The 25th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic kicked off Saturday night, with thousands of spectators filling Waterhouse Field in Biddeford practically to capacity to watch the East’s All-Star graduates lineup across from the West’s. The West led the series 17-7 heading into the game, but on the strength of Matt Martin’s (Hampden) performance at […]
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Tri for a Cure moves bodies, minds and souls
Some women compete in the Tri for a Cure wearing looks of agony on their faces – wrecked grimaces, taut lips over bared teeth. Some women compete wearing looks of remembrance, inward gazes focused on lost loved ones. And some women compete wearing looks of steely determination, jaws set and brows lined with regimented beads […]
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Gorham’s Prince playing for U.S. field hockey
Hannah Prince, 2010 Gorham High School grad and field hockey standout, went on to play four superb years at UMass Amherst. On leaving college behind, she accepted a job as an assistant coach at Bryant University, in Smithfield, R.I. – a post she promptly had to depart, as she was selected to the U.S. women’s […]
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Gorham’s Prince playing for U.S. field hockey
Hannah Prince, 2010 Gorham High School grad and field hockey standout, went on to play four superb years at UMass Amherst. On leaving college behind, she accepted a job as an assistant coach at Bryant University, in Smithfield, R.I. – a post she promptly had to depart, as she was selected to the U.S. women’s […]
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Premier soccer club debuts in Westbrook area
John C. L. Morgan stepped down as head coach of the Westbrook varsity boys soccer team at the end of the 2013 season, but he didn’t do so lightly, and he didn’t do so without a new, related endeavor in mind. Now, this brainchild is coming to life in the Rosevelt Soccer Club, a nonprofit, […]
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Premier soccer club debuts in Westbrook area
John C. L. Morgan stepped down as head coach of the Westbrook varsity boys soccer team at the end of the 2013 season, but he didn’t do so lightly, and he didn’t do so without a new, related endeavor in mind. Now, this brainchild is coming to life in the Rosevelt Soccer Club, a nonprofit, […]
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Tri for a Cure propels Maine women forward
On Sunday, July 20, the Maine Cancer Foundation’s annual Tri for a Cure, a three-event sprint that this year has drawn more than 1,400 registrants – including 200-plus survivors – will once again kick off. At 7:30 a.m. sharp, the first batch of yellow- and pink-capped racers plunges into the sea at Southern Maine Community […]
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Tri for a Cure propels Maine women forward
On Sunday, July 20, the Maine Cancer Foundation’s annual Tri for a Cure, a three-event sprint that this year has drawn more than 1,400 registrants – including 200-plus survivors – will once again kick off. At 7:30 a.m. sharp, the first batch of yellow- and pink-capped racers plunges into the sea at Southern Maine Community […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Developing Rams program earns high honors
The Gorham boys lacrosse team closed out their 2014 season a couple weeks back with a semifinals loss. In fairness, though, it wasn’t just any loss; it was a loss to South Portland, the monster squad who went on to win States, and focusing on it risks ignoring the Rams’ progress. Because they have made […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Developing Rams program earns high honors
The Gorham boys lacrosse team closed out their 2014 season a couple weeks back with a semifinals loss. In fairness, though, it wasn’t just any loss; it was a loss to South Portland, the monster squad who went on to win States, and focusing on it risks ignoring the Rams’ progress. Because they have made […]