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Here are the High School Field Hockey Scores for games played and reported throughout the State of Maine on Thursday, September 28th. You can nominate a Maine High School Athlete for their accomplishments during the week September 25-30 HERE by Sunday, October 1st. We will then put together the list, on Monday, and then you'll then be able to vote on the nominees October 2 - 5 (11:59 p.m.) with the Fall Week 5 Winner being announced on Friday, October 6th. You can vote ONCE per day, per device. Please let us know in the email why you are nominating someone. Try to be specific with goals, yardage, times etc..

Latvian goalie Patriks Berzins, previously ruled ineligible by the NCAA, has regained his eligibility to play for the University of Maine.

We’re now in the second half of football’s regular season, and games are becoming increasingly important as teams get closer to the playoffs.

7.6 million high school students played sports across the U.S. during the 2021-22 academic year, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. Those athletes participated in a slew of sports: from football—the most popular sport for high school boys with 1 million players nationwide—to track and field, which is the most popular sport amongst high school girls in the U.S. with more than 488,000 athletes.

With a 17-3 effort last week, Ernesto righted the ship with an .850 clip for the week to raise his season total through four weeks to 63-17 (.786). It's still not quite the .800 mark he wants to see for the season, but one more surefire week of prognostications should get the job done.

The Hampden Academy Broncos visit the Old Town Coyotes in varsity football on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. You may watch the game below. After the live broadcast, a replay will be posted. Here's this week's Ticket TV Schedule:*. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m.,...

The PVC Class C Golf Championships were held on Thursday, September 28th. Congratulations to the Dexter High School Golf Team which won the Championships. Dexter, Orono, Mattanawcook Academy, Machias and Narraguagus all qualified for the State Class C Golf Championships which will be held at Natanis Golf Course on October 7th.

Still winless, the Stony Brook football team will look to find its first triumph of the season in a similar fashion to last year. The Seawolves (0-4, 0-3 CAA) squandered their best opportunity to win a game this season last Saturday at home in a 20-19 defeat to the Richmond Spiders. This Saturday, they will head up to Orono, Maine to take on the Maine Black Bears (0-4, 0-2 CAA) at 3:30 p.m. The last time the two teams met up was Oct. 22, 2022, and Stony Brook pulled off a big rally to earn its first victory of the season on its homecoming.

Catch the latest update as Maine women's basketball team hits the court again for practice. Witness the energy, determination, and teamwork as they gear up for the upcoming season. Stay tuned for more local sports news from WABI.

“It was tough. I got pretty sick,” Joe Gillette said. “But I tried to push through it and tried to stay healthy so I could keep playing.”

University of Maine guard Anna Kahelin has only played nine games since injuring her knee in 2020 freshman year, and is still healing.

With teams trying to improve their seeding for the upcoming playoffs, these four games in northern Maine could have major implications.

The Ellsworth Volleyball Team lost a 5-set match with the Brewer Witches 3-2 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth on Thursday, September 28th. The individual set scores were 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 5-15. Individual Ellsworth standouts included:. Olivia Harmon - 7 aces, 8 kills, 4 assists and 8 digs. Ava VanDorn...

Jessie Dowling was one of 43 riders who left the starting line for an adventure of a lifetime.

ORONO - The anticipation is building for Maine men's ice hockey's season opener against RPI on October 12th. With that comes the return of one of the nation's best goalies in Victor Ostman. The native Swede is returning for his fifth year with the Black Bears, already amassing over 1,700...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Black Bear women’s basketball is back at the Pit. While the players and head coach Amy Vachon admitted the team is brushing up on its defense in the early going, the roster comes back almost completely intact outside of Abbe Laurence’s departure. The team...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Black Bear women’s soccer is off to a 7-0-3 start this season. They have built a competitive side this season on a few key components. “I think something our team really works on, and we say it’s our M.O., is winning the first and second balls and just playing a really physical game. We connect really well with chemistry to move the ball up the field and stuff like that,” said Abby Kraemer, junior forward.

The Ellsworth Girls Soccer Team beat the Hermon Hawks 4-0 at Del Luce Stadium in Ellsworth on Thursday night, September 28th in Ellsworth. The win avenged the Eagle's opening game 3-2 loss at Hermon in the opening game of the season on August 31st. The Eagles led 1-0 at the...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Stacey Porrini Clingan is being inducted into the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame posthumously after passing away from breast cancer in March 2018 when she was 42. Amy Vachon described Stacey’s impact around the program. “Her legacy with our program is who she was as...

OLD TOWN — The midpoint of the high school cross-country season is on the horizon, and that’s generally when runners start to produce faster times as the championship season beckons. And if the results from Saturday’s Sectional Invitational at Old Town High School are any indication, it’s going...