The Spruce Mountain boys soccer team scored in the second overtime session to defeat Wiscasset-Boothbay 6-5 in an epic battle on Saturday, Sept. 7 in Wiscasset. It was a heart-breaking loss for the Wolverines as the Phoenix had tied the score 5-5 with just ten seconds remaining to send the hard-fought match into overtime. The contest was the first Wiscasset boys soccer game since 2021, after which the program was postponed until this season when the Wolverines formed a cooperative squad with Boothbay Region High School and joined the new 8 Person division started by the Maine Principals’ Association in 2023.

A sluggish start to the opening game of the season doomed the Medomak Valley football team in a frustrating 14-8 loss to Hermon on Saturday, Sept. 7 in Waldoboro.

A former NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse champion outpaced more than one hundred other competitors to win the Pemaquid Beach Triathlon during pleasant summer weather on Sunday, Aug. 25 in Bristol. Sidney Swormstedt of Laconia, NH became the first female to win the overall race championship. Her blazing time of 1:18:48 beat the closest competitor by more than two minutes. Swormstedt was a member of the 2016 women’s lacrosse team at North Carolina University that won the national championship during her freshman season. Rounding out the top five overall racers were Kyle Long of Portland (1:21:12), Stuart Olsen of Newburyport, MA (1:22:09), Curtis Bentley of Cushing (1:22:32), and August Avantaggio of Damariscotta (1:23:19).

Wiscasset is not a beachfront community, but that didn’t stop more than two dozen volleyball enthusiasts from playing in the sand on August 17 at the Superhero Showdown Sand Volleyball Tournament in Wiscasset. Seven teams competed for the $500 dollar championship prize sponsored by 4 Seasons Automotive during the day-long tournament at the Jones Sand Volleyball Court in Wiscasset. The Spike Tyson team defeated How I Set Your Mother in two straight sets that each went to overtime 25-23, 22-20 to win the championship in a very close match.

Tryouts for fall 2024 high school sports teams began on Monday, August 19 and it won’t be long before varsity and junior varsity preseason scrimmages, meets and regular season games are underway. In this week’s edition, we have shared the fall 2024 sports schedules for Medomak Valley High School, Lincoln Academy and Wiscasset Middle High School. We look forward to covering local teams and hope that you will go to upcoming sports events to support the athletes.

The Midcoast Disc Golf Club (MDGC) enjoyed a large turnout for Random Doubles League play on Tuesday, August 13 at the Cider Hill Farm course on Main Street in Waldoboro. The parking lot was overflowing as twenty-eight players participated during the gorgeous summer evening. The Random Doubles League convenes at Cider Hill Farm (785 Main St, Waldoboro) every Tuesday night at 5 PM.

The 18th annual Sanford Open benefitted from pleasant summer weather on Friday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug. 17 that boosted participation in the tennis tournament and helped lift spirits at the dinner fundraiser for the CLC YMCA tennis program.

Despite rain showers and overcast skies, the 19th annual Healthy Kids Strawberry Shortcake Shuffle 5K enjoyed record registration and provided a tasty reward for all the participants on Saturday, July 6 in Damariscotta. Volunteers served all of the 260 dishes of homemade strawberry shortcake that had been prepared.

More than 50 runners braved a steady rain to take part in the Edgecomb 250th birthday road race on Saturday, June 22 in Edgecomb.

Connor Daigle broke the event record while winning the Waldoboro Day 5K on Saturday, June 15 in Waldoboro.