Fewer fans and distancing at finish line create a different scene, but runners enjoy chance to return to competition.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
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High school sports competition returns to Maine as golfers compete in matches across parts of state
Varsity teams compete for first time since end of winter season and the onset of the pandemic.
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High school fall sports teams get started with first practices after summer of uncertainty
Soccer, field hockey, golf and cross country teams begin work in pandemic after sports were approved last week.
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Soccer, field hockey coaches thrilled for opportunity to play modified schedule this fall
Loss of postseason play a disappointment, but many say they embrace 10-game season.
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Maine high school football coaches, school administrators react to sport’s postponement
MPA rules out tackle football for the fall, instead hopes to have season in late winter or early spring.
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Football: Coaches, school administrators react to season’s postponement
Tackle football for the fall is ruled out by the Maine Principals’ Association, instead hoping to have season in late winter or early spring.
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High school football being played across country with mixed results during global pandemic
Utah became the first state to play football this season and several others followed despite COVID-19 safety concerns.
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High school coaches express frustration, sadness to state’s response to fall sports guidelines
Football and volleyball coaches search for answers after state officials – in a strongly worded letter – write that proposed MPA guidelines fall short.
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Maine high school student-athletes anxiously await final decision on fall sports
Key panel recommends all fall sports can play, but MPA will issue final ruling Thursday afternoon.
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With green designation, school officials hopeful fall sports can be played
The decision to play sports largely rests in the hands of superintendents after the Maine Department of Education clears the way for schools to hold in-person instruction.