Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2022
Girls’ basketball: Hall-Dale survives scare from Old Orchard Beach
The unbeaten Bulldogs take a 16-point lead into fourth quarter, then sweat it out to advance to the Class C South final.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2022
Boys’ basketball: Mt. Abram muscles its way past Boothbay
The Roadrunners’ relentless press makes quick work of the Seahawks in a Class C South quarterfinal.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
The Cooper Flagg Show set for big stage in high school basketball tournament
Talented Nokomis freshman and high-flying Warriors sure to be center of attention at Augusta Civic Center for A North tournament.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
High school basketball teams wary of COVID-19 shutdowns that could derail tournament runs
With playoff fields set, some squads taking precautions to avoid potential outbreaks.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Wrestling: As KVACs arrive, sport reaches postseason after rocky journey
Wrestlers and coaches endured COVID, canceled meets and small rosters to return to championship tournaments.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
‘It’s going to be weird’: Central Maine Patriots fans react to Tom Brady’s retirement from the NFL
As the 7-time Super Bowl champion hangs it up, the people who cheered for him come to grips with life without him.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2022
Athletic directors are feeling the strain of the pandemic
A demanding, high-stress job to begin with has become more complex and emotionally charged.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2022
Brunswick varsity football reinstated for 2022 season after appeal to MPA
The program shut down midseason last fall following an investigation into an alleged hazing incident.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2022
Optimism — and concerns — grow for the high school state basketball tournaments
Many are wondering what’s in store for the postseason as play-in games are less than a month away.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2021
Cooper Flagg setting a new standard for hype given to talented freshmen athletes
The 6-foot-7 Nokomis star isn’t the first Mainer to attract so much attention before their first high school games. But others before him agree they’ve seen nothing like this.
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