ORONO – The University of Maine Black Bears opened America East volleyball action with a 30-27, 30-19, 32-30 sweep of New Hampshire at Memorial Gym Friday. Kaili Jordan posted a team-high 11 kids and added eight digs to pace UMaine (4-8) in its first home… Read More
The University of Southern Maine will induct six people into its Husky Hall of Fame during ceremonies Saturday at the Brooks Student Center on the school’s Gorham campus. This year’s inductees include former All-America baseball pitcher Robert Aceto, Class of 1992; former All-America field hockey… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The starting shot for the Mount Desert Island Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 16 will be fired by none other than Seal Harbor’s own celebrity Martha Stewart. As a convicted felon, however, Stewart must use a gun that fires only blanks or she… Read More
PORTLAND – Bruce Crowder and Mike LaZazzera have been named assistant coaches for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. Crowder most recently served as head coach at Northeastern University for the last nine seasons, and the former Boston Bruin has 23 years of… Read More
ROCKPORT – Nick Cook of Shelton, Conn., took the safe route on the first playoff hole, but his bogey there was enough to edge Jeff Seavey of Warren in the Cleveland Golf Tour’s Samoset Open at Samoset Resort on Saturday. The two had tied at… Read More
WINTERPORT – Joe Paluga of Bar Harbor recorded a victory in the Street Money Race in racing action at Winterport Dragway Sunday. Rick Wiseman of Blue Hill finished second in the race and Danny Douglass Sr. of Sedgwick was a semifinalist. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ROCKPORT – Rick Karbowski of Worcester, Mass., and Geoff Sisk of Marshafield, Mass., share the lead at 4-under-par 136 after Friday’s second round of the Samoset Open at Samoset Resort. Karbowski shot an even-par 70 Friday, while Sisk posted a second straight 68 in the… Read More
OLD TOWN – All sporting events scheduled for Friday and Saturday involving Old Town High School teams have been postponed to allow students to attend visiting hours and funerals for schoolmates Ryan Worcester of Old Town and Lindsey Almenas of Indian Island, who died Wednesday in an automobile… Read More
The Maine Team Dressage Championship will be held Sept. 24-25 at Puckerbrush Farm in Newburgh. Horseback riders from across the state will gather for the competition, which will be held rain or shine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – Rod Haney of Brewer recorded the fifth 300 game of his bowling career when he notched the perfect score during a Monday night men’s league at Family Fun Lanes. Haney, 37, rolled the 300 in the first game of a series and then… Read More
ORONO – Single-game tickets for the 2005-06 University of Maine men’s hockey season go on sale beginning Sept. 26 at 8:30 a.m. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served walk-up basis, or by calling the ticket office at 581-2327 or 1-800-756-8326. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
WOLFBORO, N.H. – The Maine team captured the Tri-State Championship over the weekend at Kingswood Country Club after losing by just a half a point last year to New Hampshire. Maine finished with 23 points, beating Vermont (21 1/2) and New Hampshire (19 1/2). googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PHILADELPHIA – Olympian Deena Kastor set an American women’s record for the half marathon with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes, 53 seconds Sunday in the 28th annual Philadelphia Distance Run. Kastor, 32, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., eclipsed the previous mark of 1:08:34 established… Read More
ORONO – Two youth clinics hosted by the players and coaches from the UMaine baseball and softball teams, has been rescheduled from Saturday’s original date due to weather. The clinics will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 22, on the campus playing fields. The clinic,… Read More
CASTINE – Paul Dailey has been named the new golf coach at Maine Maritime Academy, director of athletics Jim Dyer announced. Dailey, who is the head professional at the Castine Golf Club, has been coaching for 24 years. He also holds a Class A PGA… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Bangor native and ex-Bangor High star athlete Matt Kinney is back in the big leagues, this time with the San Francisco Giants, who called him up from Triple A affiliate Fresno Sept. 6. Kinney is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 7… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – Since qualifying was rained out for the Busch North Sylvania 125 at New Hampshire International Speedway Thursday, Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre, the points leader, will start on the pole for Friday’s 1:15 p.m. race. Santerre, who had a surgical procedure to relieve a… Read More
