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Four teams stay in hunt for coveted championship
Camden Adult Coed Softball LeagueBy Ken Waltz - Aug 17As summer wanes, it can only mean one thing — namely, in the coming days, the champion of the Camden Adult Coed Softball League will be crowned. Th...
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PITCH takes over Five-Town Recreation Soccer Program from YMCA
Youth sportsBy Staff - Aug 04The Five-Town Fall Recreation Soccer Program, open to those in first through sixth grades and run Aug. 31 through Oct. 14, has been taken over by ...
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Flatbread Pizza fundraiser Aug. 29
The First Tee Links of Maine children enjoy time on course
By Staff - Aug 17The First Tee Links of Maine is in its second season for Midcoast children ages 6 to 14 in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and a bundle of those youngsters were on hand to learn the art of putting, chipping, driving and fairway iron play ...
Little League baseball
Batter up: Medomak, Oceanside Challenger teams meet for diamond fun
By Staff - Aug 16What a glorious summer afternoon for baseball and 60 minutes of fun in the sun for Challenger Little league athletes, "buddies," coaches and spectators on the John Foster Field. The Sunday, Aug. 13 game between Oceanside and host Medomak Valley ...
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The First Tee Links of Maine children enjoy time on course
Flatbread Pizza fundraiser Aug. 29By Staff - Aug 17The First Tee Links of Maine is in its second season for Midcoast children ages 6 to 14 in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and a bundle of those ...
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Batter up: Medomak, Oceanside Challenger teams meet for diamond fun
Little League baseballBy Staff - Aug 16What a glorious summer afternoon for baseball and 60 minutes of fun in the sun for Challenger Little league athletes, "buddies," coaches and ...
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Megunticook Race Festival with triathlon, Horch Roofing 5K planned
Many events in oneBy Staff - Aug 17The 2017 Megunticook Race Festival kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. at Barrett’s Cove on Megunticook Lake. The event will feature a ...
Many events in one
Megunticook Race Festival with triathlon, Horch Roofing 5K ...
By Staff - Aug 17The 2017 Megunticook Race Festival kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. at Barrett’s Cove on Megunticook Lake. The event will feature a ...
- Looking for net gains
MRC open tennis tournament Aug. 26-27 at Camden Hills
By Staff - Aug 16The Midcoast Recreation Center will host the Midcoast Open — a non-sanctioned tennis tournament — on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 26-27, at Camden ...
Amateur golf
Anderson misses cut at U.S. Amateur Championships
By Staff - Aug 15Cole Anderson of Camden said heading into the U.S. Amateur Championships golf tournament that “it’s going to be a lot more about the experience, ...
Proceeds go to Boston Children’s Hospital
Participants pay tribute to Robertson with brief stop on 5K ...
By Mark Haskell and Ken ... - Aug 15One by one, and sometimes two by two, they stopped briefly on their 3.1-mile trek around the town to pay their respects, to say a heartfelt hello ...
- Golf club news
Anderson, LaBree overall Rockland Golf Club champions
By Staff - Aug 14Club championships, as well as women's and Stan's Gang play, were highlights in recent Rockland Golf Club news: On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. ...
- Stock car racing
Wiscasset continues hot racing on track in July
By Ken Minott - Aug 13Nick Jenkins has had more than his share of heartbreak when it comes to big races. He's had victory snatched from his grasp in the closing laps in ...
Teeing it up …
Seventh Midcoast Breast Cancer Classic rousing success on, off ...
By Staff - Aug 13The seventh annual Midcoast Breast Cancer Classic on Friday, Aug. 11 proved a rousing success — on and off the course. In an ongoing partnership ...
- On the water …
Come Boating! hosts 17th annual regatta Aug. 19
By Staff - Aug 11ComeBoating! will host its 17th annual regatta on Saturday, Aug. 19 on the waterfront. The race will begin at 10 a.m., with in-person sign-up ...
20th Beach to Beacon
Gomez receives honorary 'Beacon Box' from Olympian Benoit ...
By Staff - Aug 11Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson presented an honorary "Beach to Beacon" award to Robert Gomez — the athlete who helped fallen fellow runner Jesse ...
2016-17 high school sports
Male athlete-of-year finalists revealed for Courier ...
By Mark Haskell - Aug 11Whether hoisting state championships, significant individual accomplishments or high-level accolades bestowed by various conferences and organizati...
