From Left to Right: Poland Regional High School Head Football Coach Gene Keene, Poland Regional High School Athletic Director Don King, Poland Regional High School Assistant Football Coach Kirk Butler. POLAND — Poland Spring recently presented a $1,500 check to Poland Regional High School’s Athletic Department to support the purchase of new shoulder pads for the […]
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H.S. baseball: Big fourth gives Yarmouth win over Poland
YARMOUTH — A three-run bottom of the fourth helped Yarmouth to a 4-2 victory over Poland in a WMC baseball contest on Monday. The Clippers manufactured their runs to break a 1-1 tie heading into the fourth. The first run came frome a squeeze. Then John Thoma singled home the second run. The third came […]
H.S. softball: Yarmouth jumps Poland to stay undefeated
YARMOUTH — Falling behind 2-0 before even getting a turn to bat didn’t put a damper on Yarmouth on Monday. The Clippers evened the score after one inning, then kept the momentum going long enough to hold off Poland, 5-3, in a WMC Class B South softball clash at Michael Brown Field. “The last two […]
Poland outdoor track and field 2017 preview
Coaches: Boys: Rick Kramer (12th year); Girls: Dan Roy (11th year). Class: B; Conference: Western Maine. Last year’s results: Boys: fifth in District 1 at WMCs, 23rd at state; Girls: seventh in District 1 at WMCs, 23rd at state. Returning athletes: Boys: Senior — Justin Gannon; Juniors — Gaeb Bouchard, Kyle Greene, Sam Stone, Sam […]
H.S. Softball: It’s Coach and Co. for local teams
Co-coaches Mike Langlois, in the foreground and Dave Kaplan, right, demonstrate using the hitting cage to Emily Kaplan at Monmouth Academy recently. When the Poland head softball coach position opened up this year, former assistant coach Kayla Vannah really wanted the job. The only problem was that her day job — an elementary school teacher […]
Robare leads Oxford Hills to victory
PARIS — Brandon Robare paced the Oxford Hills with 20 points in a 40-26 unified basketball victory over Poland on Thursday. Branden Skinner chipped in with 10 points for the Vikings, and Trevor Larrabee finished the game with eight points. Justin Dumas led the Knights with 10 points, while David Ellington dropped in six.
Unified basketball: Freeport edges Poland
POLAND — Bill Ridge typically has a certain look on his face during a sports season. Whether leading the Freeport High School baseball team or boys’ basketball squad, Ridge has that serious look, contemplating that next move for his Falcons. On Tuesday in a Unified basketball game, the middle school special education teacher coached his […]
HORTON: A fond farewell to #Tourney17
What is the purpose of life now that #Tourney17 is over? I’ve typed that hashtag so much over the past three weeks that I don’t even know what else to call the MPA high school girls’ and boys’ basketball tournaments. What I do know, though, is that it was a good time. Nothing in sports […]
#Tourney17 Notes: Winthrop has 'one' in mind with one game left
Winthrop’s Spencer Steele, left, and Andrew Pazdziorko celebrate after defeating Madison to advance to Saturday’s state championship game in Bangor. Even though the coach’s last name is MacArthur, Winthrop’s mantra this season hasn’t been “I shall return.” It’s “15 over 1.” That’s how the Ramblers recovered from a crushing overtime loss to Waynflete in last […]
#Tourney17: Lincoln fends off pesky Poland in B South semifinals
Poland’s Nathalie Theriault sneaks through the Lincoln Academy defense and drives to the basket for during Thursday’s playoff game in Portland. The basket was good, but Poland was knocked out of the tournament as Lincoln Academy overpowered them. PORTLAND — Poland kept bouncing back but couldn’t catch Lincoln Academy, which held on to beat the […]