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Ross Gaffney wins Capital City Classic 1600M race walk
Boothbay/Wiscasset racewalker Ross Gaffney won the 1600M event during the May 17 Capital City Classic Track & Field event in Augusta. The boys’ team had seven Top-6 finishes in the 13-team event which had participants from the Mountain Valley and Kennebec Valley conferences. In the 400M dash, Austin Trask...
Wiscasset Speedway to host 3-day Coastal 200 weekend May 24-26
Memorial Day weekend is quickly approaching and that can only mean one thing: The Coastal 200 is just around the corner! On top of hosting their normal weekly divisions, Wiscasset Speedway has been hard at work preparing for their first marquee event of the season. The Coastal 200 is widely...
BRHS boys defeat Spruce Mountain
For the second time in less than a week, the Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team shut out the Spruce Mountain Phoenix, 5-0, on Monday, May 20. The win improves the Seahawks’ record to 8-0, while Spruce Mountain drops to 6-2. Boothbay is next scheduled to travel to...
Chapman loses in Round of 16
Boothbay Region High School junior Laura Chapman, seeded 10th in state tennis singles, defeated Tessa Castrucci of Hampden Academy, 6-0, 6-0, in the Round of 32 at the State Singles Tournament in Lewiston on Friday, May 17, but lost in the Round of 16 to seventh seed Vittoria DeLiso of Thornton Academy, 3-6, 6-7 (0-7).
BRHS doubles teams lose in Round of 16
On Monday, May 20, the Boothbay Region High School first and second doubles teams lost in the state’s Round of 16 tournament at Bates College, Lewiston. Danny Menard and Cole Purvis (Thornton Academy) def. Andrew Fowlie and Neal Baldwin (Boothbay) 6 - 1, 6 - 1, and Chan Park and Yuta Sato (Thornton Academy) def. Cole Hyson and Harry Hinckley (Boothbay) 6 - 0, 6 - 0.
Boys’ track team registers MVC meet victory
The Boothbay/Wiscasset Boys’ Track team scored 96 points May 14 in a narrow victory over second-place Madison, 95, in an eight-team Mountain Valley Conference meet in Readfield. The team also recorded four individual event victories. Mason Clark won the discus. Austin Trask won the 100M dash. AJ Crocker won...
Medomak’s Seventh Grade Baseball Team on the road to Damariscotta, Boothbay Harbor
Medomak Middle School's seventh grade baseball team was once again on the road May 14, this time to play Great Salt Bay's team in Damariscotta, in what turned out to be an entertaining and evenly matched game. MMS had the lead 4-1 until the bottom of the their inning when...
Edgecomb 250 Road Race June 22
Lace up your sneakers and join a foot race in honor of Edgecomb’s 250th Birthday! The event includes a 10K race, a 5K race, and a Kids’ The race follows leafy, scenic Cross Point Road past lupine meadows, farms, and the Sheepscot River. The road race will be...
Baseball Game Preview: Old Orchard Beach Plays at Home
Old Orchard Beach is 2-7 against Richmond since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Old Orchard Beach Seagulls will be playing at home against the Richmond Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. Old Orchard Beach is probably headed into the...
Softball Game Recap: Old Orchard Beach Comes Up Short
Old Orchard Beach is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 16-0 to the Richmond Bobcats on Monday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Old Orchard Beach of the 10-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2023. For Richmond's part,...
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