One of Todd Sampson’s first assignments as Edward Little athletic director this summer was to hire a new cross country coach. Sampson decided to pick longtime coach and administrator Keith Weatherbie’s brain on who might be available to fill the vacancy. “Other than myself, you mean?” Weatherbie answered. Sampson was pleasantly surprised the 74-year-old Weatherbie, […]
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UMF replaces Campbell as track, cross country coach
University of Maine at Farmington cross country coach Dan Campbell checks the course during the North Atlantic Conference cross country championships in Farmington last year. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) University of Maine at Farmington interim cross country and track and field head coach Dan Campbell has been replaced by Joe DiSalvo, who was a member of […]
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Hartley, Bouchard headline Varsity Maine Awards winners
Kolleen Bouchard of Houlton and Grant Hartley of Edward Little pose with their Athletes of the Year award trophies during the Varsity Maine Awards at Hannaford Hall in Portland on Tuesday.(Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Grant Hartley was genuinely stunned. A recent graduate of Edward Little High in Auburn, Hartley was named the 2018 Male […]
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Varsity Maine Awards to celebrate 'best in high school athletics' Tuesday
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen, center, leads a cheer with both his team and members of the girls’ team after they both won gold balls in March. Both teams are finalists in the Varsity Maine Awards’ “Winter Team of the Year” category. The winner be unveiled Tuesday night at the Varsity Maine Awards show. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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Sampson taking over for retiring Benson as Edward Little athletic director
Jeff Benson drives around Gouin Complex in Paris near the end of his tenure as the athletic director at Oxford Hills in May 2017. Benson is retiring from Edward Little High School one year after returning to the school. (Sun Journal file photo) Edward Little High School will be welcoming in its third athletic director […]
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American Legion baseball 2018 preview: New teams, familiar faces shine ahead of season
Bessey Motors catcher Wyatt Williamson tags out Locke Mills’ Josh Eliot while Zachary Hill looks on during an American Legion baseball doubleheader in Paris last year. (Sun Journal file photo) New teams and old faces will be gracing diamonds all over Zone 2 this summer as American Legion baseball gets underway. Last season’s zone champion […]
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H.S. baseball: Edward Little's Hartley named Mr. Baseball finalist
Edward Little senior Grant Hartley is one of nine finalists for the Maine Baseball Coaches Association’s Mr. Baseball Award. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Edward Little senior Grant Hartley is one of nine finalists for the Dr. John Winkin “Mr. Baseball” Award, the Maine Baseball Coaches Association announced Monday. A pitcher/first baseman, Hartley was named the KVAC […]
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H.S. softball: Skowhegan's Alward shuts down Edward Little in A North semis
SKOWHEGAN — For a few moments Saturday, it looked as if Edward Little hitters might catch up to Skowhegan ace Ashley Alward. Chantal Ouellette led off the second inning with a vicious line drive that Alyssa Everett picked off in right field, then Anna LeBlanc drove a ball near the top of the 10-foot fence […]
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Vikings, Devils, Eddies top-five in Varsity Maine baseball poll; Oxford Hills, Lewiston in softball rankings
The top 10 baseball and softball teams in Maine, as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal, Forecaster, Times Record and Journal Tribune, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. Through games of 6/6/18 BASEBALL 1. Bangor (6) 60 2. South Portland 53 3. Oxford Hills 47 […]
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H.S. baseball: Big play turns the tide for Mt. Ararat against Edward Little
AUBURN — Edward Little had it all set up. Scoreless in the bottom of the fifth inning in Thursday’s Class A North baseball quarterfinal with Mt. Ararat, the Red Eddies had runners on second and third with one out. As Eagles reliever Hunter Lohr released the pitch, pinch runner Nick Hathaway broke for home, with […]