(Predicted winners in bold) WIL KRAMLICH (9-3) Gray-New Gloucester at MDI Thornton at Oxford Hills Lake Region at Mountain Valley Deering at Mt. Blue Old Town at Poland Yarmouth at Spruce Mountain Edward Little at Portland Dirigo at Old Orchard Beach Leavitt at Cape Elizabeth Lewiston at South Portland Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale/Kents Hill at MCI Foxcroft at […]
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 inCross Country, Sports, Varsity Maine
2023 cross country preview capsules
DIRIGO COUGARS Coach: Gunnar Bradbury (second year) Conference: MVC; Class: C South Last year’s results: Girls: Fifth at C South regionals, third at MVCs Returning athletes: Boys: Sophomore — Wyatt Perham; Girls: Sophomores — Ella Cote, Phoenix Lee, Sophia Archer, Amelia Mallet. Key losses: Gage Lee, Brooke Buotte (running for Bentley). Promising newcomers: Boys: Freshmen […]
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Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
2023 boys soccer preview capsules
BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Kyle Rines (10th year) Conference: East-West; Class: D South Last year’s results: 4-9-1 Returning athletes: Seniors — Justin Lucas (F), Nolan Keene (D), Nolan Breton (D), Brady Trenoweth (D), Brayden Jack (M), Owen Lapointe (D), Kakoa Laliberte (F); Juniors — Seamus Keough (F), Saylor Bourassa (M), Jonas Culleton (M); Sophomores — Gaven […]
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
2023 girls soccer preview capsules
BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Larry Thornton (ninth year) Conference: East-West; Class: D South Last year’s results: 8-6-2, reached regional semifinals. Returning athletes: Seniors — Emily Tilton (HB/FB), Mya Austin (F/HB), Lillian Sharples (FB), Lailey Laughton (F); Juniors — Annabelle Thone (HB), Cori Merrill (CHB), Amelia Hill (FB), Cora Brewster (CHB), Kai Trenoweth (F), Brittany Carrier (F), […]
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Week 1 high school football staff predictions
(predicted winners in bold) WIL KRAMLICH (Last year: 91-26) Brunswick at Gray-New Gloucester Fryeburg at Leavitt Lisbon at Belfast Mountain Valley at Mt. Desert Island Mt. Blue at Gardiner Noble at Edward Little Oxford Hills at Lewiston Poland at Madison Telstar at Dirigo Waterville at Spruce Mountain Freeport at Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale/Kents Hill Wells at Oak Hill/St. […]
Posted inAuto Racing, Local Sports, Sports
Oxford 250: Cole Butcher repeats as champion
The Nova Scotia driver becomes the sixth to win consecutive Oxford 250 titles, taking control over the final 27 laps to capture the 50th edition of Maine’s premier race.
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Oxford 250 notebook: Good finish in heats lead to relaxing afternoon
Johnny Clark, Derek Griffith and Max Cookson were among the drivers who avoided the pressure of consolation heats.
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Oxford 250: Three-time winner Dave Dion returns as race’s grand marshal
Dion, the champion in 1975, 1985 and 1992, is honored before the 50th edition of the race.
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My favorite Oxford 250: The crowds were back and Cash was Money
The fans — absent a year earlier due to the pandemic — brought the noise in 2021 and Farmington’s Cassius Clark ended his family’s habit of close-but-not-quite, resulting in the best 250 the Sun Journal’s Wil Kramlich has experienced.
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Oxford 250: Win in 2008 a happy memory for Kevin Harvick
The 2014 NASCAR Cup champion, who is retiring after this season, reflects on winning at Oxford Plains Speedway 15 years ago.