Commitment to defense spurred Skowhegan to perfect season, while Black Raiders realized season-long mission.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, heโs a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat โ and yes, heโs aware of how random those teams seem.
Field hockey: Skowhegan gets back to the top of Class A
Skowhegan avenges loss to Biddeford last season to win 19th state title.
Field hockey: Winslow pulls away from York, wins Class B state title
Black Raiders break open close game at half to win 1st state title in 5 years.
Football: Mt. Blue stuns No. 2 Cony in overtime thriller
The No. 7 Cougars stop Rams on 2-point conversion in overtime to preserve victory.
Football: Defense reigns as teams begin playoff runs
Cony, Oak Hill, Maranacook take highly-ranked defensive units into postseason openers this week.
Field hockey: Winslow back in states for 1st time since 2015
Top-seeded Black Raiders surge past Belfast in B North title game.
Girls soccer: Maranacook edges Waynflete in C South quarterfinal
Second-minute goal from Dwyer stands up as No. 4 Black Bears beat No. 12 Flyers.
Football notes: Cony switched it up for big play against Gardiner
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale settles down with bye; Skowhegan gets elusive victory over winning team.
Cross country: Lawrence’s Webber runs to victory while MDI sweeps B North races
Mt. Ararat boys, Camden Hills girls win A North titles; Berry-Gaviria, Gilmore finish first in A races.
Football: Cony hangs on, edges rival Gardiner
Tigers strike first, but Rams recover to win 142nd meeting between programs.