CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Sugarloaf/USA will open for the ski season on Nov. 16. Two trails, Boardwalk and Spillway, will be open to start the season. On Nov. 17 and 18, guests can bring in three canned food items and receive a $15 lift ticket Maine… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – Tom Brown of Northeast Harbor is the top American and second overall in the 2.4 meter class at the World Disabled Sailing Championships of the International Foundation of Disabled Sailing. The championships began Oct. 26 and conclude today. Brown, the 2000 Paralympic… Read More
The University of Maine-Presque Isle will introduce its men’s and women’s basketball teams tonight when the school conducts “Basketball Madness” night. The event begins at 7 p.m. in Weiden Gymnasium on the UMPI campus. The Owls’ squads will perform drills, have shooting and slam-dunk contests,… Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – James Phillip Hernandez, a 47-year-old social worker from Presque Isle, has been named the Everyday Champion for the state of Maine by Wheaties Energy Crunch. As a result, Hernandez’s name will appear on the Wheaties Energy Crunch box in 2002, and he may be selected as… Read More
WATERVILLE – The Colby College crew squad will dedicate the 1993 Women’s Boat to Olympian Hilary Gehman, in a ceremony on Messalonskee Lake in Sydney on Oct. 27. She was a member of the 2000 Olympic rowing team, and was a member of the Colby class of 1993. Read More
The Maine State Golf Association is hoping to organize fund-raisers for New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Twin Towers Fund at all of the state’s golf courses this weekend. The Twin Towers Fund assists the families of all victims, injured and deceased, of the Sept. 11 attacks on the… Read More
Paul Willey of Bangor will be vying for his second straight Virtual Golf Association Tour championship and the $50,000 first prize next month at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla. Willey, 38, bested more than 22,000 personal computer golfers to reach… Read More
BANGOR – The Penobscot Valley Conference Cross Country Championships are scheduled today at Bangor Mental Health Institute. The girls JV meet opens the action at 1 p.m., followed by the boys JVs, the girls varsity, and the boys varsity. Read More
BANGOR – Brad Bailey of Bangor rolled his third career 300 game at Family Fun Lanes Tuesday night during men’s league tenpin bowling. Bailey, 42, rolled a 198, followed with a 207, and finished with the 300 for a 705 series. Read More
SCARBOROUGH – More than 52 under-10 teams will compete at the Chevrolet Soccer Festival from at 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, and from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free and interactive games, contests, and giveaways will be on hand. Read More
BANGOR -The Harlem Rockets comedy basketball team will be playing a fund-raising game against a media all-star team on Sunday, 2 p.m., at Newman Gymnasium at Husson College. Tickets are available at the door and are $7 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and… Read More
Two former UMaine stars, Steve Kariya and David Cullen, have been recalled from their AHL teams to the NHL. The Vancouver Canucks have recalled winger Kariya from the Manitoba Moose while the Phoenix Coyotes have recalled Cullen from Springfield, Mass. Kariya, the younger brother of… Read More
BANGOR – Healthsouth of Bangor has hired athletic trainer Phil Mateja to serve as an instructor for its new Forever Fit program. Forever Fit is a fitness evaluation and exercise program designed to promote healthy lifestyles. Mateja will also provide athletic training services for college… Read More
LINCOLN – A bike race to benefit the American Red Cross is set for 2 p.m. today at the Curtis Farm Road in Lincoln. For a donation of $5, cyclists can participate in seven distance categories ranging from 2 to 8 miles. The course consists… Read More
The Maine Principals Association is planning to release the final Heal Point standings for soccer, field hockey and volleyball Wednesday unless the weather gets in the way. Tuesday is the final day of regular-season competition and if there are no postponements Tuesday, the standings and… Read More
ORONO – Alfond Arena, the site of some of the most memorable moments of Shawn Walsh’s coaching career, will be the venue for a celebration of his life on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Fans are invited to join UMaine President Peter Hoff, Athletic Director Suzanne… Read More
The final Dead River high-water dam release of 5,500 cubic feet per second is scheduled for today. This release traditionally closes Maine’s whitewater rafting season, which began in May. Wave heights will reach six feet on the river. The Dead River offers the longest continuous stretch of Class… Read More
