John Fitzsimmons had resisted pressure from parents, but after players asked the school board to replace him, he said ‘it wasn’t fair for them or for me to stay.’
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Falmouth High football players sign petition seeking coach’s removal
Members of the 2023 team ask the school board to replace John Fitzsimmons, saying they ‘have lost confidence’ in the veteran coach.
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Women’s basketball: UMaine heads to Albany with first place on the line
The Black Bears and Great Danes, who have built a rivalry, are atop America East with 5-0 league records.
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Girls’ hockey: Gorham takes control in third, turns back Brunswick, 6-4
Emerson Homa’s hat trick helps the Rams pick up their 10th win of the season.
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Local roundup: Brunswick girls basketball rolls past Greely
Dakota Shipley leads the offense with 25 points.
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When is a win too big? In Maine high school basketball, it’s a matter of etiquette
Is there a right way to beat a team by 50 points or more? Such lopsided scores have been frequent this winter.
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Kennebunk fan to extend his Super Bowl streak to 58 years
Don Crisman, 87, has attended each Super Bowl since the first one in 1967, and plans to be at the Feb. 11 game in Las Vegas.
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Local roundup: Mt. Ararat boys basketball gets past Westbrook
The Eagles even their record at 6-6 with the win.
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Shoulder injury healed, Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer plots his path to Fenway
The shortstop was sidelined the final two months of the 2023 season after batting just .189 in 43 games with the Portland Sea Dogs.
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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.