WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler appreciated the chance to spend a couple days being tested at practice by record-setting quarterback Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints’ offense, even if there were moments when last season’s Super Bowl hero got the worst of his matchup. “Great work. We got some different […]
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Pats, Saints share mutual admiration
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The kinship between Bill Belichick and Sean Payton is apparent in the way they compliment each other, as well as the subjects they’d rather not discuss. They relate on matters ranging from winning it all to the awkwardness of tarnished reputations. Their franchises have drawn some of the harshest […]
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St. Dominic Academy selects Keith Weatherbie as athletic administrator
AUBURN — Less than two weeks after a pair of high-profile resignations opened jobs at Saint Dominic Academy, one post has been filled. Keith Weatherbie, a longtime athletic director and teacher at Cape Elizabeth High School, who for six years has coached and taught at St. Dom’s, has been hired as the school’s head athletic […]
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Steve Ouellette quits as St. Dominic Academy hockey coach
AUBURN — Steve Ouellette has stepped away from coaching the Saint Dominic Academy boys’ ice hockey team, leaving one of the highest profile coaching jobs in Maine open for the third time in the past 10 years. “I’ve been at the high school level for 17 years, it’s a long time,” Ouellette said. “It takes […]
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Gene Keene resigns from St. Dominic Academy AD position
Also read: Steve Ouellette quits as St. Dominic Academy hockey coach AUBURN — The nights never got shorter, and even the proximity to home wasn’t enough to offset the hours and stress involved in being a full-time athletic director for Gene Keene. Keene has resigned his post at St. Dominic Academy. His final day on the […]
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Class C baseball final: St. Dom’s bashes Bucksport for fifth title
BANGOR — The inability to string together hits and put up crooked numbers was the elephant in the box score for Saint Dominic Academy baseball all season, especially against top-flight competition. At the best possible time, in the environment where it mattered most, the elephant turned into a three-ring circus Saturday, complete with all the requisite […]
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Class C baseball championship: Saints no underdog, but they wear label well
AUBURN — Not many high school baseball teams knock off the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in a region to reach a state championship game. We know Saint Dominic Academy has never done it in a baker’s dozen years of excellence under the watchful eyes of Coach Bob Blackman, because, well, the Saints are always […]
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Class C baseball championship: Mitch Lorenz, Gavin Bates charge up Saints’ title hopes
AUBURN — One of the standard questions when a baseball team is scouting its opponent in a state championship game is, “Yeah, but have they used up their ace?” Technically, Saint Dominic Academy did. Mike Bryant went the distance Wednesday night in a 5-1 victory over Winthrop for the Class C West title, meaning that he […]
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Class C West baseball: St. Dom’s outlasts Winthrop for seventh regional crown in 13 years
STANDISH — After a night of agonizing missed opportunity after missed opportunity, Saint Dominic Academy finally watched the right guy walk to the plate at the right time. Senior Mitch Lorenz greeted Winthrop reliever Ben Allen with a one-out single to right field in the seventh inning, scoring Ray Mosca and Mike Bryant with the go-ahead […]
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Class C West baseball championship: St. Dom’s juggernaut back for more
AUBURN — President George W. Bush was just past the halfway point of his first term. Your internet connection, if you had one, probably was dial-up. Your wireless phone, if you knew such a luxury, likely was “smart” enough to make calls, but only after you flipped it open. Long before discussions about their quarterback’s […]