Hockey East will sponsor a women’s hockey league beginning no later than the 2004-2005 season. There are currently five Hockey East schools that have women’s programs: Boston College, Maine, New Hampshire, Northeastern, and Providence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ORONO – Starting times for the men’s and women’s divisions of the 10th Murray Keatinge Invitational cross country meet today have been reversed, according to Joe Roberts of the University of Maine sports information department. The women’s race will start at 11 a.m. followed by… Read More
The fourth Special Olympics Maine Equestrian Competition is scheduled Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. Eighty athletes from Penobscot, Hancock and eight other counties will compete in English and Western equitation and working trails events. The athletes have been training… Read More
The University of Maine has scheduled its annual Youth Day for Saturday, when the Black Bear football team plays 24th-ranked Richmond at Alfond Stadium. All youth football players and coaches who preorder their tickets will receive a discounted price of $5. Starting at 4 p.m.,… Read More
ORONO – The Orono High School girls soccer team will be holding a soccer skill-a-thon on Friday at 3 p.m. at the high school soccer fields to benefit the American Red Cross’ Sept. 11 fund for the victims and families of the terrorist attacks. Contests… Read More
To celebrate the life of late men’s hockey coach Shawn Walsh, who died Monday, the University of Maine has scheduled a memorial event for Wednesday, Oct. 10. The date of the memorial was listed incorrectly in Thursday’s editions. The program, which is open to the… Read More
The time for the Larry Mahaney Diamond dedication ceremony has been changed and will take place Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the baseball field. The ceremony had originally been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. that day. Read More
The Maine team did not get off to a great start at the USGA Men’s State Team Championship being played at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. Maine carded a first round team total of 160 which placed them far down the list of the other 49… Read More
ORONO – A limited number of single-game tickets are available for University of Maine men’s hockey home games. Tickets will go on sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and can be purchased at the ticket office in Alfond Arena or by calling 581-BEAR or 1-800-756-TEAM. Read More
Olympic gold medalist Ian Crocker of Portland was named to the 2001 All-America team and National ‘A’ team, USA Swimming announced Thursday. Crocker’s times in the 100- and 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly were good for All-America honors. He made the National ‘A’ team for… Read More
ROCKPORT – Samoset Resort Golf Club will host a tournament to benefit the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund on Wednesday. The entire $75 entry fee will go to the fund as well as any money raised from special contests. The entry fee includes golf,… Read More
National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the former chair of the United Way of America board, will speak Oct. 5 at the Leaders’ Circle Recognition Reception of the United Way of Eastern Maine. Tagliabue will speak at 6 p.m. at Penobscot Valley Country Club in… Read More
ORONO – The Kebo Valley Club in Bar Harbor will host a “meet the team” golf tournament on Sunday with the University of Maine men’s hockey team. Members of the team and coaching staff will participate in the event, which begins at 12:30 p.m. A… Read More
The NEWS is starting a new Player-of-the-Week feature and is seeking nominations from coaches and athletic directors. Starting next Thursday, the NEWS will publish girls and boys players of the week for Eastern Maine’s big and small high schools. Four players will be selected each… Read More
On Sept. 19 the Bucks Mills Rod & Gun Club in Bucksport will host a bean supper at 6 p.m. that will be held in conjunction with a Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife sportsman’s forum. The meeting will run from 7-9 p.m. and will… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island College on Wednesday named Mike Kelly as head men’s basketball coach. Kelly, 30, replaces Dave Johnston, who served as interim coach for the Division III school. The Anchormen went 8-16 last season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DENNISPORT, Mass. – Hampden figure skater Tessa McCue finished 12th in the long program at the Cranberry Opener event at Cape Cod on Sunday. McCue competed against 20 other skaters in the Junior Lady level and, despite having to cope with a knee injury, her… Read More
