Stopping penalty corners – or even better, avoiding them altogether – can be the difference between winning and losing.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
Posted inCross Country, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Cross country: Runners, coaches embrace opportunity to compete at state championships
Maine Principals’ Association will offer state meets, adding ‘closure’ and motivation for end of unusual season.
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Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Field hockey: Even in these most strange times, Skowhegan-Messalonskee still a marquee matchup
Skowhegan beats Messalonskee in latest edition of one of the sport’s top rivalries.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: CARA fields in need of some helping hands
Maintaining the volunteer-run facility isn’t easy, and more people need to help share the workload.
Posted inGolf, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Golf: Freeport rolls in Class B championship for program’s first title.
Orono prevails in Class C; Kempf and Haylock, Fahey and Flanagan individual champions.
Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Field hockey: Cony, Gardiner handle challenges of a shorter schedule
Rams beat Tigers 2-1 as both programs deal with unusual circumstances of being in early going in October.
Posted inGolf, Sports, Varsity Maine
Golf: Mt. Ararat rolls to another KVAC Class A championship
Parker Bate the medalist with a 74; Leavitt posts three best scores to cruise to Class B title.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Volleyball
Volleyball: Players adjust to, and embrace, a new kind of game
With move this fall from indoors to outdoors, elements such as wind, sun and different surfaces become part of the equation.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Players try to bolster recruiting profile at high school combine
Over 20 players attend a session in Augusta, running drills with hopes of impressing college coaches.
Posted inFootball, Varsity Maine
7×7 football: Cony-Gardiner rivalry takes on a different look, thanks to COVID-19
Alternate version of football no substitute for tackle, but competitiveness between teams shows itself.