State champions Falmouth (in Alpine) and Mt. Blue (in Nordic) each place two skiers on our team.
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Greely Rangers Winter Athletes of the Year
After leading their teams to state titles, hurdler Jonah Guibord and Nordic skier Sylvia Harvey are this year’s winners.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Nordic skiing finally arrives at Harris Farm
Fans of Nordic skiing at Harris Farm are legion. I’m one of them. After weeks of waiting through a succession of rainstorms and unusually warm weather, I was pleased to learn the family farm in Dayton was receiving heavy snowfall on Jan. 7. I checked the Harris Farm website during the day of the storm. […]
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Yarmouth native makes history as youngest American to win World Cup cross-country ski race
Sophia Laukli, 23, earned her first World Cup victory this month by surging uphill to capture a Tour de Ski 10K freestyle race at Val di Fiemme, Italy.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: An exciting opening day at Rangeley Lakes Trails Center
We’d been waiting for a couple of weeks for opening day at Rangeley Lakes Trails Center. I wanted to ski and my wife, Nancy, planned to snowshoe. Dec. 9 was the magical day. A phone call confirmed that many of the ski trails were groomed for classic and skate skiing and snowshoe trails packed by […]
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Waynflete Flyers Winter Sports Preview
BOYS’ BASKETBALL Coach: Rich Henry (20th year, 241-116 overall record) 2022-23 record: 10-9 (Lost, 52-34, to Madison in Class C South preliminary round) Top returning players: Nico Kirby (Senior), Pauli Mukerangingo (Senior), Fletcher Polsky (Senior), Ishan Reese (Senior), Sam Ribeiro (Senior), Lucas McChesney (Junior), Duncan Isherwood (Junior), Jed Alsup (Sophomore), Diego Schair-Cardona (Sophomore) Pivotal games: […]
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Portland Bulldogs Winter Sports Preview
BOYS’ BASKETBALL Coach: Joe Russo (34th year, 463-193 overall record, five state championships) 2022-23 record: 16-6 (Lost, 52-42, to South Portland in Class AA state final) Top returning players: Pepito Girumugisha (Senior), Jeissey Khamis (Senior), Kevin Rugabirwa (Senior), Drew Veilleux (Junior) Pivotal games: Dec. 15 @ Edward Little, Dec. 19 DEERING, Dec. 21 CHEVERUS, Dec. […]
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Waynflete Flyers Winter Athletes of the Year
A hockey hero and top skier get this year’s nod.
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Freeport Falcons Winter Athletes of the Year
A multi-sport standout and basketball leader extraordinaire are this year’s winners.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Quarry Road Trails is a Nordic skiing gem
When our friends, John and Diane Stokinger, invited my wife, Nancy, and me to join them for Nordic skiing and snowshoeing at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville, I was skeptical. Although vaguely aware of the existence of ski trails in that central Maine community, I didn’t know anything about them. The Stokingers knowledge was also […]