Connie Grovo ignored the cool temperatures of Maine’s false spring last week. She also didn’t pay much attention to the notion that good pitching dominates women’s softball. How else does one explain her recent four-game stretch of hitting .733 for St. Joseph’s College, including a walk-off, two-run single? That performance caught the attention of those […]
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Steve Solloway: Together at USM, all the way to nationals
Kevin Desmond, Jamie Ruginski and Sheldon Allen were strangers-about-to-become-teammates when they arrived at the University of Southern Maine late last summer. Different guys from different backgrounds on different paths. They’re not so different today. The middle distance runner, the jumper and the hurdler returned to USM from the NCAA Division III indoor track championships about […]
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Small College Notebook: On or off the ice, Bowdoin women up for any test
On the five-hour bus ride back to Bowdoin College last weekend from Vermont, Coach Marissa O’Neil heard silence when she might have heard happy chatter. Her hockey team had just won the New England Small College Athletic Conference championship for the first time since 2004. Where was the celebration? Buried in texts and papers. Mid-semester […]
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Steve Solloway: The coach who thrives on listening
One by one, Terry Meagher listened to the eight men sitting in a semicircle. The weekly meeting of Bowdoin College’s hockey leadership council was in session . . .
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Small College Notebook: Spotlight beckons for UNE women
The Nor’easters have a chance for recognition and respect with an NCAA tourney victory.
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College Notebook: Cahill a quick study for Monks
Thrown right into the mix, Yarmouth’s Morgan Cahill has flourished in her first year at St. Joseph’s.
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Steve Solloway: Huskies are a happy bunch
GORHAM — Jeremy Jackson was far from home. A 1,691-mile, 26-hour car drive from someplace just outside New Orleans. “I had to come back,” said Jackson, before the University of Southern Maine men beat UMass-Boston 85-65 Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Little East Conference tournament. “I had to show my teammates I supported them.” […]
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Steve Solloway: Boothbay’s Pinkham coaches with clear expectations
The team’s wins are about more than just sports . . .
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Small College Notebook: Dostie keeps USM’s amazing streak going
If Peyton Dostie heard the whispers of fatigue urging her to slow down, she ignored them. As she went from her fifth event of Sunday’s New England Alliance/Little East Conference championship meet to her sixth event, she tried to sort out the University of Southern Maine’s points totals. How many more points did her team […]
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A lucky penny led to a scent for a state title
Melissa Tracy – then Missy Belanger – led Caribou to a win in 1983 that led to a college career.