Field goals — and other parts of special teams — are an increasingly popular choice in an area with strong kickers.
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 inCross Country, Sports, Varsity Maine
Cross country: Hampden, Morse sweep team titles at KVAC championships
Hampden’s Collins tops Lewiston’s Giampaolo in down-to-the-wire A boys race.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Maine high school football seeing benefits of players being removed from lost season
For first time in five years, seniors have been able to play four years of football.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football notebook: Lisbon’s forfeit among Week 5 schedule shake-ups; Marshwood remembers ‘Bear’
Madison earns a key win in a mill-town battle; Winthrop, Oxford Hills prepare for Thursday showdowns; and Ramblers keep winning on the road.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Winthrop squeaks past Oak Hill (again) in key Class D South matchup
Ramblers outgained 233-201 but prevail 22-21 to stay undefeated.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Game-changers: Cony and Leavitt football coaches instrumental to sport’s evolution in Maine
Mike Hathaway and the Hornets are set to host B.L. Lippert and the Rams on Saturday night in meeting of offensive innovators.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football notebook: Streaks are meant to be broken, and many were in Week 3
Madison, Edward Little and Biddeford earn long-awaited victories, but state’s longest win streak ends; the trend of Kennebunk-Marshwood wildness continues; Gardiner’s defense standing tall; and Spruce Mountain savors long trip north.
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Injuries forced Thorndike football team to halt a game. Now it hopes to finish season with enough players.
Mount View, which competes in the eight-man division, had only nine healthy players when a game against Telstar was stopped in the second quarter.
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High school football notebook: Falmouth, Wells, Camden Hills among defenses thriving early
Fifteen teams bounce back in Week 2; Autism Awareness Night captures state.
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Football: After step-by-step improvements, Winthrop’s defense reaches elite phase
Since its early struggles last year, the Ramblers’ D, which just shut out Leavitt, has been a top unit. With video.