Ernie Clark

 Ernie Clark
Ernie Clark covers high school sports, youth baseball and American Legion baseball for the BDN and also writes a weekly blog.

Larry Mahoney

 Potential rule changes would be positive development for college hockey
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Pete Warner

 Playing in Portland provides potential to pump up interest in UMaine athletics
PORTLAND, Maine — While it may only be a two-hour ...
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John Snyer, owner of Hermon Meadow Golf Club, with clubhouse in background.
GOLF SCENE

Golfers like shorter distances from gold, orange tees at Hermon Meadow

HERMON, Maine — It’s not a new idea, putting in additional tee blocks to make a course more length-appropriate for certain groups of golfers. Some ...
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Ryan Flaherty, top, winds up to throw to first for the last out of the game after forcing out Toronto Blue Jays pinch runner Rajai Davis in the ninth inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Orioles blanked the Blue Jays, 3-0.

Portland’s versatile Ryan Flaherty realizing a dream by playing for Baltimore Orioles

He grew up a Boston Red Sox fan. And that means the Green Monster, the 37-foot left-field wall at Boston’s Fenway Park, always meant something ...
University of Maine sophomore Colin Gay tries to bunt his way to first base Tuesday night May 15, 2012, in a baseball game against Boston College at Hadlock Field in Portland. Maine last played a game at Hadlock in 1998.

Late offensive outburst propels UMaine past Boston College at Portland’s Hadlock Field

PORTLAND, Maine — Staring out at the “Maine Monster,” one might be able to imagine being at historic Fenway Park in Boston. And though Hadlock ...
Senior guard Christian McCue of Hampden Academy dribbles around Deering High School’s Patrick Green during the Class A state final in Portland on March 3, 2012. McCue will attend McGill University this fall and play basketball at the Montreal school.
High school report

Hampden’s McCue to test Canadian basketball waters at McGill

HAMPDEN, Maine — Maine’s Mr. Basketball is crossing the border to continue his basketball career at the collegiate level. But he’s not headed south. Christian ...
High School Baseball

Greg Duff’s no-hitter lifts Bangor baseball past Hampden Academy

BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor High School baseball team has set a pretty high pitching standard this spring — not allowing more than two runs ...
Matt Hancock, owner of the Mt. Abram ski hill in Greenwood, talks about his plans to open the ski mountain in November 2011. Hancock, a former Lake Region High School and Colby College basketball star, will be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the Bangor Civic Center.

Matt Hancock’s work ethic produced record results

Editor’s note: One in a series profiling the 2012 Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductees. CASCO, Maine — Matt Hancock is one of the most ...

Mitrovic signs to play basketball for University of Maine

ORONO, Maine — Milica Mitrovic, a guard form Belgrade, Serbia, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Maine and join ...
Former University of Maine women’s basketball standout Emily Ellis (right) looks on as new UM women’s basketball coach Richard Barron is congratulated by UM Athletic Director Steve Abbott last May. Ellis is being inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Former UMaine basketball star Emily Ellis never backed down

Editor’s note: This story is one in a series profiling the 2012 Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductees. BANGOR, Maine — When Emily Ellis played ...
Newly retired Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield throws a ceremonial first pitch to former Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli during a ceremony to honor Wakefield's career prior to a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Beckett returns with 9 strikeouts, Boston beats Mariners

BOSTON — Josh Beckett did exactly what he needed to satisfy the fired-up fans at Fenway Park. Beckett pitched his best game of the season, ...

Acadians won’t field Legion baseball team; Zone 1 ranks thinned to seven teams

BLUE HILL, Maine — Hancock County will not have its own American Legion baseball team for the first time in more than three decades this ...
Old Town High School softball pitcher Kendra Hayward (6) delivers one of her pitches to the plate in the third inning of their home game against John Bapst in Old Town on Monday, May 14, 2012.
High school softball

Hayward pitches five-inning no-hitter as Old Town blanks John Bapst

OLD TOWN, Maine — The Old Town High School softball team was eager to bounce back from its first loss of the season, 5-1 to ...
High school baseball

Orono baseball rallies past George Stevens Academy with three-run sixth inning

ORONO, Maine — The Orono Red Riots baseball team proved that endurance and timing are key to winning baseball games. Down late in the game ...
Mike Mason of Skowhegan drives into the second turn on the final lap of a North East Mini Stock Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on May 12, 2012. Mason went on to win.
Auto racing

Skowhegan driver claims mini stock race on Loudon road course

LOUDON, N.H. — Skowhegan’s Mike Mason retook the lead from Scott Farrington of Minot with three laps remaining to win the 20-lap North East Mini ...
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