State qualifying, wave starts and divided classes make for a whole new environment.
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.
Girls soccer: Winthrop/Monmouth adjusting well to life as a co-op team
Normally rivals, the neighboring schools combined this fall to form what’s been a strong team.
New rules for fall season give soccer a much different feel
Restrictions against slide tackling, walls on free kicks and loading the box on corners force teams to adjust.
Field hockey: On turf, Cony and Messalonskee pick up the pace
Rams edge Eagles on Messalonskee’s surface in game with plenty of action and scoring opportunities.
Cross country: Monmouth girls win MVC championship, qualify for Class C states
Newcomer Allen leads the way for the Mustangs; Maranacook, Boothbay also make the cut for November meet.
Field hockey: In close games, defending corners becomes the key
Stopping penalty corners – or even better, avoiding them altogether – can be the difference between winning and losing.
Cross country: Runners, coaches embrace opportunity to compete at state championships
Maine Principals’ Association will offer state meets, adding ‘closure’ and motivation for end of unusual season.
Field hockey: Even in these most strange times, Skowhegan-Messalonskee still a marquee matchup
Skowhegan beats Messalonskee in latest edition of one of the sport’s top rivalries.
Sidelines: CARA fields in need of some helping hands
Maintaining the volunteer-run facility isn’t easy, and more people need to help share the workload.
Golf: Freeport rolls in Class B championship for program’s first title.
Orono prevails in Class C; Kempf and Haylock, Fahey and Flanagan individual champions.