The inaugural charity event raises $111,000 for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and is a hit for celebrities and those in attendance.
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.
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Celebrities get a kick out of hanging with fans at charity golf event in Falmouth
The stars come out at Falmouth Country Club for the Drive Fore Kids golf event benefiting the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
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Celebrities bring their golf game to southern Maine for charity event
More than 30 sports and entertainment stars will play at Falmouth Country Club this week in the Drive Fore Kids event benefiting the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
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Softball: York wins first Class B title since 1989 with 2-1 win over Nokomis
Ella Moon hits a home run in the second and Bella Santini drives in the winning run to lift the Wildcats past the Warriors.
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Softball: NYA wins first state title, beating Machias 7-1 in Class D final
Hayden Wienckowski drives in three runs and Lily Rawnsley throws a complete game to lift the Panthers to the championship.
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Softball: Previewing Tuesday’s state championship games
The Class B title game features a strong pitching matchup, while Windham seeks its first Class A title and NYA goes for its first softball championship.
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Saturday’s high school state championship games postponed until next week
With rain in the forecast, Saturday’s lacrosse title games have been moved to Monday, and baseball and softball state finals will be played Tuesday.
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Sports Digest: Windham’s Gerry wins second straight Gatorade Player of the Year award
Brooke Gerry led Windham to a 15-2 record, going 8-0 during the regular season with a 0.25 ERA and 133 strikeouts in 57 innings.
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UMaine baseball team excited about first trip to NCAA tournament in 12 years
The Black Bears were 1-12 three seasons ago before winning the America East tournament last week as the conference’s top seed.
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Ultra-endurance athlete goes the extra mile to raise money for charity
Brendan Walsh of Westbrook doesn’t look the part of an accomplished athlete, but at age 30, he has built an impressive résumé that includes a Guinness World Record.