Jeremy Tardiff with his family. Tardiff won the 1994 Fitzpatrick Trophy and then signed a professional baseball contract with the Boston Red Sox. (Brewster Burns photo) Rarely during his high school football career was Jeremy Tardiff ever stopped in his tracks. Nowadays, the former award-winning and record-setting Oxford Hills running back gets stopped by both […]
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Three-time Oxford 250 winner Dave Dion was one of a kind
Brad Leighton, in car No. 55, pulls alongside fellow New Hampshire driver Dave Dion (No. 29) on a straightaway during the Stanley 100 race at the New Hampshire International Speedway in July 1996. (Portland Press Herald file photo) He’s one of the most respected and accomplished men to ever strap into a Late Model stock […]
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Dustin Ireland still reaching for new heights with the Air Force
After he graduated from Mt. Blue High School in 1997, the sky was limit for Dustin Ireland, who finished No. 2 in his class and was a Fitzpatrick Trophy winner on the football field.
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Shorey took non-traditional route to becoming a success story
Husson quarterback Jeremy Shorey drops back to pass against Becker during his senior season in 2007. (Husson University athletics) Jeremy Shorey approached the football office at Husson College (now University) in 2005 and introduced himself to the man sitting just outside the door. Assistant coach Nat Clark didn’t recognize the name at first, but he […]
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TJ Methvin used focus and intensity to stand out for Lewiston's girls' basketball and tennis teams
TJ Methvin Sylvester finished her high school basketball career as Lewiston’s all-time leading scorer. (Submitted photo) When you ask Terijo Methvin Sylvester’s former coaches about their star athlete, the words that come to mind are “focused” and “tough,” and usually to extremes. Through her time at Lewiston High School and beyond, Methvin Sylvester has continued to […]
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Talented Whittier worked hard to excel at basketball
Gray-New Gloucester’s Katie Whittier (22) battles for a rebound vs. Mt. Desert Island in the Class B girls’ basketball state championship at Bangor Auditorium in Bangor in March 2002. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald File Photo) Katie Whittier makes a post move for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. (UMaine Athletics) Katie Whittier never lacked […]
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Heather (Ernest) Bond also courts success as mom, teacher
When she is not going one-on-one with her students in the classroom, Heather (Ernest) Bond is usually in the middle of a fast break at home raising her adorable nine-month-old twin boys, Carter and Colin. But long before she was a ‘Bond,’ she was Heather Ernest, the most feared basketball player in the Class A […]
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Stephanie McCusker was a triple threat for Lisbon High School
Stephanie McCusker flies through the air during the Class C state track and field championship meet in 2002 at the University of Maine-Orono. (Sun Journal file photo) Stephanie McCusker never gave up. It didn’t matter the obstacle, the sport nor the circumstance. It wasn’t in her vocabulary. Competing in gymnastics at a young age taught […]
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Fairchild’s journey through Monmouth, USM and pro baseball opened doors
Tip Fairchild still has days, usually in April and October, when he feels as if he could take the ball and get a couple of guys out. Though 34 years old and more than eight years removed from playing professional baseball, an uneasy feeling still revisits Fairchild occasionally, almost like a former college student who […]
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The hockey dream lives on for Greg Moore — Lisbon native, former St. Dom's, UMaine star
Former St. Dom’s and University of Maine hockey player Greg Moore teaches kids at a USA Hockey summer camp. Moore is an assistant coach with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. (USA Hockey) Greg Moore is still living the hockey life. The sport has taken him from Lisbon, Maine, to Michigan, to Orono, Maine, […]