Class of 2023 players from the 10 original 8-man teams are part of select group.
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 inBoys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Waterville boys and girls soccer programs enter new era with new coaches
Colby Clarke takes over boys program as longtime assistant Ed Worcester will lead the girls.
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Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Skowhegan field hockey team begins fall sports season in search of redemption
River Hawks out to make things right after suffering program’s worst loss in a Class A state final — a 4-1 decision to Cheverus.
Posted inSports
Andy Valley tops Weymouth to win Cal Ripken 12U World Series title
Seven-run second, Jacoby Boyce homer powers Oxford Hills-based squad to championship.
Posted inSports
Andy Valley tops Weymouth to win Cal Ripken 12U World Series title
Seven-run second, Jacoby Boyce homer powers Oxford Hills-based squad to championship.
Posted inSports, Times Record Sports
Cal Ripken 12U World Series: Weymouth, Andy Valley clinch title game berths
Tommy Byrne throws one-hitter on the mound as Weymouth wins 1-0; Andy Valley tops South Bend 7-2.
Posted inSports
Cal Ripken 12U World Series: California, Idaho teams make long trips to Waterville
Journeys from out west expensive but worth it for Laguna, Meridian.
Posted inSports
New England ties bind teams in the Cal Ripken 12U World Series
National tournament has local feel to it with seven of 12 teams from the six New England states.
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Cal Ripken World Series: Ararat tops Central Vermont; Waterville falls in tourney opener
Ararat scores twice in fifth inning and makes big plays on defense in 2-1 win.
Posted inSports
Sidelines: Cal Ripken World Series makes Waterville youth baseball’s Shangri-La
Immersive sporting experiences like this one are sports at their grandest, Mike Mandell writes.