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UMaine narrows candidate list, hopes to name men’s hockey coach next week
ORONO, Maine — The search for a new men’s hockey coach at the University of Maine is winding down. Maine athletic director Steve Abbott said Monday there will probably be an announcement next week. “The search is progressing really well. We’ve talked to some outstanding candidates and we’re going to ...
Eastport teen notches first ‘Bandolero’ racing victory
EASTPORT, Maine — Eastport’s Drew Greenlaw has plenty of trophies from racing Bandolero cars in New Brunswick. Bandolero cars are miniature race cars (one-third the size of a normal Late Model) powered by Briggs and Stratton 570 cc Vanguard engines. They are primarily for drivers ages 10 to 16 and ...
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
HERMON, Maine — Fifteen-year-old Emma Libby of Glenburn was irritated. She was sent to the back of the field for her role in an accident on the fourth lap of the 35-lap Coca-Cola Sport-4 series race at Hermon’s Speedway 95 on Saturday night. She felt she was wronged. So she ...
Black helps UMaine baseball sweep UMBC
ORONO, Maine — Junior second baseman Troy Black entered the first game of Friday’s doubleheader against UMBC hitting .457 with runners in scoring position. Now he’s at .500. Black’s one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored freshman shortstop Shane Bussey from second to give senior right-hander A.J. ...
Sea Dogs’ Thomas making smooth transition with position switch
PORTLAND, Maine — Versatility can be an important ingredient in success. Portland Sea Dogs left fielder Tony Thomas is banking on it. Thomas is an infielder by trade, primarily a second baseman, but during the last week of spring training, the Red Sox brass told him they would like him ...
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
MANCHESTER — Manchester’s Reid Lanpher is taking driver’s education and drove during his first lesson Tuesday. “It’s hard to keep under the speed limit, even in a four-cylinder car,” quipped Lanpher, who turned 15 on May 9. That’s because the freshman at Maranacook High School in Readfield is used to ...
Burns, Webber power John Bapst baseball team past MDI
BANGOR, Maine — Junior first baseman Tom Burns belted a pair of triples and a double and drove in four runs and senior right-hander Nolan Webber pitched a complete-game nine-hitter to lead the John Bapst High School Crusaders to an 8-2 win over Mount Desert Island at the Winkin Sports ...
UMaine field house renovations on schedule for Oct. 15 completion
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine indoor/outdoor track and cross country coach Mark Lech said he is looking forward to the renovation of the school’s field house, which has already begun with the gutting of the old field house. “My feet won’t stick to the floor any more,” quipped Lech. ...
Bangor native and former Black Bear Derek Damon still lighting goal lamp in Europe
BANGOR — Bangor native Derek Damon is still playing hockey these days and getting paid to do so. The former University of Maine hockey player recently signed a contract to play for HC Thurgau in Weinfelden, Switzerland, after spending the previous three seasons playing for VSV EC in the Austrian ...
Pitcher Jeff Weeks leads Brewer baseball team past Bangor 2-1
BREWER — Senior righthander Jeff Weeks and his Brewer High School Witches knew the importance of Monday night’s game against archrival Bangor. They began play in 11th place in the Heal points standings, two spots out of an Eastern Maine Class A playoff berth. Weeks pitched a nine-hit complete game ...
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Corkum to coach U.S. Under-18s; UMaine coaching search continues
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine interim hockey coach Bob Corkum said he is looking forward to being the head coach of the United States Under-18 Select team that will participate in the 23rd annual Ivan Hlinka Tournament in Slovakia from Aug. 6 to 10. Since winning the tournament in ...
Maine sweeps Binghamton in twinbill to claim regular season America East title
VESTAL, N.Y. — The University of Maine sewed up the America East regular season championship on Sunday. Fran Whitten doubled and singled and drove in two runs in an eight-run 10th-inning rally that gave the Black Bears a 13-7 win over Binghamton and a sweep of their doubleheader. Maine erased ...
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For Maine drivers, passion for racing trumps high costs to compete
HERMON — Dover-Foxcroft’s Shawn Racila calls it “pretty simple math.” When he hauls his race car down to Hermon’s Speedway 95 to race on Saturday night, he said “I’m going to spend $500 [for a chance] to win $200.” But that hasn’t stopped him from racing for the past 30 ...
Senior pitcher Walls lifts Mount Desert Island baseball team past Hermon
HERMON — Pitchers always like to get ahead of hitters in the count. It gives them more flexibility when it comes to pitch selection. Mount Desert Island High School senior righthander Ben Walls pitched an impressive five-hit complete game, throwing 64 strikes among his 93 pitches, to lead MDI to ...
Maine Principals’ Association approves Old Town-Orono High School Black Bear hockey team merger
The Old Town-Orono Black Bears, a cooperative ice hockey team combining players from Old Town and Orono High Schools, was approved by a unanimous vote of the Maine Principals’ Association’s Scholastic Management Committee in Augusta on Thursday. The merger between the rival schools became a necessity because Orono was looking ...
Pitcher Brandon Workman racking up impressive numbers for Portland Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — Last season, Brandon Workman was named the Boston Red Sox organization’s minor league pitcher of the year. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound righthander was 10-8 with a 3.50 earned run average between Class A Salem of the Carolina League (7-7, 3.40) and Portland of the Double-A Eastern League (3-1, 3.96). ...
Frenchville’s Martin wins Pro Late Model race at Oxford
OXFORD, Maine — Frenchville native Shawn Martin won the Oxford Plains Speedway’s Late Model points championship a year ago, the second title of his career. Martin will not defend his points title this season, opting to race for victories instead at OPS and other tracks in the Pro Late Models ...
Former Hermon High teammates lead Husson softball team; Eagles open NCAA play Thursday
BANGOR, Maine — Husson University sophomore first baseman Deb Colpitts said Sami Schultz has always been a very good hitter. But former Hermon High School softball teammates Colpitts and Schultz agree they never anticipated Schultz having the kind of freshman season she has for Husson University of Bangor. The 31-10-1 ...
Boston College assistant Cavanaugh to be named UConn hockey coach; Tortorella, Gendron interview for Maine job
Bowdoin College graduate Mike Cavanaugh, who has been an assistant coach at Boston College for the past 18 seasons, has entered final negotiations to become the head hockey coach at the University of Connecticut, according to a story in the Hartford Courant. Deposed University of Denver coach George Gwozdecky and ...
First round of Hockey East playoffs could be best-of-three or one-game deal next season
ORONO, Maine — Hockey East is changing its playoff system next season, but the first round’s format is still undecided, according to University of Maine athletic director Steve Abbott, who recently returned from the American Hockey Coaches Association’s annual meeting in Florida. The league playoffs will include all 11 teams ...
Items found, authorities pursuing leads in search for Glenburn teen
Silenced by legislators at budget talks, LePage says Mainers are being played for ‘patsies’
Family of third plane crash victim puts Knox County on notice
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Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted Nugent is wrong on background checks
Ignore LePage politics, get to root of DHHS funding needs