BONNY EAGLE – In one of their last tests before opening the regular season at Westbrook on Sept. 3, the Bonny Eagle High School football team traveled to Thornton Academy on Aug. 27 to face the Golden Trojans in a preseason game. It was a matchup of two teams that felt burned by how 2009 […]
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Scots ready for season opener
BONNY EAGLE – In one of their last tests before opening the regular season at Westbrook on Sept. 3, the Bonny Eagle High School football team traveled to Thornton Academy on Aug. 27 to face the Golden Trojans in a preseason game. It was a matchup of two teams that felt burned by how 2009 […]
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Westbrook boys soccer looking to improve
WESTBROOK – This past weekend, the Westbrook boys soccer team stayed home to play in the Westbrook Invitational soccer tournament, an annual preseason event. To Head Coach Tim Gillis, the preseason tourney is a good exercise to help build his team’s fitness in the heat of late summer, but while it’s always good to win, […]
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Looking forward: Westbrook girls soccer, field hockey get back to action
WESTBROOK – On Saturday morning, two of Westbrook High School’s most promising girls teams took the field in scrimmage matches against out-of-division opponents. For the Blue Blazes’ field hockey team, the foe was unfamiliar Oxford Hills, while the Westbrook girls soccer squad took on an Edward Little club that went all the way to the […]
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Fall sports season fast approaching
WESTBROOK – Football season has already begun as the Westbrook, Bonny Eagle and Gorham high school football teams have started preseason scrimmages, and the rest of the sports aren’t all that far behind. Westbrook got their first taste of action on Monday afternoon when they scrimmaged Biddeford at Olmsted Field. Westbrook will be on the […]
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Westbrook football searches for redemption
WESTBROOK – There are no noises within the range of human hearing quite like it – the grind of shoulder pad against helmet; the bark of a proud-but-impatient coach; the cheers from the stands and enthusiastic calls from the bench. This is the cacophony that is football. And at a scrimmage against the Biddeford Tigers […]
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Off to (training) camp
Raymond camp combines specialized athletic training with traditional summer experience. RAYMOND – Summer camp. The words dredge up images of carefree fun in the sun. Days spent swimming and playing games and nights around the campfire with friends new and old. But that isn’t the only type of summer camp. Many athletes use the summer […]
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IF&W Report – Go online for deer permits
The deadline for paper applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s any-deer permit lottery has passed, leaving the online application the only option for hunters. The department will be accepting applications online through 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 16. To apply online, go to www.mefishwildlife.com and select “Any Deer Permit” from the top […]
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Westbrook softball all-stars win state championship
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook 10-11 year-old softball all-stars capped off a memorable season in the best way possible, by capturing the Maine state championship this past weekend. The girls from Westbrook swept the District 4 champions from Saco in two games, including a thrilling come-from-behind win in the second game to take the title in […]
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Westbrook softball all-stars win state championship
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook 10-11 year-old softball all-stars capped off a memorable season in the best way possible, by capturing the Maine state championship this past weekend. The girls from Westbrook swept the District 4 champions from Saco in two games, including a thrilling come-from-behind win in the second game to take the title in […]