Club Sports
Sports briefs for March 29, 2013
By BDN Staff and Wire Reports on March 29, 2013, at 7:16 p.m.
Portland women schedule April 6 rugby game PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Women’s Rugby Football Club will play its first spring home game at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6 against the Middlesex team of Massachusetts at the Fox Street Field. The Portland team practices Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. ...
Busy Fields4Kids facility, coaching and looking to future keep Ball rolling
BANGOR, Maine — Since becoming executive director of Fields4Kids plus coaching soccer, looking to build a new indoor sports and physical-activity facility and helping his wife raise two young children, MJ Ball has learned one thing for sure. “It’s all about time management,” he said. “And apparently, I don’t need ...
Maine Freeze starting informal Midget Major youth hockey team
ORONO, Maine — The Maine Freeze will have a Midget Major youth hockey team of sorts in the fall, but it will not have a regular schedule and there will be no tryouts necessary, according to Todd Cray. The Freeze is the travel hockey organization for the Orono-based Penobscot Valley ...
Maine Freeze players find positives in New England District Regional appearance
ORONO, Maine — While their team was eliminated in the semifinals of last weekend’s New England District Tier II Peewees Regional at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena, Maine Freeze players Brenden Gasaway and Sean-Austin Soucy felt the weekend had some positive aspects. The Freeze earned their regional berth by ...
Freeze Tier II Peewees look forward to NE Regional in Orono this weekend
ORONO, Maine — Maine has two teams entered in the New England District’s Tier II Peewees Regional at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena this weekend, and one of them appreciates the short journey to the eight-team tournament. “We’ve done a lot of traveling this year,” said Kent Salfi, coach ...
Bangor White Peewees top Bangor Red in rare youth hockey tourney title matchup
BANGOR, Maine — For most of this season, the Bangor Youth Hockey Tier IV Red Peewees have struggled to win, but coach Chris Tanis thought that might be the case because he has a number of players with limited experience. “It’s been a long year for us,” said Tanis of ...
Brewer Youth Hockey among six Maine associations to host Try Hockey for Free on Saturday
BREWER, Maine — Hockey Weekend Across America takes place this weekend at more than 200 sites across the country, including Penobscot Ice Arena. As part of the weekend, Brewer Youth Hockey is one of six youth hockey associations in Maine that have set aside ice time for Try Hockey for ...
EM Youth Lacrosse to offer club team for high school boys this season
BANGOR, Maine — Eastern Maine Youth Lacrosse is expanding this spring to include a club team for older boys, according to EMYL president Gayle Middleton. The team is for high school boys in grades 9-12. Opponents are already being lined up, according to Middleton, and she hopes to get enough ...
Sports briefs for Feb. 4, 2013
By From BDN Staff and Wire Reports on Feb. 04, 2013, at 9:20 p.m.
Basketball tourney passes on sale next week Tournament passes for the Eastern Maine Classes B, C and D basketball tournaments will be on sale at the Bangor Auditorium box office next Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 11-12, from noon-2 p.m. The 20-session pass covering the entire tournament for all three classes ...
Local sports results for Feb. 4, 2013
on Feb. 04, 2013, at 8:55 p.m.
Today’s games HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Bangor at Lawrence, 7 p.m. Camden Hills at Belfast, 6:30 p.m. Central Aroostook at Washburn, 7 p.m. Easton at Van Buren, 7 p.m. Edward Little at Oxford Hills, 7 p.m. Ellsworth at Washington Ad., 7 p.m. Erskine at Brunswick, 7 p.m. Fort Kent at ...
Club sports report
Maine Coast Skaters youth hockey teams match skills with state’s big boys
ROCKPORT, Maine — The Maine Coast Skaters Association youth hockey Tier III teams from the Camden-Rockport region are facing travel teams from associations that pool their talent — and the association teams are keeping up. The Bantams, ages 13-14, are 9-1-1 and in third place in the nine-team league, only ...
Updated transfer rule has had little effect on Maine youth hockey associations
ORONO, Maine — The updated player release rule that the Maine Amateur Hockey Association voted in early this year has not resulted in a large move by youth hockey players to other associations in the state, according to the man who pushed for the rule. “It’s a little early,” said ...
Casco Bay captures Midget youth hockey state championships
PORTLAND, Maine — With a trip to the national championships in their sight, the Casco Bay Midget Major youth hockey team buckled down Sunday. “I think when things are on the line, our guys tended to pay a little bit more attention to detail and what myself and the other ...
Sports briefs for Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012
By BDN Staff and Wire Reports on Nov. 11, 2012, at 10:27 p.m.
Men’s basketball meeting at Bangor Y Wednesday BANGOR — There will be a meeting for those interested in putting a team in the 2012-13 Bangor Y Men’s League at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bangor Y on Second Street. Each team should have a representative present. League rules and schedule ...
Maine Freeze fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness shines, Thanksgiving food drive set
ORONO, Maine — The Maine Freeze Midget Minors’ fundraiser to benefit the Eastern Maine Medical Center Breast and Osteoporosis Center turned out to be a resounding success. The team members collected contributions at their final four home games of October while also collecting pledges and adding additional money by allowing ...
Casco Bay U-16 hockey coach sees Maine Freeze as challenge in state tourney
PORTLAND, Maine — The Casco Bay Midget Minors (Under-16) hockey team went through the regular season undefeated and has continued that success through the first two games of the state tournament. Their next test will be Saturday against the Maine Freeze, the travel team program for Bangor Youth Hockey, Brewer ...
Under-13 boys soccer team adds to Scarborough’s weekend of state titles
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The Scarborough Soccer Club added to the city’s weekend collection of state titles as the Under-13 boys’ team won their Champions Cup title Sunday afternoon in Yarmouth. Play concluded in three age groups with Division 1 teams competing for Champions Cup crowns, and Division 2 squads vying ...
Club sports report
Youth soccer playoffs in final Sunday; Midget hockey playoffs to begin
YARMOUTH, Maine — Mike Saulter, coach of the Bronco Travel Soccer Club’s Under-14 girls team, is going to be a busy man this weekend. Saulter will start Saturday by heading to Scarborough, where he and his family will watch his daughter, Kaitlin, a junior striker, help lead Hermon High School ...
Winter youth soccer, hockey programs getting under way
BANGOR, Maine — Two youth soccer winter programs with Seacoast United Blackbear are getting under way in coming days. The first — Jr. Academy, also known as Jr. Blackbear — starts Sunday at Fields4Kids behind Beal College on Farm Road and registration is still available. The player development program is ...
Club sports report
Youth volleyball in Maine may be on verge of explosive growth
PORTLAND, Maine — Jeff Scully believes he sees a brightening future for volleyball in Maine. High school volleyball is picking up steam, he said, but the key will be getting players started at a younger age so a base can be created to support the high school efforts and upper-level ...
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
Apartment squeeze in Portland: Single renters, immigrants, poor hardest hit
A better way to help people escape welfare
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
Bangor’s Marcus Davis hopes to counter opponent’s height, reach advantage in Lewiston MMA main event
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux
