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PITCH indoor programs ramp up in October

By Staff - Oct 16
As the month ramps up, The PITCH started new indoor programs on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Below is a list of some programs The PITCH offers: Field hockey ...
Young Troy Howard, Oceanside, CRMS field hockey players ...

By Staff - Oct 15
The Busline League middle school field hockey regular season is in the rear view mirror as five teams — Troy Howard of Belfast, Oceanside of ...
Female sailors take helm at Jean Becton Cup Regatta

By Staff - Oct 15
The wind and gray proved perfect conditions as The Apprenticeshop hosted the Becton Cup Regatta — an event for high school-aged female sailors — ...
Busline League soccer teams kick it up notch for playoffs

By Staff - Oct 15
The calendar has moved forward to a new month, so too have the regular seasons for Busline League middle school soccer divisions, with the league ...
Mustangs, Lions stick to it in late-season affairs

By Staff - Oct 14
The Belfast and Mount View field hockey teams were in action on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10-11, as the Lions swung to victory and the Mustangs ...
Overtime clashes, close home games norm for Waldo County ...

By Staff - Oct 14
Waldo County was a hotbed for high school soccer on Saturday, Oct. 12 as teams from Belfast, Mount View and Searsport hosted double-dips with the ...
Short-handed Mustangs penned in by Minutemen

By Staff - Oct 14
The Mount View football team, with fewer than 20 players suited, simply did not have the horses to compete with visiting Stearns/Schenck of ...
In defensive battle, Shiretowners edge Lions with baseball ...

By Staff - Oct 14
So often high school football games, particularly in the Pine Tree State, are decided in the trenches. That mantra proved true on Friday night, ...
Midcoast runners exhibit mettle, sportsmanship in Camden ...

By Ken Waltz - Oct 13
There is no better example of sportsmanship, respect and camaraderie in high school sports than the action of runners at the finish line of a ...
Six Midcoast golfers take games to state individual ...

By Ken Waltz - Oct 13
When high school golfers tee it up for the first hole of a round, it essentially boils down to them versus the course. One person, one ball and ...
Links fun par for course for middle school golfers

By Ken Waltz - Oct 12
Could it be possible the next Tiger Woods or Lexi Thompson carried or pushed their clubs around Goose River Golf Course on Wednesday afternoon, ...
Lions on cruise control for coach Holmes-Jackson's 200th win

By Mark Hakell - Oct 11
The Belfast field hockey team's road game against Erskine Academy on Thursday, Oct. 10 was hardly one for the record books. The Lions caged seven ...
Can you go pick for pick with 'Pigskin Pundits' in Week 6?

By Staff - Oct 10
This is the sixth week of the 2019-20 National Football League season and, subsequently, the weekly game picks from the Courier Publications/Villag...
Mustang boys soar to No. 1, Lions, Vikings also in ...

By Staff - Oct 09
The Mount View boys soccer team continued to toil among the top squads in Class C North, while other Waldo County clubs continued to jockey for ...
Belfast builds early momentum, lead over Mount View in ...

By Staff - Oct 07
Waldo County's richest high school athletic rivalry was renewed on the football field on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5 as Belfast trekked up Route ...
Good news for Mustang boys, not so much for Lions, Vikings

By Staff - Oct 07
The Mount View boys soccer team highlighted play on the pitch for Waldo County high school teams on Saturday, Oct. 5 as the Mustangs galloped to a ...
Rumery, Fowler fastest in Rollie's 'Run for Kids' 5K

By Staff - Oct 07
The sixth and final race in the RunBelfast Series was held on Saturday, Oct. 5 as the Rollie's "Run for Kids" 5-kilometer event, a benefit for ...
Festival of Champions brings out best in Midcoast runners

By Ken Waltz - Oct 07
Once again, the weather cooperated and was glorious, the music loud and uplifting, atmosphere fun, laid back and, at times, intense, and the ...
Panthers eighth, Lions ninth, as York swings to state Class ...

By Staff - Oct 06
Medomak Valley and Belfast golfers teed it up against the most talented Class B teams in Maine on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the state championships as ...
Lions, Mustangs cage, corral sweeps, Vikings sunk by Eagles

By Staff - Oct 04
The regular season, slowly but surely, is winding to a close, as Waldo County high school soccer teams look to improve playoff positions or play ...
Belfast splits matches, Mount View blanked in pair

By Staff - Oct 04
The Belfast field hockey team split its most recent two games, while Mount View finished 0-2 in the same stretch and at the conclusion of games ...
Game for game, can you match 'Pigskin Pundits' in Week 5?

By Staff - Oct 03
This is the fifth week of the 2019-20 National Football League season and, subsequently, the weekly game picks from the Courier Publications/Villag...
Poll: Majority believe Patriots will win Super Bowl

By Staff - Oct 03
The results are in for the latest Courier Publications/VillageSoup sports poll, and, "shockingly," with tongue securely in cheek, the majority of ...
Feats of endurance: McDevitt, Hanscom toughest in Ragged ...

By Zack Miller - Oct 02
An early fall morning could not have been planned better. The sun shone, a breeze filled the air and cool temperatures prevailed to grace 227 ...
Riverhawks, Lions block, tackle, pass and run to football ...

By Staff - Oct 02
It was a wet, cloudy day, but that did not stop Eastern Maine Middle School Football League foes Troy Howard and Medomak from hard-hitting action ...

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