The schedules, released Friday, include matchups with New Hampshire teams for Class A schools and more crossover games for all teams, but a loss of traditional rivals for some schools.
Fall sports
Out-of-state games make sense for Maine high school football
COMMENTARY: The overall health of high school football in the state still needs to be addressed.
Changes approved to make high school football schedules more competitive
Class A teams will get to play a New Hampshire opponent, and all 11-man football teams will play some games based on divisional rankings.
Scheduling plan seeks to curb blowouts in high school football
For the first time, Class A schools would play a game against a New Hampshire opponent.
Football: Rosters announced for Lobster Bowl Classic
Annual East-West contest goes back to tackle format after being a 7-on-7 format last year.
Mild springlike day brings out central Maine golfers to tee up early
As temperatures soared into the mid-60s on Friday, Sheepscot Links Golf Club in Whitefield and Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro open some holes up for play.
Brunswick High School hires new football coach
Brandon Dorsett takes over a program that was mired in a hazing scandal last year.
MPA Football Committee urges more competitive 11-man schedules
The panel also approves a ceiling of 33 players for teams intent on playing eight-man football.
‘He was a light’: Former Lewiston boys soccer standout Zakariya Abdullahi dies
The 2016 Lewiston High School graduate and starting defender on the Blue Devils’ 2015 boys soccer state championship team had been in a coma after being hit by a car while on a religious trip in Saudi Arabia.
Football: Cony senior Casey Mills reflects on winning program’s first Gaziano Award
End named state’s top senior defensive lineman after helping to lead Rams to B North semifinals.