Much has been blogged, tweeted, text messaged, and otherwise written and said about the alleged declining quality of high school basketball in Maine. And much of the current chatter is the same as it was a year ago and the … Continue reading
Young’s MMA of Bangor received plenty of recognition in NortheastMMA.net’s recent 2012 year-end awards, being cited in four categories in the fan voting. Ray “All Business” Wood won two awards, as amateur fighter of the year and for his role … Continue reading
The holidays are over, and now the long wait begins for high school basketball fans with an eye toward February vacation and the final Eastern Maine B, C and D tournament to be held at the venerable Bangor Auditorium. But … Continue reading
A few random sporting thoughts while recovering from that refreshing walk through the snow out to the mailbox to get Thursday morning’s paper and thinking about the shoveling ahead … … I don’t know what the national high school basketball … Continue reading
Those behind the state’s top individual awards for high school athletes — such as the Fitzpatrick Trophy in football — generally have the best of intentions. But in an effort to ensure a pristine quality among the chosen ones, recognition … Continue reading
I would not want to be a freshman or sophomore student-athlete at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport these days. A significant portion of that school’s sports program has fallen victim to the budget ax this week after RSU 19 … Continue reading
It’s already been an interesting season of high school football in Eastern Maine, and the playoffs haven’t even started. Here’s one view of a few of the brightest moments. Individual performance of the year: Jared Jensen, Brunswick. Few sports fans … Continue reading
BANGOR, Maine — Members of the John Bapst football team have added two decals to the back of their helmets to memorialize two members of the Crusaders’ community who recently died on the same day. One decal, “SL,” honors Frederick … Continue reading
The debate concerning whether public- and private-school interscholastic athletic teams should continue to compete against each other or have separate postseason tournaments arose again this week with the decision by veteran coach Tom Maines to resign after one season of … Continue reading
It may be too much to label Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference Class A football game between the Lawrence Bulldogs and Bangor at Keyes Field in Fairfield the end of an era. There’s a reasonable chance these schools — winners … Continue reading
