Sports

• Youth girls court games

  Black Bear North basketball players net national success

  By Staff - Jun 19
  The Black Bear North third- and fourth-grade girls basketball team again had a top-tier finish in the high-profile Zero Gravity Nationals on ...
  
• Youth baseball and softball

  District 2 Little League rosters, schedules revealed

  By Staff - Jun 19
  With area Little League championship games finished, the cream of the crop of Midcoast players now will focus on the present and future as ...
  
• News from the course

  Plenty of sweet, steady play at Northport Golf Club

  By Staff - Jun 19
  Weekly member play at Northport Golf Club remained sweet and steady in recent days. On Sunday, June 17, in points quota play, the team of Robb ...
  
• News from the course

  Women's league play swings in at Country View

  By Staff - Jun 19
  The weekly women's league at the Country View Golf Club started on Thursday, June 7 and saw plenty of fine play. In the scramble event, Judy ...
  
• Little League baseball

  Unbeaten Brooks pitches past Searsmont for Waldo County Little League crown

  By Zack Miller - Jun 16
  The old adage states “defense wins championships,” but for the Brooks baseball team, it was the team's pitching that got the job done. Brooks' ...
  
• Youth hoops

  Mount View girls basketball hosts summer camp June 25-28

  By Staff - Jun 16
  Mount View High School girls varsity basketball coach Mark Cooper, along with Mustang players and coaches, will host a girls summer basketball ...
  
• On Neil W. Lash Nature Trail

  'Summer Run for Fun' weekly runs dash in for seventh year

  By Staff - Jun 16
  Since 2011, “Summer Run for Fun” has been a staple for Midcoast runners of all ages. Whether a seasoned runner or beginner, there again will be a ...
  
• News from the course

  Par for course: Sun, warmer temperatures for Northport Golf Club events

  By Staff - Jun 11
  The sun emerged in recent days and warmer temperatures engulfed the Midcoast, which was good news for those who play at the Northport Golf ...
  
• Includes video, bundle of photos

  Dads finally get their running fun-in-sun day

  By Ken Waltz - Jun 11
  After years of Mother's Day running events, fathers finally got their moment in the Midcoast road race spotlight on Sunday morning, June 10. The ...
  
• Haskell's Hot Stove

  LeBron to Celtics? Shut the front door!

  By Mark Haskell - Jun 07
  No. Just no. Please stop. A firebomb was dropped in New England on Wednesday, June 6 when it was reported by ESPN's favorite blowhard Stephen A. ...
  

Schools

• High school spring sports

  Shining stars: Midcoast student-athletes reap KVAC accolades

  By Staff - Jun 18
  Midcoast student-athletes and coaches again showed they were among the best in the state after being selected Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ...
  
• High school track-and-field

  Estes, Jones soar to all-conference track honors

  By Staff - Jun 16
  The Penobscot Valley Conference announced its track-and-field all-conference members for small schools and two Searsport student-athletes — both ...
  
• High school baseball and softball

  Five Viking diamond student-athletes earn PVC on-field honors

  By Staff - Jun 16
  The Penobscot Valley Conference has unveiled its Class D all-conference and all-academic selections, and a handful of Searsport baseball and ...
  
• High school baseball

  Viking reign ends: Bobcats pounce early, late, hold off Searsport for regional crown

  By Zack Miller - Jun 14
  All good things must come to an end. A person, or a team, can only be at the pinnacle for so long, until it is someone else's turn to shine in ...
  
• High school track and field

  Eight Lions prove they belong in New England jungle

  By Staff - Jun 12
  Eight Belfast high school track-and-field athletes earned the right — and competed well — to participate in the 73rd New England Interscholastic ...
  
• Includes video, oodles of photos

  Medomak, Oceanside, Nobleboro-Jefferson, Bristol punch tickets to finals

  By Staff - Jun 11
  The final four teams for the Busline League middle school baseball and softball championship games have been decided and now will step to the ...
  
• High school softball

  Searsport pushes Greenville to limit in semifinal playoff loss

  By Mark Haskell - Jun 10
  The No. 4 Searsport softball team has come a long way since coach Christin Chase came aboard three seasons ago. And that hard work — and dedication...
  
• High school baseball

  Business as usual: Searsport makes quick work of Forest Hills, Buckfield

  By Mark Haskell - Jun 08
  Small ball and speed on the bases — as it has been in the past and current — has been the name of the game for the top-ranked Searsport baseball ...
  
• High school softball

  Viking clans collide as hosts defend home turf against island invaders

  By Ken Waltz - Jun 08
  When two Viking clans clash over diamond spoils, surely there is bound to be moments of disappointment, excitement, apprehension, relief and, ...
  
• High school softball

  Ponies cannot be corralled by Lions in prelim playoff encounter

  By Staff - Jun 07
  The No. 12 Belfast softball team hung with No. 5 Foxcroft Academy for nearly the entirety of its Class B North prelim softball playoff game on ...
  

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