WESTBROOK – This spring, the Westbrook softball team will be led by a new coach who will be looking to lead the Blazes to the postseason. Dee Regan comes to Westbrook from Portland High School, where she was the Bulldogs’ softball coach for the past three seasons. While she is new to coaching in Westbrook, […]
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Coaching legend makes his mark with local track athletes
GORHAM – On March 23, the University of Southern Maine in Gorham hosted a special event for track athletes from around the state. While coaching clinics have become a familiar way for athletes to enhance their skills and learn from instructors, it is not often that legendary coaches make their presence felt. That was the […]
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Giving thanks for 20 years: Westbrook recognizes Louie Lampron for his work with kids basketball
WESTBROOK – As far as Louie Lampron knew, there was nothing special about last Friday night. As he has done at this time for the last 20 years, Lampron was coaching a team of sixth-grade girls in a game in the annual Westbrook Paper City Classic, a tournament that he started two decades ago. But […]
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New Westbrook baseball coach anxious to get started
WESTBROOK – While there will be a new man in charge of the Westbrook baseball team when the season gets going next month, it won’t be a totally unfamiliar face at the helm. Greg Souza, who has been involved in many different facets of Westbrook baseball over the years, will be taking over the Blazes, […]
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New Westbrook baseball coach anxious to get started
WESTBROOK – While there will be a new man in charge of the Westbrook baseball team when the season gets going next month, it won’t be a totally unfamiliar face at the helm. Greg Souza, who has been involved in many different facets of Westbrook baseball over the years, will be taking over the Blazes, […]
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‘I take it for what it is’: Westbrook wrestling champion Graham Strondak puts sports in perspective
WESTBROOK – By all accounts, Westbrook senior Graham Strondak is having a year to remember. Strondak, 18, started off the year by helping the Westbrook football team make the playoffs for the first time in recent memory, being named as a finalist for the Fitzpatrick Trophy and an all-state linebacker in the process. Then he […]
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A big honor: Westbrook’s Mark Karter named SMAA boys basketball coach of the year
WESTBROOK – This season was certainly an up and down one for the Westbrook High School boys basketball team. The Blazes struggled at points during the season as they tried to come together as a team. But they pulled together when it counted and ended the year on an upswing and qualified for the Class […]
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COLUMN: ‘Golden Triangle’ a hotbed of soccer talent
WESTBROOK – Talent, as the writer Daniel Coyle argues, tends to be cultivated in clusters. Soccer in Maine is no different, as there is an 838-square mile swath of Maine that produces an outsized amount of soccer talent compared to the rest of the state. To visually appreciate this “Golden Triangle” of soccer talent in […]
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After a tough loss, Bonny Eagle boys look ahead
PORTLAND – Former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Laker coach Phil Jackson once said, “Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.” While Jackson’s quote may work on athletes getting paid millions of dollars, It doesn’t quite apply universally to the game of basketball. Perhaps Jackson […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Bonny Eagle loses at the buzzer
PORTLAND – The No. 3 Bonny Eagle boys basketball team gave it their best shot, but they couldn’t get over the hump. For the second straight year, the Scots lost in the Class A West regional final, falling to Deering 45-42 at the Cumberland County Civic Center. The top-seeded Rams advance to the state title […]