ORONO – First-year University of Maine baseball coach Steve Trimper and first-year softball boss Stacey Sullivan will host youth clinics prior to Saturday’s football game at Alfond Stadium, starting at 4 p.m. The clinic is for youths age 6 through eighth grade at a cost… Read More
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland – Adam Craig of Corinth capped off his International Cycling Union World Cup cross country mountain biking season Sunday with a seventh-place finish in the final race of year’s eight-event tour. Craig, a 24-year-old rider for Giant Bicycles, completed the race in… Read More
Bon Voyage, a horse owned by Portland businessman Richard A. Mathurin, took first place in the 2-year-old trotting filly division of the New Jersey Sires Stakes on Wednesday. Bon Voyage trotted around the half-mile track in Freehold in 1 minute, 57.2 seconds. Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine will feature promotions and activities as part of football game days, starting with today’s 6 p.m. game against William Penn at Alfond Stadium. Fans are encouraged to “Paint the Stadium Blue” today by wearing blue. It also is Youth… Read More
The Maine Principals’ Association and Bangor TV station WABI (Ch. 5) have reached an agreement for the CBS affiliate to televise this year’s Class A, B and C high school football state championship games in Portland. This marks the first time ever that all three state title games… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine student-athletes will be on hand at Saturday’s 6 p.m. football game against William Penn at Alfond Stadium to collect donations from fans to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. All donated funds will go to the American Red Cross to aid… Read More
Speedway 95 At Hermon, Richard Burrill of Sullivan survived a wild Little Enduro Wacky Wednesday race to take the victory on Friday night. George Cantwell of Hermon finished second, Keith Ogden was third, Ellsworth’s Bob Merchant was fourth, and Bill Walker of Bangor finished fifth. Read More
The University of Maine men’s basketball team will open its season Nov. 18 in the William and Mary Tournament at Williamsburg, Va. Maine hits the court for two preseason games Nov. 3 (University of Cape Breton) and Nov. 9 (University of Montreal-Quebec). Both exhibition games are at Alfond… Read More
The University of Maine released its 2005-06 women’s basketball schedule Thursday and it includes a handful of big-time nonconference opponents. First-year head coach Ann McInerney will lead the Black Bears against the likes of Mississippi State, Michigan, George Washington and Mississippi, along with Holy Cross,… Read More
HERMON – Inclement weather washed out action at Speedway 95 Wednesday. The final “Wacky Wednesday” of the season will be made up Friday at 7 p.m. Read More
MOUNT SNOW, Vt. – Adam Craig of Corinth capped off his run at the final stop of the NORBA National Mountain Bike Series over the weekend with his first-ever victory in the men’s pro short-track cross country division. Craig, 24, set a frenetic early pace… Read More
HAMPDEN – Peter Madigan, owner of the Maine Sports Complex in Hampden, is offering the facility this weekend as a fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. All rental fees from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be donated to the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Relief… Read More
Lori Gear McBride, who played on the 1994 North Carolina women’s basketball team that won a national championship, has been named head women’s basketball coach at Colby College. Gear McBride spent five years as an assistant coach at the Division I level at Seton Hall… Read More
BANGOR – More than 20 golfers are expected to compete for the eighth annual Northeast Deaf Golf Tournament championship to be held at Bangor Municipal Golf Course this week. Play begins Thursday and runs through Saturday with starting times beginning at 9:15 a.m. each day. Read More
MOUNT SNOW, Vt. – Adam Craig of Corinth used a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s pro men’s cross country race to clinch third place in the final 2005 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series point standings. Geoff Kabush of Victoria, British Columbia, won the race and earned… Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Sea Dogs set another franchise attendance record with an average of 6,290 fans per game in 63 openings, surpassing the previous mark of 6,231 set in 2003. The Sea Dogs sold out Hadlock Field 28 times in 2005 and drew 396,277… Read More
