Injuries during the season dropped available players from the 20s to only 12, an unsafe situation for players who had to step into roles they weren’t prepared for and those they needed to help protect.
Football
Football: Cony High retires No. 13 to honor former standout quarterback Ben Lucas
Lucas feted during halftime ceremony of rivalry game with Gardiner.
Varsity Maine Football Honor Roll, Week 8
These were among the top individual performances across the state over the weekend.
Football: Cony topples rival Gardiner to complete regular-season turnaround
Rams beat Tigers 28-14 to enter playoffs on four-game winning streak.
From Gardiner orange to Cony red: How one family adds twist to storied football rivalry
Nate Sergent, a former Fitzpatrick Trophy Award winner for Tigers, now cheering for son Parker and Rams
Football: Cony, Gardiner prep for 145th meeting as regular season comes to a close
Playoff seedings on the line as Rams, Tigers set to meet in Augusta
Week 8 high school football predictions
The Central Maine sports staff predicts the winner’s of the regional football games.
As eight-man football programs grow, the question becomes: How long should they stay?
Many teams have larger rosters this season, but few are anxious to move back to the 11-man version of the sport.
Football: Cony-Gardiner games of ’92 bring back memories as winning teams finally meet again
Last meetings between Rams, Tigers teams with winning records came 31 years ago.
Football notebook: Eight-man playoff fields shrink after three schools decline invitations
Telstar, Valley and Spruce Mountain opt out, leaving some schools with unexpected byes in the quarterfinal round.