FOOTBALL Coach: John Fitzsimmons (14th year, 75-56 overall record) 2021 record: 3-4 (Lost, 42-0, to Skowhegan in Class B North quarterfinals) Top returning players: Finn Caxton-Smith (Senior), Lucas Dilworth (Senior), Taylor Evers (Senior), Miles Gay (Senior), Rocco Mancini (Senior), Will Gale (Junior), Indi Backman (Sophomore) Pivotal games: Sept. 2 CHEVERUS, Sept. 16 @ Cape Elizabeth, Sept. […]
Michael Hoffer
Michael has been the sports editor for The Forecaster newspapers since 2001 and began writing for The Leader and The Sentry in 2024. In-depth game stories and local sports history are his passion. He tweets prodigiously at @foresports.
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Waynflete Flyers Fall Sports Preview
BOYS’ SOCCER Coach: Brandon Salway (34th year, 316-119-46 overall record, seven state championships) 2021 record: 14-2-2 (Beat Fort Kent, 2-1, to win third consecutive Class C state title) Top returning players: Matt Adey (Senior), Liam Anderson (Senior), Jasper Curtis (Senior), Roan Hopkins (Senior), Cole Isherwood (Senior), Dana Bigelow (Junior), Nils Burton-Johanson (Junior), Nico Kirby (Junior), […]
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Portland Bulldogs Fall Sports Preview
FOOTBALL Coach: Jason McLeod (third year, 11-8 overall record) 2021 record: 10-1 (Lost, 35-0, to Marshwood in Class B South Final) Top returners: Isaak Alkafaji (Senior), Gavin Bennett (Senior), Andrew Brewer (Senior), Kennedy Charles (Senior), Xander Smith (Senior), Reegan Buck (Junior) Pivotal games: Sept. 3 @ Kennebunk, Sept. 9 LEAVITT, Sept. 16 @ Bonny Eagle, […]
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Cheverus Stags Fall Sports Preview
FOOTBALL Coach: Mike Vance (sixth year, 28-19 overall record, one state championship) 2021 record: 8-0 (Beat Waterville, 56-0, to win Eight-man large division state title) Top returning players: Matt Fogg (Senior), Sawyer Merrill (Senior), Rilan Smith (Senior), Preston Fallon (Junior), Joe Osei (Junior), Liam Backman (Sophomore) Pivotal games: Sept. 2 @ Falmouth, Oct. 1 WELLS, Oct. […]
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Best of the Best field hockey teams…revisted
Cheverus’ first championship team soars to the top of the list.
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Portland Little League team wins state title
Age 9/10 all-stars off to regional tournament
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Varsity Maine Boys’ Team of the Year: Cape Elizabeth football
The Capers won their first football championship in a rout in the Class C state title game, but it was their mettle a week earlier that made this team so special.
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Varsity Maine Girls’ Game of the Year: It took 4 overtimes to decide this classic
The Cape Elizabeth/South Portland/Waynflete girls’ hockey team edged Falmouth, 5-4, in a dramatic regional semifinal.
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Southern: Spring Coaches of the Year
South Portland’s Dan Hanley and Scarborough’s Lincoln MacIsaac are this year’s winners.
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Northern: Spring Coaches of the Year
NYA’s Peter Gerrity and Freeport’s Jason Daniel are this year’s winners.