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East player Colin Kelly of Portland High School hustles through a drill during a Lobster Bowl practice Monday. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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Lobster Bowl week is here, and the East team brought the passion to its three practices Monday at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft. Here’s a bit of what went down during one of them, from a stirring entrance to a punt fielded by a lineman to bring a joyous end to practice as the East prepared for its showdown with the West.
Varsity Maine will have more coverage throughout the week leading up to the 35th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl at 4 p.m. Saturday at Lewiston High School’s Don Roux Field. Keep checking back in or sign up for the free Varsity Maine Newsletter.
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after...
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East player Colin Kelly of Portland High School hustles through a drill during a Lobster Bowl practice Monday. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East player Joe Dube of Lewiston High School works on footwork in a drill Monday in preparation for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East player Preston Roy of Lawrence receives a pass during Monday morning's practice for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East player Miller Foss of Skowhegan catches the ball during a morning practice in preparation for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East lineman Owen Bombardier of Falmouth works on blocking during a practice for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East team quarterbacks Louis Thurston, front, from Portland High School, and Caleb Kennedy, of Stearns High School, throw during a drill while preparing for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East team head coach Kyle Gallant, from Hermon High School, kneels as he watches his team practice Monday in preparation for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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West team head coach Aaron Filieo, from South Portland High School, coaches during a drill to prepare his team for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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West team members practice Monday at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft in preparation for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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West team member, Kaiden LaValley, left, of Lisbon High School, blocks during a practice Monday at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft in preparation for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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East player Silas Topolski of Foxcroft Academy receives the ball during a Lobster Bowl practice Monday in Dover-Foxcroft. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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