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, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.

Sports

Catching Up With: Gardiner field hockey star Jillian LeClair turns passion to medicine

by Drew Bonifant July 25, 2020July 25, 2020

Miss Maine Field Hockey winner in 1999 now works in New Hampshire as an obstetrician-gynecologist.

Auto Racing, Sports

Bob Bahre, a major figure in New England motorsports, dies at 93

by Drew Bonifant July 24, 2020August 12, 2020

Former NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has fond memories of Bahre, who owned Oxford Plains Speedway and founded New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Football, Sports, Varsity Maine

Football: Maine Elite Passing Camp brings eager coaches, players together

by Drew Bonifant July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

Nearly called off, clinic provides a rare taste of football with uncertainty surrounding the fall season.

Sports

Ruby Haylock wins Maine Women’s Amateur in dramatic fashion

by Drew Bonifant July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Haylock, 15, birdies the first playoff hole to take the crown over 2018 champ Bailey Plourde, who rallied from four shots down with three holes to play.