Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Couple defends Sebago Days Fun Run titles

    SEBAGO — Christine and Michael Nickerson are a winning pair. A year ago, the couple were the top male and female finishers at the Sebago Days Fun Run. They then tied the knot in November, officially becoming a couple. Saturday, the pair continued their winning ways, defending their Sebago Days titles. Michael, who is the […]

  • Panthers fall 1-0 to Bay State Thunder

    SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Panthers U-16 girls’ softball team competed this past weekend in the annual Whitten Memorial Tournament in South Portland. The Panthers entered Sunday’s final round as the fourth seed, but were eliminated in a highly competitive 1-0 game by the Bay State (Mass.) Thunder. Here’s how the Panthers (which consists of […]

  • Lake Region cheerleaders capture top prizes at summer camp

    A group of cheerleaders from Lake Region High School traveled to Bangor on Sunday, July 7 to attend a four-day cheerleading camp at Husson University, sponsored by the National Cheerleading Association (NCA). The six Laker cheerleaders were: seniors Mikayla Fortin, Jacqueline Laurent, Frances Kimball and Kacie Tripp, along with sophomores Faith Duquette and Adrianna Merrill. […]

  • Tim Even defends Run by the Lake 5K title

    HARRISON — What a difference nearly a week made for Tim Even. Even, a former University of Southern Maine and Fryeburg Academy runner, posted a top 10 finish in Bridgton under sweltering humid conditions last week, then defended his Harrison Run by the Lake 5K title as heavy rain fell. Even’s winning time was slightly […]

  • 2013 Bridgton 4 on the Fourth race times

    1, Moninda, Marube, 34, Auburn, ME, 20:25 2, Matt, Rand, 21, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 20:59 3, Craig, Robinson, 22, Scarborough, ME, 21:30 4, Thomas, Ratcliffe, 15, Carlisle, MA, 22:14 5, John, Vallo, 22, Portland, ME, 22:15 6, Peter, Bottomley, 51, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 22:19 7, Silas, Eastman, 18, Chatham, NH, 22:27 8, Philip, Parent, 17, […]

  • Record 2,010 beat the heat on the Fourth

    With the mercury rising to 82 as race time approached, it didn’t take Moninda Marube of Auburn to realize he needed to readjust his plan. Marube set the pace early at the 37th annual Bridgton 4 on the Fourth Road Race with a 4:40 first mile pace. But, humidity forced Marube to reconsider his approach. […]

  • Howard W. Perkins, 88

    PORTLAND — Howard W. Perkins, 88, of Sumner, died July 3, 2013 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born Aug. 9, 1924, in Naples, a son of Ralph and Marion Perkins. Howard served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Over his lifetime, he worked for Wilbert Vault Co. in Connecticut; […]

  • Laker Kate Hall is Track & Field All-State selection

    Kate Hall of Casco, now a Lake Region High School junior, has been named to the Maine All-State track and field team. At the national meet in North Carolina, Hall was fourth in the 100 (11.74) and was the only sophomore in the final. She also took seventh in the long jump (18-8). At New […]

  • Gunnar Docos designs winning Harrison 5K logo

    HARRISON — The Harrison Recreation Department’s 11th Annual 5K Run by The Lake offered a t-shirt design contest for this year’s race t-shirts to all students at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. New this year, overseen by Art Teacher Cynthia Kugell and Miranda Murphy and Britta Anderson, 5K T-Shirt Crew working alongside her, proved […]

  • Casco phenom sprinter places fourth nationally

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Kate Hall admits she never thrived under pressure in other sports, but when she is on the track, pressure is her friend. “Pressure pushes me to compete well. It’s become one of my favorite feelings after learning how to cope with it and not let it affect my performance […]