Erskine Academy second baseman Steven Wight can’t collect a throw to second base during the Eagles’ baseball game with Belfast on Friday in South China. Behind him is short stop Nick Grady. Erskine won 1-0. For high school roundups, see C2. See story
Stocking reports will be posted on Web AUGUSTA -- To keep anglers informed of what's going on at their favorite fishing holes, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Hatcheries Division is posting daily updates of its spring 2008 catchable fish stockings on its Web site.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Madison beats Mt. Abram in 8th MADISON -- Jessica Hayden walked, moved to third on an error and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Madison softball team picked up a 5-4 win against Mt. Abram in Mountain Valley Conference play Friday.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Erskine throws shutout SOUTH CHINA -- Camillo Pardo pitched a complete-game one-hitter to lead Erskine Academy past Belfast Area High School 1-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B baseball game Friday.
FISHING REPORT: DIF&W starts its creel surveys on Rangeley Lake The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife began conducting a creel survey at Rangeley Lake last week. The survey will continue into July, when the fishing activity begins to slow down.
BY HERB WILSON : Why do birds make their way north in the spring? The marvelous spectacle of spring migration is here. Soon, the Black-billed Cuckoos, Blackpoll Warblers and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers will arrive in good numbers. The appearance of these late-arriving species signals the end of the spring migration.
BY KEN ALLEN : Fishing getting better and better The Pleasant River in Windham normally rocks this month and next. Artificial-lures-only and strictly catch-and-release regulations as well as nearly weekly brown-trout and brook-trout stockings often guarantee action. Because of that, it's a great place to take a kid fishing.
OUTDOORS: Gift honors former Colby official Kopp WATERVILLE -- Family, friends and colleagues gathered on the Colby College campus and remembered Thomas Kopp as a man who loved his family and his work enough that a gift of life was donated in his name to the Maine Warden Service Dive Team.
Black Raiders win Class B high school hockey championship by rallying past YorkOn March 8, the Winslow High School ice hockey team defeated York, 4-3, in overtime for its 11th state crown and first since 2000.
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Class B state championship: Waterville wins second straightThe Waterville girls basketball team won its second straight Class B state championship with a 54-35 victory over Lake Region on February 29. The Panthers have won 44 consecutive games.
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports staff selects high school athletes of the week each week. The winners will be posted on our Athletes of the Week web page on Tuesdays. To see the latest selections, or to nominate an athlete of the week, click here.
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SOFTBALL: Erskine plays wild third inning The Erskine Academy softball team dropped a 4-3 decision to Belfast Area High School on Friday in a game that featured a few unusual twists...more >MaineToday.com 05/16/08Key softball matchups on tap First, thanks to all of you who clicked on this after reading the high school notebook in the Morning Sentinel. Second, as promised, here's a...more >MaineToday.com 05/16/08SOFTBALL: Hall-Dale rolls along Hall-Dale High School senior Jocelyn Tripp says she has five pitches. She really only needed one Wednesday afternoon against Mt. Abram: the heater....more >MaineToday.com 05/14/08
2008 spring previewScouting reportRead all about your favorite high school teams, athletes and sports in our 2008 high school spring sports preview section. For complete previews for baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse and track, click here.
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Bump DraftBurnout Competition and the All-Star race From what I can tell from Jayski, the Burnout Competition will be held tomorrow night before the qualifying event for the All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. It will be televised live as part of the pre-race coverage. Of the...more [PressHerald.com 05/16/08]
Clearing the BasesBard to Portland Pitcher Daniel Bard, the Boston Red Sox first-round draft pick in 2006, is joining the Portland Sea Dogs, according to Amalie Benjamin of the Boston...more [PressHerald.com 05/17/08]
Inside UMaine SportsEliminated 05/12/08Jenn Menendez takes you inside UMaine sports
Maine BirdsHerb Wilson, a professor of biology at Colby College, provides columns and other prose
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Patriots BeatTickets go on sale 05/15/08Blethen Maine Newspapers' NFL reporter Mike Lowe covers the New England Patriots.
Winter 2007-08 All-StarsWe salute central Maine's high school athletes
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