Area programs are set up well to compete in 2023 and beyond.
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.
2022 softball wrap-up: Central Maine teams steal show in unforgettable year
Two state champs, four regional champs and dominant pitching highlight remarkable local season.
2022 tennis wrap-up: Elite players, burgeoning programs highlight season that was
No state champs from central Maine this year, but major storylines still abound in 2022.
Field hockey: University of Michigan coaches, players mentor local athletes in clinic
Players from Skowhegan, other local schools learn from the best at Thomas College.
Maine teen bass fishing duo competing in national tournament in Alabama
Colby Carrier of Skowhegan and Zach Morris of Durham to test their mettle in national high school championship event.
Girls lacrosse: Senior all-star game highlights sport’s growth in central Maine
Players from eight central Maine teams compete in annual game, which Cony hosted for first time.
Skowhegan’s Jaycie Christopher makes history as Miss Maine Softball winner
Christopher is first player to be named both Miss Maine Basketball and Miss Maine Softball in same year.
Gardiner, Hall-Dale softball teams basking in state championship glory
Championship feeling has set in for Tigers, Bulldogs days later.
Softball: Gardiner beats Winslow to win 1st state title in 4 decades
Corinne Vasvary scores on passed ball in the 7th inning as Tigers take Class B crown and their first championship since 1980.
Softball: Changes in the field have Gardiner 1 win from state title
Tigers mixed things up in the infield late in the season en route to Class B South championship.