WATERVILLE — After making campus visits that took her to the south and the West coast, the state’s top female high school runner has decided to attend the University of Connecticut.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Morse signs with UMass-Lowell
It’s been a good year so far for Cony High School senior Sonja Morse.
HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS SEASON: Polls, practices highlight 1st day
With the culmination of the fall sports season Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, high school athletics made a quick pivot Monday into winter.
CLASS B FOOTBALL STATE TITLE GAME: Parlin coaching, winning right way
PORTLAND — Tim Shumway traveled all the way from Glennallen, Alaska to catch Mt. Blue play Marshwood for the Class B state football championship Saturday night.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Duo adds local flavor at Colby
The Colby women’s basketball team had a strong low-post game last season led by Jil Vaughn and Augusta’s Rachel Mack. But both have graduated along with Arika Ritchie and leave a scoring and rebounding void that may be difficult to fill.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CMCC too much for UMA
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Community College played like a team with something to prove Wednesday night, although it’s still early in the season.
PINE TREE CONFERENCE CLASS A TITLE GAME: Cony football gets glimpse of future
FAIRFIELD — As former Lawrence High School football coach Pete Cooper was introduced to the crowd before Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class A championship, the sizable contingent of Cony fans across the field must have thought “we’ll have a little bit of what they’re having.”
OUTDOORS: Arboretum seeks identity
AUGUSTA — Viles Arboretum executive director Mark DesMeules unveiled an interactive map this week that he hopes will help put his organization, well, on the map.
NEW ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Brown, Nagy gear up for New Englands
Waterville senior Bethanie Brown’s cross country times have improved significantly since last year. The question is how will that translate at Saturday’s New England championships.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Wilder makes Monarchs contender
Success has followed Madison native Bob Wilder from the University of Maine, where he played football and later coached for 17 years, to Old Dominion University, where in six years he has resurrected a dormant program and built it into a national power.