In the winter, as Messalonskee High School’s ice hockey goalie Ben Weeks does his best to keep opponents from scoring. In the spring, when he’s on the attack for the Eagles’ lacrosse team, Weeks knows all the soft spots a goalie tries to hide.
July 2013
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KENNEBEC JOURNAL/MORNING SENTINEL BOYS LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR: KJ Johnson
As his team embarked to Thornton Academy for a preseason tournament, Gardiner boys lacrosse coach KC Johnson had a simple answer when asked what he looked for when evaluating the Tigers.
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LOCAL AUTO RACING: Cassius Clark picks up 2nd PASS North win
SCARBOROUGH — Cassius Clark became the first two-time Pro All Stars Series North winner when he won the Southern Maine Motors 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
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EASTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL: Wilkerson comes up big in Sea Dogs victory
PORTLAND — On Friday night, when the Portland Sea Dogs blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning and lost, Shannon Wilkerson made the last out. He stayed in the dugout afterward for a long time, quietly reflecting on the game.
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NBA: Celtics, Rockets have high expectations
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics tipped off Orlando Summer League play concerned about how major additions will fit into their success next year.
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WIMBLEDON: Murray ends wait
LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray needed one more point, one solitary point, to win Wimbledon — a title he yearned to earn for himself, of course, and also for his country.
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NASCAR: Another frantic finish
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — There’s one certainty about racing at NASCAR’s most unpredictable tracks: A chaotic ending.
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North Monmouth restaurant honors community’s World War II KIAs
A display inside TJ’s Place on U.S. Route 202 in North Monmouth honors the 7 Monmouth men killed in action during World War II.
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STILL LIFE: Swing into a summer splash
Kenneth Frappier, 15, of Fairfield, takes the plunge from a rope swing in to the Messalonskee Stream in Waterville near North Street on Saturday.
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SNAPSHOT: Mount Vernon fire department chicken barbecue
Mount Vernon firefighters John Dearborn, right, Doug Stevens and Dana Dunn hang an American flag Sunday while other volunteers flip racks of chicken barbecuing in scorching heat for the department’s annual chicken barbecue in the center of the village.