Kaci-Lee Ver Sluis, 12, at her Sabattus home on Wednesday. Ver Sluis is competing in the Judo Junior Olympics in Spokane and then traveling to Japan for training. (Andy Molloy/Kennebeck Journal) The training camp wasn’t going well. Kaci-Lee Ver Sluis, a Sabattus girl with a passion for judo, had made the trip down to New […]
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Mixed martial arts: Lightweight title on the line at NEF 28
The history of the New England Fights professional lightweight championship indicates that the guy with the belt usually doesn’t hold it for long. That’s because it is his ticket to fights in a larger arena, surrounded by more television cameras. Ryan Sanders and Jonathan Lemke hope to continue that trend by winning the 155-pound belt […]
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Kaci-Lee Ver Sluis takes gold
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Kaci-Lee Ver Sluis, age 10, of Sabattus competed Saturday, May 14 in the Ocean State International Judo Tournament in Providence Rhode Island. There were more than 400 youth competitors in the Rhode Island Tournament. Kaci-Lee qualified for Junior Nationals by taking gold in her weight group of 36 kilograms. Kaci-Lee is registered […]