PORTLAND – Catcher Charles Johnson and manager Carlos Tosca are the inaugural inductees to the Portland Sea Dogs Hall of Fame. Fans chose them from a list of four former players and three nonplayers. Johnson, the team’s first superstar, hit two home runs in the… Read More
Jack Capuano, who captained the University of Maine to a Hockey East title and an NCAA Frozen Four appearance in 1988, has been hired as an assistant coach by the NHL’s New York Islanders. The Rhode Island native had spent the last eight years with… Read More
SOUTH DENNIS, Mass. – Max Lousher of Bangor won the Juvenile Boys Division of the Cranberry Open Figure Skating Competition Wednesday at the Tony Kent Arena. Lousher, 12, who is now living in Worcester, Mass., was first among six boys in his flight. His next… Read More
HERMON – Wacky Wednesday stock car racing at Speedway 95 was postponed due to spotty showers. Three heat races were run, but the slate will be wiped clean and will be run tonight starting at 7 p.m. Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Sea Dogs announced Wednesday that they have promoted outfielder Matt Van Der Bosch and infielder Chad Spann from Single-A Wilmington up to the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. To make room on the roster, Portland placed Sheldon Fulse on… Read More
ARDMORE, Pa. – Jesse Speirs of Bangor shot a second-round 77 Tuesday and was eliminated from contention at the U.S. Amateur Championship at Merion Golf Club. Speirs, who shot 71 Monday, finished at 148. That left him two strokes shy of earning a spot in today’s tiebreaker round… Read More
Newburgh’s Ricky Craven will try to snap an eight-race slump when the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has a rare Wednesday race tonight at Bristol Motor Speedway (Tenn.). The O’Reilly 200 will begin at 9:15 and Craven currently finds himself in ninth place in the points race, 418 behind… Read More
The annual Penobscot Valley Conference Junior-Senior Field Hockey game will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the Hampden Academy field. Each PVC squad can send up to four of its top upperclassmen to compete in the game, which will consist of two 30-minute halves. Read More
Mariah Reading and Erin Thomas, who compete for the Old Town-Orono YMCA’s Canoe City Swim Club, finished the 2005 short course season ranked at or near the top of their age groups in a number of events. Reading’s time of 33.80 seconds in the 50-yard… Read More
SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN, W.Va. – Adam Craig of Corinth continued to challenge for the NORBA National Mountain Biking Series men’s pro cross country championship with a third-place finish on a muddy 8-mile course at this Appalachian Mountain resort over the weekend. Canadian Geoff Kabush earned his… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine field hockey team was picked to finish second in America East, according to a preseason poll announced Thursday by the conference. Boston University was the top pick, receiving all five first-place votes. Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Sea Dogs announced Thursday that tickets for the Eastern League playoffs will go on sale Monday. The tickets will be available at 9 a.m. at the Hadlock Field box office. For more information, contact the ticket office at 879-9500. Read More
HERMON – The first ever night soccer game at Hermon High School will be held Saturday in the form of the school’s annual alumni games. They get under way at 7 p.m., with warmups at 6:30. The girls will play for 20 minutes and the boys for 20… Read More
The University of Maine men’s soccer team was picked to finished last in the America East conference, according to a poll released by the conference Wednesday. UMaine, who finished 5-8-3 (2-5-2 AE) in 2004, was picked 9th out of 9 schools. Defending champ Boston University… Read More
Joan Benoit Samuelson, the founder of the prestigious Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer road race in Cape Elizabeth and a Maine running legend, is one of 12 nominees for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Samuelson, who still runs road races in southern Maine, made distance… Read More
The Friends of Maine baseball golf outing, which was to have been held Friday at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, has been postponed. The outing will be rescheduled for sometime in September, after the new University of Maine head coach is hired and arrives in the… Read More
ORONO – The UMaine women’s soccer team was picked to finish second in the America East conference, according to a preseason poll announced Tuesday by the conference. The Black Bears garnered four first-place votes, same as top-ranked Boston University. Maine finished 13-6-1 in 2004, 6-3-0… Read More
HALSINKI, FINLAND – Emily LeVan of Wiscasset, who recently won the title as top Maine women finisher at the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K, placed 35th out of 51 runners in the marathon at the World Track and Field Championships. LeVan, 32, ran to… Read More
