Attrition and divisional shifts have created a unique scheduling scenario for the upcoming high school football season.
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Versatile Orono High standout to play baseball at URI
Jackson Coutts also considered James Madison University, Northeastern, Hartford and the University of Maine before opting for Rhode Island.
Low turnout, safety concerns prompt Boothbay football program to drop to club status
“Football is one of the original sports we had at the school when we formed in 1955 so it wasn’t an easy decision, but you’ve got to put kids’ safety first.”
FIDDLEHEAD FOCUS
Wrestling Hall of Fame inducts Josh Pelletier
on Aug. 22, 2016, at 6:11 a.m.
The Maine Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted the third in line in a family with Fort Kent roots.
New Maine Basketball Hall of Fame class represents generational shift
BANGOR | The metamorphosis of a basketball Hall of Fame involves multiple factors, among them recognizing greats of the past before it’s too late for them to appreciate the honor and acknowledging achievements in different phases of the game and various levels of the sport. The third annual induction …
Maine’s Boyington loses decision in MMA main event in Russia
Bruce Boyington’s mixed martial arts foray into Russia ran head first into a veteran wrestler Saturday.
Maine basketball hall to honor giant-killing 1947 Patten Academy team
“We just felt like nobody could beat us,” said former Patten Academy player Thurston Townsend.
Maine fighter ready for main event in Russia
Bruce Boyington’s mixed martial career will take an international twist Saturday as he fights in the main event of ACB 43 at the Diesel Arena in Penza, Russia.
New guidelines being considered for single-session preseason football practices
“We’re looking to make [single sessions] more of a viable option, to leave alone what’s already there but have an another option for schools.”
Donors help Stearns girls afford 2-hour bus trips to play soccer with Lee Academy
“I just really like soccer and I’m really glad I get to play, so I look at the travel like that,” said Emma Alley.
Boothbay Harbor rower wins third gold medal
Elle Logan of Boothbay Harbor savored yet another shining Olympic moment Saturday, helping the U.S. women’s eight crew win its third straight gold medal in the 2,000-meter final on the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas racecourse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Old Town football star to play at Husson
One of the state’s more prolific high school football wide receivers of recent vintage has found a collegiate home.
Bruce Boyington agrees to four-fight deal with World Series of Fighting
BREWER | Bruce Boyington will leave for Russia on Monday for his next mixed martial arts adventure. After that, he’ll seek to conquer the world — or at least the World Series of Fighting. The 37-year-old Boyington, who has won his last five fights and eight of his last …
For Portland lawyer at Little League Softball World Series, umpiring a stress reliever
Steve Schwartz is one of 11 volunteer umpires from around the world selected to work at the 2016 Little League Softball World Series that began Wednesday in Portland, Oregon.
The biggest challenge for these Maine soccer players is getting to the field
“The options are really thin,” Stearns assistant principal and athletic administrator Fredy Lazo said.
Mainer on US women’s rowing team seeks to win 3rd Olympic gold medal
Elle Logan of Boothbay Harbor has the chance to make some individual history and become the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in rowing.
Illinois tops Australia for Senior League World Series crown
Clear Ridge becomes the first Senior League World Series champion from Illinois in the tournament’s 55-year history, and the first winner from the U.S. Central region since Urbandale, Iowa, in 2005.
UFC’s Dana White watches Maine fighters turn in strong efforts
New England Fights brought its promotion to the Queen City for the first time in three years and was greeted by a boisterous, sold-out crowd of 1,200.
Asia-Pacific champs product of Little League growth ‘Down Under’
By Ernie Clark on Aug. 05, 2016, at 2:30 p.m.
Australia will send teams to the 2016 Little League, Junior League and Senior League World Series — and has become the first Asia-Pacific representative country to reach the SLWS final since the tournament was moved to Bangor in 2002.
Australia’s Senior League World Series rise features drama, setbacks
Australia’s debut at the Senior League World Series didn’t go quite as planned.
Maine man accused of trying to pass off food carton as inspection sticker
Air Force One Bangor landing may have been called off
Maine substance abuse official accused of drunken driving
Maine dissolves 27 local public health groups with little explanation
Affidavit: Accused kidnapper told victim ‘she might live’
LePage wastes state time, money on ‘investigations’ inspired by grudges
I swim with sharks. That’s how I know we’re the dangerous ones.
Here’s a way Maine can keep more babies alive
Rockland woman saves herself and gives us a lesson in self-defense
Friday night’s high school football scores
Hard-hitting senior heads Old Town’s quest for football playoff spot
Ortiz adds to legend as Red Sox prevail
Sheffield settles in quickly as rover on UMaine football team
‘The marriage or the farm’: Why one Maine livestock farm reached the end of its line
Why good sex may be really bad for older men
A look inside The Portland Meatball Company
Weary and bleary