Former NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has fond memories of Bahre, who owned Oxford Plains Speedway and founded New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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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Ruby Haylock wins Maine Women’s Amateur in dramatic fashion
Haylock, 15, birdies the first playoff hole to take the crown over 2018 champ Bailey Plourde, who rallied from four shots down with three holes to play.
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Ruby Haylock takes over the lead after Day 2 at the Maine Women’s Amateur
Golfer shoots even-par 73 for two-shot lead over first-round leader Bailey Plourde.
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Former champion Bailey Plourde takes first-round lead at Women’s Amateur
Hot start lifts 2018 winner to three-shot lead; Laplume seven back in sixth after shaky start.
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Status of fall sports still unclear after Mills announcement about school reopenings
The ability to play fall sports will likely depend on each county’s risk for COVID-19 spread.
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Boys’ Game of the Year: Class B basketball state final
A furious Maranacook rally forced overtime, but Caribou made the key plays at the end of the second overtime to win its second straight title.
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NESCAC cancels conference competition for fall season
The pandemic forces the New England Small College Athletic Association to cancel all league events, but members may compete out of conference.
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New ‘Maine Event’ set to replace canceled Charlie’s Maine Open
Plans are being finalized for a two-day tournament in August at Augusta Country Club for only Maine professionals and amateurs.
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Caleb Manuel shoots 59 to smash Brunswick Golf Club record
The 2020 Mt. Ararat High grad shatters the previous course record by seven strokes on Tuesday.
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Youth baseball, softball aim to start seasons in coming weeks
Gardiner Cal Ripken, Augusta Little League plan for start of June, as does Bath and Lisbon.