Wake me up when the spring high school sports season arrives. You got that? No, don’t tell me it’s already here. I spoke with one high school baseball coach this week who told me in hushed, defeated tones that the pitcher’s mound was the only visible patch of earth on his low-lying diamond. I knew […]
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Sports Hall of Fame to hold Basketball Tip-Off Classic
AUBURN — The Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame announced that Gipper’s Sports Grill of Auburn will again be the major sponsor of the Hall’s 7th Annual Basketball Tip-Off Classic on Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Lewiston High School gymnasium. Friday’s schedule includes the girls’ varsity teams from Edward Little, Lewiston, Poland […]
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Patriots coming back from bye, preparing for Colts
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots went into their bye week after facing the NFL’s highest scoring team and its outstanding quarterback. They face a similar challenge in their first game back and hoping for a similar result. Denver was averaging 32 points per game behind Peyton Manning when they visited the Patriots […]
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G. Ferguson: A good role model for youngsters
After having watched a teary-eyed Arnold “Arnie” Palmer on television, I felt that I needed to comment on him as my all-time sports personality — not a hero, as that is reserved for those people who give of themselves for the betterment of others (or, maybe he is). As an aspiring athlete growing up in […]
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Pay-to-play at Lewiston High rejected
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School athletes will not pay to play sports next year after the Lewiston School Committee Monday night rejected the proposal as a way to raise more money for sports. Several School Committee members said sports is an important part of learning, and charging athletes sends a bad message. The intention is […]
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Family first for hall inductees
AUBURN — Family was the word of the day at the 2014 Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Lost Valley Sunday afternoon. The five inductees — Kelly Bennett Brown, Ann-Marie Caron, Dan Maloney, and brother and sister Verne Paradie Jr. and Tammy Paradie Thibeault — all spoke about how family played a part […]
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Come snow, mud or rain, season will start … eventually
Scheduling Maine high school sports north of Portland and away from the coast before the end of April school vacation is a look-silly-if-you-don’t, jinxed-if-you-do proposition. Spring games and meets were set to begin Thursday and Friday for many teams. Those dates are postponed or moved for some and a laughable suggestion to others. “Our baseball […]
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Girls’ Quarterfinals postponed due to impending storm
We aren’t even out of the quarterfinals, and weather has wreaked havoc with the basketball tournament schedule for a second time. All four Class B West girls’ quarterfinal games scheduled for Tuesday at Portland Expo have been postponed due to the snowstorm expected this afternoon and evening. The games now will be played Wednesday, and […]
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The Hot Corner: Put the hype on ice for a while
The verbal commitment by 13-year-old Yarmouth hockey player Oliver Wahlstrom to play at the University of Maine — you know, after he starts shaving — was received with an alarming lack of critical thinking from the Maine media. Some of that is a reflection of the times in which we live. You aren’t allowed to […]
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Bates Sports Roundup: Bobcats to host elite squash tourney
LEWISTON — The world’s best squash players are returning to our backyard. Bates again will host the Bobcat Classic on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28 at its squash center at 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway. In addition to the professional event sanctioned by the Pro Squash Tour, there will be an amateur tournament over […]