It’s been a challenging start to the season for first-year Lawrence coach Ted Fabian, who’s fielding a team that is skating just 12 players.
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.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Line shift gets results for Gardiner
Gardiner hockey coach Jeff Ross was quick to tweak his lines, and the move paid off at the end of a grueling first week to the season.
HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: Erskine’s Canak sets school records in jumps, relay
Jade Canak knew she jumped well Saturday afternoon at the Bowdoin Relays, but even she couldn’t believe what the officials recorded.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Brunswick shuts out Cony
HALLOWELL — Frustrated and stymied from opening faceoff to final horn Saturday night, the Cony hockey team couldn’t push a puck past Brunswick goalie Blake Alexander at the Bank of Maine Ice Vault.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Missed free throws, turnovers cost Gardiner
GARDINER — The Gardiner and Leavitt boys basketball teams are no strangers to close and dramatic contests.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Skowhegan opens with win
WINSLOW — The Skowhegan/Madison co-operative hockey team made history last season when it won its first-ever Eastern A playoff game.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Messalonskee wins despite lack of scoring
The Messalonskee hockey team opened defense of its Eastern B championship Saturday night against John Bapst with an unfamiliar result: A 1-0 victory. The Eagles averaged about eight goals a game last year but returned a different team.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: MHW tests Bangor in opener
It’s not often a team can make a statement, or at the least raise a few eyebrows, in a loss, but that’s just what the Maranacook/Hall-Dale/Winthrop co-operative hockey team did at Bangor last Saturday.
AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Unity still up for lease
Unity Raceway owner Ralph Nason said he is hopeful someone will step forward, perhaps as early as next week, and agree to lease the track for next season.
BILL STEWART: Eastern B hockey a lot more competitive this year
The high school hockey season is upon us, and there are no shortage of storylines in central Maine.