Two Gold Balls will be awarded in the eight-man ranks, while 11-man teams battle for berths in state title game.
Mike Mandell
Staff Writer
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2016. He spent 2015 as the Mizzou football beat writer for the Columbia Missourian after previously covering high school sports and Mizzou women’s basketball for the newspaper. He lives just outside of downtown Waterville, less than a mile from the Morning Sentinel newsroom.
Colby football revels in best season in 20 years
The Mules’ win over Bowdoin on Saturday clinched the CBB title and a 6-3 campaign.
Karter Eldridge’s winner lifts Hall-Dale boys soccer past Orono for C state title
The junior scores the deciding goal for the second year in a row as the Bulldogs prevail in double overtime.
Maranacook girls soccer buries Fort Kent, rolls to Class C crown
The Black Bears pull away with four goals in the second half to claim their second Gold Ball.
Wells football staves off Gardiner for Class C quarterfinal win
The Warriors make two late defensive stands to advance to next week’s semifinals against Greely.
Skowhegan field hockey blanks Mt. Ararat to regain Class A North crown
The River Hawks score three times in the second half to earn a trip to the state final.
MDI volleyball tops Gardiner to claim Class C state title
The Trojans prevail in four sets to win a state championship match for the first time in seven tries.
Northern schools dominate Northern Maine cross country regionals
The Hampden boys and girls sweep the Class A North meet; the MDI girls and Caribou boys win in B; and the Orono girls and Houlton boys are tops in C.
Five Maine high school football storylines to follow in Week 8
Two of the season’s biggest games highlight the schedule; Judgment Day arrives in five of six classes.
Gardiner meets Leavitt in Varsity Maine football game of the week
Gardiner, looking to stay unbeaten, travels to face a perennial Class C contender on Saturday in the top game in central and western Maine.