Drivers had extra time to prepare for the track’s season opener, and that helped a handful make it to a strange victory lane.
Wil Kramlich
Wil Kramlich is a sports reporter who has lived in greater Lewiston/Auburn his whole life. Born in Lewiston, Wil grew up in Gray, where he played sports and fell in love with the sports section of the newspaper. He was a three-sport athlete at Gray-New Gloucester High School before participating on the track & field team at Westfield State University in Massachusetts for a year. He graduated from New England School of Communications in Bangor, and first interned for a couple of online media entities before landing his first newspaper job at the Journal Tribune in Biddeford. He has worked at the Sun Journal since 2015, covering high school and college sports and beyond. Wil is a father, husband and obviously a sports fanatic.
Posted inAuto Racing, Local Sports, Sports
Auto racing: Oxford Plains sees respectful racing on opening day
Even after having to wait nearly three months to get to racing, drivers still kept their cool during the track’s first competitive action of the season.
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College baseball: GNCBL loaded with local players this summer
The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League, based in southern Maine, pressed on with its season this summer, and that means more games for tri-county area players.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Brady continues group workouts despite NFLPA recommendation
Tom Brady continues to prepare for his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, working out with teammates at a private school despite a union recommendation that players not conduct any more group practices before training camp
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Baseball is back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24
Major League Baseball has issued a 60-game schedule that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver
The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October
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For Lewiston native, it’s his third Bath Iron Works strike
Veteran workers say their support for the go on strike is “for the young ones as well.”
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NY-bred Tiz the Law wins barren Belmont Stakes
Tiz the Law has won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes, claiming victory at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule in front of eerily empty grandstands
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Outdoors in Maine: Doe permits could set a record this year
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has proposed the issuance of a record number of doe (any-deer) permits this fall.
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Memorial field in Hartford fixed up, ready to play ball
The Jared Henderson Memorial Field has been given a second life, and will give the Buckfield Rec softball team a place to play this summer after the coronavirus pandemic has wiped out the past few months of organized sports.