GREENWOOD — Blotting out memories of untimely spills in last year’s slalom state championship meet, the girls of Greely and the boys of Falmouth sewed up Alpine state titles Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Abram.
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he studied philosophy in college and worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three grown children. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. Currently he works part-time and can be found near cross country trails in fall, swimming pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. All other times, he’s probably on a pickleball court. He is a two-time USA Pickleball national medalist (silver and gold) and played for both the Austin Ignite and Indianapolis Drivers in 2023, helping Indy win the inaugural National Pickleball League championship over Austin in a league for senior pros aged 50 and over.
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Falmouth boys win Class A skiing title 2nd year in a row
Falmouth wins the four-event competition, as well as the Alpine and Nordic titles, while Oxford Hills takes overall girls’ championship.
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Class A girls’ swimming: It’s Cape in the clutch
Charlotte Sawyer has ‘the swim of her life’ to make the difference for Cape Elizabeth in a showdown for the title.
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Class A boys’ swimming: Cheverus gets ‘pumped up,’ wins first title since 1979
The Stags, apparently tired of Bangor’s swimming dominance, win comfortably, 372-298.
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Swimming: Cheverus looking to end Bangor’s reign
The state championships Monday and Tuesday will showcase Maine’s top swimmers and teams.
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Skiing’s big week: State championship time
It’s a typically deep field with many talented skiers competing for the last time in a single-week format.
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Black Bears fall victim to bad break
Maine erases a three-goal deficit in the third period, then loses to BU in the final seconds of overtime.
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BU breakaway goal beats UMaine, 5-4
ORONO — Matt Nieto capped a thrilling Hockey East game at Alfond Arena with a breakaway goal 3.8 seconds before overtime expired to give Boston University a 5-4 victory over Maine Saturday night before a crowd of 4,594. The Black Bears scored the final three goals of regulation to force overtime after falling behind 4-1 […]
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Eastern Class B boys: Murray propels Panthers to semis
John Murray leads Medomak Valley to another close victory over Camden Hills.
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Review of goal voids a winner for Maine
The officials rule off a potential winning goal and the Black Bears settle for a 3-3 tie with BU.