Richard and Vanessa Jordan spent months trying to ready Wiscasset Speedway for the season opener early last month.
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.
BOYS LACROSSE: Balanced attack lifts Gardiner to win
GARDINER — Finesse met force when Gardiner and rival Oak Hill squared off in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B boys lacrosse game on a sun-splashed Tuesday. Score one for finesse.
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Grady having big season for USM
University of Southern Maine senior Nick Grady has a simple approach when it comes to hitting.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: Huskies happy joining Bears
Anne McKee and five fellow Kents Hill students train every day with the Maranacook track and field teams.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: Clean sweep for Bulldogs
The Lawrence track and field teams combined to make history this spring by sweeping consecutive meets for the first time since Tim Alberts became head coach 25 years ago.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE: Messalonskee gets offense going
OAKLAND — In most years, Messalonskee boys lacrosse coach Tom Sheridan says the Eagles’ offense is set from the beginning and it rarely fluctuates from game to game.
AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Good start for Cassius Clark
Schedule and rules changes at OPS — which is under new ownership — forced White out of any points championship hunt.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: Waterville’s Jenson out for season
Waterville senior Alex Jenson will miss the track and field season with a knee injury that required surgery, coach Ian Wilson said Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: Winthrop start off strong
Winthrop is one of only a handful of central Maine track and field teams that venture to Falmouth for the annual Tom Foley Invitational during school vacation week.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Maranacook comes up short in loss
READFIELD — Edged in its opener and blown out in its second game, the Waterville softball team was eager to shake off a tough start.