ORONO — As the fates of most winter sports become a little clearer, the status of one remains rather murky. With most individual activities falling under the “low-risk” category in the state’s community sports guidelines, indoor track should be in as good a position as any winter sport in the event a season materializes. Instead, …
AUGUSTA — A potential winter sports season took further shape this week as the Maine Principals’ Association unveiled its winter sports safety guidelines. The new guidelines followed the MPA Interscholastic Management Committee’s latest meeting Thursday. The governing body’s update provided further guidance on competition dates as well as information on football, volleyball and wrestling. Major …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County just experienced the strangest high school sports season in recent memory. Now, things are about to get even weirder. Although a framework has been set in place for a winter sports season, there are no concrete details just yet as to what kinds of games and meets will be taking place …
CASTINE — A delayed winter sports season is in the cards for athletes at five Maine universities — for now. On Friday, the North Atlantic Conference announced tentative plans to offer winter sports later in the spring semester. The announcement keeps hopes of a 2021 season alive for athletes at Maine Maritime Academy, Husson University, …
AUGUSTA — Youth hockey in Maine will be restricted to in-state competition over the next several weeks after governors from seven Northeastern states announced the suspension of interstate play. Governors Janet Mills, Charlie Baker (R-Mass.), Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), Gina Raimondo (D-R.I.), Phil Scott (R-Vt.) and Chris Sununu (R-N.H.) made the announcement in …
ELLSWORTH — Local runners met Sunday morning at the Down East Family YMCA to compete in the Y’s latest road race. A total of 54 people competed in the seventh running of the Veterans Remembrance Road Race. The race was DEFY’s second of the year following the Roger Willey 5K/10K in September. Judson Cake was …
BANGOR — This week’s state championship cross-country meets have been canceled. The Maine Principals’ Association made that announcement in a press release issued Monday morning. The decision came just days before teams and individual runners from across the state were set to compete in the season’s final meet at Saxl Park in Bangor. In the …
BUCKSPORT — The Hancock County high school soccer season is over following Thursday’s girls’ game between Ellsworth and Bucksport and the cancellations of two remaining contests. Ellsworth and Bucksport played would be the final game of the 2020 campaign in a 2-2 draw at Bucksport High School. Mount Desert Island then called off its remaining …
AUGUSTA — A framework for competition is now in place should Maine be able to offer a high school sports season this winter. The state announced Friday revisions to its guidelines on community sports that would allow most high school athletic competitions to be held in some form this winter. Practices for approved sports may …
MACHIAS — High school sports are on hold in two additional Maine counties following the latest update to the Maine Department of Education’s color-coded guide. Washington County and Somerset County were added Friday to the list of counties under the DOE’s “yellow” designation. They join Waldo County, which was the lone county listed as yellow …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth head swim coach Jim Goodman was announced Tuesday as the National Federation of High School Association’s Maine Coach of the Year. Goodman, Ellsworth’s head coach of 17 years, led both the boys’ and girls’ teams to strong seasons in 2019-20 despite their small roster sizes. The Eagles finished third in the boys’ …
ELLSWORTH — For six weeks, Hancock County players and coaches experienced the game of volleyball like never before. From weather variables to grass playing surfaces to masked participants, little about the playing environment this fall was familiar for those who have spent lifetimes playing the sport indoors. There were no Gold Balls or postseason berths …
