Sports

Inferno nearly melts ice with hot play in youth rink ...

By Staff - Mar 25
Girls youth ice hockey players lived up to their namesake in a weekend tournament and the squad's play proved sizzling hot, as the Maine Inferno ...
Ham, Henderson, Rollins earn mat titles, THMS runner-up

By Ken Waltz - Mar 24
The Pine Tree Wrestling League middle school championship meet held a distinct Midcoast vibe in location and unmistakable presence of outstanding ...
Camden Hills Crew spring rowing registration open

By Staff - Mar 23
After a strong fall season performance, Camden Hills Crew gears up for spring rowing. The competitive rowing season runs April 1 to May 30. The ...
Poll: By small margin, majority disagree with Skowhegan ...

By Staff - Mar 22
The results of the latest Courier Publications/VillageSoup poll are in, and by a small majority, voters disagree with Skowhegan High School ...
NAGA gymnasts excel at states, qualify for other top ...

By Staff - Mar 22
North Atlantic Gymnastics Academy athletes more than held their own at the state championships on Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 at Winthrop ...
Tee to green, golfers should brush up on 20 new rules for ...

By Ken Waltz - Mar 22
As Maine golfers look out their windows to watch the snow and ice slowly, but surely, melt, and pray the winter's frost leaves the ground in the ...
Ten area youth represent at New England wrestling tourney

By Staff - Mar 21
The middle school wrestling postseason is upon us, but a handful of young Midcoast mat athletes got the taste of other tournament action in recent ...
Sports department unveils VillageSoup Bracket Challenge

By Staff - Mar 20
March Madness is upon us, and with that, millions of self-proclaimed “Bracketologists” are filling out their brackets for the National Collegiate ...
March Madness breakdown: Zion, Cinderellas and players to ...

By Jameson Davis - Mar 20
Ever since the days of Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill, Duke has been the most polarizing program in college basketball. Some ...
Russell comes aboard to captain Mariner court ship

By Mark Haskell - Mar 20
For the past three years, Ken Russell watched his son excel as a student-athlete on the high school tennis court. Now, Russell hopes to mentor ...
Oceanside's Wirkala nets 11 points in McDonalds all-star ...

By Staff - Mar 20
Oceanside High School's Cooper Wirkala represented the Midcoast with pride at the 31st annual Maine McDonald's High School Senior All-Star ...
Best of best: Riverhawks fly to No. 1 in state championships

By Staff - Mar 19
The Medomak Middle School cheerleaders are a talented bunch, truth be told, as the Riverhawks have won the Busline League championships a whopping ...
Oceanside boys jayvee boys shoot way to 10-win season

By Staff - Mar 19
The Oceanside High School boys junior varsity basketball team learned a great deal on the court during the 2018-19 campaign, which should translate...
Windjammer hockey players honored for icy smooth skills

By Staff - Mar 19
The Camden Hills ice hockey team's season came to an end in the semifinals of the Class B North playoffs, but three Windjammer seniors continued ...
Youngsters 'muscle' up in 24th Mussel Ridge Hoops Tournament

By Staff - Mar 19
The 24th annual Mussel Ridge Hoops Tournament delighted fans young and old on Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 at the St. George School as seven ...
MCSA Storm U10 hockey players have icy good time at MRC

By Ken Waltz - Mar 18
The youngsters skated onto the ice over the weekend to have a ball — figuratively speaking — because these athletes' winter sport of choice ...
Sick play: Medomak 6th girls claim 'Cabin Fever Reliever' ...

By Staff - Mar 18
Another tournament, another strong finish — this time a title — for the Medomak girls sixth-grade travel basketball team. Medomak captured the ...
Vinalhaven girls deemed Class D South's best sports

By Staff - Mar 18
The Vinalhaven School girls varsity basketball team has racked up court accolades for the better part of two years after winning the school's ...
Troy Howard rules East regional, seven Midcoast mat athletes ...

