Practices in the heat this week are for a great cause, athletes say.
Football
Male Athlete of the Year: Colton Carson, Oxford Hills
The senior was a standout as a quarterback, basketball player and pitcher, and will go on to play baseball at the University of Maine.
Boys’ team Coach of the Year: Jake Rogers, Nokomis
He took over a football program coming off back-to-back winless seasons, and turned it into a state champion in just two years.
Not just a passing fancy at Lewiston football camp
Quarterbacks, receivers and defensive backs work on the finer points of the passing game at the Maine Elite Passing Camp, which moved from Augusta to Lewiston this year.
Football: Withee heads home
Madison Area Memorial High graduate Paul Withee excited to get back into coaching at his alma mater.
Football: Polky tabbed for Messalonskee post
Former Maranacook coach Walter Polky ready for challenge of competitive PTC.
Edward Little’s Grant Hartley tosses winning TD in Maine’s spring game
Grant Hartley, the former Red Eddies star, has a big day to lead the White team to a 21-14 win in the annual Jeff Cole Memorial Spring Game.
Sidelines: Football in Maine is broken, but fixable
The new high school football alignment is rife with problems, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Schools to vote Thursday on controversial football realignment
The MPA’s general membership will vote on a plan to reduce Class A football to eight teams and drop six longtime Class A programs to Class B.
Football: Franzose accepts Mt. Blue head coach position
Former Madison football coach eager to guide Cougars this fall.