University of Maine football players Ben Lazarski and Arel Gordon were named to the www.CollegeSportsReport.com Preseason Division I-AA teams. Lazarski, a center, was named a second-team offensive selection while Gordon, a kick returner, earned second-team special team honors. Read More
UMaine-Farmington senior Adam Staier captured a 5K racewalking event in Cambridge, MA while four other Mainers placed in the NACAC World Cup in Hauppauge, NY. Staier cruised to the win on a hot and humid day to win the Danehy Park 5K event while another… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine volleyball team was picked to finish second in the America East Preseason Poll, released Monday by the conference. The Black Bears notched 29 votes, including one first-place vote, finishing behind defending conference champ Albany (36 votes, 6 first place… Read More
JERICHO, Vt. – Caribou’s Russell Currier and Newt Rogers of Fort Kent Mills were the top U.S. finishers in the junior and youth catagories, respectively, in the pursuit races of the Fall Festival Roller Ski biathlon competitions at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. Currier clocked… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The date for Mount Desert Island High School’s mandatory parent-athlete meeting has been changed to Monday, Aug. 15. The meeting still will be held at 6 p.m. in Parady Gym. The original meeting date was Sunday, Aug. 14. Practices for fall sports… Read More
PORTLAND – Pitcher Craig Hansen, a 2005 first-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox, has been assigned to Double-A Portland, the team announced Thursday. Hansen, 21, made two appearances in the Single-A Gulf Coast League, working a perfect relief inning with two strikeouts and… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College announced Thursday that Fran O’Leary will be the school’s next men’s soccer coach. O’Leary replaces Brian Ainscough, who took a job at Northeastern University last week. Read More
CONCORD, N.C. – Roush Racing announced Wednesday that John Quinn has been named crew chief of the No. 99 Superchips Ford F-150 driven by Newburgh native Ricky Craven in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Quinn has been with Roush Racing since the 2003 season. He… Read More
HERMON – Keith Kingsbury of Winterport recorded his first victory in the full size pickup division at Speedway 95 Wednesday night as he held off a tough challenge from Dana Harlow of Hampden in the early laps and Chris Wilcox of Glenburn in the final five laps. Read More
ISLAND FALLS – Alan Anderson of Bangor shot a 67 to break the course record July 27 at VaJoWa Golf Course. The old course record was a 68, when the course was a par-72. VaJoWa is now a par 71. Read More
BANGOR – Softball legend Eddie “The King” Feigner will hold an autograph session on Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Odlin Road. Feigner anchors a four-man softball team that entertains fans all over the world. They have won more 9,700 games while… Read More
PORTLAND – Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo will be on hand at Hadlock Field Thursday to sign copies of his CD “Covering the Bases.” The autograph session will take place prior to the Sea Dogs’ game against the Norwich Navigators, and it will run… Read More
The Vertical Outlaws, a street bike freestyle team based out of southern Maine, will make their first appearance at Unity Raceway on Saturday. The event starts at 7 p.m., and it kicks off the weekly racing series. The team performs a wide range of shows… Read More
DETROIT – According to reports in Tuesday’s editions of The Detroit News, University of Maine goaltender Jimmy Howard has been offered a contract by the Detroit Red Wings. Wings general manager Ken Holland said he expects a response later this week from the team’s second-round… Read More
BRIAN HEAD, Utah – Adam Craig of Corinth earned a pair of top-five finishes during the sixth event of the 2005 NORBA National Mountain Biking Series at Brian Head Resort over the weekend. The 23-year-old Craig, who rides for Giant Bicycles, finished second in the… Read More
LEWISTON -Jennifer “Jay” Hartshorn, a top assistant at Syracuse University since 2001, has been named the new women’s cross country and track and field coach at Bates College. She replaces Sally Hirsch, who recently resigned. Hartshorn has worked in the NESCAC before, as an assistant at her alma… Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Pirates will host division rival Providence Bruins on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Portland Ice Arena in a pre-season exhibition game. This will be the Pirates’ only preseason home game before the start of the 2005-06 season on Oct. 8 in… Read More
