The senior became the first player to be named both Miss Maine Basketball and Miss Maine Softball.
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.
Field hockey: Late goal lifts South to victory over North in McNally Senior All-Star Game
Averi Baker of Hall-Dale scores the game-winner with 5:29 left in game played at Thornton Academy.
Football: Players, coaches plan to keep things simple in preparation for Lobster Bowl
Organizing schematics, play calls on short turnaround is no easy matter.
Sidelines: After striking gold with U17 national basketball team, Cooper Flagg receives warm homecoming
As the teen sensation’s career takes a new turn, a celebration Wednesday is a sign that his story in Maine is only getting started, staff writer Mike Mandell writes.
Annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl brings players together from around the state
Past few years have made football players closer than ever, something that was evident at media day.
Auto racing: Unity Raceway reopens to massive turnout, fanfare
Now a dirt track, the facility had not hosted competitive racing since 2017.
Football: Maine Elite camp puts coaches, players in football mood
Matt Friedman takes over at Mt. Blue; 32nd Shrine Lobster Bowl a week away.
Golf notebook: Augusta CC revamps course; Maine Men’s Am tee times announced
Maine Event to be rescheduled; Maine Am scheduled for next week.
Auto racing: Drivers, crews making do in era of rising costs
Gas and repairs more expensive these days, but local teams have found ways to make it work.
Changing of the guard: MCI, Oak Hill, Skowhegan athletic directors step down
Replacements named at all three schools as Jim Leonard, Jim Palmer, Jon Christopher step down.