Sports

• Stock car racing

  Ready, set, go — Wiscasset Speedway readies to launch season

  By Ken Minot - Apr 18
  Despite the effort of winter to hold its grip on the Northeast, spring is, in fact, upon us. Wiscasset Speedway again is ready to embark on a busy ...
  
• Ultimate Fighting Championships

  'The Barbarian' submitted by Carlos Junior at UFC on Fox 29

  By Staff - Apr 17
  Tim “The Barbarbian” Boetsch, at 37 years old, is undoubtedly an elder statesman when it comes to the world of the Ultimate Fighting Championships ...
  
• On the track

  Benjamin rolls to ninth in Thompson Speedway 'Icebreaker' race

  By Staff - Apr 17
  It was a middle-of-the pack finish for Travis Benjamin of Morrill in the "Icebreaker" 100-lap race Pro All Star Series event on Sunday, April 8 as ...
  
• On the slopes

  Lindelof brothers finish another strong ski season

  By Staff - Apr 16
  Brothers Lake and Jett Lindelof of Swanville and Islesboro recently wrapped a strong 2017-2018 ski season. The boys, ages 14 and 12, have ski ...
  
• Spring has sprung …

  Rockland Golf Club tees it up April 13

  By Staff - Apr 12
  Spring must have sprung because the Rockland Golf Course is about to open for business. The course is set to tee it up for the first time this ...
  
• 122nd annual event

  Eight Midcoast runners tackle historic Boston Marathon

  By Mark Haskell - Apr 11
  The 122nd running of the Boston Marathon — arguably the most famous 26.2-mile race in the world — is around the corner for anxious runners and ...
  

Schools

• High school track and field

  No rest for hard-working Belfast athletes during vacation week

  By Ken Waltz - Apr 20
  It may be school vacation week, but Belfast track-and-field athletes were hard at work on Thursday afternoon, April 19 as they competed — and ...
  
• High school baseball and softball

  Searsport hosts Mount View in cold, early-spring diamond play

  By Staff - Apr 17
  The early-spring weather has been nothing to write home about — with cold, rain, snow and high winds the norm — but the Mount View and Searsport ...
  
• High school track and field

  Belfast, Camden Hills track opening field success

  By Staff - Apr 16
  Belfast and Camden Hills track-and-field athletes began their seasons in earnest on Friday, April 13 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet ...
  
• High school baseball and softball

  Belfast springs into preseason play with Maine Central Institute

  By Staff - Apr 16
  While the recent weather outside has been frightful, the preparation for the spring seasons has been, at least on some days, delightful for Waldo ...
  
• High school tennis

  To start net campaigns, Lion girls blank Huskies, boys nipped

  By Staff - Apr 15
  Mere days removed from an early-spring snowstorm that blanketed the Midcoast, the high school tennis seasons swung in on Thursday, April 12 as ...
  
• Pine Tree Wrestling League

  Kelley continues mat dominance with second straight championship

  By Zack Miller - Apr 13
  “Every expert was once a beginner,” is a quote attributed to American actress Helen Hayes, and applies, without stating, hard work will be ...
  
• High school baseball

  Coach Ross to step away from dugout after 37 seasons

  By Mark Haskell - Apr 12
  This season truly will be the end of an era for the baseball program at Belfast Area High School. George Ross, who is about to embark on his 37th ...
  
• High school baseball and softball

  Mustangs, Windjammers shake off cold for early diamond clashes

  By Staff - Apr 10
  Despite continued cold, windy weather, the Camden Hills and Mount View baseball and softball teams had preseason work to do on Monday, April 9 as ...
  
• High school wrestling

  Small Mount View group proves big pain to opponents

  By Ken Waltz - Apr 09
  The Mount View High School wrestling team may have been a fairly small group, but what the Mustangs lacked in overall size they made up for in ...
  

Outdoors

• 122nd annual event

  Cold, wet, windy trek for Midcoast runners at Boston Marathon

  By Mark Haskell - Apr 17
  What a difference a year makes. One year removed from some of the hottest temperatures on record in the Boston Marathon, the 122nd running of the ...