Tessa McCue of Hampden was seventh after the short program in the junior division of the Providence (R.I.) Open. McCue is competing against 15 other skaters in the figure skating event, which continues tonight with the long program. Read More
PORTLAND – Florida Marlins prospect Josh Beckett combined with two relievers on Monday night to no-hit the Binghamton Mets 5-0 at Binghamton. Beckett, the Marlins first found pick in 1999, threw 89 pitches over seven innings. He allowed only three walks and struck out 12. Read More
ORONO – University of Maine football season tickets go on sale to the general public Wednesday at the athletic ticket office in Alfond Arena. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 581-BEAR (2327) or 1-800-756-TEAM. Adult season tickets are $54 while youth season tickets are $39. Maine’s first… Read More
WATERBURY, Conn. – Maine finished in fifth place, 19 strokes behind champion Massachusetts at the New England Junior Golf Championship at the Country Club of Waterbury Tuesday. Massachusetts’ team of George Zolotus, Evan Hahn, Sam Chud, Tim Acquaviva, Kevin Silva, and Brendon Ray shot a… Read More
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Nine Mainers completed the Isuzu IronMan Lake Placid Triathlon Sunday. The race, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike, and a 26.2-mile run, was won by Steve Larsen of Davis, Calif., in 8 hours, 33 minutes, 11 seconds. In all, 1,653 competitors… Read More
WASHINGTON – Former University of Maine standout Peter Ferraro has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Capitals, the Portland Pirates announced. Ferraro, 28, played on the Black Bears’ 1993 National Championship team, recording 50 points (18 goals, 32 assists). He has spent the last three years… Read More
Stephanie Dickey of Orrington finished fourth in the intermediate (ages 15-16) javelin throw at the National Junior Olympics in Sacramento, Calif., last week, qualifying her for All-American status. Dickey’s top throw went a distance of 106 feet, 5 inches. She also placed 21st in the… Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Six Maine racewalkers were medal winners this year at the National Junior Olympics. Audra Curtis of Belfast finished first in the girls 3K racewalk (15 minutes, 33.46 seconds) while Jasmine Brooks of Dirigo placed sixth in the girls 5K (30:02.16). Finishing second… Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lindsey Snyder and Kiki O’Donnell of Bangor’s Hurricane Swim Club each made it to the evening finals of at least one event during this weekend’s Speedo Championship Series Eastern Zone Section I meet. The top 24 finishers in the preliminary heats returned for the finals. Read More
AKRON, Ohio – Several competitors from Aroostook County turned in solid efforts during the 64th All-American Soap Box Derby over the weekend. Alex Mooers of Houlton, Brandon Arey of Caribou and Emery Lincoln of Hodgdon all advanced past the first heat on Saturday. It was… Read More
AUGUSTA -Hunters wishing to hunt deer of either sex this upcoming season are reminded that their any-deer permit applications must be postmarked no later than Wednesday or be received at the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife headquarters by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Hunters must have… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – Fort Fairfield’s Kirk Thibeau took the checkered flag in the inaugural New Brunswick International Speedway Pro Stock 250 before a capacity NBIS crowd Saturday night. Thibeau made his first move to the front with 25 laps to go and went side… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – With temperatures in the 90’s, Maine senior athletes excelled in the 55 to 59 age group in track and field at the National Senior Olympics. David Baldwin of Harrington captured a national championship in the 1,500-meter racewalk with a time of 7:30.22. Two days… Read More
Maine’s Senior (50+) softball team recently finished 2-2 in the Senior Olympics in Baton Rouge, La. Team players include: Ray Brown of Ellsworth, Bob Cayford of Bangor, Tim Farley of Harpswell, Tom Farley of Yarmouth, Allen Hussey of Hudson, Bill Nickerson of Scarborough, Tim Paul of Oakland, Steve… Read More
BELLA VISTA, Ariz. – Maranacook High School baseball standout Greg Creek has been named to the National High School Baseball Coaches Association’s District 1 team. District 1 includes New York and the six New England states. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
CUMBERLAND – Shawn Warren captured his second straight title Wednesday in the Maine Junior Amateur Championship at Val Halla Golf Club. Warren, 16 and from The Woodlands, defeated Blake Eldridge in the finals 2 and 1 in the ages 15-17 division. Warren advanced by beating… Read More
