Some teams in Maine kicked off fall practices hours before sunrise. So did Varsity Maine.
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.
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Maine Highland Games bring elite athletes, Scottish fare to Thomas Point Beach
Kilt-clad pros compete in the caber toss, sheaf toss and many other events in Brunswick.
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Cooper, Ace Flagg return to home state for camp at UMaine’s Memorial Gym
Cooper, who will play for the Duke University men’s basketball team next season, and his twin brother, Ace, showed off their skills and interact with youngers from across state.
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Beach to Beacon: Luke Marsanskis claims Maine men’s crown in near-record time
The Cumberland native wins by more than two minutes with a time of 29:12 – two seconds shy of Ben True’s record from 2009.
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Beach to Beacon: Teanne Ewings sets girls’ record in High School Mile; Henri Rivard wins tight boys’ race
Ewings, a senior-to-be from Houlton, finished in 5 minutes, 20.1 seconds as she took down Ruth White’s 2-year-old record.
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Trevor Foley, Sarah True claim Ironman 70.3 Maine titles on short turnarounds
The men’s and women’s winners of the race that starts and ends in Augusta raced an Ironman in Lake Placid, New York, last weekend.
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Varsity Maine Boys’ Team of the Year: Leavitt football better than all the rest
The Hornets conquered not just Class C with an undefeated season, but also beat some of the best teams in Class A and Class B.
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Watch: New college football video game has Lobster Bowl players in competition mode
New rivalries have emerged, and the trash talk has commenced ahead of the senior all-star football game.
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Gardiner native continues successful trail running career with Western States victory
Katie Schide, 32, won the prestigious 100-mile race in California with the second-best women’s time in the history of the event.
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Maine Women’s Amateur title up for grabs as state’s best golfers head to Saco
Erin Holmes, Jade Haylock and Ruby Haylock top the list of contenders in the three-day event that begins Monday.