Nathan Pare, 20, recovered from a jaw injury last season and continues to chase his Olympic dreams.
Mike Mandell
Staff Writer
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2016. He spent 2015 as the Mizzou football beat writer for the Columbia Missourian after previously covering high school sports and Mizzou women’s basketball for the newspaper. He lives just outside of downtown Waterville, less than a mile from the Morning Sentinel newsroom.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Maine’s lacrosse goalies get head start on refining challenging position
This year, goalies began practicing one week earlier than most spring sports athletes.
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Posted inSports
Oakland native Nick Mayo shining in Japan, eyeing Olympics
Mayo, a 2015 graduate of Messalonskee, is in his fourth season with the Japan Professional Basketball League’s Hiroshima Dragonflies.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls indoor track: 2025 Varsity Maine All-State team
Windham, Scarborough and Bangor standouts were among the state’s best this winter.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Tayla Pelletier, Windham
Senior Tayla Pelletier won the 55-meter hurdles and triple jump state titles, and placed third in the long jump at New Englands.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Arnaud Sioho, South Portland
The senior overcame a hamstring injury to smash records and win titles this winter.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys indoor track: 2025 Varsity Maine All-State team
Maine’s stars produced some of the finest individual seasons in state history.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Mainers took different paths to NCAA D-III indoor track nationals
Emma Burr of Thomas and USM’s Ben Drummey, Ethan Shain, Khalysa Hammith and Joey Richards are competing at the NCAA Division III championships in New York.
Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Maine Class B boys hockey state championship highlights
Big plays from Cheverus/Yarmouth’s win over the John Bapst co-op Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Meet the 2025 Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball winners
Noble’s Jamier Rose also won football’s Fitzpatrick Trophy, and Madelynn Deprey helped the Caribou girls win their first basketball state title since 1983.