golf club in her hand for the first time. She swung it around for awhile, eventually lost interest, and left it amidst other forgotten and discarded toys. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
In his work as the director of the Department of Marine Resources’ Bureau of Sea-Run Fisheries & Habitat (formerly the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission), Pat Keliher has grown accustomed to long-range planning and incremental progress. Maine’s Atlantic salmon stocks have struggled mightily over the years,… Read More
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HERMON – Kyle Gallant of Veazie picked up a pair of wins during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Gallant took the lead from Hermon’s Andrew Crosby on a lap eight restart and led the rest of the way in the 20-lap Little Enduros feature. Read More
Sheri Piers will be the guest of honor at the Mount Desert Island marathon this fall. Piers, who recently finished second in the Maine women’s division of the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K, has been invited to speak at the pre-race pasta dinner at… Read More
University of Maine men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead said he is hoping to name a replacement for associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Guy Perron within two weeks. Perron announced last week he has taken a position as a scout with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Two teams that lost their opening games of regional tournament play advanced to the 2008 Senior League World Series late Tuesday evening. The Bryan National Little League of Bryan, Texas, and the Tuscarawas County Little League of New Philadelphia, Ohio, bring the number of entries… Read More
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BANGOR – Alexa Rancourt remembers her first experience in the Women’s Maine State Golf Association Championship two years ago, when she watched multiple champions like Pennie Cummings and Martha White, wishing she could be in their golf shoes. “I saw the leaders coming in on… Read More
ORONO – It hasn’t taken long for the University of Maine’s football players to embrace the new FieldTurf surface on their Morse Field in Alfond Stadium. The Black Bears had spent the previous 10 years on an AstroTurf surface and, in recent years, the surface… Read More
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Pearl City, Hawaii, and Boynton Beach, Fla., are the most recent teams to qualify for the 2008 Senior League World Series that begins Sunday in Bangor. They join Willemstad, Curacao; Vilnius, Lithuania; Makati City, Philippines, and host Bangor as teams already in the 10-team field. Read More
AUGUSTA – Not even a 16-hour break in the action could cool off the collective bats of the Bessey Motors baseball team. The South Paris-based squad, which got off to a quick start against Hampden on Monday before heavy rain forced the game to be… Read More
WEST HAVEN, Conn. – New Jersey scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie and eliminate Maine District 3 in the Big League Softball Regional 2-1 Tuesday. Sam Besse recorded eight strikeouts and walked one for Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The roads in and around the western Maine town of Greenwood probably have been a little more cluttered with bottles and cans the past six years. Six years ago, Anna Willard left her family’s farm in Greenwood to attend Brown University in Providence. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Hampden Riverdogs live to play another day at the American Legion state baseball championships, thanks in part to Mother Nature. A heavy rainstorm at Morton Field about 5:20 p.m. forced the Zone 1 champions’ elimination game against Bessey Motors of South Paris… Read More
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ORONO – The golf may have been a washout Monday, but the Bud & Barbara Leavitt Memorial Golf Classic at Penobscot Valley Country Club will still be termed a success. Tourney organizer Doug Quagliaroli said it will take a couple of weeks for all of… Read More
Atlantic salmon have earned lead billing on the Penobscot River, and striped bass have become a highly sought fish over the past several years. Old-timers can tell you about the productive smelting expeditions they took as kids … and that some still enjoy. But lurking… Read More
Back from vacation, thoughts today concern fall sports in Maine and the associated preparation on the various playing fields in the area. There’s nothing quite like fall sports in New England. The air is crisp – don’t worry I’m not wishing summer’s demise – and… Read More
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PORTLAND – Three assistant coaches have been dismissed following accusations of underage drinking at a party shortly after Deering High School won the state baseball championship in June. The decision was made by Portland Superintendent Jeanne Whynot-Vickers and Deering Principal Ken Kunin after they looked… Read More
After a successful 2007 cross-country season in which the Caribou girls finished third, just one point out of second in the Eastern Maine Class B championship meet, the Vikings are poised to take the next step. Fourth-year head coach Thomas Beckum has four runners returning… Read More
