WALES – The streak is history. Oak Hill opened up its season with a convincing 33-7 over two-time defending Class C state champ Yarmouth on a sun-splashed Saturday.
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 FOOTBALL: Lawrence-EL postponed
AUBURN — It was an eventful yet anticlimactic season opener that wasn’t for the Lawrence High School football team Friday night.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rams look to avenge loss
OAKLAND — The Messalonskee High School football team is accustomed to frustrating opposing team’s defenses over the years with a complicated and successful double wing offense.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Making it happen
WINTHROP — Bruce Brooks applies a fresh coat of white paint on the 50-yard line, takes a few steps back and wipes the sweat from his brow.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Maranacook fares well in exhibition
Winthrop and Maranacook, rivals in the Western C Campbell Conference, met in an exhibition game Friday night at Maxwell Field. The teams don’t play each other in the regular season. Maranacook won 28-6.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cony rolls to win over rival Gardiner
GARDINER — Cony High School senior Brandon St. Michel took the handoff, picked a hole to go through and bolted to the end zone.
AUTO RACING: Excited to get started at Wiscasset
Richard and Vanessa Jordan have big plans for their recent purchase, a 35-acre property on West Alna Road that is home to Wiscasset Raceway.
CONY-GARDINER FOOTBALL: Rivals ready to go
Cony High School junior quarterback Ben Lucas remembers taking the snap and immediately surging toward the goal line. He remembers taking the hit and stretching the ball as far as he could without having it get knocked away by a swarming Gardiner defense.
AUTO RACING: Owners close on Wiscasset raceway
WISCASSET — Kingfield couple Richard and Vanessa Jordan closed on a 35-acre West Alna Road property Wednesday that included the shuttered Wiscasset Raceway.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cony, Gardiner getting ready for big game
The Gardiner football team enjoyed a tough opening week of double sessions, coach Matt Burgess said, and the focus toward the annual rivalry game with Cony soon followed.