Hello again, fellow fishermen! Although I said when I started writing this column that I wouldn’t make it just for elite fly fishermen, that didn’t mean that I would not occasionally geek out on you and go into the more esoteric aspects of fly fishing. I think I’ve been pretty good so far, so please […]
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Spring Sports Preview: Bonny Eagle High School
Baseball Coach: Ricky Hession (first year) Last year’s record: 3-13 Key players: Devin Butler (sr., INF); Max Salevsky (sr., INF/P); Troy Bogdahn (jr., P); Kyle Labrecque (jr., P); Dana McKay (jr., C), Matt Bridges (sr.); Justin Miles (sr.); Lane Poirier (sr.) Key games: April 22 @ Massabesic Outlook: “We have a good group of baseball […]
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Spring Sports Preview: Bonny Eagle High School
Baseball Coach: Ricky Hession (first year) Last year’s record: 3-13 Key players: Devin Butler (sr., INF); Max Salevsky (sr., INF/P); Troy Bogdahn (jr., P); Kyle Labrecque (jr., P); Dana McKay (jr., C), Matt Bridges (sr.); Justin Miles (sr.); Lane Poirier (sr.) Key games: April 22 @ Massabesic Outlook: “We have a good group of baseball […]
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Spring Sports Preview: Gorham High School
Baseball Coach: Chuck Nadeau Last year’s record: 5-11 Key players: Andrew Schmidt (sr., INF, .280, 7 RBI); Jordan Ward (sr., C); Michael Chapin (sr., U, 1.000 field percentage); Sam Kilborn (jr., P, injured last season); Cam Smith (jr., P, 2.71 ERA); Trenton Bassingthwaite (jr., CF, 1.000 stolen base percentage); Logan Drouin (so., SS, .263) Key […]
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Spring Sports Preview: Westbrook High School
Baseball Coach: Greg Souza Last year’s record: 10-8 Key players: Patrick Weimer (sr.), Blake Fillmore (sr.), Bailey Ryan (jr.), Keagan Sears (jr.), Jack McCullough (jr.), Corey Walker (jr.), DJ Henrikson (jr.), Josh Richards (jr.) Key games: “The one we are playing,” says Souza. Outlook: “To compete one pitch at a time, make the playoffs and […]
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FISHING LINES: Maine’s waters – Most of us only stick in one toe
Hello again, fellow fishermen! With ice fishing winding down, it’s high time to start planning for what we are going to do for fishing this spring and summer. For many of us who have camps or live close to spots we like to fish, much of that is pretty much a foregone conclusion. For those […]
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Sports symposium aims to boost Maine’s economy
The Maine Sports Commission’s Business of Sports Symposium, slated for Thursday, April 16, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, will bring together municipal, nonprofit and commercial reps – including keynote speaker Larry Lucchino, president of the Boston Red Sox – to discuss the place of athletic events in Maine’s economy. “Maine may be […]
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Hiking: Westbrook’s Carroll reaches North Carolina on Appalachian Trail
Editor’s Note: This is the second in an ongoing series following Westbrook native Gretchen Carroll as she hikes the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine to raise money for Rippleffect, a local organization focusing on outdoor education for youth. Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a very simple way of life. Wake up, eat, pack […]
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Gorham mom adds pageantry, bodybuilding, contact sports to her repertoire
Gorham wife, mother of two, entrepreneur, nonprofit founder and president, soccer coach, local reporter, volunteer and avid blogger Stacey Coleman didn’t have enough on her plate already. So she recently competed in the Mrs. Maine Pageant and is now looking forward to this weekend’s Pine Tree State Bikini, Figure and Bodybuilding competition at Westbrook High […]
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Swimming: Violette’s high school career comes to a close
Westbrook High School’s two-time state champion swimmer Greg Violette worked hard to sharpen his backstroke, his butterfly, his freestyle, and he’s set to work still harder in the future. Violette is off to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in the fall, where he’ll hit the pool pretty hard, and the books, too – he’s eyeballing […]