WEST HAVEN, Conn. – District 3 champion Bangor got a shutout effort from pitcher Jillian French to avoid elimination and dispatch the team from Staten Island, N.Y., 2-0 in the Eastern Regional Big League Softball tournament Monday. Autumn Silke and Hannah Morin each had two… Read More
When Kevin Eastler crosses the finish line of the 2008 Olympic men’s 20-kilometer racewalk in Beijing later this month, he’ll truly be crossing his personal finish line. For what began at age 9 in his native Farmington watching older sister Gretchen racewalk around the track… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – Perhaps the most touching moment at Saturday’s TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K occurred when Maine’s two fastest women runners, who just happen to be best friends and training partners, shared an emotional hug after crossing the finish line at Fort Williams Park. Read More
AUGUSTA – Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County rebounded from a first-game loss in the American Legion Zone 1 baseball tournament to earn its first trip to the state tournament since 1997. Now its hoping for a repeat performance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – At the ripe age of 41, Edith Masai mastered her younger competitors at Saturday’s TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race. The Kenyan showed that her victory at last weekend’s Bix 7-miler in Iowa was no fluke, taking an early lead… Read More
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AUGUSTA – Zone 1 representatives Hampden and Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County earned a split decision during the opening day of play at the state American Legion baseball tournament at the Capitol Area Recreation Association complex Saturday. Hampden, the Zone 1 champion, jumped out to… Read More
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. – Andrew Hodge picked a good time for his first hit of the regional. Hodge, 0-for-6 entering his eighth inning at-bat, hit a two-run game-ending home run to center field to give Ellsworth a thrilling 6-5 win in eight innings over Glassboro,… Read More
HERMON – Kris Watson of Hermon won the final 50-lap Super Streets “Series” race at Speedway 95 Saturday, while runner-up Richard Burrill of Sullivan claimed the three-race championship by edging Watson 142-140. Franklin’s Mike Overlock finished third on Saturday, Jeff Overlock Jr. of Hermon was… Read More
BROMONT, Quebec – One week after matching his best-ever finish in an International Cycling Union World Cup mountain bike race, Exeter native Adam Craig went one spot better with a third-place finish Sunday in the elite men’s cross country event at this mountain resort outside of Montreal. Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – Bill Rodgers and Joan Benoit Samuelson are close friends who journey to the Bix 7-mile road race in Davenport, Iowa, every summer. So when the four-time Boston and New York marathon winner and three-time Falmouth (Mass.) Road Race champ was invited to… Read More
HERMON – Chris Pease pitched a five-hit shutout to lead No. 1 Union Street Cleaners by No. 4 Movingme 9-0 in a Bay League baseball playoff game Saturday. Scott Hackett tallied two singles, a triple and an RBI for Union Street. Danny Beatham had two… Read More
He owns seven guitars and last year he added a new instrument to his collection: a banjo. Portland swimmer Ian Crocker, the world record-holder in the 100-meter butterfly, is preparing for his third Olympic Games and spending time playing one of his guitars between training… Read More
Back in 2005, local angler Keith Bates gained a bit of local notice when he inadvertently hooked, landed and released a shortnose sturgeon while fishing for striped bass in the Penobscot River. The fish, which nobody really knew even existed in the Penobscot, was estimated… Read More
When NBC cameras focus on the action at The Meadowlands track in East Rutherford, N.J., today for the 83rd running of the Hambletonian trotting harness race, fans at Maine tracks and sports pubs will be watching the TV screens with more interest than usual. That’s… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – When the starter’s horn is fired at 8:05 this morning and the 5,500 runners in the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race make their 6.2-mile journey from Crescent Beach to Fort Williams, Ethan Hemphill will be a man among boys in the Maine… Read More
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SKOWHEGAN – Brendan Moore pitched a one-hitter and notched 10 strikeouts as the Eastern Maine Eagles of Bangor defeated the Western Maine All-Stars 4-1 in the first game of the 11th Skowhegan Cal Ripken League Invitational baseball tournament in the age 12 division Friday. For… Read More
The American Legion baseball state tournament begins in Augusta today amid change that reflects the health and parity within the program throughout Maine. The five-day event will be staged on McGuire and Morton fields, part of the Capital Area Recreation Association complex. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Kristin Kannegieser of Minot will not defend her Women’s Maine State Golf Association Championship this year, but the list of challengers to take her place is strong. “She had to withdraw because her son is playing in a baseball tournament in New York,” said Marilyn… Read More