Little League baseball
Midcoast squads gear up for inaugural Challenger Division ...
By Staff - Aug 10Little League players from the Midcoast perhaps saw its stars shine the brightest during the local Challenger League, comprised of players ages ...
- Youth sports
Medomak Youth Football golf fundraiser Aug. 27
By Staff - Aug 10Medomak Youth Football will hold a golf tournament fundraiser on Sunday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. at Wawenock Golf Course. The fundraiser will include ...
Road racing
Rhoda, Frazier, Bowman fastest in Washington Challenge 5K, fun ...
By Joanie Rhoda - Aug 08Washington is a small rural town in the Midcoast whose sleepy downtown is surrounded by hills on all sides. Every year in the middle of summer, ...
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Robertson 5K takes off Aug. 13 in Thomaston
By Staff - Aug 08The streets of this town will include runners on Sunday, Aug. 13 — on the move for a good cause as the inaugural Nathan Robertson Memorial 5K road ...
Three races in one
Stampede of feet in city for Maine Lobster Festival road races
By Ken Waltz - Aug 08That noise one might have heard on Sunday morning, Aug. 6 was none other than the sounds of nearly 1,000 feet pounding the city's pavement in a ...
20th annual event
Waldoboro native Gomez helps another finish in Beach to Beacon ...
By Mark Haskell - Aug 07Robert Gomez did not think there was anything spectacular about his performance at the 20th running of the Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer road race ...
70th annual Maine Lobster Festival
Facing lobster crate gauntlet, O'Hanlon, Flint duel on ...
By Ken Waltz - Aug 07Coming face to face with the little queen of the lobster crates cannot be easy, but, at the ripe old age of 9, Graidey O'Hanlon did just that — ...
2016-17 high school sports
Courier Publications/VillageSoup reveals female ...
By Mark Haskell - Aug 04State championships, significant individual accolades and other topnotch accomplishments were all the rage for Midcoast high school female ...
- Club news
Ace, forward tees course record highlight recent RGC play
By Staff - Aug 04A hole-in-one and a new forward tees course record were among the recent highlights in play at the Rockland Golf Club. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, in the ...
Change of Pace
It's the little things
By Holly Vanorse Spicer - Aug 04I just wrapped my eighth year in the Courier Publications/VillageSoup sports department, and already have checked off the first few weeks of the ...
Sports
Camden Adult Coed Softball League
Four teams stay in hunt for coveted championship
By Ken Waltz - Aug 17As summer wanes, it can only mean one thing — namely, in the coming days, the champion of the Camden Adult Coed Softball League will be crowned. Th...
Diamond battles through weekend
Rockland Men's Softball League playoffs in full swing
By Staff - Aug 15While in recent years, ultimately, the championship clash often has come down to Mid-Knight Auto and Simmons Lobster Wharf, six other teams hope ...
Adult
Flatbread Pizza fundraiser Aug. 29
The First Tee Links of Maine children enjoy time on course
By Staff - Aug 17The First Tee Links of Maine is in its second season for Midcoast children ages 6 to 14 in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and a bundle of those ...
- Little League baseball
Batter up: Medomak, Oceanside Challenger teams meet for ...
By Staff - Aug 16What a glorious summer afternoon for baseball and 60 minutes of fun in the sun for Challenger Little league athletes, "buddies," coaches and ...
- On Megunticook Lake …
Camden Hills Crew rows in Aug. 21
By Staff - Aug 15Camden Hills Crew will begin its eight-week rowing season on Monday, Aug. 21 and finish in October. The group rows out of Bishopswood Camp on ...
Equestrian news
Hill-N-Dale Show Team competes at Pendragon Farm event
By Staff - Aug 13The Hill-N-Dale Farm in Warren had its show team compete in a two-phase competition on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the Pendragon Farm Equestrian Center. The...
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Five Town Football gears up for gear Aug. 13 at Camden Snow ...
By Staff - Aug 09Five Town Football, which encompasses players entering grades 3-8, will hold its annual equipment day on Sunday, Aug. 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the ...
Youth sports
PITCH takes over Five-Town Recreation Soccer Program from YMCA
By Staff - Aug 04The Five-Town Fall Recreation Soccer Program, open to those in first through sixth grades and run Aug. 31 through Oct. 14, has been taken over by ...
