Coaches keep focus on reacclimating with teams, getting better in first normal season in two years.
Fall sports
Football notebook: Annual Cony-Gardiner rivalry game takes on a new twist this season
Tigers and Rams will wrap up preseason when they kick off Friday night at a neutral site — Messalonskee High School.
Waterville football looking forward to transition to eight-man format
Purple Panthers are playing their first season away from traditional 11-man style.
Maine teams begin practice after year without tackle football
‘It was like Christmas morning,’ one coach says, as practices begin at high schools across the state.
Gardiner soccer programs prepare for an unusual season on the road
With delays to the construction of the new turf field, the Tigers will be forced to practice and play off campus this fall.
Football: Gardiner finds a home this fall on Messalonskee’s turf field
While their own field awaits completion, Tigers will play four Saturday games in Oakland.
Sharon Coulton slips back into role as head coach of the Winthrop field hockey team
The longtime skipper, who led Ramblers to state titles in 1988 and 1989, has served as the team’s assistant coach since 2012.
Field hockey: Maine Field Hockey Festival returns as a summer centerpiece
Winslow fills in as host for large preseason event, which gives players a chance to catch up with each other and work on their games.
Field hockey: Victories Over Violence debuts to aid victims of domestic abuse
Skowhegan, Lawrence, Nokomis and Mt. Blue participate in tournament that raises funds for Family Violence Project.
Sidelines: A Lobster Bowl with a twist
The annual summer football game was back Saturday, but as a 7-on-7 tournament, Travis Lazarczyk writes.