Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on this year’s inductees into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame. Alan “Pete” Couture is no stranger to being inducted into halls of fame. Couture, who grew up in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High school in 1963, made his living on the […]
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Bowling: PBA Tour returns to Portland for Elias Cup
Two months ago in Indianapolis, managers of the eight Professional Bowling Association teams scheduled to compete for the annual Elias Cup at Bayside Bowl drafted 16 pros to join their teams in Portland next weekend, capping a week of bowling. That left 33 eligible bowlers undrafted, on the outside looking in at what has become […]
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Local bowlers ready for shootout with PBA’s best
A handful of local bowlers will get to live that dream next Tuesday, when the Professional Bowlers Association finishes up its nearly week-long Maine Event at Bayside Bowl in Portland with the PBA Maine Shootout tournament. Lewiston natives Scott Moore, James Goulding and Sarah Pelletier, Topsham’s Jimmy Clark and Terrance Robinson of Gray will be […]
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Pro bowling comes back to Portland by popular demand
PORTLAND — Maine was the last place local bowlers thought they’d ever see a Professional Bowlers Association event take place. Then Bayside Bowl owner Charlie Mitchell convinced the sport’s top league to give his facility — and the state — a chance. The inaugural PBA Maine Event was a hit last year, so much so […]
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Pro bowling: Couture rolls into another hall of fame
Pete Couture was a diminutive kid who picked up a heavy bowling ball and eventually found himself traveling to alleys around the world, proving that a young man from New Auburn belonged on the Professional Bowlers Association tour. The Edward Little High School graduate spent more than two decades on the PBA tour, and now, […]