Saddleback hosts first meet of season as skiers begin down road to first state meets since 2020.
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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Tigers postpone pair of games due to COVID situation after playing in holiday tournament in Orlando.
Commentary: Sports in 2021 returned to form after year of cancellations and change
With playoffs and all sports playing again, high school athletics provided familiar drama, Drew Bonifant writes.
Basketball notebook: Winthrop boys focus on selves as difficult stretch looms
Messalonskee girls growing with young roster; Maranacook boys find success with rebuilt core.
Commentary: In opener, Flagg twins of Nokomis prove they’re the real deal
In first high school game, Cooper and Ace Flagg show they’re worth the hype, Drew Bonifant writes.
H.S. basketball notebook: Oak Hill boys wait then win opener
Also, reclassification results in big changes in girls basketball.
Nokomis’ Cooper Flagg setting a new standard for Maine hoops hype
The 6-foot-7 Nokomis star isn’t the first Mainer to attract so much attention before their first high school games. But others before him agree that the state hasn’t seen anything like this before.
As new basketball season begins, high schools prepare to work around patchwork of pandemic masking rules
Not all schools will require coverings for players during games and practices, setting up a unique dynamic this winter.
Rope tow installation signals return of Alpine skiing to Quarry Road Trails
Downhill skiing takes its first steps to returning to Waterville facility since 1970s.
Wrestling: At Westlake Tournament, teams get introduced to competing in masks
Masks not ‘ideal,’ but with weeks of practice behind them, wrestlers get used to wearing coverings during their matches.