Some of the best plays from Maine’s season-opening weekend.
Lee Horton
Staff Writer
Lee Horton is the Varsity Maine Editor for the Maine Trust for Local News. He joined the Sun Journal as assistant sports editor in July 2016, then served as sports editor from May 2018 to May 2024. Prior to moving to Maine, he was the sports editor at the Peninsula Daily News in Port Angeles, Washington.
Varsity Maine football honor roll, Sept. 9
These were among the top individual performances in Week 1 of the high school football season.
Varsity Maine’s five games to watch for the week of Sept. 9-14
Included in this week’s most intriguing contests are regional final rematches, teams aiming to prove themselves and a boys’ soccer rivalry of A North contenders.
Live updates: Opening week of high school football
Keep up with the action from around the state Friday night.
Watch: High school squads open season with ‘Midnight Madness’
Some teams in Maine kicked off fall practices hours before sunrise. So did Varsity Maine.
Here’s how to watch Portland Little League in the New England championship tonight
The Maine state champion will play Salem, New Hampshire, for a berth in the Little League World Series on ESPN.
Varsity Maine Male Athlete of the Year: Noah Carpenter, Leavitt
Senior year featured big moments in one of Maine’s most impressive football seasons and postseason no-hitter in the spring.
Watch: Tennis state singles tourney highlights and interviews with the champs
Yarmouth’s Sofia Mavor earns her second state title and Kennebunk’s George Cutone becomes a rare three-time champion.
Red Sox fall to Seattle, 1-0, on J.P. Crawford homer
Boston starter Nick Pivetta allows one run and three hits in six innings, striking out 10 batters without a walk.
Boys’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester holds on to defeat Freeport in Class A South semifinal
The top-seeded Patriots pull out a 62-56 win and advance to face No. 3 Noble in Friday’s regional final.