Wood scores 16, LeBlanc and Hachey hit big shots as Ramblers take first Gold Ball since 2008.
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.
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