The Class C Black Bears score eight straight goals in the first half en route to a 10-goal victory over the Class B Eagles.
Mike Mandell
Staff Writer
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2016. He spent 2015 as the Mizzou football beat writer for the Columbia Missourian after previously covering high school sports and Mizzou women’s basketball for the newspaper. He lives just outside of downtown Waterville, less than a mile from the Morning Sentinel newsroom.
Top seeds book berths in Maine state tennis singles finals
Boys No. 1 Matt Morneault of Falmouth and girls top seed Emily Winkler of Thornton Academy will play for titles Monday at Bates College.
Falmouth’s Kusel, Sidhu repeat as tennis doubles champions after Dragon of a battle
Luke Kusel and Eli Sidhu overcome challenge from Brunswick’s Brendan Shaw and Evan Williams.
Takeaways from Day 3 of the MPA state doubles tennis tournament
Saturday’s action included Falmouth’s standouts delivering as expected, a thrilling Brewer-Maranacook match and a special day for a Yarmouth duo.
Monmouth baseball outlasts Cony in high-scoring crossover battle
The Mustangs, who lost in blowout fashion to the Rams in 2024 and 2025, prevail in a back-and-forth affair in the rain.
Gardiner softball takes down Monmouth in extra innings
The Tigers come back from a three-run deficit and walk it off in the eighth, handing the Mustangs their first loss.
Erskine softball takes down Nokomis in cross-region showdown
The B South Eagles get a two-hitter from Kelsie Dunn and a go-ahead home run from Lilly Clark to edge the B North Warriors.
Brunswick boys lacrosse hands Messalonskee 1st loss
Rob Bowen nets his 100th career goal as the Dragons dominate the second half to end the Eagles’ undefeated start.
Strikeout fiend, and what else Varsity Maine is interested in this week
Looking ahead to the most interesting storylines of the coming week in Maine high school sports.
Colby College names David McLaughlin men’s basketball coach
McLaughlin, who was most recently head coach at Dartmouth, played for the Mules from 1993-97.