The University of Southern Maine has named Susan Frost its new women’s lacrosse coach. Frost, a former coach at Binghamton (N.Y.) University, replaces Meredith Bickford, who resigned. Frost played college lacrosse for Marist College (N.Y.), and graduated in 1997 with an English degree and minor in psychology. Read More
Former Ellsworth High track standout Ben Shorey took national championship honors in the 15-kilometer racewalk in Watertown, MA Sunday. Shorey led wire-to-wire and finished with a time of 1 hour, 11 minutes. In the women’s race, South Berwick’s Kate Dickinson, now running at UMaine-Farmington, broke… Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Max Louscher of Worcester, Mass., formerly of the Bangor area, recently won his division of the boys figure skating competition at the State Games of America competition held at the World Arena. Louscher, a 12-year-old seventh-grader, earned first place in the… Read More
WINTERPORT – Winterport Dragway will be host Saturday of the first Northeast Nostalgia Drag Race. Sponsored by Tri-County Streetrods of Maine, the day will feature old fashioned, heads up, flag-start drag races for 1964 and older street legal cars. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – National Gymnastics Day is being celebrated Saturday and Decal Gymnastics is offering a free informational day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At Decal’s “Flippin’ Fun Day,” children will be able to jump on trampolines, swing on bars, walk on beams and maneuver… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Brewer-based Portland Beverage, a co-ed Amateur Softball Association Class A slow pitch softball team, won the 2005 Maine State Class A Co-Ed Championship by going 6-0 at the state tournament. Portland Beverage beat a team from Waterville in the championship game. The team… Read More
CHICAGO – Four Bangor residents, all members of the Union Street Athletics powerlifting team, set world records and won gold medals at last weekend’s World Drug Free Powerlifting Championships. Louie Morrison broke records in the squat (705 pounds), bench (446) and total (1,736) in the… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Overall 2005 World Cup winner Bode Miller is expected to compete in the season-ending 2006 U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf/USA March 26-30. Miller, a Carrabassett Valley Academy graduate, will be fresh off the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He is expected… Read More
HERMON – Diana Haskins of Bangor won the 20-lap Ladies feature on Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95 to win the three-race series championship. Melanie Hamel of Bangor finished second, Billie Allen of Winterport was third, Lindsay Seekins of Stockton Springs was fourth, and Hampden Jen… Read More
Two incoming University of Maine freshman hockey players were selected in Saturday’s NHL Draft: Goalie Ben Bishop was picked 85th overall by St. Louis and defenseman Matt Duffy was taken 104th by Florida. Bishop, a 6-foot-5, 205-pound native of Des Peres, Mo., and Duffy, a… Read More
Adam Staier of Farmington won the state 5,000-meter racewalk championship race with a time of 28 minutes at the USA Track and Field Association Championships in Lewiston Friday. Staier, a University of Maine-Farmington senior, was one of four successful Mainers at the meet. The other… Read More
CHENEY, Wash. – The Seattle Seahawks signed second-round draft pick Lofa Tatupu on Sunday, leaving first-round selection Chris Spencer as the team’s only unsigned rookie. Tatupu, a linebacker out of USC, joined the team for Sunday’s early workout. He didn’t have time to study a… Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Adam Craig of Corinth has earned an automatic berth to compete in the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Livigno, Italy, according to an announcement Friday by USA Cycling. Craig and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski of Boulder, Colo., earned the USA Cycling’s… Read More
HERMON – Three cars went under the checkered flag together in a Little Enduro feature with Mike Golding winning by a fender Thursday night in Speedway 95’s Wacky Wednesday makeup event. Sam Whitmore of Corinth finished second and Darren Durrell of Newburgh took third. Roger… Read More
HERMON – Speedway 95’s weekly Wacky Wednesday feature was postponed until Thursday due to heavy rain and thunderstorms that rumbled through the area Wednesday. Racing will begin at 7 p.m. tonight, with the full card of divisions, highlighted by the 50-lap Little Enduro feature. Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Pirates announced Wednesday that Bob Corkum will serve as the Director for the second week of the Pirates Hockey Schools August 1-5. He recently joined the Junior Pirates’ staff as the Associate Head Coach of their Junior B team and Director of Player Development. Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine on Wednesday released its men’s soccer schedule, which will include seven home games. The opener will take place August 20 when the Black Bears hit the road to play Southern New Hampshire, followed by a contest against UMass-Lowell in Portland. Read More