WATERVILLE – Thomas College has announced the hiring of three coaches for the upcoming fall season as Chris Aube, Ian Wilson and Mitch Orser have joined the Terriers’ staff. Aube will head up Thomas’ men’s soccer program, while Wilson was named the interim coach of… Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres made if official Tuesday by signing defenseman Doug Janik, a second-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Janik has spent the past three seasons at the University of Maine, where he was the top scoring defenseman last season… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb, the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, in 1966, announced Tuesday she will participate in the Beach to Beacon 10K race in Cape Elizabeth on August 4. Gibb is running to raise awareness for the Kids First Center,… Read More
Linwood White of Orono finished in 22nd place and Newell Lewey of Veazie was 70th in Saturday’s Vermont 100 Endurance Run, a 100-mile race in Woodstock, Vt. White, 39, finished with a time of 20 hours, 16 minutes and 17 seconds. Lewey, 43, came in… Read More
HERMON – The first annual Speedway 95 Fan Appreciation Day will be held on July 22, instead of running the regular Saturday night show. The program begins at 2 p.m., with half-price admission to both the grandstand and pit areas. The Northeast Modified Lights will be making their… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is sponsoring four Youth Field Days that will instruct children from ages 8 to 15 in outdoor skills. The field days will include fishing, ATV riding, trapping, and shooting skills taught by certified instructors, Maine… Read More
The PVHC travel hockey team will hold its Summer Cool-Off Series July 22 and Aug. 5 at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena in Orono. Both sessions will run from 12:45 p.m.-2:20 for players whose birth dates fall between July 1, 1990 and June 30,… Read More
BOOTHBAY HARBOR – The Boothbay Harbor Yacht club will host the second annual Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta from July 20-22. Festivities will kick off with a junior Regatta, followed by a kick-off party at the J.H. Hawk’s Restaurant in Boothbay. On July 21, there will be a morning… Read More
A team made up of Bangor-area players won the Maine ASA Class C Softball Championship tournament July 14-15 in Augusta and will head to the national tournament in Alabama Sept. 21-23. Modern Decorators, a Bangor Recreation Department team, went 6-0 over the weekend and beat… Read More
Leo Saucier has been named the baseball coach at the University of Maine-Presque Isle. Saucier, who served as the Owls’ assistant coach during the past baseball season, is also an assistant professor of physical education at the school. A native of Millinocket, Saucier played baseball… Read More
Maine native Matt Lane appears to have qualified for the IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field championships by bettering the “A” qualifying standard at 5,000 meters. Lane, who grew up in Yarmouth and was a seven-time collegiate All-American at William & Mary, ran a time… Read More
COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The Maine Icebreakers AAU boys basketball team finished in the top eight at the ages 15-and-under National Invitational in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The team, comprised of 13-year olds from Maine, lost 55-46 in their game on Thursday against the Durham Heat… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba, the winner of the last two Boston Marathons and one of the world’s top road racers will return to the Beach to Beacon 10K race on Aug. 4, to defend the title she won last year. On the men’s… Read More
COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Mark Socoby of Houlton scored 21 points to help lead the Maine Pepsi Icebreakers 13-under team to a 47-39 win over Yadkin Valley (N.C.) in the first round of the American Athletic Union (AAU) National Invitational Championship basketball tournament. Nate Aurelio of Winterport led… Read More
MONTREAL – The Hurricane Swim Club of Bangor had several swimmers reach the finals of the Quebec Cup, a Canadian World Cup qualifying meet that attracts Canadian Olympians and club teams from the U.S. The meet was held from June 29-July 1 at the Olympic Park. Read More
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – PPI Motorsports Tide Ford driver Ricky Craven, will be the special guest at the Annual Governor’s Breakfast on Friday, July 20. The breakfast is held in conjunction with the New England 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. The breakfast will be… Read More
Portland Sea Dogs pitcher Kevin Olsen was named to the Double-A All-Star Team. He has a 6-1 record with a 2.95 ERA, with 61 strikeouts and four walks in 76.1 innings. The game will be played on Wednesday, July 11 in Round Rock Texas, home of the Houston… Read More
