ORONO — The weekend was a mixed one for University of Maine athletics with one team moving to the brink of a conference title and another suffering a lopsided defeat in its season opener. The Maine women’s basketball team booked a place in the America East Conference championship game for the fourth straight season with …
AUGUSTA — Whatever flicker of hope remained for Maine high school football to be played during the current academic year has been extinguished. The Maine Principals’ Association announced Friday the cancellation of plans for a football season in the late spring or early summer. The decision followed an MPA Football Committee meeting Thursday in which …
ELLSWORTH — The window is getting tight, but there’s hope yet for high school football to be played in Maine this sports season. Following the Maine Principals’ Association’s latest Interscholastic Management Committee meeting Nov. 19, a mid-2021 campaign has emerged as the governing body’s tentative plan to offer the sport during the current academic year. …
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 …
MACHIAS — High school sports are on hold in two additional Maine counties following the latest update to the Maine Department of Education’s color-code guidelines. 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 …
BAR HARBOR — All across America, high school football in 2020 has been in a constant state of flux. Few programs anywhere know that better than Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island. Even before the world as we know it changed, the current year was set to be a new experience for both Ellsworth and MDI. …
BUCKSPORT — The first Hancock County battle of the seven-on-seven football season provided quite the contrast of experiences. When the Bucksport football team took the field for Friday night’s game at Bucksport High School, it was less than 24 hours removed from a win over Bangor in its fifth game of the season. The games …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth High School canceled all practices and postponed all athletic events scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20, and Wednesday, Oct. 21, after a positive COVID-19 test was confirmed in the school district. In a letter distributed Tuesday evening, Ellsworth School Department Superintendent Dan Higgins informed parents and faculty members that an individual associated with …
BUCKSPORT — A slow start to the game Friday night didn’t stop the Bucksport football team from keeping its unbeaten start to seven-on-seven play alive. Bucksport improved to 3-0 in seven-on-seven football with a 27-14 victory over Hampden Academy in Friday’s game at Bucksport High School. The win came as the Golden Bucks fell behind …
BUCKSPORT — Standing at midfield to receive a punt, Gavin Billings sought the attention of his head coach on the sideline. Billings, a three-year starter for the Bucksport football team, usually plies his trade on the offensive line as part of a unit that’s known for its size and physicality up front. Yet as he …
SULLIVAN — Scarlet Capitano and Skylar Soule had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. As juniors a year ago, Capitano and Soule were key players on a Sumner girls’ soccer team that found itself shorthanded for much of the season. After the Tigers fought to a five-win campaign despite frequently fielding …
ELLSWORTH — At long last, the verdict is in. High school sports will be offered in Maine this fall after the Maine Principals’ Association received approval from state agencies on a framework for a 2020 season, though not all activities have been cleared to return. Golf, cross-country, field hockey and soccer will be offered with …
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