Push for safety over years has curtailed cutting in favor making a steady, healthy weight the objective.
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.
Wrestling: In Maine, maintaining weight becomes the goal
Push for safety over years has curtailed cutting in favor making a steady, healthy weight the objective.
Girls basketball: Winslow’s growth on display in punching ticket to Bangor
Black Raiders beat Caribou to move on to Class B North quarterfinals.
Swimming: Camden Hills sweeps KVAC B boys and girls titles
Waterville/Winslow’s Heaton-Jones, Booth win twice; Morse’s Harper sets KVAC mark
Skiing: Mt. Blue boys and girls Nordic teams take KVAC titles
Oxford Hills boys, Mt. Blue girls win KVAC Alpine titles; Mt. Abram, Rangeley win MVC crowns.
Wrestling: It’s all on the line as focus shifts to regional tournaments
Mt. Ararat/Brunswick, Belfast favorites in A and B North, but challengers lurk.
Boys basketball: Maranacook finishes regular season with win over MCI
Black Bears never trail en route to impressive victory that locks up No. 1 seed in B South.
Wrestling: Mt. Ararat/Brunswick, Belfast win KVAC titles
Eagles and Lions break long droughts, while Laurence, Ward named meet’s top wresters.
Girls basketball: Waterville shines defensively again in win over Maranacook
Purple Panthers take down Black Bears with stifling end-to-end pressure.
Boys basketball notebook: Winthrop not sweating the No. 1 seed in C South tournament
Urgency and commitment to defense paying off for Maranacook; second-half surge brings Madison into playoff picture.