The Maine Principals’ Association has changed course in its plans for high school football this fall by sharply reducing the number of teams in Class A. Only the eight largest schools in Maine, with enrollments over 950 students, will be categorized as Class A. There will not be separate geographic regions. In recent years, Class […]
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Area Swimmers in Action: LRSC shines at YMCA Nationals
BATH The Long Reach Swim Club from the Bath Area Family YMCA recently competed in the YMCA Nationals at Greensboro, North Carolina. The squad finished 18th overall with 98.50 points. The girls 200 medley relay team of Ella Martin, Haily Harper, Olivia Harper and Margie McLeod captured third, finishing just three-tenths of a second out […]
Long Reach Swim Club claim MESI title at winter championships
Orono — The winter championships for Maine U.S. Swimming, Inc. was recently held at the University of Maine at Orono. The Long Reach Swim Club of the Bath Area Family YMCA reclaimed the MESI state team title by narrowly beating the Mount Desert Island YMCA, 3014 to 2897. After falling to the Portland Porpoise Swim Club […]
Photo gallery: Girls high school lacrosse underway
Maine high school spring sports teams began practices this week. Four area teams, Brunswick, Freeport, Morse and Mt. Ararat girls lacrosse teams took to gym or fields this week. Between the four schools, almost 160 athletes have tried out for girls lacrosse this spring.
Girls lacrosse: 6th annual Sagadahoc Invitational set for Saturday in Bath
BATH — The Morse High School girls lacrosse team will host the 6th annual Sagadahoc Invitational on Saturday at McMann Field. The event runs all day from the first whistle at 8:30 a.m. with 30-minute games, wrapping up under the lights at 8:30 p.m. 16 high school girls lacrosse teams from around the state will compete, […]
Brunswick Parks and Recreation holds Die Hard Baller tournament recently
Brunswick — The Brunswick Parks and Recreation department recently held its Die Hard Baller basketball tournament at the Rec Center. Boys and girls teams competed at the third and fourth grade level, as well as a boys division in the fifth and sixth grade team. Teams from Auburn/Lewiston, Bath, Brunswick, Medomak Valley, Mount Desert Island, Mt. […]
Area high school winter athletes recognized
BRUNSWICK — The winter sports season has been completed and several athletes have been recognized in postseason awards. In the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, the Brunswick girls basketball team saw Charlotte MacMillan named the KVAC Class A South Player of the Year. She was joined by teammates Marley Groat, Rosalie White and Emily Larochelle. Mt. Ararat’s […]
Boys hockey: Lisbon’s Noah Austin wins Travis Roy Award
AUBURN — Noah Austin learned at a young age how to deal with being knocked around playing hockey, getting beat up by his older brother and cousin during street hockey games. Those lessons served Austin well this season when he was the marked man for the Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse/Hyde boys hockey team. But that didn’t stop […]