By Ken Waltz - Mar 18
What an unbelievable day on the mats for Midcoast middle school wrestlers on Saturday, March 16 as five squads and a handful of independent ...
Track-and-field rules clinic for officials April 7

By Staff - Mar 18
The Maine Association of U.S.A. Track and Field will conduct a rules clinic for those interested in officiating, or becoming certified or re-certif...
50 years: Look back, ahead for Wiscasset Speedway

By Staff - Mar 17
Wiscasset Speedway is about to embark on its 50th anniversary season and considerable excitement expects to happen in the future and much happened ...
With new roles, Medomak Valley boys freshmen nail down five ...

By Staff - Mar 16
The Medomak Valley High School boys freshmen basketball team earned a wealth of valuable experience during the 2018-19 season, which could prove ...
Windjammer Lang's history-making mat career comes to end

By Mark Haskell - Mar 15
Camden Hills Regional and Camden-Rockport high schools, historically, have been among the cream of Maine's wrestling crop for more than four ...
Defensive-minded Medomak Valley girls jayvees have ball at ...

By Staff - Mar 15
The Medomak Valley High School girls varsity basketball team may have had an earlier-than-hoped-for exit from the Class A North playoffs, but more ...
Warriors, Belfast, Alley Cats rule Waldoboro First Baptist ...

By Staff - Mar 14
The Waldoboro First Baptist Church Men's Basketball League wrapped its 2018-19 court season on Monday night, March 11, as one team clinched its ...
Panther girls freshmen enjoy strong 10-win campaign

By Staff - Mar 14
The Medomak Valley High School girls freshmen basketball team, led by coach Lindsay Ranquist, had another solid season on the court with an ...
Oceanside boys freshmen win six games

By Staff - Mar 14
The Oceanside High School boys freshmen basketball team had an up-and-down 2018-19 hardwood campaign. Led by coach Darren Randall, the Mariners ...
Rites of spring: St. George, 'Passy' paddle races on horizon

By Ken Waltz - Mar 13
After the latest winter storm blasted the Midcoast with a bundle of snow in recent days it probably is not the best time to think about climbing ...
Flashy, splashy fun for Sailfish at state championships

By Staff - Mar 12
To state Penobscot Bay YMCA Sailfish youth swimmers made a giant splash — a tsunami wave was more like it — at the annual YMCA State Championships ...
Future uncertain: Boetsch loses in split decision at UFC ...

By Staff - Mar 12
After a 329-day layoff, Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch stepped back into the octagon on Saturday, March 9 at UFC Fight Night 146 against Omari ...
Cool change: Ice rink manager Simko has new racket

By Mark Haskell - Mar 11
To most, Jesse Simko is the ice arena director of the Midcoast Recreation Center. As he spends most of his time in the ice hockey rink, he is most ...

Sports Brief

VillageSoup sports recap for March 16-17

By Staff - Mar 18
VillageSoup sports recap for March 16-17.
VillageSoup sports recap for March 6-11

By Staff - Mar 12
VillageSoup sports recap for March 6-11.
Naomi Miller: Medomak football pioneer

By Zack Miller - Nov 21
Naomi Miller of Union decided to take a second full-time job in 2010. Only, that job did not pay her money, but, instead, required her to put ...
Kelly nets 100th goal in Windjammer victory

By Staff - Oct 11
Kristina Kelly scored her 100th career goal in the Camden Hills girls soccer squad's 7-0 home victory over Brunswick on Oct. 9.
PITCH Under New Ownership

By Zack Miller - Sep 14
PITCH, in Warren, is under new ownership, but still offers the same services since its inception.
Sports Recap

By Zack Miller - Aug 27
VillageSoup Sports Recap for 8/24-8/26.
Run for crustacean glory

By Zack Miller - Aug 06
The Maine Lobster Festival Great International Lobster Crate Race on Aug. 5.

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