Former players and coaches honor their mentor, who won three state championships in 28 years at Lawrence High.
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.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Basketball: Cony girls take down rival Gardiner to close out regular season
Rams enter tourney 11-7 after 53-44 victory over Tigers; Gardiner boys upset Cony.
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Boys basketball: Hampden ekes past Mt. Blue in showdown of A North heavyweights
Liam Henaghen’s free throw with 1 second left lifts Broncos past Cougars.
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Basketball notebook: Pivotal matchups highlight final week of regular season
Ex-Erskine boys head coach recalls historic game 35 years ago.
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Cheerleading: Lewiston, Lisbon/St. Dom’s, GNG claim regional titles at Cony
Patriots win first-ever regional championship; Greyhounds win third straight C South title.
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Boys basketball: Cony holds off Lawrence in tightly contested showdown
Surging Rams fend off resilient Bulldogs to claim victory.
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Boys basketball: Louis, Tewksbury both eclipse 1,000 career points in Valley win over Islesboro
Duo believed to be second in Maine high school hoops history to achieve feat in same game.
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Boys basketball: Messalonskee snaps Hampden Academy’s 12-game win streak in blowout
Eagles take advantage of Broncos missing top player Zach McLaughlin.
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Girls basketball: Trio of coach’s granddaughters forging path for undefeated Valley
Liana Hartwell, Madeline Hill, Delia Hill playing for longtime head coach Gordon Hartwell.
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Latest in family line, Jayden Grier brings pedigree for Colby men’s hockey team
Grier, son of San José Sharks GM Mike Grier, is a freshman for the Mules.