Maranacook girls soccer, Skowhegan field hockey look for return trips to state finals.
Dave Dyer
Staff Writer
Dave Dyer is in his second stint with the Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel. Dave was previously with the company from 2012-2015 and returned in late 2016. He spent most of 2016 doing freelance sports writing in Seattle, Washington. During that time, Dave had articles published by the Seattle Times, covering the Seattle Marathon, the Seattle Storm of the National Womenโs Basketball League (WNBA) and Seattle Reign FC of the National Womenโs Soccer League (NWSL). He also collaborated with the U.S. Olympic website, teamusa.org, interviewing some of the key athletes of the 2016 Summer Olympics, including Michael Phelps, Simone Manuel, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart.
Before his first stint in Augusta, Dave was a Sports Writer for the Biddeford Journal Tribune from 2009-2012.
A native Mainer, Dave was raised in North Waterboro and graduated from Massabesic High School. He is a graduate of Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, where he was a quarterback on the football team from 2004-2007.
Dave lives in Brunswick. He has a daughter, Scout. He also has two dogs, a Yorkshire terrier named Humphrey and a German shepherd mix named Nanook.
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Dom Napolitano accounts for 5 touchdowns as Rams roll to victory.
Cross country: Edward Little’s Payton Bell wins, Mt. Blue girls runners-up in A North
Hampden Academy repeats as A North boys champion; Orono’s Ruth White smokes competition in C North girls race.
College notebook: Young UMF women’s soccer team rolling toward NAC playoffs
With just 1 loss in their last 9 games, Beavers ready for another run in North Atlantic Conference tournament.
T.J. Maines ‘excited’ to get going as next Cony High athletic director
Filling the now-vacant boys basketball coaching job is high on the agenda.
High school soccer playoff fields begin to take shape for central Maine squads
Several teams battling for positioning in the final week of regular season.
Sidelines: Playoff positioning for Class B North football will be fight to the end
Conference could be in its best position for a state title since 2016, Dave Dyer writes.
Golf: Edward Little qualifies for state championship; Leavitt tops in KVAC Class B
The Red Eddies’ third-place finish in Class A is good enough to get the team into Friday’s state final. The Hornets bring Momentum into Saturday’s Class B championship.
Cross country: Ruth White repeats as girls winner at Festival of Champions
Orono junior breaks her own course record and repeats as girls champion; Charlie Collins of Hampden Academy wins boys race
Golf: Leavitt repeats as KVAC B Shootout champion
A.J. Davis, Billy Visconti each shoot 39 for Hornets in victory.