Cooper Flagg, and his twin brother Ace, will play two games in Portland on Jan. 5-6 with their prep team, Montverde Academy.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
Posted inGolf, Sports, Varsity Maine
Golf: St. Dom’s captures Class C crown; Oxford Hills’ McCormick shares Class A title
Garrett Kendall and Ethan Pelletier lead the Saints; Oxford Hills’ Alexis McCormick, Thornton’s McKenna Castle, NYA’s Maddy Prokopius, Brunswick’s Will Farschon and Fort Kent’s Kaden Theriault earn individual titles; Falmouth wins A team title, Edward Little finishes fifth.
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Posted inGolf, Sports, Varsity Maine
Golf: Freeport’s Spaulding, Leavitt’s Haylock win Class B titles for third time
Presque Isle captures its first team championship, holding off Freeport, Nokomis, Yarmouth and Cony.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Sports
Sports betting nears in Maine, but some in-person sites won’t be ready for launch
At least three retail locations, two of which are moving to new sites, will not be taking bets until December or early 2024.
Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Turf wars: Home-field advantage takes on added significance in field hockey
With artificial turf fields expanding in Maine, more field hockey teams have to play a far different style when competing against teams on grass fields.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Sports, News, Sports
Youth football coaches removed from team amid investigation in Naples
One parent who watched a practice last weekend alleges that the coaches picked up 3 players ‘two to three feet off the ground’ and drove them ‘into the ground.’
Posted inSports
Cooper Flagg’s prep team to play two games in Portland this winter
Flagg, and his twin brother, Ace, will return to Maine in January for games between Florida’s Montverde Academy and opponents yet to be determined.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Brunswick ends losing streak with victory over Gray-New Gloucester in eight-man debut
Cam Beal and Trevor Gerrish led an aerial attack to help the Dragons roll past Gray-New Gloucester.
Posted inSports, Uncategorized
Sports Digest: Cooper Flagg to visit Duke, Kansas and Connecticut
Newport’s Cooper Flagg will be a senior this year at Montverde Academy in Florida.
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Sports Digest: Maine’s Cole Anderson falls in Round of 32 at U.S. Amateur
The Camden native made the cut in stroke play and won his first match, but never led Thursday against Andi Xu of China.