Five Maine high school football teams have been invited to visit New England Patriots training camp at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Bonny Eagle of Buxton, Bangor, Mountain Valley of Rumford, Bucksport and Jay High Schools were all invited. Each team played in, or won,… Read More
The University of Maine volleyball schedule for the 2005 season has been released, and includes 10 home matches. The Bears will kick off the season by hosting the Sea-Sun Invitational with matches against Rhode Island, Fairfield and Montana Aug. 26-27. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Atlantic Challenge’s Community Sailing Program will host the second Rockland Red Jacket Youth Sailing regatta on Sunday, July 31st on Rockland Harbor. The boats will leave the Atlantic Challenge Pier at 12:30 p.m. while racing starts at 1. 36 sailors from four Penobscot Bay sailing… Read More
The Maine Baseball Hall of Fame will hand out scholarships in the amount of $600 to three high school baseball and softball players at its annual induction ceremony and banquet on Sunday, July 31, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Winners of… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine field hockey team will play just four home games this season, according to a schedule released by the university Wednesday. The Black Bears open at home Saturday, Aug. 27 against Sacred Heart, but head out for a six-game road… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Terry Hatch shot back-to-back 2-under rounds of 70 to take the State of Maine Golf Championship at the Sugarloaf/USA Golf Club Wednesday. Hatch, who plays out of the Biddeford/Saco Country Club, finished three strokes ahead of John Hickson of the Sunday River… Read More
Kim Corbitt, Aaron Izaryk, and Erin Hatch, three University of Maine student-athletes, were named the top athletes in their respective sports in the America East conference. Corbitt, a member of the women’s basketball team, will graduate in August with a degree in biological engineering as… Read More
The University of Maine will thank Black Bear Nation as UM student-athletes and coaches will visit three Hannaford supermarkets in Maine. The event is free and offers an opportunity for fans to interact with key members of the Black Bear athletic program. All Summer Caravan… Read More
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN, Colo. – Adam Craig of Corinth earned a pair of top-five finishes here over the weekend as the 2005 Shimano NORBA National Mountain Bike Series resumed after a month-long layoff. The Giant Bicycles rider placed fourth Sunday in the pro men’s short-track cross… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – The weather was nearly optimal for the ninth annual Hospice Regatta of Maine and that showed in the turnout as 10 boats participated Friday and 30 on Saturday. On Saturday, skipper Sturgis Haskins sailed Ondine to Luder Class victory with Sam Shaw’s… Read More
Gloria Santarpia, a 1979 graduate of Fort Kent Community High School, was the female winner and placed 13th overall at the MARC Train 5-miler in her hometown of Odenton, Md. recently. Santarpia, 44, the daughter of Bob and Ella Dumond of Hancock, recorded a time… Read More
Special Olympians will have an opportunity to tee it up during a “Day on the Links” Sunday thanks to 13 golf courses and their professionals who are members of the Maine Chapter of the New England PGA. Olympians will gather at 3 p.m. at sites… Read More
The University of Maine will thank Black Bear Nation as UM student-athletes and coaches will visit three Hannaford supermarkets in Maine. The event is free and offers an opportunity for fans to meet their favorite Black Bear athletics. All Summer Caravan stops include a barbeque… Read More
Guam has become the second team to earn a trip to the 2005 Senior League World Series, defeating the Philippines 12-3 on Thursday to win the Asia-Pacific regional championship at Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Guam joins Santiago Veraguas, Panama, as the first… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Maine competitors fared well at the Junior National 5,000-meter racewalk championship held recently at Mount Desert Island High School. In the boys’ division, two-time national champion Zachary Pollinger from Mahwah, N.J., lapped the field to win in 22 minutes, 10.55 seconds. Matthew… Read More