During “vespers” at a fishing camp in Canada, four high-spirited Sports were casting opinions about whether a reel’s drag should be increased while playing a salmon. Owing to his contentious nature, Jack Daniels minced no words in asserting that the drag should never be tightened after a salmon… Read More
As a trail maintainer with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club I only have a few basic jobs. They are clearing downed trees, cutting new growth back away from the trail and marking blazes. Sometimes it’s a little more complicated than that, but those are basically the functions of… Read More
The Downeast Salmon Federation has announced it will conduct its inaugural bass fishing derby, which will be held on Sunday on the lower Pleasant River. Registration for the derby will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the old Columbia Falls Town Hall, across from the post… Read More
So much of success in competitive sports stems from athletes first recognizing an opportunity and then striving to make the most of it. But such opportunities had been hard to come by for Cody Johndro, Derek Amoroso and Jordan Richards – until last weekend. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The fact his Junior League All-Star team is making its third straight trip to the U.S. East Regionals is not lost on Bangor coach Dennis Libbey. Neither is another fact. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
While Ayalew Taye and Duncan Kibet will return to Cape Elizabeth to defend their respective TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon crowns Saturday, new champions will be crowned in the women’s races. Taye, the defending Maine men’s champ, and overall champ Kibet will both be gunning… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine volleyball team received an American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2007-08 season. One of 70 NCAA Division I teams to receive the award, Maine was the only one in America East to be honored. The AVCA… Read More
The team lineup for the 2008 Senior League World Series in Bangor has changed as the Latin American champs from Maracaibo, Venezuela was disqualified this week for using an ineligible player. Because it used an ineligible player during the Latin American Tournament in St. Thomas,… Read More
WALDOBORO – Madison McVicar doubled to knock in the tying run in the fifth inning and Kaylee Johnson followed with a two-run double to give Calais the lead and eventual 12-6 win over South Portland to claim the state championship in Little League All-Star softball for ages 9-10… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – The TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race has grown by leaps and bounds in its 10 years of existence. So much so that registering for Saturday’s 6.2-mile race is as tough, if not tougher, as securing tickets to a Red… Read More
Runs are hard to come by, if you’re an opponent of the Camden-Rockport Little League All-Star team this season. The 11- and 12-year-olds on Paul McFarland’s squad have notched three shutouts and given up a total of 20 runs in eight games en route to… Read More
Growing up in Maine, you get used to seeing plenty of wildlife. But no matter how many deer or moose or bears or wild turkeys you spot during your day-to-day travels, there’s one image that’s always a special treat: the soaring silhouette of a bald eagle. Read More
The start of high school cross country practices is just a few weeks away, and while many young athletes are partaking in summer running camps or running local road races and building miles for the fall season, the Maine Running Co. is offering the state’s runners and coaches… Read More
AUGUSTA – Ben Shea was hit by a pitch with two outs in the sixth inning, pushing across the winning run as Cape Elizabeth rallied past Bangor East to win the state 9-10 Little League baseball championship 7-6 on Wednesday. Aaron Dobieski hit an RBI… Read More
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HERMON – Newburgh’s Paul Higgins started the Mac Tools/New England Transmission 50-lap Little Enduro feature event at Speedway 95 in the pole position and drove the final eight laps in the same spot Wednesday night. In between, Higgins maintained his position in the top five… Read More
This is about a day in the life of Manny being Manny and the people who cover his saga in the press. Manny is Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox and Sunday was one of those days that provided enough press fodder for a… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey coaching staff will have a distinctly new look this season. Guy Perron, the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator the last two years, is leaving his alma mater to become a scout for the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – His players might not have believed it at the time, but Doug Sprague couldn’t help but say how he felt about their chances to win a state title. A couple of months and 14 games later, the Ellsworth Senior League All-Star team is… Read More
