Competitors focus on positives while finding ways to build strength as gyms remain closed.
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.
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Catching Up With: Madison graduate Matt McClintock continues standout career in running
After strong scholastic career in high school and then at Purdue University, McClintock pursuing professional racing, Olympic aspirations.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Football, Lakes Region Weekly, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: MPA approves reclassification for 2020 season
The changes include an increase from 10 to 26 teams in eight-man football, and just one division in Class D for this fall.
Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Remember when: Richmond softball program dominated landscape with nationally recognized win streak
Bobcats won 88 straight games — fifth longest in the country at the time — from 2013-17, a stretch that included four Class D championships and five Class D final berths.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and field: Top athletes denied chances at setting, or improving upon, state records
Seniors lose last chance at setting or improving marks, while juniors miss a key season in their progression.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College coaches, potential players recruit around coronavirus restrictions
Inability to see targets face-to-face forces coaches to get creative as they pursue the next class.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Sidelines: The cancellation of the Maine high school sports spring season is a punch to the gut
MPA’s decision to end the season a devastating blow for athletes and coaches, Drew Bonifant writes.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
MPA cancels Maine high school spring sports season as coronavirus pandemic lingers
The Maine Principals’ Association made the decision Thursday after the state recommended that classrooms remain closed through the 2019-20 school year, making Maine the first New England state to cancel its high school sports season.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school athletes, coaches react as spring sports season nears cancellation
The Maine Principals’ Association will meet Thursday to discuss options in the wake of the state’s recommendation that classrooms remain closed through the rest of the academic year.
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Across Maine, mixed reactions to governor’s order to halt golf season
Gov. Janet Mills’s ruling to close golf courses amid the coronavirus outbreak is met with mixed reviews, and some are still sneaking in a round.