Coach: Mark Renna (second year) Conference: South Class: C Last year’s record: 0-8 Returning players: Seniors — Zack Haskell (RB/CB), Tristan Herod (TE/CB), Jake Zeisler (RB/DE), Austin Chase (RB/LB), Brandon Ruminski (OL/DL), Connor Deschenes (OL/DL), Dylan Elie (OL/DL), Jacob Baggs (OL/DL); Juniors — Elijah Simmons (RB/CB), Brandon Laflamme (OL/DL). Key losses: Adam Dumas (FB/LB), Carson Hodsdon […]
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Gray-New Gloucester football: Patriots undaunted by history, dreaming playoffs
Learn signature plays. Break them down into simple components. Move the chains. Rinse. Repeat. “We ran four plays today,” Gray-New Gloucester coach Mark Renna said after his team’s August scrimmage against Gorham. “That’s all we can get in the first week. Even those four plays weren’t polished. But if you run the right four plays, […]
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2015 Field hockey preview: Gray New Gloucester High School Patriots
Coach: Christa Roddy (first year) Conference: WMC Class: B Last year: 1-13 Returning players: Seniors — Chloe Hedrich (F/D), Jenny Holmquist (D), Adrianna Kimball (G), Melody Larson (F/M/D), Emilie Sanborn (F), Amanda Thayer (M); Juniors — Skye Conley (M), Alicia Dumont (M), Phoebe Stritch (D), Cara Waltz (F). Key losses: Sara Carder, Vanessa Tripp. Promising newcomers: […]
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High school baseball: Rookies help Gray-New Gloucester to win over Poland
Evan Harmer, a senior, making his first varsity start as a pitcher after starting at catcher for three seasons, allowed just two runs on five hits over six-plus innings, and sophomore Zack Mann one-upped him in his first varsity appearance, tossing three innings of no-hit relief to help lead Gray-New Gloucester to a 3-2, nine-inning […]
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Class B West baseball: Just like starting over for Poland
Statistics and baseball go together like hamburgers and ketchup. One such number has a bitter taste for Poland in the WMC and Class B West preseason. “We will have six seniors who had a combined seven games played on varsity last year,” Poland coach Mike Connor said. Alex Biron accounted for five of those contests […]
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Gray-New Gloucester baseball preview
Coach: Brad Smith (fourth year) Conference: WMC Class: B Last year’s record: 9-8, lost in Class B West preliminary Returning players: Seniors — Tyler St. Pierre (P/SS), Evan Harmer (C/P), J.T. Magno (1B, P), Thomas Wood (OF); Junior — Evan Plummer (OF); Sophomore — Tanner Mann (OF). Key losses: Justin McKenna, Brendan Hubbard. Promising newcomers: Sophomores — […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: No.2 Gray-New Gloucester survives No. 10 Poland, 45-37
PORTLAND — Collars tighten in the quarterfinal spotlight of Portland Expo, and for three-and-a-half quarters Tuesday, No. 2 Gray-New Gloucester looked like the team with the oxygen deficit while No. 10 Poland took the deep, cleansing breaths. The air quality changed just in time for the Patriots to pull away for a 45-37 victory, a tournament […]
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Class B West boys’ tournament preview: Spruce Mountain hopes to crash WMC party
Players to watch: Yarmouth — Adam LaBrie (6-1 Sr. G) Cody Cook (6-0 Jr. G), Jordan Brown (6-1 Sr. F); Cape Elizabeth — Justin Guerette (6-3 Jr. F), Jack O’Rourke (6-0 Jr. G), Quinn Hewitt (6-3 Soph. F); Morse — Ethan Winglass (Sr. F), Keegan McDonough (Jr. G), Juwan Moore (Jr. C); Lake Region — […]
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Girls’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester overwhelms York in second half
Led by a defense that held York to two points in the fourth quarter, Gray-NG turned a tense showdown of unbeaten Western Maine Conference teams into a blowout, 52-35, on Tuesday night. Gray-NG (4-0) has been competitive since Katie Whittier’s teams won back-to-back regional titles in 2001 and 2002, but not a year-in, year-out championship […]
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Gray-New Gloucester boys’ basketball preview
Overview: This was the season Deschenes anticipated when he moved over from St. Dom’s and took the Gray-NG job three season ago. The Patriots will have a nice mixture of balance and experience. Kariotis was third team all-WMC last season and has added to his game. St. Pierre and Chanlatte were both starters last season […]