The Cony football team is a win away from securing a .500 or better regular season as well as the likelihood that it will head back to the postseason yet again.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been the sports editor at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal since 2014. During his tenure as sports editor, the papers have received national recognition from the Associated Press Sports Editors. A Massachusetts native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1999 with a BA in Journalism. He began his journalism career as a sports reporter at the Berkshire (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Eagle in 1999. He also worked at the Republican-American (Waterbury, Connecticut) and Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Massachusetts). In his free time, he enjoys adventures with his family, reading and a good game of cribbage.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winthrop quarterback Hanson lets play do talking
WINTHROP — Jared Hanson first heard the criticism when he became the starting quarterback for the Winthrop football team two years ago.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Messalonskee pulls out win over Lawrence
OAKLAND — Nathalie St. Pierre came charging down the right side deep in the circle and spotted some daylight by the far corner of the Lawrence cage.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Paradee in key role for Maine
The University of Maine field hockey team opened the season against strong competition, but that was of little consolation after it lost to Michigan, Massachusetts and Boston College.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Cony avoids costly injury
The Cony football team received a scare Friday night when junior wide receiver/linebacker Tayler Carrier suffered a right ankle injury that forced him out of the Homecoming victory over visiting Lawrence.
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AUTO RACING: Cassius Clark wins PASS North title
Cassius Clark came oh-so-close to winning the Pro All Stars Series North points championship last season before a tough showing in the regular-season finale ruined his shot.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winthrop tops Oak Hill in battle of unbeatens
WALES — Slowed by a nagging ankle injury, Winthrop/Monmouth senior running back Zach Glazier was primarily a cheerleader on the sideline in a key Western D Campbell Conference game Saturday at rival Oak Hill.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hampden too much for Gardiner
Matt Martin completed 12 of 21 passes for 327 yards and five touchdowns to lead Hampden Academy past Gardiner 54-0 in a Pine Tree Conference Class B game Friday night at Hoch Field.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: It’s early, but there’s plenty at stake for Winthrop/Monmouth, Oak Hill
The Oak Hill and Winthrop/Monmouth football teams spent part of this week trying to downplay the significance of their Saturday showdown in Wales.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Studying ‘film’ in the digital age
When high school football coaches in Maine began using game film as a coaching tool, it wasn’t easy. Former Lawrence High School coach Pete Cooper remembered how it started in central Maine in the late 1960s. Area coaches would drop their 16 millimeter game film off at the Fairfield home of Dick McGee, the head coach at Colby College. A courier on his way from Boston to Orono to pick up the University of Maine’s film would stop in Fairfield, pick up the local film, and bring it to Boston, where it was developed.