WATERVILLE – New England Patriots running back Robert Edwards, who could return this season after missing the past two seasons due to an off-season knee injury, will be featured at the Central Maine Youth Football Clinic at Waterville’s George Mitchell School Field on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Read More
PORTLAND – Mike Baker, the assistant pro at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, fired a 5-under par 67 in the first round of the 54-hole Greater Portland Open being played Riverside Golf Course in Portland. Baker is third two-strokes behind first round leader Jerry DiPhilippo, Riverside’s… Read More
Waterville’s Abigail Spector moved past Laura Torrisi of Massachusetts to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the New England Women’s Golf Association Championship tournament at the Walpole Country Club on Wednesday. Spector, who will be a junior at the University of North… Read More
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-Stars downed the Ukraine national team 9-5 at the Prague Week Tournament Wednesday. The NAIA team, including Husson College player Donnie Sawyer of Brewer, is undefeated in its grouping at the tournament. The all-stars will face the German national… Read More
The Maine Hoops 14U/8th grade boys basketball team swept the Maine Hoops Invitational Tourney held in Portland this weekend winning all five games. The tournament hosted some of the top youth teams in New England. Playing on the team were Aaron Gallant and Jordan Heath of Bangor, Jordan… Read More
Seven Maine golfers will be in the field competing at the Women’s New England Golf Association Championship at the Walpole Country Club in Walpole, Mass., beginning this morning and running through Thursday. Leading the Maine contingent is 20-year-old Abbie Spector of Waterville. Spector has won… Read More
Jesse Speirs of Bangor was named a first alternate to the U.S. Junior Amateur championships after a sudden-death playoff at a qualifying tournament in South Dennis, Mass. Monday. Speirs, 14, shot a 144 (72-72) in the 36-hole, two-day qualifying tournament at the Dennis Highland Golf… Read More
BANGOR – Former Boston Red Sox players Bill Lee, John Tudor, Rick Miller, and others will face off against the Bangor Firefighters in a charity baseball game tonight. The alumni, known as the Grey Sox, have defeated the Bangor Firefighters for the past five years. Read More
CORINNA – The Big Indian Bow Club will host a 3-D shoot beginning at 8 a.m., July 1, at the Corinna clubhouse. Participants are invited to shoot the club’s new targets, including grizzly bear, moose, alligator, African lion, and buffalo. Trophies will be awarded. For… Read More
The MBNA Soccer Senior Bowl scheduled for Sunday at Point Look Complex in Northport has been canceled. For more information, call Mike Jeffrey at 947-2607. Read More
PORTLAND – Maine native and Norwich Navigators manager Stump Merrill will be the featured speaker at the Sea Dogs’ monthly luncheon. Merrill, who grew up in Brunswick and attended the University of Maine, managed the New York Yankees in 1990 and 1991. His baseball career included six seasons… Read More
The Sacramento Monarchs activated point guard Ticha Penicheiro Thursday and waived forward Maren Walseth, thus securing a spot for guard and former University of Maine star Cindy Blodgett. Penicheiro had been on the injured list since she returned last month from Poland, where she plays… Read More
Jay Myers of Gorham will serve as a volunteer athletic trainer at the Lake Placid, New York, Olympic Training Center this summer. Myers has worked for two years at the University of Southern Maine’s Sports Medicine Department and will work with the athletes training for… Read More
BANGOR, Maine – A Bangor man with multiple sclerosis is preparing to defend his title as reigning champion in an international cybergolf competition. Paul Willey, 38, gained a reputation last year as the Tiger Woods of online golf when he captured the top prize of… Read More
The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team has scheduled its alumni gathering July 1-2 in Orono. Black Bears coach Shawn Walsh and more than 40 former UMaine hockey players have signed up to attend the event. Hobey Baker Award winners Paul Kariya of the… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – The First Annual Cape Elizabeth Ski and Relay Race will be held at low tide on Sunday, June 24. The race allows cross-country skiers the opportunity to dig out their skis and glide along the sandy waterline of Scarborough Beach. The relay will… Read More
