HALLOWELL — The Gardiner hockey team knows it’s going to take a monumental effort in the second half of the regular season to ascend from the Western B basement and clinch one of the five playoff berths.
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 BOYS HOCKEY: High-scoring Cunningham brothers key for Messalonskee
WINSLOW — The Messalonskee hockey team, after spending a chunk of time working on situational plays, is wrapping up a recent practice with some conditioning.
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BILL STEWART: Plenty of reasons to run
Nearly two years ago I put on a pair of running shoes and decided it was time.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Zamboni causes game to be called
It didn’t take long for the “Icernator Zamboni,” which the Bank of Maine Ice Vault debuted Dec. 22, to impact a game. The Zamboni, which was outfitted with a three-barreled T-shirt launcher and special effect lighting by Darling’s of Augusta, created a sizable hole in the faceoff dot at the north end of the arena when it got stuck during the second intermission of an Eastern A game Saturday night between Cony and Bangor.
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTES: Skowhegan responds with victory
The Skowhegan hockey team opened the season with nine consecutive victories to establish itself as a legitimate playoff threat in Eastern A. The Indians suffered their first loss Saturday, losing to the Maranacook/Hall-Dale/Winthrop cooperative team 4-1, and coach Jeff Fowler said he was eager to see how his team would respond. Just fine, it turns out.
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Cony rallies from 2 goals down to tie Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The Cony hockey team didn’t earn a victory Monday afternoon, but it sure felt like the Rams did.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cheverus’ Goodrich wins Fitzy
PORTLAND — Chandler Shostak and Cony High School hoped to make history Sunday at the 42nd annual James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy award banquet.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Top line lifts MHW past Skowhegan
KENTS HILL — Matt Plourde and Dan Condon are not only quite the one-two scoring punch for the Maranacook/Hall-Dale/Winthrop co-operative hockey team, but in all of Class A.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Gardiner tops Winslow
Seth Wing scored two goals and Hunter Belanger added a goal and two assists to lead Gardiner past Winslow 6-3 in a Class B crossover game at Bank of Maine Ice Vault.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Winslow shows improvement
The Winslow boys hockey team still has nine regular-season games remaining but has already doubled its win total from a year ago.