DIRIGO Coach: Jim Hersom (fifth year) Region: Class E Last year’s record: 3-6, lost in D South quarterfinals. Returning athletes: Seniors — Alex Gorham (RB/LB), Jack Lavorgna (OL/DL), Nolan Degroot (OL/LB), Cameron Kidder (TE/LB); Junior — Mike Packard (RB/DB); Sophomore — Cole Brown (QB/DB), Dallas Berry (RB), Liam Burnett (RB). Key losses: Cooper Chiasson (RB/DE), […]
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2018 High School Football Preview: Off the Grid
Our Off the Grid special section is an indepth look at the players and teams to watch in the 2018 high school football season.
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2018 H.S. Football Preview: Ramblers taking reinforcements on the run
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale players go through a workout during a preseason practice. (Randy Whitehouse/Sun Journal) WINTHROP — Now entering its sixth season, the football partnership between Winthrop High School and Monmouth Academy has proven to be a pretty fruitful one, posting a 30-16 record and five playoff appearances. This season, Winthrop and Monmouth welcome another neighbor to […]
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Class D South: Warriors should still dominate
Rarely challenged along the way (only two of 11 wins were by less than 20 points), Wells rolled to the state title in its first year in Class D in 2017. The Warriors will be favored again despite graduating a bushel of talent, including Fitzpatrick Trophy finalist Nolan Potter. The consensus is that they will […]
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Monmouth selectmen vote to continue boat ramp closure
WINTHROP — People who want to put boats into Annabessacook Lake will need to use the ramp at a Winthrop campground for the foreseeable future, after the rampant growth of an invasive water plant led to closing a ramp in neighboring Monmouth this month. On Wednesday night, Monmouth selectmen voted to keep the ramp on Waugan […]
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Winthrop student says post that got him charged with terrorizing was a joke
WINTHROP — Was it a threatening statement by a high school student posted on social media or an ill-advised joke? That’s the question police and administrators of Winthrop High School asked themselves early Wednesday morning, the first day of the school year, when they learned that a senior had written a strange post on Instagram […]
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'The Pirates of Penzance' to be performed at TAM
MONMOUTH — A hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers and an eccentric Major-General await you in Gilbert and Sullivan’s effervescent musical masterpiece “The Pirates of Penzance.” Theater at Monmouth’s 2019 fall show sets sail at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. Long before […]
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2018 High School Cross Country Preview Capsules
Edward Little Red Eddies Coach: Keith Weatherbie (first year) Class: A; Conference: KVAC Last year’s results: Boys: ninth KVACs, ninth regionals; Girls: 12th KVACs. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Matt Syphers, Carter Shaw, Alec Lawson; Sophomores — Cameron Langlois, Devin Smith. Girls: Senior — Jillian Richardson; Sophomores — Lily Vincent, Johanna Corey Key losses: Russell […]
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WATCH: Gridiron Gurus 2018 Maine high school football season preview
Sun Journal sports writer joined Leavitt coach Mike Hathaway, Cony coach B.L. Lippert, Travis Lazarczyk of the Morning Sentinel and Drew Bonifant of the Kennebec Journal for the season premier of Gridiron Gurus. The panel discussed each classification in Maine high school football, including Class E and the potential for eight-man football.
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H.S. Football: Ramblers add some big Bulldogs
Hall-Dale High School’s Patrick Rush, left, and Alixx Canwell run a drill last Wednesday at Winthrop/Monmouth football practice in Winthrop. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Photo) Hall-Dale High School’s Patrick Rush, left, and Alixx Canwell play with the Winthrop/Monmouth football squad. They took a break from practicing in Winthrop last Wednesday. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Photo) WINTHROP — […]