Wil Kramlich

Sun Journal

Wil Kramlich is a sports reporter who has lived in greater Lewiston/Auburn his whole life. Born in Lewiston, Wil grew up in Gray, where he played sports and fell in love with the sports section of the newspaper. He was a three-sport athlete at Gray-New Gloucester High School before participating on the track & field team at Westfield State University in Massachusetts for a year. He graduated from New England School of Communications in Bangor, and first interned for a couple of online media entities before landing his first newspaper job at the Journal Tribune in Biddeford. He has worked at the Sun Journal since 2015, covering high school and college sports and beyond. Wil is a father, husband and obviously a sports fanatic.

Latest

Published
August 28, 2022

Oxford 250 draw all about luck; then it’s time to get to work

The last drivers to enter picked last during the qualifying draw. The two most coveted poker chips were still in play for the final three drivers, but so was one of the least-desired numbers.
Published
August 27, 2022

Oxford 250: Former winner Jeremie Whorff running well again at Oxford Plains

The 2006 champion from West Bath has shown speed in limited races this season.
Published
March 5, 2022

Watch: Charlie Houghton’s buzzer-beating 3 wins state title for Dirigo

The Cougars come back from 13-point deficit in the Class C boys basketball final and claim their first state championship in 10 years.
Published
January 27, 2022

‘He was a light’: Former Lewiston boys soccer standout Zakariya Abdullahi dies

The 2016 Lewiston High School graduate and starting defender on the Blue Devils’ 2015 boys soccer state championship team had been in a coma after being hit by a car while on a religious trip in Saudi Arabia.
Published
January 21, 2022

Former Lewiston soccer standout Zakariya Abdullahi in a coma in Saudi Arabia after accident

Abdullahi, a 2016 Lewiston High School graduate and a key defender on the 2015 state championship team, was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk during a religious trip with his mother and brother.
Published
November 2, 2021

Boys’ soccer: Waynflete denies Mt. Abram in C South final, 3-2

The top-seeded Roadrunners score first and last, but were stunned by No. 2 Waynflete’s quick scoring spree.
Published
August 29, 2021

Farmington’s Cassius Clark wins the Oxford 250

Clark survives takes lead after crash, then, with a damaged car, fends off challenges from Derek Griffith and Curtis Gerry to claim his first Oxford 250 title.
Published
August 29, 2021

Little sleep, but Derek Kneeland’s dreams come true before and at the Oxford 250

The Windham native qualified for Sunday’s race after spotting for Tyler Reddick in the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona on Saturday night.
Published
August 28, 2021

Before they can qualify for the Oxford 250, drivers, and their cars, need to make it there

Surviving the racing season from April to the end of August can be just as grueling as the big race itself.
Published
August 27, 2021

John Peters is back at the Oxford 250, but without his late father

The father-son team qualified for the first time last year, but after Greg Peters’ death in July, John goes into this year’s race without his crew chief and biggest supporter.