Sports

• Toys for Tots benefit

  Cold four-mile fun run for nearly 30 in 'Reindeer Dash'

  By Holly Vanorse Spicer - Dec 10
  A little more than two dozen runners and walkers braved cold weather — temperatures in the 20s and wind chill in the teens — for the fifth annual ...
  
• Among the nation's best

  Midwest vault: Six Midcoast gymnasts take exceptional talents to Kansas

  By Staff - Dec 07
  Six Midcoast gymnasts — three from the North Atlantic Gymnastics Academy in Rockport and a trio from XGTC X-treme Gymastics and Tumbling Center in ...
  
• Football bragging rights

  'Pigskin Pundits' tackle 14th week of NFL picks

  By Staff - Dec 06
  This is the 14th week of the 2018-19 National Football League season and the weekly game picks from the Courier Publications/VillageSoup prognostic...
  
• What do you think?

  Poll: Majority split in Bruins' season outcome

  By Staff - Dec 06
  The latest Courier Publications/VillageSoup sports poll has concluded, and voters were split on how they thought the Boston Bruins would do this ...
  
• Youth sports

  XGTC X-treme Gymnastics athletes excel at Winter Windjammer

  By Staff - Dec 04
  Through hard work, dedication and plenty of natural ability, incredibly talented young female gymnasts participated in their portion of the North ...
  
• Football bragging rights

  'Pigskin Pundits' tackle 13th week of NFL picks

  By Staff - Nov 29
  This is the 13th week of the 2018-19 National Football League season and the weekly game picks from the Courier Publications/VillageSoup prognostic...
  
• Miller Time

  Confession: I am young, spoiled rotten, Boston sports fan

  By Zack Miller - Nov 29
  My entire life I have known nothing but success as a Boston sports fan. In my 26 years on this planet, all but nine have had at least one Beantown ...
  

Schools

• High school wrestling

  Lions sweep first home meet with four dual-match victories

  By Staff - Dec 10
  Belfast mat athletes could not have started the campaign better, as the host Lions wrestled up four dual-match wins on Saturday, Dec. 8 in their ...
  
• High school wrestling

  Mustangs wrangle two mat wins to open campaign at home

  By Staff - Dec 10
  Every match counted for the Mount View wrestling team on Saturday, Dec. 8, as the high school regular season got underway, and the Mustangs also ...
  
• High school girls basketball

  Late surge leads Searsport past Bucksport in first hoopla

  By Mark Haskell - Dec 09
  The first half of the season-opening high school girls basketball game between Searsport and Bucksport on Friday night, Dec. 7 looked as if the ...
  
• High school boys basketball

  Late free-throws lift Vikings to opening victory over Golden Bucks

  By Zack Miller - Dec 09
  If every game for the Searsport boys basketball team plays out the way the host's season-opening high school contest with the Golden Bucks of ...
  
• High school basketball

  Missed shots: Tough start to campaigns for Lions, Mustangs

  By Staff - Dec 08
  It was a tough night on the hardwood for high school basketball teams from Belfast and Mount View on Friday, Dec. 7 as all four squads came up ...
  
• High school sports

  Gridiron evolution: Eight-player football part of Maine's future landscape?

  By Mark Haskell - Dec 08
  The landscape of Maine high school football likely will see changes for the 2019 season as it was announced the Maine Principals' Association ...
  
• High school sports

  Courier Publications/VillageSoup donates $1,134 to schools

  By Staff - Dec 07
  A fun-filled, fast-paced, dramatic final night for area teenage basketball players to strut their savvy court stuff also, as usual, resulted in a ...
  
• High school field hockey

  Lion foursome plan to stick with field hockey in college

  By Mark Haskell - Dec 07
  The impact that Lindsay Bruns, Cassie Jackson, Amy Gaiero and Maya Cunningham made on the Belfast field hockey team in the fall — or the past four ...
  
• High school girls basketball

  Camden Hills grinds out preseason victory over Lions

  By Zack Miller - Dec 05
  A cold shooting night can dampen a team's experience on the hardwood, but when both squads have a difficult time putting the ball in the basket, ...
  
• High school boys basketball

  Belfast wins first half, Camden Hills second half — and game

  By Mark Haskell - Dec 05
  The Belfast boys basketball team had a leg up on host Camden Hills for the first half of the preseason contest between the opponents on Tuesday ...
  
• High school basketball

  Frank 106.9 FM to broadcast 34 regular-season games, plus playoffs

  By Staff - Dec 04
  Frank 106.9, WBQX-FM will broadcast Midcoast high school basketball for the eighth straight year beginning on Friday, Dec. 7. Veteran broadcaster ...
  
• High school basketball

  Split decision: Lions, Golden Bucks enjoy preseason court foray

  By Staff - Nov 29
  The Belfast basketball teams hit the hardwood for the first time in the preseason on Wednesday, Nov. 28 against host Bucksport, as the high ...
  
• High school fall sports

  Eight-player football on horizon in Maine

  By Staff - Nov 29
  Change officially is on the horizon for high school football in the Pine Tree State as the Maine Principals' Association announced — at a meeting ...
  
• High school field hockey

  Waterville coaches Poulin, Charrier always on defensive — together

  By Mark Haskell - Nov 29
  Caitlyn Poulin and Abbie Charrier have stuck together on defense for years — seven of the last 12 to be precise. They were tasked with preventing ...
  
• High school wrestling

  Balancing act: Mariners, Panthers, Mustangs head south for regional action

  By Ken Waltz - Nov 28
  Traditionally, Medomak Valley of Waldoboro, Oceanside of Rockland and Mount View of Thorndike have battled for team and individual regional ...
  
• High school girls basketball

  Mustangs have preseason ball in Bulldog Classic games

  By Staff - Nov 27
  A pair of high school basketball squads from Mount View High School hit the hardwood on Saturday, Nov. 24 for the Bulldog Classic — a preseason ...
  

Outdoors

• Outdoor news

  Online registration shows deer hunters had best year since 2002

  By Staff - Nov 27
  With the regular firearms season for deer concluding on Saturday, Dec. 1, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's new online ...