Andrew Weiss of Rockland and Kyle Stilphen of Gardiner were among five recipients of the John R. Schmidlin Trophy presented during halftime of the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic on Friday night. The Schmidlin Trophy is meant to recognize the most outstanding senior football players… Read More
YORK – Ricky Jones of Thomaston and Minghao Wang of Reunion, Fla., earned berths in this year’s U.S. Amateur Golf Championship by leading the field at a qualifying tournament held Tuesday at The Ledges Golf Course. Jones won the event, shooting a first-round 69 and… Read More
BREWER – The 8th annual 3-on-3 Charity Jam basketball tournament will return to the Bangor area for a second straight year, this time in Brewer. The Pendleton Street courts will be one of three locations in Maine to host the tournament, with Lewiston’s Kennedy Park and Portland’s Deering… Read More
LEWISTON – It tracks your golf scores and computes your handicap. It shows a satellite image of your next hole. It even spits out suggestions on what club to use. About the only thing that a new gizmo dreamed up by a young Mainer doesn’t… Read More
AUGUSTA – Drew Powell and Ethan Dorman combined on a one-hit shutout to power Bangor East by Ellsworth 5-0 in an elimination game at the state Little League All-Star baseball tourney for ages 9-10 Tuesday. Bangor East advances to the championship round against Cape Elizabeth… Read More
BANGOR – Thirteen days of inspired baseball have rallied the Hampden American Legion baseball team from desperation to celebration. The fifth-seeded Riverdogs used a nine-run fifth-inning to defeat No. 4 Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County 9-7 Monday night and win the first American Legion Zone… Read More
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AUGUSTA – Bangor East and Ellsworth will battle in an elimination game today at 5:30 p.m. after Bangor East eliminated Rockland Monday 2-1 in the state Little League All-Star baseball tourney for ages 9-10 . Ellsworth posted a win in its opener on Saturday, 9-7… Read More
Bangor native Josh Pressley is still in the swing of things as a first baseman for the Somerset (Mass.) Patriots. The former Bangor American Legion Baseball standout is still collecting a paycheck playing ball and chasing big league dreams in the independent Atlantic League. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – The American Legion Zone 1 baseball ranks will have a decidedly different look at this year’s state tournament. Fifth-ranked Hampden and No, 4 Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County earned those coveted berths with victories during Day 3 of the zone tourney Sunday at… Read More
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PORTLAND – Mike Caiazzo of Westbrook bested a field of 13 athletes to win the elite division of the Zone Urban Epic triathlon Saturday. Caiazzo turned in a winning time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, 58 seconds to secure his second Maine triathlon victory in… Read More
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BANGOR – Day 2 of the American Legion Zone 1 baseball tournament took a topsy-turvy turn on Saturday, with fifth-ranked Hampden emerging as the only remaining unbeaten team and fourth-seeded Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County fighting off elimination with an extra-inning victory over top-rated Brewer. Read More
LEBANON – Camden-Rockport’s Caleb McFarland hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning for a one-run lead en route to a 9-7 victory for Camden-Rockport over Saco for the state title in the ages 11-12 division in Little League All-Star baseball action Sunday. Camden-Rockport… Read More
BANGOR – Tyler Thompson hit a home run, two singles, a double and drove in two runs to power Aerus Electrolux by Movingme 7-3 in the first game of a Sunday Bay League baseball doubleheader. Aerus completed the sweep with a 13-3 win in the… Read More
MONT SAINTE-ANNE, Quebec – Exeter native Adam Craig matched a career-best in International Cycling Union World Cup mountain bike competition with a fourth-place finish Sunday in an elite men’s cross country race at this resort north of Quebec City. Reigning Olympic champion Julien Absalon of… Read More
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BIDDEFORD – East coach Butch Arthers anticipated that the West might use the size of its line and the speed of its running backs to take a ball-control approach to Friday night’s 19th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. Turns out he was right, particularly… Read More
The harness racing season turns traditional this week and shifts its focus to Presque Isle as the Northern Maine Fair opens the 2008 fair circuit. Friday was opening day for Northern Maine’s six-day racing schedule and this year’s weeklong racing program offers several big races… Read More
BANGOR – The opening round of the Zone 1 American Legion baseball tournament wasn’t easy for either of the top seeds. But while top-ranked Brewer rode solid pitching and took advantage of Penquis errors en route to a 5-0 victory, No. 2 Bangor committed too… Read More