ELLSWORTH – The first Mixed-up Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament will be held Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ellsworth Tennis Center Saturday. Doubles partners play with only one racket and must alternate hitting shots. Service is a bounce shot down the center line. Singles… Read More
GORHAM – University of Southern Maine left fielder Tyler Delorme was named the ECAC Division III New England Player of the Year. He helped lead USM to a 37-14 record this past season, including a trip to the Division III national championship. Delorme hit .393, had 10 homers,… Read More
Former University of Maine quarterback Mickey Fein is coming off an impressive performance for the Norfolk Nighthawks of the Arena 2 Football League, a team coached by former Black Bears QB Mike Buck. Fein completed 23 off 33 passes for 314 yards and nine touchdowns… Read More
NORTHEAST HARBOR – Chris Dunifer of Hermon won a new 2001 Buick Century when he recorded a hole-in-one on the 14th hole at Northeast Harbor Golf Course during the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Open Saturday. Dunifer’s 187-yard drive hit the green, took two short… Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Pirates hockey team unveiled their new mascot, “Salty Pete,” a new logo, and new jerseys, “Home, road and ‘third,'” on Sunday. Team owners Lyman Bullard and Brian Petrovek wished their new mascot, “Salty Pete,” to be edgy and aggressive in order… Read More
Precision Preparation Inc. Motorsports, for whom Newburgh’s Ricky Craven drives the Tide 32 Ford on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit, has cut 14 staff positions in a restructuring of the company. That brings the total number of PPI Motorsports employees to 97. The restructuring was… Read More
Courtney Wright of Ellsworth won first places on two events and finished second overall in the Northeast Regional Gymnastics Championships in Cortland, N.Y. May 6. Wright, a 12-year-old Level 7 gymnast out of the Bangor YMCA and the Penobscot Valley School of Gymnastics, was first… Read More
LEWISTON – Justin Easter of Jay, has earned his second career All-America honor, placing third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division III Track and Field championships. Easter, who runs for Bates College, set a new school record for the steeplechase, running 8:58.64. Read More
Jesse Speirs of Bangor took second place recently in a Plantations Junior Golf Tour event at Sea Trail Resort & Golf Links in Sunset Beach, N.C. Speirs, competing among the 12- and 13-year-olds, posted scores of 69 Saturday and 75 Sunday for a 144 total. Read More
Gatorade Thirst Quencher, in partnership with Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director magazine, announced Greg Creek of Readfield’s Maranacook Community High School as Maine’s High School Baseball Player of the Year. The award is given to a player in each state where a formal baseball program… Read More
Abigail Anthony, a sophomore at Bates College in Lewiston, earned her second career All-America honor Thursday night when she finished sixth in the 10,000-meter run in the NCAA Div. III Track and Field Championships at Milliken University Decatur, Ill. Anthony, the New England champion at… Read More
Kory Martin of Pittsfield, Jeremy Potter of Bucksport and Michael Dube of Bangor are among 12 high school golfers to receive college scholarships from the Maine State Golf Association. Each scholarship awarded is for $1,000 per academic year and is available to the undergraduate for… Read More
Corey Pion of Husson College has qualified for the National NAIA Golf Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 20-26. Pion qualified after posting the best score at the NAIA Region 10 Championship with a two-round total of 143. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Valeri Ashmore of Eastward Lanes in Ellsworth, and Floyd Neal of Bangor-Brewer Lanes in Brewer each earned a win in the Eastern Maine Average Plus Handicap all-events finals Sunday at the Bangor-Brewer Lanes. Ashmore edged Lin Williams of Pittsfield 1,291-1,287. Neal easily beat Reggie Tyler… Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. – Freshman pitcher Erin Hanley of Bowdoin College was named the co-Rookie of the Year by New England Small College Athletic Conference Thursday. Hanley posted a 5-1 record and 0.67 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 52 innings. She shared the rookie honor with… Read More
The Eastern Region Section 2 singles qualifying seed meeting will be held tonight at Bangor High School beginning at 7:30. All coaches are requested to attend. Read More
The Maine Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 2001 induction and awards banquet June 3 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Tickets for the event may be purchased for $22 by calling or writing George Chandler, 7 Pine Ridge Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME… Read More