Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. That is the collective philosophy of the 17 local athletic administrators whose high school either sanctions a football team or participates in a co-op team with a neighbor. The worst is usually out-of-sight, out-of-mind, like the automobile or fire insurance we purchase and hope never to use. […]
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High School Field Hockey: Playing, smiling in Winthrop
One late-arriving field hockey player jumped out of a car that had barely stopped moving and ran to meet the rest of the group all gathered in the sparse shade alongside the brick-and-stone wall of Winthrop High School. The field was bathed in sunlight, the air saturated in late-summer, sweat-inducing humidity. The late teammate fumbled […]
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H.S. Football: Stoneton resigning to become Winthrop AD
WINTHROP — As a football coach, Joel Stoneton knows the timing of his departure couldn’t be worse. Personally and professionally, he realizes it couldn’t be better. Stoneton, 40, has resigned from coaching after 19 years with the Winthrop/Monmouth football program, the past 10 as head coach. He signed a contract Wednesday morning to become athletic […]
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Two communities, one team
WINTHROP — The combined Monmouth Academy and Winthrop High School football team celebrated its first awards banquet as one team Sunday. The story of this unique merger will soon be the subject of a documentary about their first year. Athletes passed a football in front of Winthrop High School as parents and coaches tended to […]
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H.S. Football: Ramblers hold off Greyhounds
WINTHROP — The depth as a result of the Winthrop and Monmouth football merger paid off for the Ramblers on Saturday. The Winthrop/Monmouth contingent outlasted Lisbon, taking home a 14-8 victory Saturday in a slugfest at sun-soaked Maxwell Field. The game was originally scheduled to be played on a cool evening the night before, but […]